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Flight attendants overwhelmingly vote against Air Canada wage offer

Air Canada flight attendants in a line outside an airport holding a rally and signs that read: UnfAir Canada; Unpaid won't fly; Poverty wages=unCanadian.

Air Canada flight attendants on Saturday overwhelmingly voted against the airline’s latest wage offer, their union said.

Are temporary foreign workers taking young Canadians’ jobs? Here’s what experts think

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As some federal and provincial politicians argue that Canada’s temporary foreign worker program is stopping young Canadians from finding good-paying jobs, some experts say migrant workers aren’t to blame and that other immigration streams could be the problem.

Anthropic agrees to pay $1.5B US to settle author class action over AI training

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Anthropic told a San Francisco federal judge on Friday that it has agreed to pay $1.5 billion to settle a class-action lawsuit from a group of authors who accused the artificial intelligence company of using pirated copies of their books to train its AI chatbot, Claude, without permission.

Wealthsimple client data, including SINs, accessed in security breach

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​​​​​​​Wealthsimple says a security breach on Saturday leaked sensitive data of some of its clients, including social insurance numbers, financial details including account numbers, government IDs provided during the signup process and IP addresses.

U.S. labour market weakens with little job growth and rising unemployment

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The U.S. economy added 22,000 new jobs in August while the unemployment rate rose to 4.3 per cent. Job growth has stalled, with economists blaming U.S. President Donald Trump’s sweeping import tariffs and an immigration crackdown that has reduced the labour pool.

Canadian economy bled 66,000 jobs in August as unemployment rate hit its highest since ‘pandemic days’

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The unemployment rate rose to 7.1 per cent in August — nearly the highest rate since 2016 — while the Canadian economy lost 66,000 jobs, according to new data from Statistics Canada.

Lululemon says U.S. tariffs taking a bite, but also some of its athleisure wear became ‘too predictable’

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Lululemon Athletica shares have plunged after it said it was slashing its annual profit forecast for the second quarter in a row, blaming weak U.S. business performance, as well as tariff costs.

GM Oshawa supplier to lay off nearly 250 workers this month as shift cut looms

General Motors assembly plant in Oshawa

An auto part supplier is laying off nearly 250 workers at General Motors’ Oshawa plant, CBC News has learned. The move is happening as GM is set to cut a third shift at the plant, announced amid U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs that are threatening Canada’s auto sector. 

Telecom outages will need to be reported and explained under new rules, CRTC says

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Starting in November, the CRTC will require telecom companies to notify it and other government agencies of outages within two hours and to file a report afterwards about the causes.

Trade deficit shrinks to $4.9B in July as energy, vehicle exports rise

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Canada’s trade deficit is shrinking, but still bigger than this time last year, according to new data from Statistics Canada. Overall exports rose by 0.9 per cent, driven by rising vehicle and energy exports.