Source: The Canadian PressThe average weekly earnings of non-farm payroll employees rose to $855.66 in July, a 3.9% increase from a year earlier and the largest hike since February 2008.Statistics Canada reports July was the sixth straight month for which the year-over-year increase was at or above 2.5%.The agency notes year-over-year earnings growth had been […]
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