Employment in rural and small town Canada fell by 130,300 jobs in December 2025 compared with a year earlier, a decline of …
HR News Canada Staff
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Awards and CompetitionsCorporate Social ResponsibilityGlobal HR Practices
Korcomptenz wins Stevie Award for corporate social responsibility strategy
Korcomptenz has won the 2025 Stevie Award for Best CSR Strategy in the Great Employers category, recognizing the company’s employee-led corporate social …
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FeaturedTraining & Development
Ontario colleges seek $1.5 billion, warn of weakened workforce training in high-demand sectors
Colleges Ontario is asking the province for $1.5 billion in the 2026 budget to address a structural funding gap it warns could …
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Workers at DF Barnes in St. John’s, N.L., voted 92 per cent in favour of joining the United Steelworkers union on Jan. …
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FeaturedGovernment Policy & BudgetsTraining & Development
Ontario invests $242 million in college and university upgrades
The Ontario government is putting $242 million into upgrading learning facilities at publicly funded colleges and universities to prepare students for in-demand …
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Diversity, Equity & InclusionFeaturedGovernment Policy & BudgetsTraining & Development
PEI renews nearly $1.7 million in funding for Indigenous employment and skills training
The Prince Edward Island government has renewed a four-year funding agreement with the Mi’kmaq Confederacy of PEI to support employment and skills …
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Federal departments are issuing workforce reduction notices on a scale not seen in decades, according to the union representing more than 85,000 …
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Talent Harbour Group has acquired Goldbeck Recruiting, a Canadian executive search firm founded in 1997, as it expands its national recruiting platform. …
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Employment LawFeatured
Worker who punched co-worker reinstated after employer ignored years of racist harassment: Arbitrator
An arbitrator has reinstated a British Columbia mixer driver who was fired for punching a colleague, ruling that his employer’s failure to …
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FeaturedImmigration
Manitoba post-secondary schools face revenue losses with drop in international students
Post-secondary institutions in Manitoba are reporting steep declines in international student enrolment and substantial revenue losses following the federal government’s decision to …


