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Data shows inflation on West Coast easing ahead of rest of nation

In July, Canada's unemployment rate remained unchanged at 4.9%, preserving the preceding month's low. In July, the general unemployment rate stayed at 1 million. Furthermore, 426,000 people who preferred employment but did not actively seek it no longer met the definition of unemployed. Canada continues to have a very low unemployment rate.

RBC says that it expects unemployment rate to rise amid challenging economic conditions in the months ahead

Just in time because in all of this country no region is aging faster

Just in time because in all of this country no region is aging faster

Canada’s job vacancy rate in the second quarter of 2021 was the highest on record, according to Statistics Canada’s quarterly job vacancies report. The job vacancy rate represents the number of vacant positions as a portion of all available jobs, both vacant and occupied. Between April and June, the job vacancy rate in Canada was […]

One clue: Average home prices in Halifax are a third of those in Toronto

A recent migratory trend that hit its full stride last year with hordes of young people leaving Toronto for smaller, more-affordable Ontario cities...

The pandemic has pushed many to the breaking point. What can be done? Samantha McCabe is a Vancouver-based freelancer focused on politics, equity and sexual violence. Find her on Twitter @sam_mccabage. SHARES Kylie McMullan, business owner and mother, works on her laptop while her daughters play outside their home in Vancouver. Photo by Maggie MacPherson. Kylie McMullan set her daughter up in front of a children’s art class on Zoom and sprinted into her bedroom. S...