http://www.livingin-canada.com/news Mon, 26 Oct 2009 18:22:03 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The Canadian residential average price surpassed all previous monthly levels in September 2009, rising 13.6 per cent year-over-year to $331,602. July and August also posted new average price records for their respective months. <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/thvy9I0h4drqkIJZvtH9KC7gSAY/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/thvy9I0h4drqkIJZvtH9KC7gSAY/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/thvy9I0h4drqkIJZvtH9KC7gSAY/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/thvy9I0h4drqkIJZvtH9KC7gSAY/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/livingin-canada/RUco/~4/15fMFjhJx3c" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/google/oBkk/~3/gCsFOFTtFX4/ http://www.livingin-canada.com/news/canadian-average-residential-price-331600/http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/livingin-canada/RUco/~3/15fMFjhJx3c/ Starting this fall, new immigrants will receive “Language Training Vouchers” as part of a pilot project to encourage newcomers to participate in settlement programs. Under the pilot, 2,000 newcomers, chosen randomly in Ontario, Nova Scotia and Alberta, will be mailed the vouchers that they can take to any settlement service provider of their choice to obtain training based on their needs. <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/lhbgpp9RMfbJQNTnSDXlb8zg1M8/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/lhbgpp9RMfbJQNTnSDXlb8zg1M8/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/lhbgpp9RMfbJQNTnSDXlb8zg1M8/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/lhbgpp9RMfbJQNTnSDXlb8zg1M8/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/livingin-canada/RUco/~4/AnXIwOj069s" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/google/oBkk/~3/gMK1ixlntuw/ http://www.livingin-canada.com/news/language-training-vouchers-introduced/http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/livingin-canada/RUco/~3/AnXIwOj069s/ Newfoundland and Labrador experienced the fastest increase (6.0%) in average weekly earnings between July 2008 and July 2009. Manitoba had the second fastest rate of growth (4.3%), followed by Prince Edward Island (4.2%) and Alberta (4.0%). Two provinces had year-over-year earnings growth below the national average: Ontario (1.1%) and Quebec (0.7%). <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/dY2oxg3c4cgt3FXt1fak6eWxaDE/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/dY2oxg3c4cgt3FXt1fak6eWxaDE/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/dY2oxg3c4cgt3FXt1fak6eWxaDE/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/dY2oxg3c4cgt3FXt1fak6eWxaDE/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/livingin-canada/RUco/~4/1syvFkrYE6A" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/google/oBkk/~3/b4uLDviaKSs/ http://www.livingin-canada.com/news/average-weekly-wage-makes-slight-gain-to-824/http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/livingin-canada/RUco/~3/1syvFkrYE6A/ Canada's population was estimated at 33,739,900 on 1st July 2009 and in the second quarter of 2009, the Canadian population grew by 121,200 (0.36%). The increase was mainly due to international migration, which totalled 84,800, the second-highest figure for a second quarter since 1972. <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/5cC37ewQYLMM5kkycSo8pruamWc/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/5cC37ewQYLMM5kkycSo8pruamWc/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/5cC37ewQYLMM5kkycSo8pruamWc/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/5cC37ewQYLMM5kkycSo8pruamWc/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/livingin-canada/RUco/~4/ZeVOPPwC9Qc" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/google/oBkk/~3/dcWM4u3OANg/ http://www.livingin-canada.com/news/population-growth-due-to-migration/http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/livingin-canada/RUco/~3/ZeVOPPwC9Qc/