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National employment numbers for June from Statistics Canada, at a glance

National employment numbers for June from Statistics Canada, at a glance

OTTAWA — A quick look at Canada's June employment (numbers from the previous month in brackets): Unemployment rate: 7.8 per cent (8.2) Employment rate: 60.1 per cent (59.4) Participation rate: 65.2 per cent (64.
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Here's a quick glance at unemployment rates for June, by province

Here's a quick glance at unemployment rates for June, by province

OTTAWA — Canada's national unemployment rate was 7.8 per cent in June. Here are the jobless rates last month by province (numbers from the previous month in brackets): _ Newfoundland and Labrador 13.0 per cent (13.4) _ Prince Edward Island 12.
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MTY Food Group reports $23M Q2 profit, restarts paying quarterly dividend

MTY Food Group reports $23M Q2 profit, restarts paying quarterly dividend

MONTREAL — MTY Food Group Inc. said it will restart paying a dividend as it reported a profit of $23 million in its latest quarter compared with a loss of $99.1 million a year ago when then pandemic started.
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Here's a quick glance at unemployment rates for June, by Canadian city

Here's a quick glance at unemployment rates for June, by Canadian city

OTTAWA — The national unemployment rate was 7.8 per cent in June. Statistics Canada also released seasonally adjusted, three-month moving average unemployment rates for major cities.
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Fire in food factory in Bangladesh kills at least 49 people

Fire in food factory in Bangladesh kills at least 49 people

DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — At least 49 people have died in a fire that broke out at a food and beverage factory outside the country’s capital, fire officials and local TV stations said Friday.
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Pfizer to seek OK for 3rd vaccine dose; shots still protect

Pfizer to seek OK for 3rd vaccine dose; shots still protect

Pfizer is about to seek U.S. authorization for a third dose of its COVID-19 vaccine, saying Thursday that another shot within 12 months could dramatically boost immunity and maybe help ward off the latest worrisome coronavirus mutant.
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Black restaurateurs expect long recovery times from pandemic lows

Black restaurateurs expect long recovery times from pandemic lows

TORONTO — When COVID-19 started spreading through Canada, Resa Solomon-St. Lewis watched business at her Caribbean food company Baccanalle disappear.
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Most actively traded companies on the Toronto Stock Exchange

Most actively traded companies on the Toronto Stock Exchange

TORONTO — Some of the most active companies traded Thursday on the Toronto Stock Exchange: Toronto Stock Exchange (20,061.21, down 229.39 points.) Bombardier Inc. (TSX:BBD.B). Industrials. Down two cents, or 1.45 per cent, to $1.36 on 9.
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Toronto launches 'playbooks' to help businesses plan for return to offices

Toronto launches 'playbooks' to help businesses plan for return to offices

TORONTO — The City of Toronto has launched a campaign to help encourage a safe return to offices in the downtown core.
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Avenatti sentenced to 2 1/2 years in prison for extortion

Avenatti sentenced to 2 1/2 years in prison for extortion

NEW YORK (AP) — A tearful, repentant Michael Avenatti, the brash lawyer who once represented Stormy Daniels in lawsuits against President Donald Trump, was sentenced Thursday to 2 1/2 years in prison for trying to extort up to $25 million from Nike b
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