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WASHINGTON - U.S. employers added 156,000 jobs in September, a decent gain that reflects a steady economy but also a sign that hiring has slowed from its robust pace last year. The unemployment rate t...

OTTAWA - The national unemployment rate was 7.0 per cent in September. Statistics Canada also released seasonally adjusted, three-month moving average unemployment rates for major cities but cautions ...

OTTAWA - Canada’s national unemployment rate was 7.0 per cent in September. Here are the jobless rates last month by province (previous month in brackets): - Newfoundland and Labrador 13.6 per c...

OTTAWA - A quick look at September employment (previous month in brackets): Unemployment rate: 7.0 per cent (7.0) Employment rate: 61.1 per cent (60.9) Labour force participation rate: 65.7 per cent (...

OTTAWA - The country’s labour force beat expectations last month by gaining a healthy 67,200 net new jobs, with most of the increase concentrated in part-time and self-employed work, Statistics ...

A pilot is dead after a plane crash in Blackfalds Thursday, Oct. 6. The male pilot was the only one on board when the plane went down near Cottonwood Drive in the town’s north end at around 2:30...

TORONTO - Thomson Reuters unveiled plans Friday to create 400 jobs in Canada over the next two years by establishing a new technology centre in Toronto, a move the company credited to the region’...

NEW YORK - Fox News Channel colleagues Sean Hannity and Megyn Kelly are friends again. Kelly tweeted a picture of her and Hannity together on the set of Kelly’s show Thursday night, with a note,...

ST. JOHN’S, N.L. - Outrage is building around the case of a man who sexually attacked an 11-year-old Newfoundland girl on several occasions, with a women’s advocate and rapper Classified s...

BOGOTA - By winning the Nobel Peace Prize, President Juan Manuel Santos got a big boost Friday in his efforts to save an agreement seeking to end Colombia’s half-century conflict. The prize, ann...