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| Moncton shows positive hiring forecast |
| Source: TimesTranscript.com |
| Date: 13-Dec-2010 |
| People looking for work will be happy to hear many Metro Moncton employers will be hiring after Christmas.
Manpower Inc. released the results of its employment outlook survey for the first quarter of 2011. Employers were asked about their hiring plans from January through March.
The survey showed 26 per cent of employers plan to hire for the upcoming quarter, while 10 per cent anticipate cut... (read more on TimesTranscript.com) |
| Cattlemen’s Young Leaders program welcomes applicants |
| Source: Cattle.ca |
| Date: 09-Dec-2010 |
| The Cattlemen’s Young Leaders (CYL) development program is pleased to report it is already receiving applications for the 16 available mentorship opportunities on offer across Canada in 2011.
Eligible interested parties have until Jan. 25 to apply for the mentorship opportunities, which begin in April and run to December. Beef enthusiasts between the ages of 18 and 35 interested in more informa... (read more on Cattle.ca) |
| Private sector urges Nova Scotia government to change or withdraw labour bill |
| Source: dailybusinessbuzz.ca, by J. Lewandowski |
| Date: 08-Dec-2010 |
| Nova Scotia Premier Darrell Dexter staunchly defended his government’s proposed labour legislation Monday, dismissing mounting opposition from the private sector as a position based on fantasy, not fact.
Dexter has found himself at odds with the private sector in recent days after his government introduced labour legislation reform. Private sector employers say the proposed bill would hinder t... (read more on dailybusinessbuzz.ca) |
| Canada adds 15,000 jobs in November |
| Source: CBC.ca |
| Date: 03-Dec-2010 |
| Canada's jobless rate dipped to 7.6 per cent in November, its lowest level in almost two years, as the economy created 15,200 new positions, Statistics Canada says.
While part-time work rose by 26,700, there were 11,500 fewer full-time workers in November.
Analysts were expecting between 15,000 and 20,000 jobs to be created.
"While the headline drop in the unemployment rate is a... (read more on CBC.ca) |
| Do corporate buyouts signal the end of the family farm? |
| Source: TheGlobeAndMail.com, by P. Waldie & J. Leeder |
| Date: 24-Nov-2010 |
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Larry Spratt was combining with his father on their grain farm near Melfort, Sask., last November when a car pulled up along a nearby highway.
Out jumped Wally Johnston, a former Ontario farmer and now a vice-president at Bonnefield Financial, a Toronto-based investment firm. Mr. Johnston waved the Spratts over for a chat. “He said he was touring around Saskatchewan trying to meet farmers and... (read more on TheGlobeAndMail.com) |
| Employment divide grows between rural, urban areas |
| Source: NBBusinessJournal.com |
| Date: 23-Nov-2010 |
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A new report from Scotia Economics says a "growing divergence in fortunes" exists between rural and urban areas in New Brunswick.
Between 2000 and 2009, employment grew by 14 per cent across the province's largest cities (Moncton, Saint John and Fredericton), states the Provincial Trends Report. But employment outside those three urban areas expanded by only two per cent over t... (read more on NBBusinessJournal.com) |
| Processing life after Larsen |
| Source: TheChronicleHerald.ca |
| Date: 22-Nov-2010 |
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BERWICK, NS — Alan Burns is thinking of returning to work as a delivery truck driver. John Clarke may seek work as a carpenter.
Perry McKay may retire a little earlier than planned.
What all three men have is common is that next spring, they will all be out of work. Each has worked the past 20 or more years at the Larsen meat packing plant in Berwick.
But with Maple Leaf Foods’ recent a... (read more on TheChronicleHerald.ca) |
| Workers Compensation to charge PEI farmers more |
| Source: CBC.ca |
| Date: 12-Nov-2010 |
| Workers compensation rates will be going up for some employers, including farmers, in the new year, while others will see rates drop.
The Workers Compensation Board has done a full review of the premiums to employers, money it uses to cover the cost of helping workers hurt on the job. Board chair Nancy Guptill told CBC News this week that for years some employers have been paying too much, whil... (read more on CBC.ca) |
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| Canada’s outstanding young farmer award celebrates 30th anniversary |
| Source: PEIcanada.com |
| Date: 04-Nov-2010 |
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Canada’s Outstanding Young Farmers (OYF) program celebrates 30 years of recognizing innovation and excellence in
Canadian farmers at its 2010 National Recognition Event in Victoria, B.C. November 26.
The annual event brings together OYF alumni, this year’s regional honourees and the agricultural industry at large for
a special forum, presentations by the seven honourees, and concludes with ... (read more on PEIcanada.com) |
| Free-trade pact risks jobs, says study |
| Source: dailybusinessbuzz.ca |
| Date: 29-Oct-2010 |
| TORONTO, ON — Canada stands to lose as many as 150,000 jobs if it signs a free-trade agreement with the European Union, according to a new report from the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives.
The left-leaning research organization said Canada has entered negotiations with the EU at a “notable disadvantage” and a trade deal with Europe would increase our trade deficit.
The paper, written ... (read more on dailybusinessbuzz.ca) |
| Dairy worker wages spike in Ontario |
| Source: AgriSuccessExpress |
| Date: 27-Oct-2010 |
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Farm labour costs are a hotly debated competitive issue in Ontario, where wages for farm workers compete with manufacturing wages. But in the dairy sector, at least, it looks like efforts are being made to close the gap.
Survey results reported by the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs, show the average hourly wage on dairy farms in the province has risen almost 20 per ce... (read more on AgriSuccessExpress) |
| NL: Purity war rages on as union and company dig in heels |
| Source: dailybusinessbuzz.ca, by Barb Sweet |
| Date: 22-Oct-2010 |
| ST. JOHN’S, NL — With the biggest season for Purity products coming soon, Stoyles Food Market would like to see some sweet talk between management and the union.
The 52 union workers at the Blackmarsh Road Purity factory in St. John’s have been locked out since early September. There’s been no production at the plant during that time.
“They are not even talking,” said Dick Stoyles, owner of ... (read more on dailybusinessbuzz.ca) |
| NS: Local farmer bashes immigrant funding initiative |
| Source: dailybusinessbuzz.ca, by S. Martell |
| Date: 21-Oct-2010 |
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PICTOU, NS - Outrageous and ridiculous were two of the first words that came to John Crawford’s mind upon hearing a recent government funding announcement.
The River John farmer was astounded to learn $260,000 from the Community Development Trust would be used to entice immigrant producers to set up farming operations in Nova Scotia.
“I don’t think it’s right,” he said. “They haven’t helpe... (read more on dailybusinessbuzz.ca) |
| NS: Province seeks immigrant farmers to grow agriculture |
| Source: dailybusinessbuzz.ca |
| Date: 20-Oct-2010 |
| HALIFAX, NS — The Department of Agriculture is partnering with the Nova Scotia Office of Immigration to attract immigrant farmers to rural Nova Scotia through the Provincial Nominee Program.
On Monday, Agriculture Minister John MacDonell and Minister of Immigration Ramona Jennex announced $260,000 in funding from the Community Development Trust to attract new producers to set up farming operati... (read more on dailybusinessbuzz.ca) |
| Phyterra opens next spring |
| Source: The Eastern Graphic |
| Date: 20-Oct-2010 |
| Despite delays in completing the designs for a new yeast plant in Summerville, PEI, the plant is still scheduled to open next spring.
“It’s been a bit slow getting started but a lot of work has been going on behind the scenes,” Garth Greenham, president of Phyterra Yeast Inc, said. “We’re trying to build something that is quite unique, a yeast plant that can do sterile manufacturing.”
In Apr... (read more on The Eastern Graphic) |
| Pinning hopes on green homes |
| Source: TheChronicleHerald.ca |
| Date: 15-Oct-2010 |
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| HOME BUILDERS IN Nova Scotia hope a new generation of energy-efficient houses will help pull the industry out of a slump.
"The market has stalled, that is for sure, but for builders who can hang in there, the long-term outlook is good," Andrew Holley, president of the Nova Scotia Home Builders’ Association, said in an interview Thursday.
Holley said the future looks good because of... (read more on TheChronicleHerald.ca) |
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