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Not jobless, they're 'funemployed' 7 comments

Stephanie Findlay wrote 1 week ago: When the recession hit, Gaelan Love’s future changed—maybe, he says, for the better. The recent McGi … more →

Tags: Arts & Culture, funemployed, Gen Y, jobless, Pew Research Center, recession, unemployed

Stats on pay and job losses - plain and simple

PEA Blogger wrote 2 weeks ago: These numbers make it a little easier to swallow: Average Canadian pay nudges up in April Average we … more →

Tags: canadian, Employees, News, study, wage, Economy, recession, Statscan

How does your charitable giving measure up?

asridhar wrote 1 month ago: So, reading the Globe and Mail in Toronto yesterday, I learned that 23 million people in Canada gave … more →

Tags: SAPProject, charitable giving, recession, Service Nation, Canada, Globe and Mail, Giving USA

BC has the worst child poverty rating in the country for the sixth year in a row

PEA Blogger wrote 1 month ago: All we can say is…argh. Although every story you read talks of how horrible this statistic is, … more →

Tags: canadian, News, wage, study, British Columbia, Child Poverty, Statscan, first-call

Dollar for dollar, a B.A. is better7 comments

Rachel Mendleson wrote 1 month ago: More Canadians are pursuing graduate studies than ever before. Even prior to the recession—universit … more →

Tags: Canada, Bachelor's Degree, C.D. Howe Institute, doctorates, economic downturn, Extra Earning Power: The Financial Returns to Universit, François Vaillancourt, grad school, Graduate

I'm Back... at the Edmonton Journal!!

Brent Wittmeier wrote 1 month ago: Long have I neglected my website! But fear not, I will be posting to it throughout the summer. To ma … more →

Tags: Journalism, Edmonton Journal, Donna Wilson, University of Alberta, palliative care, End of Life Care, death, hospitals

EI jumps 10.6%

sweens wrote 1 month ago: I was catching up on my Employment Insurance (EI) news this afternoon on CBC’s website.  There was a … more →

Tags: Recruitment, Unemployment, recruiter, recruiting, recruit, Employment Insurance, CBC, EI

36 thousand jobs were created in Canada last month, but centres in BC remain stagnant in unemployment rates

PEA Blogger wrote 2 months ago: Big news across the country today as Canada declares it’s job loss spiral is finally over! 35, … more →

Tags: canadian, News, Employees, study, British Columbia, Canada, Victoria, Vancouver, recession

CBC shows Carole's Carbon Crunching is Crap... WITH LINK!5 comments

Geoff wrote 2 months ago: Great piece by the CBC on how the NDP is misrepresenting the facts about the impact of the Carbon Ta … more →

Tags: Breaking News, Election Issues, Carbon Tax, Carole James, Environment Canada

Lies, Damned Lies, and Statistics5 comments

bcbrews wrote 2 months ago: A Vancouver Sun article yesterday about a Statistics Canada report on the sale of alcoholic beverage … more →

Tags: Business, Beer, bowen island, Canada, cannery, Howe Sound, labatt, Molson, Pacific Western Brewing

Revenge of the Ever-Pesky Facts29 comments

redtory wrote 2 months ago: Uh oh! Bad news for the Bloggin’ Tories’ favourite crime-watcher and intrepid reporter issuing frant … more →

Tags: blogging tories, wingnuts, Idiot Bloggers, Law & Order, Crime

Weekend story: Economy sheds 61,300 jobs in March as job losses rivals early 1980s recession

PEA Blogger wrote 3 months ago: From The Canadian Press Jobs are disappearing in Canada at a rate not seen since the deep recession … more →

Tags: canadian, News, Employees, study, National, jobless, Unemployment, RATES

Recovery from alcohol problems with and without treatment4 comments

M A wrote 3 months ago: Recovery from alcohol problems with and without treatment: prevalence in two population surveys. (19 … more →

Tags: Research, Alcoholics Anonymous, Effectiveness of AA, quit drinking without aa, Sobell, 1996, AA research, drinking moderation

61K Canadian Jobs Shed In March

matttbastard wrote 3 months ago: by matttbastard Another month, another round of massive job losses in Canada: Canada is shedding jo … more →

Tags: Canadian Politics, Stephen Harper, Canada, Politics, Economics, Economy, recession, Unemployment, michael ignatieff

StatsCan saves us money

Michael Friscolanti wrote 3 months ago: Statistics Canada doesn’t need to conduct a telephone survey to figure out that taxpayers are oppose … more →

Tags: Canada

Friday Science Review: March 20, 20091 comment

Jeremy G wrote 4 months ago: I had a hard time finding news-making Canadian science stories this week; but in the meantime, here … more →

Tags: Jeremy Grushcow, Weekend Science Review, Clinical Trials, Canada, nanotechnology, Cancer Incidence, food borne illness, Salmonella, listeria

Now That Is A Hockey Stick Graph1 comment

Raphael Alexander wrote 4 months ago: Where is the safest place to be in this recession today? The answer is as old as the sands: go west … more →

Tags: Canada, Unemployment

Now hiring: nursing jobs on the rise2 comments

Cathy Gulli wrote 5 months ago: If you’re out of work and considering a career change, think about medicine. Last week, Statistics … more →

Tags: Canada, canadian nurses association, canadian union of public employees, hospitals, Labour Force, Nursing, Unemployment

Around and about

Miriam Jones wrote 5 months ago: “Researchers struggle as Ottawa scales back funding: Experts frustrated as other countries po … more →

Tags: media, Globe and Mail, Toronto Star, Times Higher Education, Academic Matters, montreal gazette


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