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Canada

Gig workers in B.C. to be paid minimum of $20.88 an hour

British Columbia has become the first province in Canada to provide a minimum wage and other protections for people who work through…

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Canada

Alberta used to have the highest minimum wage in the country. Now it’s the second lowest

When Alberta hiked the province’s minimum wage to $15 an hour in the fall of 2018, it was the highest rate in…

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Canada

Lobster harvesters in Atlantic Canada to vote on increasing minimum legal size this year

Fishermen in Canada’s biggest lobster fishing district will vote this spring on whether to increase the minimum legal size of…

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Immigration

Canada’s Ontario To Boost Minimum Wage To $17.20 An Hour 

Ontario will become the province with the second-highest minimum wage in all of Canada when it raises the threshold by…

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Nova Scotia

Minimum wage up across Atlantic Canada with biggest jump in Newfoundland and Labrador

Nova Scotia The minimum wage is going up Monday in all four Atlantic Canadian provinces. Newfoundland and Labrador is leading…

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Politics

Poilievre pledges to establish minimum prison sentences for extortion

Pierre Poilievre is promising to establish mandatory minimum prison sentences for criminals convicted of extortion, including tougher punishments for people who…

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Nova Scotia

Rogue wave hits Canadian lobster industry as U.S. moves to increase minimum legal size

An unexpected decision to increase the minimum legal size of lobster in the United States has appeared like a rogue…

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Nova Scotia

N.S. hiking minimum wage to $15.20 in April, indexing annual increases to 1 per cent above CPI

The more than 26,000 Nova Scotians who earn minimum wage will see their pay increase by 20 cents an hour,…

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Nova Scotia

Nova Scotia minimum wage increasing to $15.20 an hour on April 1

Nova Scotia A news release from the province said the rate “is to be adjusted by the national consumer price…

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Politics

‘Absolutely no talk’ of moving Paul Bernardo to minimum security: corrections head

There is “absolutely no talk” of moving notorious killer and serial rapist Paul Bernardo to an even lower security level following…

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