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Sears Canada CEO shrugs off parent company's massive unloading of stock

Sears Canada Inc. CEO Calvin McDonald said Thursday that Canadian operations will be unaffected by a massive redistribution of shares by the parent holding company in the U.S.

Parks Canada hit hardest in latest announcement of public sector job cuts

Parks Canada has been hit especially hard in the latest round of federal public service cuts.

Teachers' Pension Plan CEO offers 'dose of reality'

Ontario taxpayers received a painful dose of honesty from the Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan President and CEO Jim Leech last week when he admitted the funding formula is broken and that revolutionary changes to many defined benefit (DB) pensions are needed.

Mining boom puts 'stunning' Yukon watershed at risk

The Star's Paul Watson reported Monday on a brewing conflict between mining companies and conservationists over a massive untouched wilderness in the central Yukon.

Encana CEO Randy Eresman insists company not for sale

Encana Corp. signalled Wednesday it will continue to pursue joint venture deals and sell assets while building a $3-billion cash war chest to survive persistently low natural gas prices.

Canada looks to speed entry of skilled foreign workers

The Canadian government said on Tuesday it will ease immigration rules for skilled workers as it looks to alleviate labor shortages in the oil, mining and construction industries.

Forest industry says boreal protection goals still on radar.
Canadian forest product companies admit they are not going as fast as they had hoped in fulfilling a historic May 2010 agreement to protect the nation's boreal forest.
Seaway pipeline reversal may help ease Canada's oil pain
Canada's oil price disadvantage, estimated to deprive the country of as much as $50-million a day, is about to ease with the reversal of an old pipeline in the Southern United States.
Factory shipments show signs of life in March
Canadian factories are powering up, gaining from the slow but steady pickup in the United States and changing their ways to take advantage of the resource boom.

Job News Headlines

Are millennials really a lost generation?

If your birth year is essentially a genetic lottery, which drops you into the economic circumstances of the day, then it's no exaggeration to say that the 70 million millennials — or Generation Y, those born in the 1980s and '90s — appear to have lost that lottery.

Employer News Headlines

The Hottest Industries To Start A Business In

If you've been wondering what fields might be fertile for a new business, a good place to start is the Bureau of Labor Statistics' new employment projections for 2010 to 2020.

Education News Headlines

Nine Dangerous Things You Were Taught In School

Be aware of the insidious and unspoken lessons you learned as a child. To thrive in the world outside the classroom, you're going to have to unlearn them.

Economic Trend News Headlines

Canadian economy on way to less dependence on U.S.

The Canadian economy appears to be on a long-term trend toward less dependence on the United States, according to a new study issued Wednesday by TD Economics.

Policy News Headlines

The Economics of the Great Gatsby Curve

Scott Winship questions the idea that greater inequality at a point in time is associated with less generational mobility over time — what the Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisors, Alan Krueger, called the "Great Gatsby Curve"