Delaware led its Northeast neighbors in generally slow population growth between 2010 and 2014, new Census Bureau estimates show, with the state's largest city continuing to edge back from a slip during the previous decade and Smyrna leading the state in percentage gains.
The increase of 25 cents per hour brings the current minimum wage to $10.70 from $10.45. It will put Manitoba the fourth-highest among other Canadian jurisdictions. Ontario raised its minimum wage to $11 an hour effective June 1. Saskatchewan will increase its minimum wage from $10 to $10.20 per hour effective Oct. 1.
Thomas Mulcair is calling for a federal minimum wage of $15 an hour, a position the NDP leader will put to a vote when Parliament resumes next week. The New Democrats want it to start at $12 and rise gradually to $15 by 2019. The party will put forward the idea on Tuesday for a vote in the House of Commons.