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Dell Technologies Inc. will eliminate about 6,650 jobs, or five per cent of its global workforce, the company said on Monday, as the PC maker grapples with falling demand and braces for economic uncertainty. The company joins a raft of U.S. companies ranging from Goldman Sachs to Alphabet Inc. that have …

Protests erupted in France this week against plans to raise the retirement age, with experts saying that people don’t want to defer their retirement any longer. While the nationwide strikes have been unique to the situation in France, some experts say the events still underscore the fact that retirement as a general concept …

The Canadian economy added a blockbuster 108,000 jobs last month. People worked more hours and their wages went up. It’s great news for Canadian workers. And economists say it paints a picture of an economy that is doing better than expected. “It just shows how strong and resilient the economy …

The economy, immigration and the French language figured prominently in the first leaders debate in the Quebec election campaign, featuring lively, sometimes cacophonous exchanges. The “face-to-face” model on the TVA network divides the debate into mini-debates where one leader faces off against another. The fast-paced exchanges led to some stinging one-liners.  Coalition Avenir …

Like many Canadians, a woman we’ll call Mary was looking for a little extra income during the pandemic, to offset the rising cost of living. But instead of turning to the traditional options of working some overtime, freelancing a little or starting up an unrelated side hustle, she and her …

Earlier this week, when Chris Green walked into his Inglewood workshop, in a garage with no air conditioning, it was already a toasty 30 C, he says. Green is a bladesmith — a blacksmith who makes custom knives — and he spends his days in front of a forge hot enough to bend …

Canada’s unemployment rate has never been this low. Employers are adding jobs and hiring what few workers haven’t already been gobbled up. GDP growth in Canada is also better than any other G7 country. Yet the economic narrative in this country is dominated by doom and gloom. In fact, results from …

When Cammi Granato was young, she had a fantasy: she and her hockey-mad brothers would win the lottery and buy a hockey team and manage it together.  This plan, they figured, was the only way Granato, as a girl, would be able to contribute. Tony and Don Granato went on …