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Black Friday bargains attract Canadian shoppers
Vancouver :: Canada | 1 day ago
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Black Friday is the busiest shopping day in America. (Associated Press) Canadians are flocking to U.S. malls located near the border ahead of the legendary American shopping day known as Black Friday, but they may have to root a little deeper this year...
Tags: U.S, CBC News, Bellis Fair, Statistics Canada, fair malls, Vancouver, ticket priced, Canada, Thanksgiving, Online shopping, Black Friday, Online retailers, Christmas and holiday season, Retailing
Consumers less confident about jobs, personal finance: survey
Ottawa :: Canada | 1 day ago
Credibility Canadians are becoming more pessimistic over the strength of the economic recovery and what it will mean for their finances and job security, a new consumer confidence survey shows. The monthly Conference Board of Canada survey shows even as economists...
Tags: Statistics Canada, industries added, Canada, Ottawa, Expense, Payroll, Business Finance, Labor, Business cycle, Unemployment, Social Issues, Nonfarm payrolls, Consumer Confidence Index, Consumer behaviour, Economic indicators, Recessions, Consumer confidence, Economist, Canadian Payroll Association
Motion Could Criminalize Online Suicide Counseling
Ottawa :: IL :: USA | 1 day ago
Credibility Suicide] is a silent epidemic that continues. It's here, we're dealing with it every day, and we need help, we need resources.” — Rory Butler A motion in response to the death of Nadia Kajouji, an 18-year-old Carleton university student who committed...
Tags: Nadia Kajouji, commit suicides, chats rooms, William Melchert-Dinkel, online suicides, suicides pacts, Statistics Canada, Rory Butler, Ottawa, Sociology, Social Issues, Suicide, Internet suicide
Rich v. poor: The lives we can expect from our income
Toronto :: Canada | 2 days ago
Credibility Last updated on Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2009 7:57PM EST L ife expectancy in Canada rivals that of almost any country in the world. A girl born today can expect to live, on average, to 82 and a boy to a more modest 76.9, according to Statistics Canada.
Tags: life expectancies, Statistics Canada, adjusted life, Canada, Toronto, Demography, Social determinants of health, Actuarial science, Poverty, Social Issues, Aging, Population, Life expectancy, Health care in the United States
More adults getting job training
Ottawa :: Canada | 2 days ago
Credibility M ore adults participated in job-related training or education last year, with strong growth among middle-aged and older people, according to a new Statistics Canada study. The survey data was collected before the full effects of the global recession...
Tags: Statistics Canada, Canada, Ottawa, Education, Business Finance, Australian federal election, Registered Education Savings Plan, Abraham Lincoln, Cent
Increase retirement benefits for Canadians: Study
Ottawa :: Canada | 3 days ago
Credibility As a first priority, the report said, benefits should be raised enough to keep single seniors above Statistics Canada's low-income cutoff. The total maximum OAS/GIS income of about $14,000 for a single pensioner is about $4,000 less than the low-income...
Tags: OAS, Monica Townson, Statistics Canada, pensions plan, GIS, Canada, Ottawa, Registered Retirement Savings Plan, Old Age Security, Canada Pension Plan, Business Finance, Social Issues, Taxation in Canada, Financial services, Investment, Labor, Retirement, Pension
Tree growers prepare for higher sales, expect more people to be home for holiday
Toronto :: Canada | 3 days ago
Credibility For some people it's the smell of cinnamon, peppermint or hot apple cider that reminds them of Christmas. For others it's the smell of pine that fills the house when a real Christmas tree is set up next to a crackling fire. This year Canadians may be...
Tags: christmas trees, artificial trees, Sears Canada, real trees, Statistics Canada, Lewis Downey, Cindy Jardim, trees growers, Canada, Toronto, Tree, Fir, Christmas tree, Spruce, Christmas, Abies balsamea, Germanic paganism, Christmas tree farming
Scotiabank hints at housing bubble
Quebec :: Canada | 4 days ago
Credibility A Bank of Nova Scotia report suggests Canadian real estate prices are overly inflated, but they're unlikely to correct themselves in the short term. The U.S. economy grew 2.8 per cent in the three months ending in September, the Commerce Department reported...
Tags: NB Power, Statistics Canada, U.S, New Brunswick, Canadian Standards Association, stiff opposition, Canadian Auto Workers, Maine, Canada, Quebec, Business Finance, Car manufacturers, Opel, General Motors, Law Crime, Magna International, Labor, Environment, Moncton, Politics, Atlantic Veterinary College, Cheque, Saab, Financial institutions, Banking, Bombs, World Wide Web, Euro, Saab Automobile, Detroit, Metro Detroit
Educated immigrants underemployed in Canada
Ottawa :: Canada | 4 days ago
Credibility Two-thirds of university-educated recent immigrants to Canada are underemployed in jobs requiring at most a college education or apprenticeship, according to a Statistics Canada report released Monday. Looking at Canada's immigrant labour market in 2008,...
Tags: Statistics Canada, born workers, born counterparts, Canada, Ottawa, Population, Illegal immigration to the United States, Immigration to the United States, Economic impact of immigration to Canada, Economic impact of illegal immigrants in the United States, Demographic economics, Demography, Immigration, Social Issues, Labor
September retail sales record seventh rise in nine months: StatsCan
Ottawa :: Canada | 5 days ago
Credibility Retail sales in current dollars rose one per cent in September to $34.9 billion, their seventh increase in nine months. Statistics Canada reports the increases were widespread with six of eight sectors showing gains...Retail sales have been rising since...
Tags: retail sales, Statistics Canada, Canada, Ottawa, Business Finance, United States dollar, Technology Internet
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