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Grocery stores eager for new hires draw on those made jobless by pandemic
Canada’s supermarkets are steadily hiring new employees to meet the growing demand for their essential service. That need for more staff, combined with staggering job losses in other sectors, has resulted in new recruits who never imagined they’d be grateful for the chance to wash down produce and deliver groceries.
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Dianne Buckner
Business ||
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Recession or depression? Canada's economy is in for a rough spring
One million Canadians lost their jobs in just one week in March, and that's not the worst of what Canada's economy will face this spring. But what do we call a downturn that is way worse than your average recession?
Radio -Cost of Living |
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'If you give cash, you get cash' — the payment problem for retailers in the era of COVID-19
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Pete Evans
Business |
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Global economy will suffer worst year since Great Depression of 1930s, IMF says
Business ||
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Canadian passengers from virus-stricken Zaandam cruise ship hit by federal gov't privacy breach
Sophia Harris
Business |
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The COVID Economy
Oilpatch on 'pins and needles' waiting for aid, while Calgary Stampede uncertain
Kyle Bakx
Business ||
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Printed store flyers may not come back as COVID-19 changes retail habits
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David Friend
Business |
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OPEC deal to cut oil supply by 10% fails to light a fire under crude prices
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Pete Evans
Business |
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Teksavvy asks CRTC to push for lower internet rates amid COVID-19 crunch
Business |
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Ontario accounting firms offering free tax returns to health care workers
Business ||
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Small business group wants commercial rent relief, not loans, to stem economic fallout from COVID-19
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James Dunne
Business |
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Aurora Cannabis board approves 1-for-12 share consolidation plan
Canada -Edmonton ||
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Global pact forged to drastically cut oil production to contain price crash
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Sarah Rieger
Canada -Calgary ||
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Parliament adopts wage subsidy bill as MPs applaud all-party collaboration
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Raisa Patel
Politics ||
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Big banks slammed for charging customers interest on interest for deferred mortgage payments
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Erica Johnson
Business ||
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'How to get a win-win': experts offer COVID-19 exit strategies
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Jason Warick
Canada -Saskatoon ||
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Video
COVID-19 causes record job losses | Business Panel
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'No jobs left to be found': Edmonton lawyer launches internship project in response to COVID-19
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Andrea Huncar
Canada -Edmonton |
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Apple, Google to harness phones for COVID-19 infection tracking
Business ||
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Canada didn't agree to specific oil cuts in G20 meeting: minister
Canada -Calgary ||
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Analysis
Poor planning for COVID-19 rings economic warning bell for climate: Don Pittis
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Don Pittis
Business |
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Mexico reaches deal paving way for OPEC, Russia oil output cuts
Business |
Shaw warns that Freedom Mobile isn't adding as many customers as planned due to COVID-19
Business |