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[published_date] Canada's unemployment rate reached nearly its highest point since 2016 as the economy shed 66,000 jobs in August, according to new data from Statistics Canada. The unemployment rate rose 0.2 percentage points in August to 7.1 per cent, a level last seen in May 2016 if the COVID-19 years of 2020 and 2021 were excluded, the data…

[published_date] U.S. job growth weakened sharply in August while the unemployment rate increased to nearly a four-year high of 4.3 per cent, confirming that labour market conditions were softening and sealing the case for an interest rate cut from the Federal Reserve this month. The Labour Department's closely watched employment report on Friday also showed that the economy lost jobs…

[published_date] Canada's unemployment rate reached nearly its highest point since 2016 as the economy shed 66,000 jobs in August, according to new data from Statistics Canada. The unemployment rate rose 0.2 percentage points in August to 7.1 per cent, a level last seen in May 2016 if the COVID-19 years of 2020 and 2021 were excluded, the data…

[published_date] The unemployment rate rose to 7.1 per cent in August — nearly the highest rate since 2016 — while the Canadian economy lost 66,000 jobs, according to new data from Statistics Canada. After the unemployment rate held steady in July at 6.9 per cent, it increased again last month, making it the highest the…

[published_date] The unemployment rate rose to 7.1 per cent and the Canadian economy lost 66,000 jobs in the month of August, according to new data from Statistics Canada. The losses mostly affected workers between 25 to 54 years old, StatsCan said, while there was little change in youth employment. The figures are more dire than…

[published_date] Lululemon Athletica shares have plunged after it said it was slashing its annual profit forecast for the second quarter in a row, blaming weak U.S. business performance, as well as tariff costs. Shares of the Vancouver-based yogawear and clothing retailer maker, which also cut its annual sales forecast, were down about 17 per cent ahead of Friday's NASDAQ…

[published_date] First, they forced office workers to stay home, and we became acquainted with Google Teams, comfortably, in athleisure wear. Then they told some of us to come back, but only sometimes, and we had to remember how to wear pants just to have Teams meetings in half-empty offices. Now, some employers in both the private and public sector…

[published_date] A Chinese hacking group that may have stolen information from nearly every American "almost certainly" targeted a Canadian telecommunications company as well, according to a warning from Canada's cyber intelligence agency. The prowess of the Beijing-backed group often referred to as Salt Typhoon is back in the news after more than a dozen international government agencies…

[published_date] An auto part supplier is laying off nearly 250 workers at General Motors' Oshawa plant, CBC News has learned.  The move is happening as GM is set to cut a third shift at the plant, announced amid U.S. President Donald Trump's tariffs that are threatening Canada's auto sector.  TFT Global Inc. is one of…

[published_date] In a surprise statement, Premier David Eby called for the end of Canada's temporary foreign worker (TFW) program — blaming Ottawa's flawed immigration policies for filling up homeless shelters and food banks.  "The temporary foreign worker program is not working. It should be cancelled or significantly reformed," Eby said during an unrelated announcement in Surrey,…

[published_date] Ten years after the Toronto Blue Jays' long-awaited post-season return gripped a nation, club legend José Bautista sees similarities between that team and the 2025 installment. In Toronto on Thursday to debut his Dominican coffee brand Bella Aldea, Bautista noticed a familiar buzz coalescing in town. The vaunted slugger, who ranks second in franchise…

[published_date] This First Person column is written by Rogene Reid, who lives in Toronto. For more information about First Person stories, see the FAQ.  The night before the school year begins, sleep rarely comes easily to me.  Some people likely imagine principals as calm authority figures, but I feel the same nerves as many children…