The jobless rate went up for a third straight month in July, rising to 5.5 per cent as the economy struggles to create enough jobs to match Canada's rapidly rising population.
Statistics Canada reports the economy lost 64-hundred jobs.
Job losses were led by the construction industry, while the greatest job gains were made in health care and social assistance.
They say including housing experts — along with government and Indigenous leaders — in the development of housing policy will ensure a more thorough review and head off unintended consequences of any new legislation.
One man was hurt and two people are in custody after police say a suspect approached a group, pulled out a gun and fired several times before fleeing. Chief Dave Jansen says in a statement that, in light of other recent events in the downtown core, it's time to act because he says he's been told people feel unsafe in the area.
Twelve Canadian Tire stores were using the technology for about three years, saying it was needed for theft and staff safety, but the systems were removed and the information destroyed when the commissioner notified the chain that four stores were under investigation.
The Liberals first made the massive tree-planting promise during the 2019 federal election campaign and followed through with a 10-year 3.2-billion-dollar budget for it in 2020.
Federal workers are on strike at more than 250 locations across Canada as part of a job action by the Public Service Alliance of Canada. It's day two of the strike, which came after bargaining groups failed to come to an agreement over a few sticking points -- including wages.
In 2019, Jaskirat Singh Sidhu was sentenced to eight years after pleading guilty to dangerous driving causing death and bodily harm in the Saskatchewan crash that killed 16 people and injured 13 others.