The minimum wage in Saskatchewan will increase to $13 per hour starting Oct. 1 this year and $15 per hour by 2024.
At Star Egg and Maple Leaf Foods facilities in Saskatoon, Pat Horbay says many employees are working two jobs because they only make around minimum wage.
The extra hours...
MORONI, Comoros Islands/BRUSSELS (Reuters) - In the tiny nation of the Comoros Islands, lying off the east coast of Africa, Albert Karaziwan is a big man - even though he doesn’t live there. He’s been a roving ambassador for the country, has twice attended the United Nations General...
Online discussion forum Reddit went down on Wednesday at the same time as the GameStop trading frenzy returned to Wall Street, with the price of shares in the video game company more than doubling in just a few hours.
The stock of GameStop, which has been extremely volatile over the...
Prices across the country rose at their fastest annual rate in a decade last month, with the promise of similar numbers through to the fall as the national economic reopening from pandemic measures allows consumers to spend more freely .
Statistics Canada said the 3.6-per-cent increase in the consumer price...
The Ford government on Wednesday approved the highest rent increases in almost a decade.
Rents in 2023 will be capped at a maximum 2.5 per cent, more than double the 2022 increase but the province says its lower than it could have been given current inflation rates.
However, the cap does...
B.C. is expanding the reach of its speculation and vacancy tax.
The tax — meant to discourage housing speculation and vacant homes in major urban centres — will soon apply to North Cowichan, Duncan, Ladysmith and Lake Cowichan on Vancouver Island and to Lions Bay and Squamish on the Sea...
ROME (Reuters) - Steelmaker ArcelorMittal has told commissioners running Italy’s Ilva plant that it wants changes made to the contract in which it agreed to buy the company in order to protect it from legal challenges in Italy. ArcelorMittal, the world’s top steelmaker, reached a 1.8-billion-euro ($2.1 billion)...
Sometimes being a landlord is a bit like being a job interviewer or on a blind date. The job interviewer landlord wants to make sure that the interviewee can actually work well with the company -- background checks, security deposit, personal references, check-ups on past addresses, last employer. The...
With the latest government freeze, it is a good reminder to those who are working that there are many uncontrolled variables that could lead to a financial disaster. When you are working and receive scheduled paychecks it is best to prepare for potential disasters. Many people work to live,...
