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Retail sales climbed 1.3% in November on Black Friday shopping
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Retail sales climbed 1.3% in November on Black Friday shopping

admin January 22, 2021

By Staff The Canadian Press Posted January 22, 2021 10:11 am Smaller font Descrease article font size -A Larger font Increase article font size A+ Statistics Canada says retail sales climbed 1.3 per cent to $55.2 billion in November, rising for the seventh straight month as Black Friday boosted online shopping. But the agency’s unofficial early estimate suggests that retailers saw sales fall 2.6 per cent in December, at the height of the holiday shopping season. READ MORE: More than 200K small businesses could close permanently amid pandemic: CFIB Statistics Canada says shoppers began gift buying early online to avoid shipping delays and take advantage Read More

December lockdown was ‘the last straw.’ Job numbers show impact of new COVID-19 restrictions
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December lockdown was ‘the last straw.’ Job numbers show impact

admin January 9, 2021

Nick Cassinath says he hasn’t paid himself since the beginning of novel coronavirus pandemic.The owner of Northern Artists, a Toronto photo lab that’s been in business since 1979, says his shop has been hanging by a thread since COVID-19 first struck Canada back in March. “The CERB completely saved us,” says Cassinath, who adds both he and several of his employees have received the $2,000-a-month Canada Emergency Response Benefit. Read more: Canada sheds 63K jobs in December, first decline since April Those government paycheques — along with the Canada Emergency Commercial Rent Assistance, the first incarnation of Ottawa’s Read More

Canada sheds 63K jobs in December, first decline since April
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Canada sheds 63K jobs in December, first decline since April

admin January 8, 2021

By Staff The Canadian Press Posted January 8, 2021 8:55 am     Updated January 8, 2021 9:02 am Smaller font Descrease article font size -A Larger font Increase article font size A+ Statistics Canada says the economy lost 63,000 jobs in December, the first decline since April. The unemployment rate was 8.6 per cent for the month, up 0.1 percentage points from 8.5 per cent in November. The result ended a streak of monthly job gains that began in May as restrictions put in place to slow the spread of the pandemic began to ease. Trending Stories Story continues below advertisement Full-time employment in December rose by 36,500, but there was a Read More

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