TORONTO - Ontario bucked a trend of job losses last month as the only province to make significant gains with 10,600 new jobs.Economic Development Min...

OTTAWA - The global economic slowdown has delivered a blow to Canada's jobs market.The country shed a surprisingly steep 30,400 jobs last month — th...

OTTAWA -- The Conference Board says its research suggests Canada's labour market has run out of gas, and could even register a loss of jobs for the mo...

PETERBOROUGH, Ont. - Baskin-Robbins says it will shutter a plant in Peterborough, Ont., that has been "operating around the clock" to churn out ice cr...

Students need help from the federal government to find summer jobs, Liberal MP Scott Brison said Wednesday. Citing statistics showing a po...

OTTAWA - Canada's unemployment rate inched down to 7.2 per cent last month as employers added 7,300 net new jobs, with Ontario the only province showi...

Canadian employers expect to hire more people this summer, but their level of hiring intentions is still at its lowest point in two years...

New Brunswick’s unemployment dropped to 9.4 per cent in May as the economy generated 5,300 new jobs, according to Statistics Canada. ...

What's the price of unemployment? In the case of Uganda which has the highest completion rate of primary school education in Africa, but where youth unemployment is at 80 per cent, many Ugandas pay the price of death. Just ask the family of Justine Nalugya who committed suicide in March because she didn't have a job.

From last weekend's elections in France and Germany, highlighting a shift in the populace away from fiscal austerity, to the gridlock in Greece's parliament (and more probable threat that the country will leave the euro), the region has created a conundrum for investors.

According to new labour force data released on Friday, Canada’s unemployment rate edged up slightly to 7.3 per cent in April. Though the economy add...

Canada’s youth are still struggling with a recession, even as the country’s job picture is improving, says a new study. The under-25 crowd lost...

Consumer confidence reversed course in April as Canadians continued to worry about jobs and their personal finances, according to the latest survey by...

OTTAWA - After months of stagnant or even falling employment, Canada's economy has just had its biggest surge since before the last recession — addi...

OTTAWA - Unemployed Canadians continued to struggle with a tough job market last month as the slow-moving economy laid an egg in February, unexpectedl...

With the release of the latest growth projections from the Bank of Canada and the International Monetary Fund (IMF), it appears that Canada's two-year run at the top of the G7 group of countries could be coming to an end. Both the Bank of Canada and the IMF have lowered this year's growth predictions, paving the way for - get this - America to take over the top spot.

The release of Canadian and U.S. job numbers suggests Canada's economy has stalled, while its American counterpart seems to be gaining momentum. Ac...

OTTAWA - Statistics Canada says the country's unemployment rate rose to 7.6 per cent last month as the economy continued to struggle to produce new jo...

I feel like I've aged at least 10 years over my summer of unemployment. Long gone are my dreams and ambitions of finding a "creative" job, a fulfilling job, a job I enjoy. Fantastic, I am jaded and still in my 20s.