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Canada Earnings of non-farm payroll employees up | |
Average weekly earnings of non-farm payroll employees increased 0.8% from July to $877.28 in August, following two months of small declines. On a year-over-year basis, average weekly earnings rose 1.9%, the lowest growth rate since November 2009.
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Canada's imports and exports up | |
Canada's merchandise imports grew 0.7% and exports increased 0.5% in August. As a result, Canada's trade deficit with the world went from $539 million in July to $622 million in August.
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Author and Tolerance.ca Editor, Victor Teboul, Ph.D., to speak at the Arab World Festival of Montreal | |
Author Victor Teboul, Editor of the online magazine Tolerance.ca, will be speaking at the Arab World Festival of Montreal, on November 4, 2011, at 7.30. p.m. at Librairie Paulines, 2653, rue Masson, in Montreal. He will give a lecture on Irony and self-criticism in a pluralistic world and will present his new novel, ''Bienvenue chez Monsieur B. !'' published by L'Harmattan, in Paris.
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Canada. Retail sales up | |
Retail sales totalled $118.5 billion in the second quarter, up 3.8% over the second quarter of 2010. Higher sales were reported in 5 of 10 major commodity groups, accounting for 65% of retail sales.
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Canada. Employment rises | |
Following two months of little change, employment rose by 61,000 in September, all in full time. This increase pushed the unemployment rate down 0.2 percentage points to 7.1%, the lowest rate since December 2008.
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Canada. Life expectancy up | |
Life expectancy at birth continued to rise, reaching a new high of 80.9 years during the three-year period from 2006 to 2008. This was up 0.2 years from 2005-2007.
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