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OTTAWA, ON - Canada's unemployment rate fell to 5.7 per cent last month, marking the first decline since December 2022, Statistics Canada reported on Friday.The agency's labour force survey said the e...

LETHBRIDGE, AB - The community came together in a big way to support local healthcare needs.The Chinook Regional Hospital Foundation (CRHF) held its 14th Annual Care from the Heart Day Radio-a-Thon on...

OTTAWA - Ontario Premier Doug Ford signed a $3.1-billion deal with Ottawa to improve access to primary health care. Ontario is the fifth province to sign on for its share of the $200-billion health ac...

TORONTO - The Toronto Blue Jays added some depth to their pitching staff Friday, agreeing to a US$32-million, five-year contract with Cuban right-hander Yariel Rodriguez. The 26-year-old has experienc...

Mark Messier owns six Stanley Cup rings. He's also been on teams where the next victory feels like it might never arrive. That's exactly where the Edmonton Oilers were at a month into the NHL season. ...

SAN JOSE, Calif. - Bay FC has acquired Canadian goalkeeper Lysianne Proulx in a deal with Australia's Melbourne City FC. The expansion NWSL team said the 24-year-old from Boucherville, Que., has signe...

OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada has ruled that the federal government's 2019 Indigenous child welfare act is constitutional, affirming that First Nations Peoples have sole authority over the prot...

RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says he has ordered the military to prepare a plan to evacuate the population of Rafah ahead of an expected Israeli invasion of the s...

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed on what you need to know today... StatCan to release January jobs report Statistics Canada is set to release Janu...

TORONTO - A southwestern Ontario police chief's apology this week for the time it took to lay sexual assault charges against five professional hockey players marked an important step in acknowledging ...