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With Canada in the midst of a labour crunch, the Government of Canada has unveiled new targets to keep one-quarter of the the country’s labour force filled by immigrants.
The figure is contained in a new departmental plan released last Friday by Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada.
In a section entitled “percentage of the Canadian labour force that is made up of immigrants and refugees,” the document...
June 25, 2025 - 10:04 | Tristin Hopper | National Post
The average asking price of rent in Montreal has shot up nearly 71 per cent since 2019, according to a rent report released by Statistics Canada on Wednesday.
June 25, 2025 - 10:00 | | CBC News - Canada
OTTAWA — Even before it hits the 2014 NATO target of two per cent, Canada is committing to a new NATO target of boosting its defence and military spending to five per cent of its GDP — or $150 billion each year in total — within ten years.
Following a two-day NATO summit in the Netherlands, Prime Minister Mark Carney confirmed Wednesday that the alliance of European countries, the U.S. and Canada had agreed to significantly increase the sizes of their military and boost defence infrastructure spending within a decade.
The new target, which was the product of significant pressure by...
June 25, 2025 - 09:36 | Christopher Nardi | National Post
Peel Regional Police are asking for the public’s help in tracking down several suspects after a man was shot dead at his workplace last week.
June 25, 2025 - 09:16 | Aaron D’Andrea | Global News - Ottawa
Quebec singer-songwriter Serge Fiori, founder of French-Canadian rock band Harmonium, died Tuesday at the age of 73.Serge Grimaux, Fiori’s manager at GSI Musique, confirmed the death in the early morning hours of Quebec’s St-Jean-Baptiste holiday, which he attributed to the consequences of a long illness.
June 25, 2025 - 09:02 | | The Globe and Mail
Mellem Manoir-des-Trembles, a new LEED-certified rental condo project by Maître Carré now leasing in Gatineau’s Manoir-des-Trembles neighbourhood, sets a new benchmark for sustainable rental living in the National Capital Region. “It integrates numerous sustainability features that benefit both the environment and the daily comfort of residents,” says David Fernandez, partner and chief financial and operations […]
June 25, 2025 - 09:01 | Paul Welch | Ottawa Citizen
