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Canada’s addition of 47,000 new jobs in Sept lowers unemployment rate

October 11, 2024October 11, 2024 - by cmedia

CMEDIA/Toronto: The Canadian labour market’s addition of 47,000 jobs in Sept led to the decline of the unemployment rate for the first time since January to 6.5, Statistics Canada reported …

Finance/Business

Economic integration is a major leveler for Quebecers’ immigration preferences, study shows

June 7, 2024June 7, 2024 - by cmedia

Canada’s points-based immigration system, which prioritizes work skills over country of origin, has defined its approach to welcoming new arrivals since its implementation in 1967. This is also true in …

Opinion

Population Growth is Not Good for People or the Planet

November 23, 2023November 23, 2023 - by cmedia

Population-Growth. Image credit: https://www.ipsnews.net/ #PopulationGrowth; #UnitedNations By Nandita Bajaj According to the United Nations, the world’s population is more than three times larger than it was in the mid-twentieth century. …

Canada / Climate change / Environment

‘Statistically impossible’ heat extremes are here: Study identifies the regions most at risk

April 30, 2023April 30, 2023 - by cmedia

Fraser River near Lytton in British Columbia. Image credit: Wikimedia Commons In the summer of 2021, Canada’s all-time temperature record was smashed by almost 5℃. Its new record of 49.6℃ …