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| Budget at a glance |
| Source: DailyGleaner.com |
| Date: 05-Mar-2010 |
| Highlights from Thursday's federal budget for 2010-11:
* Total spending of $280.5 billion, up $12.8 billion over last year.
* Deficit of $49.2 billion.
* Total debt rises to $566.7 billion.
* Basic personal income-tax exemption (the amount you can earn before paying any taxes) for 2010 rises to $10,382.
* $3.2 billion in personal income-tax relief, largely through raising the b... (read more on DailyGleaner.com) |
| Three rural routes to business hall of fame |
| Source: TheChronicleHerald.ca, by B. Power |
| Date: 05-Mar-2010 |
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| Leaders of the publishing, financial, and international retail sectors are the latest inductees into the Junior Achievement Nova Scotia Business Hall of Fame.
The 2010 inductees are: publisher Bruce Murray; entrepreneur J. William (Bill) Ritchie; and retail executive Annette Verschuren, who heads Home Depot in Canada and China.
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Acknowledged leaders of the publishing, financial and i... (read more on TheChronicleHerald.ca) |
| Employers Time Is Running Out To Participate In Canada Summer Jobs 2010 |
| Source: TheGovMonitor.com |
| Date: 26-Feb-2010 |
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“Supporting Students: Serving Communities”
Canada Summer Jobs is a Government of Canada initiative that provides funding to help employers create summer job opportunities for students. It is designed to focus on local priorities, while achieving tangible results for both students and their communities.
Canada Summer Jobs is about:
* Providing work experiences for students;
* ... (read more on TheGovMonitor.com) |
| Daewoo to take over TrentonWorks: sources |
| Source: CBC.ca |
| Date: 25-Feb-2010 |
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South Korean manufacturing giant Daewoo is on the verge of resurrecting the mothballed TrentonWorks plant in Nova Scotia.
Anna Sawinska, business development manager for Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering Co. Ltd., confirms in an interview with The Canadian Press that the company plans to build components for wind turbines at the seven-hectare factory in Trenton.
Sawinska said ta... (read more on CBC.ca) |
| Canada Wholesale Sales Rise 0.7% Led by Machinery, Electronics |
| Source: BusinessWeek.com, by A. Deslongchamps |
| Date: 22-Feb-2010 |
| Canadian wholesale sales climbed for a fourth consecutive month in December, led by increased shipments of machinery and electronic equipment.
Sales advanced 0.7 percent to C$42.8 billion ($41 billion), Statistics Canada said today in Ottawa. Economists expected a 0.8 percent gain, based on the median of 16 responses in a Bloomberg survey. The agency revised its November estimate to a 2.7 perce... (read more on BusinessWeek.com) |
| Minimum Wage to rise in Nova Scotia on April 1 |
| Source: gov.ns.ca |
| Date: 17-Feb-2010 |
| Nova Scotians will see the minimum wage increase to $9.20 on April 1. This is a 6.9 per cent increase from the current rate of $8.60.
The minimum wage for inexperienced workers, with less than three months' experience in the work for which they were hired, will rise to $8.70 an hour from $8.10 an hour.
According to the schedule approved in 2008, the next increase will occur on Oct. 1., ... (read more on gov.ns.ca) |
| P.E.I. wants more women in trades |
| Source: CBC.ca |
| Date: 28-Jan-2010 |
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Sylvette Ploudre makes a living as a trained roofer, one of the few women working in a trade on Prince Edward Island.
"It's physical, so I like that," said Ploudre, who was working Tuesday on the roof of a Stratford school. "I don't really know, I'm just comfortable to go to a place like that. It's my place."
For many women, however, the trades aren&... (read more on CBC.ca) |
| NB Power CEO retires unexpectedly |
| Source: CBC.ca |
| Date: 27-Jan-2010 |
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NB Power's president is leaving the utility with more than two years left in his contract.
David Hay announced to NB Power's employees on Tuesday that he was retiring from the utility after almost six years at the helm of the Crown corporation.
NB Power's board of directors extended Hay's contract for three years in March 2009.
Gaetan Thomas, vice-president nuclear w... (read more on CBC.ca) |
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| Young farmer challenges identified |
| Source: AgriSuccessExpress, by R. Groeneveld |
| Date: 26-Jan-2010 |
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The aging farm community and a slowdown of young people entering primary agriculture production have prompted the Agriculture Producers Association of Saskatchewan to figure out why.
The general farm organization commissioned a year long study analyzing the challenges and impediments of getting more youth involved in farming. The results have recently been released.
"Attracting new ... (read more on AgriSuccessExpress) |
| Optimism in Canadian Agriculture |
| Source: Submitted, by FCC |
| Date: 25-Jan-2010 |
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Despite uncertainty in the industry, more than half of all respondents (55%) remain optimistic about the future of agriculture.
This is consistent with optimism levels in 2007 (53%) and 2008 (54%) in spite of respondents’ concerns around issues such as falling commodity prices and rising input costs.
Although more than half of all respondents (60%) believe that their farms or businesses ... (read more) |
| AAFC: Career Focus Program |
| Source: Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada |
| Date: 25-Jan-2010 |
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Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) is one of several federal departments participating in the Career Focus Program.
At AAFC, the Career Focus Program will contribute $864,000 to projects that employ recent graduates in agriculture, agri-food, agri-food science and veterinary medicine. Each project will be eligible to receive up to $20,000 in matching funds.
The program will help creat... (read more on Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada) |
| Government unveils action plan for northern NB |
| Source: gnb.ca |
| Date: 25-Jan-2010 |
| The provincial government will encourage economic growth and new opportunities for northern New Brunswick through a three-year regional plan unveiled today by Premier Shawn Graham.
"The government's Action Plan for Self-Sufficiency in Northern New Brunswick identifies specific actions to stimulate the northern economy and seize opportunities to create jobs in the region," said Gr... (read more on gnb.ca) |
| Unsafe workers will face fines |
| Source: TheChronicleHerald.ca, by J. Teakle |
| Date: 19-Jan-2010 |
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Nova Scotia’s workplace watchdogs will now fine employees, not just employers, for their on-the-job health and safety violations.
The fines range from $100 for a worker’s first violation to a maximum of $500 for a more serious or repeated infraction.
"Any employee could now be fined up to $100 for not wearing a hard hat if they are required to do so," said Kevin Finch, spokesman ... (read more on TheChronicleHerald.ca) |
| 2010 Canada Summer Jobs Program |
| Source: Submitted |
| Date: 18-Jan-2010 |
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The Honourable Diane Finley, Minister of Human Resources and Skills Development, announced the launch of Canada Summer Jobs 2010, which supports work experiences for students and helps provide important community services.
Applications will be available on February 1, 2010, and must be submitted by February 26, 2010.
Interested employers can apply online at
www.servicecanada.gc... (read more) |
| Study: The changing cyclical behaviour of labour productivity |
| Source: Statistics Canada |
| Date: 15-Jan-2010 |
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As the economy slumped in 2008 and 2009, labour productivity in Canada fell slightly as the combined reductions in employment and the average workweek did not match the drop in output. This marks a departure from recent recessions in Canada and the United States, when labour productivity increased during recessions.
This release compares the behaviour of labour productivity during the recent ... (read more on Statistics Canada) |
| Island workers out west plan to move home: survey |
| Source: CBC.ca |
| Date: 15-Jan-2010 |
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A new survey of P.E.I. tradespeople shows money is the main reason many of them move out west, contributing to the Island's labour shortage in the construction industry.
But the survey by the Residential Construction Sector Council also suggests most of the workers quickly discover the financial benefits come at a price. In fact, about half of the nearly 100 respondents said they plan to... (read more on CBC.ca) |
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