Unemployment rates climb in most Canadian cities, despite national drop
Canada’s national unemployment rate fell by 0.1 per cent in December to 6.7 per cent, but in many cities across the country, ...
William Watson: Make the states provinces, Donald, and be PM for life
So the deal is: we do a leveraged buyout of you. We take on your national debt, which we refloat, without limit, and you ...
Jack Mintz: Canada's 'Maple Model' for pensions loses some of its lustre
This disappointing recent performance of Canadian funds is what has raised doubts in the U.K. about the Maple Model. Being ...
Posthaste: Here's one thing Canadians can do in 2025 to tackle debt and financial anxiety
One remedy to heal broken finances, say TikTok users, is a no-spend January or year. The social media feed is full of mostly ...
Canada's job gains smash expectations and unemployment rate drops
The employment rate rose to 60.8 per cent, the first increase since January 2023. Statistics Canada attributed the rise in the employment rate to slower population growth in the second half of 2024.
JPMorgan tells staff to return to office full-time
More than half of the bank’s roughly 300,000 employees already come into the office five days a week. For those affected by the new policy, JPMorgan said it will give at least 30 day’s notice prior to ...
A cut in January, then a pause: What jobs data mean for Bank of Canada and interest rates
“Given the still-elevated unemployment rate and the cooler wage readings, the latest labour market data still leaves the Bank of Canada in a position to cut rates,” Mendes said. He expects the Bank of ...
Corus touts Home and Flavour network launches despite Q1 profits down
Speaking to analysts on the television and radio broadcaster’s first-quarter earnings call Friday, co-chief executive Troy Reeb called the Dec. 30 launch of Flavour Network and Home Network “very ...
Mortgage rates shake off turkey coma, start moving up and down
Mortgage rates are waking up from their holiday slumber and finally starting to move. Depending on whether you need a default ...
Maple Leaf Foods raising quarterly dividend, works to complete pork spin off
MISSISSAUGA, Ont. — Maple Leaf Foods Inc. is raising its quarterly dividend by nine per cent as it works to complete a spin off its pork business. The company says it will pay a quarterly dividend of ...
Trump trying to distract from tariff costs with 51st state remarks, Trudeau says
OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says that incoming U.S. president Donald Trump is trying to distract from how costly his tariffs will be for American consumers by talking about making Canada ...
Canada's oilpatch ramping up production in 2025 despite tariff threat
Whitecap is forecasting that crude prices may be volatile, “but on balance robust” in 2025, particularly as a weak Canadian dollar tends to work to the benefit of exporters. The company’s price ...