Category Archives: Canada
Guide dog users, providers say proposed rules disregard needs of visually impaired
TORONTO - Providers and users of guide dogs for the visually impaired say new proposed federal standards for service dog teams disregard their current needs and could pose barriers to future access. T...
Jul 07, 2017
Shania Twain on contracting 'debilitating' Lyme disease that led to vocal issues
TORONTO - Shania Twain was riding high in the early-2000s, coming off the smash success of the hit-packed “Come On Over” and the release of “Up!”, which topped Billboard’...
Jul 07, 2017
Seventh North Atlantic right whale found dead in Gulf of St. Lawrence
HALIFAX - More research is needed in the Gulf of St. Lawrence to determine if it has become an emerging habitat for endangered North Atlantic right whales, experts said Friday after the badly decompos...
Jul 07, 2017
Here's a quick glance at unemployment rates for June, by province
OTTAWA - Canada’s national unemployment rate was 6.5 per cent in June. Here are the jobless rates last month by province (previous month in brackets): - Newfoundland and Labrador 14.9 per cent (...
Jul 07, 2017
Here's a quick glance at unemployment rates for June, by Canadian city
OTTAWA - The national unemployment rate was 6.5 per cent in June. Statistics Canada also released seasonally adjusted, three-month moving average unemployment rates for major cities. It cautions, howe...
Jul 07, 2017
National employment numbers for June from Statistics Canada, at a glance
OTTAWA - A quick look at June employment (previous month in brackets): Unemployment rate: 6.5 per cent (6.6) Employment rate: 61.6 per cent (61.5) Labour force participation rate: 65.9 per cent (65.8)...
Jul 07, 2017
'Over to you, governor Poloz,' as Canada adds 45,300 jobs in June
OTTAWA - The country’s labour market beat expectations yet again last month to help wash away some of the lingering doubts the Bank of Canada will raise its benchmark interest rate next week. Th...
Jul 07, 2017
Pre-NAFTA charm offensive: PM to attend meeting with more than 30 U.S. governors
WASHINGTON - The Canadian charm offensive in advance of NAFTA renegotiations will play out at one more venue before talks begin, with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau attending a gathering next week of s...
Jul 07, 2017
'Like an atomic bomb had gone off': The summer night St. John's burned down
ST. JOHN’S, N.L. - It was a blazing tornado that ripped through homes and buildings in St. John’s, N.L., torching everything it crossed as residents ran for safe ground with all they could...
Jul 07, 2017
G20 leaders debate whether to stop flowing money to kidnappers for ransom
HAMBURG - Whether or not the world’s wealthiest countries should promise not to pay ransoms to terrorist kidnappers formed part of the discussions about international security Friday as G20 meet...
Jul 07, 2017