Category Archives: Canada

OTTAWA - The federal government posted a razor-thin $1-billion deficit in 2015-16, a period in which both the Liberals and Conservatives had turns managing the public books. The shortfall, released in...

LAMEQUE, N.B. - Six dolphins who stubbornly refused efforts to free them from a shallow bay in northern New Brunswick appear to have been finally coaxed back to open ocean. “We don’t see 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 ...

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’...

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...

Five stories in the news for Friday, Oct. 7 --- LATEST JOBS NUMBERS OUT TODAY Canadians will find out today whether August’s robust hiring numbers were a blip on the radar, when Statistics Canad...

LEVIS, Que. - There will be no Quebec sovereignty referendum for at least another six years if the new Parti Quebecois leader becomes premier in 2018 and stays true to his promise. Jean-Francois Lisee...