Employment declined by 61,000 in March 2009, all in full-time work. This decrease pushed the unemployment rate up 0.3 percentage points to 8.0%, the highest rate in seven years.
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Two young Americans who left their homes to join an Al Qaeda-linked terrorist group in Somalia held a rare “press conference” in Southern Somalia on Monday, April 6, 2009, saying they want to be killed “for the sake of God,” according to a U.S. law enforcement official and a video posted on a Somali news Web site.
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Pescara (Italy) - The citizens of Aquila and nearby municipalities hit by the earthquake are mourning their dead. Those left homeless are being offered shelter and aid in hotels and hostels.
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The lawyer for a Canadian jailed in Ethiopia has gone to court trying to block foreign aid payments to the East African country in protest over his client's treatment. Lorne Waldman filed papers in Federal Court on Thursday, April, 2, 2009, on behalf of Bashir Makhtal, who has been held in prison in Addis Ababa for two years.
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In the past 24 hours the Canadian warship HMCS Winnipeg.has sent its Sea King helicopter after several skiffs that were shadowing a commercial vessel, using a large red “Stop” sign to tell the speedboat crews to get lost.
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Payroll employment decreased by 117,000 (-0.8%) in January from the previous month, the largest drop since March 1991. Since the peak reached in October 2008, the number of employees has decreased by 230,500.
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Pirates have captured another luxury boat operating in the Indian Ocean Seychelles archipelago after it dropped off tourists on one of its islands, according to officials.
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Two European-owned tankers have been sea-jacked off the Somali coast within a few hours time and have triggered an alert by the European Union's anti-piracy naval mission to other vessels in the area since a significant increase of pirate activity can be observed. The crews of both hijacked vessels are believed to be unharmed.
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Canada's population grew by 0.19% in the fourth quarter of 2008, the fastest fourth-quarter growth rate since 1992. As of January 1, 2009, Canada's population was an estimated 33,504,700, up 63,400 from October 1, 2008.
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A sizeable earnings gap exists between Canadian women with children and those without children, according to a study by Statistics Canada. During the period 1993 to 2004, average hourly earnings of women with children were 12% below those of women without children.
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