The job-switching rate – the proportion of workers who remained employed from one month to the next but who changed jobs – was 0.8% in January, according to Statistics Canada’s latest Labour Force Survey.
Russian lawmakers have given President Vladimir Putin permission to use military force outside the country today — a move that could presage a broader attack on Ukraine.
This move comes after Putin dispatched troops into two separatist regions of eastern Ukraine – Donetsk and Lugansk – after recognizing their independence, escalating the crisis and increasing the prospects of a full-scale invasion.
Oil hit its highest since 2014 as tensions between Russia and Ukraine escalated, adding to supply concerns that are pushing prices to near $100 a barrel.
#BREAKING: Russian President Vladimir Putin said he will recognize the independence of two separatist regions in southeastern Ukraine – a move that could be used to justify sending in Russian troops.
Mr. Putin’s televised announcement came following an extraordinary session of Russia’s Security Council that saw speaker after speaker provide reasons for recognizing the independence of the Donetsk and Lugansk “people’s republics."
After the Russian security council meeting, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky also summoned an emergency meeting of his own National Security and Defence Council.
Feb. 4: Team Canada arrives at the opening ceremony of the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing. The ceremony, directed by Chinese filmmaker Zhang Yimou, who kept things relatively short compared with the 2008 festivities in Beijing. tgam.ca/3I55IKF
Feb. 7: Canada's Max Parrot and Mark McMorris celebrate after winning gold and bronze, respectively, in men's slopestyle snowboarding. It was the second straight Olympics where the two would share the podium in that event. tgam.ca/3I55IKF
A group representing Canadian journalists says it is shocked by the level of hatred, verbal harassment and physical confrontations some news reporters have experienced while covering protests against public-health measures cross the country.
“It’s something that we really need to wake up to and understand the impact of disinformation and some of these ideas that are being sprouted online that have become mainstream,” Mr. Jolly said.
Now the team – actor/producers Arnold Pinnock and Bruce Ramsay; the writer/showrunners, Marsha Greene and Annmarie Morais; the directors, Charles Officer and R.T. Thorne – are working together for the first time, on the biggest Black-led television production in Canadian history.
The show – a joint @CBC/@BET production – is about Canadian history: the true story of Black railway porters in North America.
The protests against pandemic restrictions that paralyzed downtown Ottawa for three weeks appeared to finally have ended Sunday morning, as Members of Parliament continued to debate the Emergencies Act that Prime Minister @JustinTrudeau invoked last week.
Police have erected metal barricades between Sparks Street and Queen Street, a block and a half south of Wellington Street, which runs in front of the Parliament buildings and was the nexus for the demonstration over the past three weeks.