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Source: lfpress.com Courtney Axford always loved working with her hands – even taking shop classes in high school – but thought trades careers were “just for boys.”   Then COVID-19 hit, forcing the Londoner, 28, from her job tending bar. “The entire industry was kind of shut down,” she said. “I started looking for different opportunities.” Axford found Tomorrow’s Trades, a 12-week Ontario program exposing young people to careers in skilled construction trades and helping funnel them into apprenticeships. It even pays a bit.

Source: ctvnews.ca New data from Statistics Canada shows that while youth unemployment has risen during the COVID-19 pandemic, finding full-time work has been increasingly precarious since the late 1980s. The federal agency reported on Monday both male and female workers between 15 and 30 were less likely to have a full-time job in 2019 compared with 1989, a period marked by a rise in part-time employment for the age group.