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(Excerpt from The Daily , Statistics Canada, 20 Feb. 2012)
OTTAWA, ON -- Retail sales edged down 0.2% in December to $38.6 billion, following four consecutive monthly increases.
In volume terms, retail sales were stable.
Retail sales edge down in December
Chart description: Retail sales edge down in December
Declines were reported in 7 of 11 subsectors, representing 61% of retail sales.
Sales at motor vehicle and parts dealers (-1
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The Canadian Press, February 20, 2012
OTTAWA - Statistics Canada says Canadians made 5.1 million trips outside the country in December, up 1.5 per cent from November.
December marked the first time since March 1994 that monthly travel abroad surpassed the five million mark.
Same-day car trips to the United States rose 4.2 per cent to 2.5 million, the highest monthly level since May 1998.
In total, travel by Canadian residents to the United States rose 2.2 per cent with a 0
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On last week's episode of The Rick Mercer Report, Rick visited the Fairmont Chateau Laurier in Ottawa.
During his brief tenure at the hotel, Rick worked as a pastry chef, a housekeeping room attendant, and a guest services attendant.
How did he do? You tell me! Click the "visit website" link to watch the video on YouTube.
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(Excerpt from The Daily , Statistics Canada, 17 February, 2012)
OTTAWA, ON -- The number of people receiving regular Employment Insurance (EI) benefits edged up 4,200 (+0.8%) to 544,700 in December. The number of beneficiaries remained relatively stable during the final quarter of the year, but was down 109,400 (-16.7%) compared with 12 months earlier
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February 16, 2012
Karla Thorpe, Director, Leadership and Human Resources Research, The Conference Board of Canada
The economic doom and gloom dominating the headlines is not yet affecting raises anticipated for Canadian workers.
According
to The Conference Board of Canada’s latest compensation survey,
employers are not letting the economic uncertainly change their plans
for employees’ salaries in 2012
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(CBC News)
The Nova Scotia government has planned a series of solemn tributes and tourism marketing strategies to coincide with the 100th anniversary of the tragic sinking of the Titanic.
The signature events include a candlelight procession through downtown Halifax on April 14, and an interfaith memorial service on April 15 — the day the luxury liner sank after striking an iceberg south of the Grand Banks, killing 1,500 of the 2,200 people aboard
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(by Namita Ved)
Social Media is a platform which has changed the way people connect with each other. With the advent of rampant social networking websites like Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, a dramatic impact on the perception of consumer behavior is seen. Thus, the service industry has access to consumer’s wants and needs via these big social platforms. One such industry that is benefiting from the social media is Travel and Tourism Industry
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February 15, 2012 (Ottawa) - Spending associated with the Canadian sport tourism
industry reached $3.6 billion in 2010, an increase of 8.8% from 2008, based on Statistics
Canada (2010) data commissioned by the Canadian Sport Tourism Alliance (CSTA).
This compares to a 0.7% decrease in tourism demand for the Canadian tourism industry
as a whole over the same period, thus continuing sport tourism’s trend of being one of
the fastest growing industry segments within Canada’s tourism industry
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(Excerpt from eturbonews, 15 Feb. 2012)
ALEXANDRIA, Va. - If the European debt crisis grows significantly worse it would wreak havoc on U.S. business travel, according to new research from the Global Business Travel Association Foundation. According to a new report, U.S. Business Travel Outlook: European Debt Crisis Scenario, a severe crisis could result in a 9% decline in trips and 16% drop in spending – nearly $88 billion
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(Excerpt from ILO News, 14 December, 2011)
GENEVA – The International Labour Office (ILO) and The MasterCard Foundation have forged a unique partnership to promote decent work among young people facing a worsening jobs crisis marked by high unemployment, working poverty and youth discouragement.
The five year, $14
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