Canada adds 18,200 jobs in June, jobless rate falls to 6.5%

Employment in Canada rose 18,200 in June and the unemployment rate fell to 6.5% as the country’s labour market shows some signs of tightening.

Employment in Canada rose 18,200 in June and the unemployment rate fell to 6.5% as the country’s labour market shows some signs of tightening.
Andy Burnham’s plan to deliver the biggest council house building programme since the post-war period could cost the taxpayer £79bn a year for England alone, the Centre for Policy Studies has claimed. A report by the centre-right think tank has argued that Burnham’s council homes drive will end up costing the public purse a fortune…
Summer camp is back in session — if your bunkmates run the world’s biggest tech and media companies. Tech CEOs are descending on Sun Valley, Idaho, as the annual Allen & Co. conference kicks off on Tuesday. Known as “summer camp for billionaires,” the invite-only gathering is expected to draw leaders from Amazon, Apple, Meta,…
Exchange of letters between the Governor and the Chancellor
Marshall Tully of HB Mortgage Team told Canadian Mortgage Professional in earlier spring coverage that sub-$600,000 condos with meaningful amenities have been drawing disproportionate interest, even prompting bidding wars in some cases, a trend consistent with June’s volume increase. GTA home sales and prices by housing type – June 2026 Home…
Dependable Equities has nabbed a $54 million preconstruction loan for a two-tower residential project in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., the New York-based developer announced. CDK Capital provided the bridge financing, which covers a site at 101 Southeast Seventh Street and 633 Southeast Third Avenue, just south of the Broward County Clerk of Courts building, halfway between…
The Los Angeles office market has shown measurable signs of recovery in recent months, but Downtown L.A. just suffered another high-profile setback. In a further extension of the larger flight-to-quality trend, accounting giant PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) is set to relocate from Downtown L.A. to Century City when its current lease expires in 2028, according to the…