Business blues are looming over the Prairies, in the Canadian Federation of Independent Business's November Business Barometer. Small business confidence dropped almost four points to 56.1. Optimism fell in 7 of 10 provinces, but the decline in Alberta and Saskatchewan were the most significant. Alberta’s index dropped almost 9 points to 44.7 and Saskatchewan’s fell…
Alberta lost 18,000 jobs in November, according to the latest numbers from Statistics Canada, yet Calgary has seen an improvement. On a year-over-year basis, the total employment in the province has seen little change. As more people are seeking employment in the province the unemployment rate rose by 0.5 per cent to 7.2 per cent.…
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