[ad_1] A Cape Breton call centre that was recently given new life by an Iowa-based businessman is in line for a $2.4-million payroll rebate from the province if it creates another 270 jobs over three years, bringing the total workforce to 750. Under an agreement with Nova Scotia’s arms length business agency, NSBI, Sydney Call[…]
[ad_1] President Donald Trump appeared on CBS’s Face the Nation Sunday morning with host Margaret Brennan for an exclusive interview. Among the topics discussed was the revolving door of positions in his cabinet. [ad_2] Source link
[ad_1] Brian Gallant admits he “should have spoken more about bilingualism” during his time as the premier of New Brunswick in a new report he wrote on language tensions in the province. Gallant, the soon-to-be former leader of the New Brunswick Liberal Association, says he spoke with 100 community leaders as he spent the last[…]
[ad_1] Canada may be experiencing one of its biggest labour shortages in years but that doesn’t mean employees are seeing wage growth reflecting that talent crunch. Last week, a senior official with the Bank of Canada said one of the causes for the “puzzling” lack of wage growth could be that employers are struggling to[…]
[ad_1] Founder and CEO of Skyhive Technologies Sean Hinton tells Mike Le Couteur his company has developed a way to bring together employee skills, skills in demand to help produce a labour force to fill future labour market needs. [ad_2] Source link
[ad_1] Workers in eastern Alberta are breathing a sigh of relief Friday after CNRL said the province easing the oil production cap means it can keep the ECHO pipeline running. “Following the Government of Alberta’s announcement of production limits easing for February and March 2019, Canadian Natural’s curtailment volume for February 2019 will be reduced,”[…]
[ad_1] Former House of Commons sergeant-at-arms Kevin Vickers says he is retiring next month as Canada’s ambassador to Ireland, potentially setting himself up for a bid to become New Brunswick Liberal leader. Vickers, hailed as a hero for helping to end the 2014 attack on Parliament Hill, said in a bilingual Facebook post Friday he’ll[…]
[ad_1] U.S. job growth likely slowed in January after December’s weather-related outsized surge, but the pace of hiring probably remains fast enough to support the economy amid a darkening outlook resulting from government policy and cooling global economies. The Labor Department will publish its closely watched monthly employment report on Friday, two days after the Federal Reserve signaled[…]
[ad_1] Quebec Premier François Legault said his government is ready to table a bill to ban public employees in authority positions from wearing religious symbols. READ MORE: Quebec’s proposed religious symbol ban for public workers fuelled by specific symbols: study The Coalition Avenir Québec (CAQ) government is in Gatineau on Wednesday and Thursday for a caucus[…]
[ad_1] Family members of a Canadian mining executive who was kidnapped and killed by gunmen in western Africa said at his funeral Wednesday that his murder was senseless, but they also recognize he died while pursuing the work he was passionate about. Officials in the Burkina Faso government have said the body of Kirk Woodman[…]