Unemployment Down Across Atlantic Canada
According to Statistics Canada, both Nova Scotia and New Brunswick saw their unemployment rates go down last month, although neither drop was significant.
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Tech Boom Creates Opportunities For Job Seekers and Employers
New Brunswick’s investment in digital infrastructure over the last few decades and the success of homegrown startups such as Radian6 and Q1 Labs, which sold for more than $1-billion combined, have turbocharged the tech landscape – thus creating more demand and more opportunities for local IT workers.
Wolastoqey Title Claim Dominates Question Period
The Wolastoqey chiefs are seeking a declaration of Aboriginal title for 60 percent of the province’s land mass and compensation for allowing commercial operations on their traditional territory.
U.S. Imposes Covid Testing For Air Travel
U.S. President Joe Biden has changed the policy for all incoming flights into the United States starting Dec. 6, 2021. Anyone arriving in the U.S. by air must have had a Covid-19 test no later than 24 hours before departure.
Moncton Chamber Of Commerce Criticizes N.B. Minimum Wage Hike
Chamber president John Wishart criticized the province for not consulting businesses before it made the decision to raise the minimum wage from $11.75 an hour to $13.75.
‘Too Much, Too Fast’: Restaurant Operators Worry About Rising Minimum Wage
Restaurants Canada VP Luc Erjavec says New Brunswick’s planned minimum wage hike ‘comes at most inopportune time.’
Minimum Wage In New Brunswick To Increase By $2 Next Year
Currently, the minimum wage in New Brunswick is set at $11.75, which is the lowest in the country. Next year, the government will raise it to $13.75.
Former N.B. Premier Releases Study On The Growing Social Conscience In The Business World
The Canadian Voices on the Role of Business in Society report, co-authored by Brian Gallant, surveyed business owners from across Canada, including six in the Atlantic provinces.
N.B. Nurses Union Begins Strike Vote
Bargaining units for the union rejected tentative agreements brought forward in August and October.
Higgs Government Addresses Wolastoqey Chiefs Title Claim
“Never before has a claim of this nature attempted to take control of land that is privately owned,” Premier Blaine Higgs said during a news conference.
