[ad_1] TORONTO – Five people employed by Ontario’s environmental watchdog are losing their jobs as a result of the government’s decision to merge the office with that of the province’s auditor general. A spokeswoman for the auditor general’s office said they were unable to offer positions to the five full-time employees because their roles duplicated[…]
[ad_1] Nine thousand is a number Canadians have been hearing a lot this week. That’s the number of job losses the Trudeau government says it’s worried about, should SNC-Lavalin be handed a criminal conviction on fraud and bribery charges. The Quebec engineering giant currently has around 8,700 employees in Canada. Those are the people the[…]
[ad_1] The latest jobs numbers from Statistics Canada remain stagnant in Alberta. Although the province has 3,800 more jobs than it did last month, the trend factors in the creation of 11,500 public-sector jobs and the loss of 7,000 private-sector positions. Alberta’s unemployment rate rose half a percentage point compared to last month, reaching 7.3[…]
[ad_1] The labour market generated a second straight month of strong job gains in February with the creation of 55,900 net new positions, all of which were full time. The latest jobs report by Statistics Canada says the unemployment rate held firm last month at 5.8 per cent as more people hunted for work. The[…]
[ad_1] Two western premiers say the SNC-Lavalin affair is distracting Prime Minister Justin Trudeau at a time when he should be focused on jobs in their region. Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe took aim Thursday at the prime minister’s comments about 9,000 jobs tied to the Quebec company. “I remind the prime minister again, he’s not the[…]
[ad_1] In the golden age of rail travel, taking the train in Canada was a different experience than what many are used to today. For one, passengers of the 20th century were met by porters, who shined their shoes, carried their luggage, looked after ladies’ handbags, and overall catered to passengers’ every whim. Also, these[…]
[ad_1] The government of Canada is investing $40 million into a project that will create 35 new jobs and maintain more than 2,100 current jobs in Western Canada, including Regina. The $112.6 million project will see numerous upgrades to the Evraz North America Inc. facilities and increase its competitiveness when serving the oil country tubular[…]
[ad_1] Executives from Facebook offered to open a new data centre in Canada to get the former Conservative government to cut it a deal exempting data held on non-Canadians by the company from federal privacy regulations, British media reports suggest. Now, a Liberal MP is urging the parliamentary committee studying Facebook and the Cambridge Analytica[…]
[ad_1] It’s no secret that this winter has been very tough on Montreal’s streets and sidewalks, but one particular stretch of sidewalk east of downtown is being heavily criticized for an out-of-the-ordinary paving job. Near the corner of Papineau Avenue and Sherbrooke Street, a stretch of the sidewalk has been covered in asphalt and decked[…]
[ad_1] For the sixth year in a row a number of Halifax firefighters spent their Saturday giving back to the community that they serve. “Subbing in for Hunger” sees them take donated items like food, toiletries and clothing, bag them up in individual care packages and deliver them to the less fortunate. READ MORE: Nova[…]