High-speed internet service will soon be available to all Prince Edward Islanders. Large rural areas of the province currently rely on dial-up service, but on Wednesday the province announced it will be entering into an $8.2-million deal with Aliant to provide rural customers with high-speed internet by 2009.
“This was their initiative that they came forward with, [...]
Building up a network of diverse people is very helpful for any business. Contacts with different clusters or groups helps provide your business with greater opportunities. A closed group of contacts does not get you this kind of exposure and the more diverse the network is, the better it can work for you.
Another key factor governing successful [...]
Canada has leap frogged up the rankings to second place in a survey of the best national brands, according to tourism and branding experts as well as international travellers.
Canada moved up from a 6th place finish last year and a 12th place finish two years ago in the Country Brand Index, largely on the strength [...]
Canada’s jobless rate edged up slightly to 6.2 per cent in October, driven by an increase in the number of people looking for work, Statistics Canada reports. Economists were expecting the rate to jump from September’s 6.1 per cent as many people look for jobs after the summer, BNN’s Michael Kane said Friday.
The report also shows [...]
More than one million people worked in skilled trades in 2007, where employment growth has been a steady 2.2% a year on average since the recession of the early 1990s. This group includes trades (such as plumbers, masons, mechanics and crane operators) where a licence or certificate may be a condition of employment.
In 1987, Alberta accounted for 9% of all [...]
Police reported 594 homicides in Canada in 2007, 12 fewer than in 2006. Statistics Canada reports that stabbings accounted for a third of the homicides last year and another third involved the use of a firearm.
The agency says handguns were used in two-thirds of all firearm homicides, primarily in urban areas, while police reported that one [...]
With networking proving to be one of the most effective forms of promotion available to small business owners it’s no wonder that Canadian business networking group the MBN is growing rapidly. Set-up a couple of months ago the Muchmor Business Network is now the size of a local Chamber of Commerce and growing daily. Aimed at Canada’s [...]
Few Canadians Fantasize About Becoming Prime Minister. Winning the lottery, living in a desert island, and being a sports star all rank higher on the list. Becoming the “first among equals” is not the preferred topic for Canadians when they day-dream, a new Angus Reid Strategies survey has found.
In the online survey of a representative national sample [...]
The Lonely Planet’s Best in Travel 2009 guide has put Canada in its top ten countries, and Canada’s Tourism Commission is impressed with the write-up. The Lonely Planet is a worldwide travel guide company that encourages independent travellers, especially backpackers, to make a positive impact during their travels.
The 2009 “best of” guide includes a list of [...]
Canada’s population posted its highest quarterly growth since 1991 in the second quarter of 2008, with an increase of 125,800. The advance was mainly due to a rise in net international migration which, at 91,600, reached its highest level since the end of the 1980s.
As of July 1, 2008, Canada’s population was estimated at 33,311,400. From April to June, Canada’s population grew [...]
