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                    [ArticleID] => 1495063
                    [Title] => Canadian PM denies recession despite 2 negative quarters
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Canadian Prime Minister and election candidate Stephen Harper is declining to say the country is in recession despite new data that shows that it is.

[DatePublished] => 2015-09-01 09:14:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1702593 [AuthorName] => Rob Gillies [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1376539 [Title] => Getting ready for the arrival of millennials [Summary] =>

Millennials are often described as being entitled, smart, self-absorbed, lazy, passive, lacks social skills and arrogant.

[DatePublished] => 2014-10-05 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134675 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1514338 [AuthorName] => Mel Tobias [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1374177 [Title] => Feature: Canada promotes literacy to address poor essential skills rating [Summary] =>

In a country that prides itself on education, the literacy statistics in Canada creates a paradigm that is a perplexing educational oxymoron, worthy of exploring. Canadians are considered over educated but in reality low literacy in Canada is as high as 60 percent.

[DatePublished] => 2014-09-28 11:01:16 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1249774 [Title] => The high cost of having children [Summary] =>

It is getting more and more expensive to raise children in Canada, a fact that can be confirmed by nearly six million Canadian families with dependent children. Buying a home is almost impossible to many, pushing double-income households to the brink.

[DatePublished] => 2013-10-27 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134675 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1514338 [AuthorName] => Mel Tobias [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 898668 [Title] => Where are the boys? [Summary] =>

Statistics Canada reported that in 1971, men accounted for fully 68% of university graduates.

[DatePublished] => 2013-01-19 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134675 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1514338 [AuthorName] => Mel Tobias [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 883289 [Title] => Canada creates 59,000 jobs in November [Summary] =>

Canada added a surprisingly strong 59,300 jobs in November, dropping the country's unemployment rate by 0.2 points to 7.2 percent — the lowest since June, Statistics Canada said Friday.

[DatePublished] => 2012-12-08 05:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 862249 [Title] => Tagalog fastest-growing language in Canada [Summary] =>

The Philippines-based Tagalog is the fastest-growing language in Canada and fifth most common non-official language spoken in Canadian households, according to the latest Statistics Canada (

[DatePublished] => 2012-11-01 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804865 [AuthorName] => Pia Lee-Brago [SectionName] => Education and Home [SectionUrl] => education-and-home [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 805969 [Title] => Canadian adds 58,200 jobs in April [Summary] =>

Canada reported its best two-month jobs gain in three decades with news that the economy churned out 58,200 new jobs in April, but more people looking for work pushed the unemployment rate to 7.3 percent, Statistics Canada said Friday.

[DatePublished] => 2012-05-12 03:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 600375 [Title] => Family Relations Act needs amendments [Summary] =>

The British Columbia government announced its plans to up-date the 30-year-old Family Relations Act, including a proposal to give common-law spouses the same rights as those who have officially exchanged marriage vows.

[DatePublished] => 2010-08-08 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134675 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1514338 [AuthorName] => Mel Tobias [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 534000 [Title] => China-Canada agreement to boost tourism [Summary] =>

British Columbia’s tourism industry will definitely get an economic boost to the tune of something like $15 million a year or more, with the announcement that the Chinese government granted Canada approved destination status after many years of waiting.

[DatePublished] => 2009-12-21 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134675 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1514338 [AuthorName] => Mel Tobias [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) ) )
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