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Canada's unemployment rate hits 7%, highest since 2016 outside the pandemic
Financial Post
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Employment rose in wholesale and retail trade, utilities, information, culture and recreation and finance, real estate, insurance, rental and leasing. Employment declined in manufacturing, public administration, transportation and warehousing,...
WA's Travis Decker searched ‘how to move to Canada’ days before murders
FOX 13 Seattle - Washington State
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The search for Travis Decker, the man accused of murdering his 3 daughters, is only getting more intense. Fox 13's Shirah Matsuzawa is live in Wenatchee, WA. Authorities are investigating whether Travis Decker, wanted in connection with a triple...
PURE Casino Lethbridge employees vote to unionize
My Lethbridge Now
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June 6, 2025
Employees at PURE Casino in Lethbridge have voted to unionize. In total, 155 workers gave the thumbs up to join western Canada’s largest union, the Alberta Union of Provincial Employees, also known as AUPE. The Alberta Labour Relations Board...
Canada's unemployment rate ticks up to 7% in May, highest in 9 years outside of pandemic
CBC/Radio-Canada
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June 6, 2025
Business·Breaking Canada's unemployment rate rose to 7.0 per cent in May, the highest it's been in nine years outside of the pandemic, Statistics Canada said on Friday. Previous month's rate had matched a pre-pandemic high of 6.9 per cent CBC News...
Prince Rupert Petro Canada named in B.C.'s top oil and antifreeze recyclers' list
Northern View
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June 7, 2025
The local facility offers free used oil collection directly from vessels at the waterfront Prince Rupert’s Petro Canada Marina depot ranked 18th among B.C.’s top 30 used oil and antifreeze collectors for recycling in 2024. Interchange Recycling, a...
Canada’s Maritime Launch Services Wins Multimillion-Dollar Investment Tax Credit for Spaceport Nova Scotia
Via Satellite
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June 6, 2025
Rendering of Spaceport Nova Scotia’s Launch Control Centre. Photo: Maritime Launch Services The Canadian province of Nova Scotia will issue a Capital Investment Tax Credit (CITC) worth approximately $10.5 million (Canadian Dollars) to Maritime...
Years after it was pitched, Canada still does not have a national disaster agency
Canada's National Observer
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June 6, 2025
In 2023, as Canada suffered through its worst-ever wildfire season, the federal government was looking at creating a national disaster response agency. Two years later, the country is again facing another summer of wildfires. There is still no...
Court docs: Travis Decker planned relocation to Canada days before daughters found dead
KNDU - Washington State
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June 6, 2025
WENATCHEE, Wash. – Court documents released on Thursday revealed that Travis Decker, the man accused of murdering his three children, was planning to relocate to Canada just days before the Decker children were reported missing. According to court...
Decker searched ‘How to Move to Canada’ days before daughters’ deaths
NCW News - Washington State
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By TAYLOR CALDWELL Ward Media Staff Reporter CHELAN COUNTY – Federal authorities say Travis Decker Googled “how to move to canada” days before his visitation, as the search for the triple murder suspect enters its second week. On June 5, the U.S....
Travis Decker searched for jobs, how to move to Canada before daughters' killings, documents show
KING 5 - Washington State
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June 6, 2025
Just days before the girls' deaths, Decker searched on Google for how to relocate to Canada and searched for jobs in Canada, documents state. WENATCHEE, Wash. — Travis Decker searched online for how to relocate to Canada just days before he...
Will AI’s job impact be dystopian or optimistic? Maybe both, experts say
Global News
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June 6, 2025
“A white collar bloodbath” is how Dario Amodei, CEO of leading artificial intelligence firm Anthropic, recently described the impact of artificial intelligence on the labour market to American news site Axios. On May 28, he warned that the very...
Employee Benefits Insurance Market Is Booming So Rapidly Prudential, Humana, Lincoln Financial
MENAFN
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June 6, 2025
(MENAFN- EIN Presswire) Employee Benefits Insurance Market The Global Employee Benefit Insurance Market Size is estimated to register High CAGR growth over the forecast period from 2025 to 2034. Stay up to date with Employee Benefits Insurance...
‘Where the energy is’: Youth football overtakes hockey as Canada gears up for World Cup 2026 debut
Malay Mail
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June 7, 2025
TORONTO, June 7 — Canada doesn’t typically attract the focus of international football, but when it hosts its first World Cup match next year, global fans will encounter a country where the sport is thriving. Kick-off in Canada’s inaugural World...
Who’s Left Holding the Bag? Canadian Extended Producer Responsibility Requirements and How They May
JD Supra - California
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June 6, 2025
Over the past two decades, federal and provincial lawmakers have implemented extended producer responsibility (EPR) programs covering a growing range of products such as plastic and paper packaging, batteries, electronic equipment, paints,...
Ukraine hopes for Trump-Zelensky meeting in Canada during G7
The Kyiv Independent
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June 6, 2025
President Volodymyr Zelensky intends to hold a meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump during the Group of Seven (G7) summit in Canada, Head of the Presidential Office Andriy Yermak said on air on June 6. The summit is scheduled to take place...
Canada’s pipeline with potential LNG link cleared to move forward
Offshore Energy
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June 6, 2025
A pipeline project being developed by NW Infrastructure Limited Partnership, a joint venture between Western LNG and the Nisga’a Nation, has received the environmental green light to continue with construction activities in Canada’s British...
Abbotsford-Mission area adds 1,000 new jobs in May
Abbotsford News
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June 6, 2025
Abbotsford's job market thrived in May, with 1,000 additional people securing jobs, according to the latest data from Statistics Canada. There are now approximately 113,000 people employed within the Abbotsford-Mission job market, which marks an...
Durham Region Transit workers reach tentative agreement with employer
The AI Journal
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June 6, 2025
DURHAM, ON, June 6, 2025 /CNW/ – Unifor members at Durham Region Transit (DRT) have reached a tentative agreement with Durham Region on June 6, averting potential strike action. Details of the agreement will not be disclosed until a ratification...
‘Loyal To The Oil’: How Religion And Striking It Rich Shaped Canada’s Hockey Fandom
Religion Unplugged
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June 6, 2025
Edmonton is the capital of Alberta, a province known for its massive oil, gas and oil sands reserves. With five refineries producing an average of 3.8 million barrels a day, oil and gas is Alberta’s biggest industry — and a way of life. This is...
Travis Decker searched ‘how to relocate to Canada’ days before allegedly killing his 3 daughters
New York Post
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June 6, 2025
Travis Decker was apparently already planning something at least a week before he allegedly killed his three little girls — Googling “how to relocate to Canada’’ and “jobs Canada,’’ according to new court papers. Decker, 32, conducted the online...