The number of people receiving regular Employment Insurance (EI) benefits rose to 560,400 in January 2009, up 4.4% or 23,700 from December 2008.
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Greece's Merchant Marine Ministry finally confirmed that pirates have seized a Greek-owned cargo ship in the Gulf of Aden off the coast of Somalia. The ministry says the St. Vincent-flagged M/V TITAN, with 24 crew members on board, was seized late Thursday night, March 19, 2009, while the attack was reported already earlier in the week.
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Because of increases in the detection of cancer and improving survival, the number of Canadians living with cancer is rising.
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Manufacturing sales decreased 5.4% to $41.7 billion in January 2009, falling to the lowest level in almost 10 years. Motor vehicle and motor vehicle parts industries, particularly in Ontario, reported record decreases during the month.
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The operating revenues for Canada's spectator sports, event promoters, artists and related industries reached $5.5 billion in 2007, up 9.6% from 2006.
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OTTAWA—Tax cuts are the worst possible economic stimulus with Bank of Canada interest rates heading to zero, and may well have a negative effect on the economy, says a report released by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA).
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Employment fell for the fourth consecutive month in February 2009 (-83,000), bringing total losses since the peak of October 2008 to 295,000 (-1.7%). The February employment decrease pushed the unemployment rate up 0.5 percentage points to 7.7%.
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The market value of assets held in employer-sponsored pension funds fell by 8.7% during the third quarter of 2008 to $869.0 billion, the largest quarterly decline in a decade.
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Nearly 600 people joined the One Law for All anti-racist rally against Sharia and religious-based laws in Britain and elsewhere and in defence of citizenship and universal rights in Trafalgar Square and marched towards Red Lion Square in London.
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MOSCOW - A Russian government source expressed astonishment on Friday over a statement made by Canada's defense minister over a flight by a Russian strategic bomber near the Canadian border.
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