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Unemployment rate steady at 5.5% in August as economy adds 40K jobs; StatCan
OTTAWA, ON - Statistics Canada says the unemployment rate held steady at 5.5 per cent in August as the economy added 40,000 jobs.Today's report ends a three-month streak of increases in the jobless ra...
Sep 08, 2023
‘Freedom Convoy’ lawyers to argue admissibility of Facebook evidence
OTTAWA, ON - Day four of the criminal trial of "Freedom Convoy" organizers Tamara Lich and Chris Barber is set to focus on whether Facebook content should be entered into evidence.Lich and Barber help...
Sep 08, 2023
Number of lab-confirmed E. coli cases linked to Calgary daycares rises to 128: AHS
CALGARY, AB - Alberta Health Services says there are 128 lab-confirmed cases of E. coli connected to an outbreak at several Calgary daycares.It says in a statement that 25 patients are receiving care ...
Sep 08, 2023
Daniel Remfert projected to have won Taber council by-election
TABER, AB - The people of Taber have chosen their new town councillor.The Town of Taber has released the unofficial results of the council by-election, which was held on Thursday, September 7, 2023.Da...
Sep 08, 2023
MATCHDAY: Spalletti makes Italy debut in North Macedonia. Lukaku leads Belgium in Azerbaijan
A look at what's happening in European Championship qualifying on Saturday: GROUP C New Italy coach Luciano Spalletti makes his debut when the Azzurri visit North Macedonia. It's a rematch of the game...
Sep 08, 2023
Canada's sports minister tells hockey leaders at summit to "step up"
CALGARY - Canada's new sports minister isn't ready to laud Hockey Canada on its efforts to change the sport's culture. "Nobody's going to hear me congratulate anybody on what's been done so far becaus...
Sep 08, 2023
In the news today: Trudeau at G20 in New Delhi, "Freedom Convoy" trial
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed on what you need to know today... Trudeau suggests he would raise issue of foreign interference with India's PM M...
Sep 08, 2023
'Freedom Convoy' lawyers to argue admissibility of Facebook evidence
OTTAWA - Day four of the criminal trial of "Freedom Convoy" organizers Tamara Lich and Chris Barber is set to focus on whether Facebook content should be entered into evidence. Lich and Barber helped ...
Sep 08, 2023
Pierre Poilievre to deliver first speech as leader to Conservative convention
QUEBEC - Conservatives gathered for the federal party's national policy convention in Quebec City today will hear not only from their leader later, but from a man who at one time wanted that job himse...
Sep 08, 2023
Trudeau suggests he would raise issue of foreign interference with India's PM Modi
SINGAPORE - Hours before he was set to board a flight to New Delhi on Friday, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau had not yet secured a meeting with India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi. But he suggested th...
Sep 08, 2023