Category Archives: Canadian Press
Here's a quick glance at unemployment rates for February, by province
OTTAWA - Canada’s national unemployment rate was 5.8 per cent in February. Here are the jobless rates last month by province (revised numbers from the previous month in brackets): - Newfoundland...
Mar 9, 2018
Here's a quick glance at unemployment rates for February, by Canadian city
OTTAWA - The national unemployment rate was 5.8 per cent in February. Statistics Canada also released seasonally adjusted, three-month moving average unemployment rates for major cities. It cautions, ...
Mar 9, 2018
National employment numbers for February from Statistics Canada, at a glance
OTTAWA - A quick look at February employment (revised numbers from the previous month in brackets): Unemployment rate: 5.8 per cent (5.9) Employment rate: 61.7 per cent (61.7) Labour force participati...
Mar 9, 2018
Canada adds new jobs overall, but loses full-time work; jobless rate dips to 5.8%
OTTAWA - The economy got a job-creation lift last month that nudged the unemployment rate back down to match its all-time low of 5.8 per cent - but a closer look reveals a rush of part-time work and a...
Mar 9, 2018
Bones found in 1940 seem to be Amelia Earhart's, study says
NEW YORK - Bones found in 1940 on a western Pacific Ocean island were quite likely to be remains from famed aviator Amelia Earhart, a new analysis concludes. The study and other evidence “point ...
Mar 9, 2018
Int'l Women's Day: Protests, a strike, a Russian's apology
A 24-hour strike by millions of Spanish women. A crackdown in France on companies violating gender-equal pay policies. In Russia, a candid apology from a powerful legislator to women he sexually haras...
Mar 9, 2018
Democrats' Texas rift shows difficulty in retaking Congress
AUSTIN, Texas - Democrats are salivating at the prospect of flipping a wealthy Houston enclave that has been solidly Republican since sending George H.W. Bush to Congress in 1967 - the kind of race th...
Mar 9, 2018
Mississippi awaits governor's OK on abortion restriction
JACKSON, Miss. - A Mississippi bill to make most abortions illegal after 15 weeks of pregnancy is now awaiting the governor’s expected signature, a step likely to trigger a tough legal challenge...
Mar 9, 2018
UK military chemical experts aid police in spy poison probe
LONDON - Dozens of khaki-clad troops trained in chemical warfare were deployed on the streets of the usually sleepy English city of Salisbury on Friday as part of the investigation into the nerve-agen...
Mar 9, 2018
Paralympic skier Woolstencroft amazed by response to "Good Odds" commercial
PYEONGCHANG, Korea, Republic Of - Lauren Woolstencroft has received hundred if not thousands of messages since her remarkable life story was broadcast to the world during the Super Bowl. The eight-tim...
Mar 9, 2018