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Job vacancies in Canada down 2.4% in November to lowest level since August 2021
February 8, 2008 - A help wanted sign is posted in the window at "World of Posters" on Yonge St. Story regarding how employment reports out of Canada and the US couldnêt have been more different. Canadian employers created 46,400 jobs last month, quadruple forecasts, sending the jobless rate to a 33-year low and the loonie back to parity. Construction companies, architect firms and even factories boosted payrolls. Charla Jones/Globe and Mail
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A senior couple taking a closer look at their budget in the comfort of their home.
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Statistics Canada says November saw lowest number of people on EI in 25 years
Signage marks the Statistics Canada offices in Ottawa on July 21, 2010. A new report from Statistics Canada says that visible minorities are more likely than their non-racialized and non-Indigenous counterparts to earn a bachelor's degree or postgraduate diploma but less likely to find jobs that offer the same pay and benefits. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
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Canadian retail sales fell 0.1% to $61.8-billion in November as rising cost of living continued to weigh
People navigate through Yorkdale Mall in search of Black Friday sales in Toronto on November 26, 2021. When Shopify Inc.'s Harley Finkelstein surveys November's retail landscape, he finds it hard to see where Black Friday stops and Cyber Monday begins. The annual pre-holiday sales blitzes meant to encourage customers to drop cash on discounted goods have bled together in recent years, with stores extending Black Friday promotions beyond a single day and online retailers offering Cyber Monday deals all week -- or all month. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Tijana Martin
economy
Canadian wholesale sales rose 0.5% month over month in November to $83.8-billion
An autoworker stands on the production line for the Honda CRV, at a Honda plant in Alliston, Ont., on Wednesday, March 16, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young
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Statistics Canada finds people of colour generally more educated but paid less
Signage marks the Statistics Canada offices in Ottawa on July 21, 2010. A new report from Statistics Canada says that visible minorities are more likely than their non-racialized and non-Indigenous counterparts to earn a bachelor's degree or postgraduate diploma but less likely to find jobs that offer the same pay and benefits. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
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One of the experts behind the new drinking guidelines explains the changes
A pint of beer is poured at  Mill Street Brewery in Toronto on Friday, October 9, 2015. The Tragically Hip are suing a brewery for trademark infringement in the promotion of its 100th Meridian lager.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young
economy
Canadian manufacturing sales flat at $72.3-billion in November
An autoworker checks the underside of a Honda CRV, on a production line at a Honda plant in Alliston, Ont., on Wednesday, March 16, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young
opinion
Endless meetings are corporate hell – Shopify was right to gut them
Rob Csernyik
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What to do when you unexpectedly become someone’s caregiver
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Food inflation takes a big bite out of Christmas dinner budgets
Milk and dairy products are displayed for sale at a grocery store in Aylmer, Que., on Thursday, May 26, 2022. New figures show grocery inflation in Canada surged again in November as the price of basics like bread, eggs and dairy products shot up. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
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Job vacancies in Canada drop by 4.8% in October to lowest level since August 2021
Toronto July 03/09 - Pedestrians and shoppers walk past Now Hiring and a Join Our Team sign on various storefronts along Yonge Street in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Photo by Deborah Baic The Globe and Mail
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Canada’s population growing faster than it has in decades, Statscan says
People walk at Dundas Square in Toronto, Wednesday June 28, 2017. (Mark Blinch/Globe and Mail)
economy
Retail spending in Canada shows signs of slowdown amid higher inflation, interest rates
People navigate through Yorkdale Mall in search of Black Friday sales in Toronto on November 26, 2021. When Shopify Inc.'s Harley Finkelstein surveys November's retail landscape, he finds it hard to see where Black Friday stops and Cyber Monday begins. The annual pre-holiday sales blitzes meant to encourage customers to drop cash on discounted goods have bled together in recent years, with stores extending Black Friday promotions beyond a single day and online retailers offering Cyber Monday deals all week -- or all month. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Tijana Martin
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Canadian wholesale sales up 2.1% in October, Statscan says
Cedar planks are stacked at a lumber yard, Tuesday, April 25, 2017 in Montreal.Statistics Canada says wholesale sales rose 2.1 per cent to $83.4 billion in October, boosted by gains in the the miscellaneous goods, building material and supplies, and personal and household goods subsectors.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Paul Chiasson
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Canadian manufacturing sales rose 2.8% to $72.6-billion in October
Coils of rolled steel are shown at the ArcelorMittal Dofasco facility in Hamilton, Ont., Thursday, Oct. 13, 2022. Statistics Canada says manufacturing sales rose 2.8 per cent to $72.6 billion in October as higher prices helped boost petroleum and coal industry sales.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette
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Can older workers help solve Canada’s labour shortage?
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opinion
Canada’s overly educated work force is nothing to be proud of
Rob Csernyik
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Pandemic, remote work changed Canadians’ commuting habits in 2021: Statscan
Vehicles on the 401, Pickering, November 14, 2022.
property report
Office report: small on personal desk space, big on meeting space
The Toronto, Ontario, Canada, city skyline
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The good times are ending for corporate profits
A stock ticker outside the Bank of Montreal shows the S&P/TSX Composite Index just below the 20,000-mark on June1, 2021. Fred Lum/The Globe and Mail.
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Job vacancies in Canada rose 3.8% in September, Statscan says
February 8, 2008 - A help wanted sign is posted in the window at "World of Posters" on Yonge St. Story regarding how employment reports out of Canada and the US couldnêt have been more different. Canadian employers created 46,400 jobs last month, quadruple forecasts, sending the jobless rate to a 33-year low and the loonie back to parity. Construction companies, architect firms and even factories boosted payrolls. Charla Jones/Globe and Mail
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Canadian retail sales drop 0.5% in September; gain of 1.5% forecast for October
Shoppers at the Toronto Eaton Centre are photographed on July 18 2022. Fred Lum/The Globe and Mail.
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Fewer nurses willing to work in long-term care, new report says
Registered nurse Tenzin Dhasel, second right, puts on personal protective equipment with other health-care workers before proning a COVID-19 patient in the intensive care unit at the Humber River Hospital during the COVID-19 pandemic in Toronto on Tuesday, January 25, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette
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Hourly wages needed to live in Ontario rise as inflation persists
People walk through Yonge and Dundas Square in Toronto, on Wednesday, June 10, 2020. (Christopher Katsarov/The Globe and Mail)
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The astonishing rise and fall of used car and truck prices
Used vehicles for sale are seen at an auto mall in Ottawa, Monday, April 26, 2021. Canadian car shoppers hoping to buy a vehicle ahead of a summer road trip can expect two things: Less choice and higher prices. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang
opinion
Doug Ford brings the hammer down too soon on public-sector wages
John Ibbitson
report on business
Canadian economy grew 0.1% in August, continuing on path of modest growth
Toronto, Ontario - June 28, 2017 -- POPULATION -- People walk during rush hour Bay Street in the financial district in Toronto, Wednesday June 28, 2017. (Mark Blinch/Globe and Mail)
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What new census data tells us about immigrants in Canada
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More Canadians than ever have no religious affiliation: census
A woman walks through an abandoned church in Thunder Bay, Ont., Friday, March 4, 2016. Statistics Canada says 34.6 per cent of people in this country have no religious affiliation — more than ever before. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Paul Chiasson
opinion
Supermarket price freezes a lesson that cheap groceries are toast, now and forever
Rob Carrick
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The dream of home ownership slips further away for young Canadians
A home in Toronto's Beach neighbourhood is listed for sale on June 4, 2019.
economy
Canadian retail sales up 0.7% to $61.8-billion in August; estimate suggests drop in September
FILE PHOTO: A shopper exits a store holding multiple shopping bags in Sherway Gardens mall in Toronto, Ontario, Canada June 30, 2021. REUTERS/Alex Filipe/File Photo
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18% of businesses were affected by cybersecurity incidents last year, Statscan report says
Hands type on a keyboard in North Vancouver, B.C., on Wednesday, December, 19, 2012. A new research report says federal cybersecurity legislation is so flawed it would allow authoritarian governments around the world to justify their own repressive laws.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward
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Companies want employees to ‘bring their whole selves to work.’ For Black professionals, that can be risky
Melanie Blackman photographed in Ajax. Della Rollins/The Globe and Mail
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The right (and wrong) way to quit your job
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