New Board and Staff Announcement
NEWS RELEASE – For Immediate Release Victoria, B.C, June 10, 2014 – The Victoria Foundation wishes to announce the appointment of Mary E. Mouat, QC, to our Board of Directors, and…
Harmonised Unemployment Rates (HURs), OECD – Updated: June 2014
11/06/2014 – The OECD unemployment rate fell by 0.1 percentage point at 7.4% in April 2014. Around 45 million persons were unemployed in the OECD area as a whole, 4.9 million less…
Registered apprenticeship training programs, 2012
Apprenticeship training programs across Canada received 104,280 new registrations and reinstatements in 2012, up 6.8% from 2011. This marked the highest number of new registrations and reinstatements (individuals who were reinstated in 2012 after a year or…
NWT Mining Week recognizes industry and workers
YELLOWKNIFE (June 10, 2014) – NWT Mining Week takes place June 9-13 this year and provides an opportunity to recognize the important role the mining sector has played in the NWT…
Sharon DeSousa and Magali Picard re-elected as Ontario and Quebec REVPs
On Sunday, June 8, 2014, delegates at PSAC’s Ontario and Quebec regional conventions re-elected their Regional Executive Vice Presidents for a second term of three years. Sharon DeSousa re-elected PSAC…
Sunvault Energy Welcomes James Malcolm Ross to Its Board of Directors
KELOWNA, BRITISH COLUMBIA–(June 9, 2014) – SUNVAULT ENERGY INC. (PINKSHEETS:SVLT) (“Sunvault”) (“the Company”) announces that Mr. James Malcolm Ross has join the Sunvault Energy Board of Directors. When Mr. Ross was…
Labour Force Survey, May 2014
Employment edged up by 26,000 in May, driven by gains in part-time work. The unemployment rate increased 0.1 percentage points to 7.0% as there were more people in the labour market. Overall employment growth has…
Labour productivity, hourly compensation and unit labour cost, first quarter 2014
Labour productivity of Canadian businesses edged down 0.1% in the first quarter, following a 1.0% gain in the fourth quarter of 2013. It was the first decline since the third quarter of 2012. Businesses…
Study: The migration of infrastructure tradespersons, 2006 to 2011
In 2011, “infrastructure tradespersons” aged 25 to 44 were no more likely to have migrated from another province or region than those who had other types of postsecondary credentials. Infrastructure tradespersons are defined as those…
17th Annual Canadian Journalism Foundation Awards draws sold-out crowd
TORONTO, June 3, 2014 – The 17th Annual Canadian Journalism Foundation Awards has attracted a sell-out crowd of more than 500 business leaders and media guests to celebrate excellence in journalism in Toronto on June 4. The Fairmont…
