Category Archives: Canada
National employment numbers for September from Statistics Canada, at a glance
OTTAWA - A quick look at Canada's September employment figures (numbers from the previous month in brackets): Unemployment rate: 7.1 per cent (7.1) Employment rate: 60.6 per cent (60.5) Participation ...
Oct 10, 2025
Surprise September job gains dampen odds for Bank of Canada rate cut
OTTAWA - The Canadian labour market showed an unexpected hiring surge in September, but economists are mixed on whether the strength is enough to deter the Bank of Canada from cutting its policy rate ...
Oct 10, 2025
In the news today: Canada Post union moving to rotating strikes
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... Canada Post union switching from countrywide to rotating strikes The union representing Canada Post employees ...
Oct 10, 2025
'A big mess': Expert, parents criticize Alberta tool kit for students during strike
EDMONTON - An education expert is criticizing online lessons the Alberta government has curated for students during a provincewide teachers strike as "incoherent." Maren Aukerman, an education profess...
Oct 10, 2025
PM Carney directed ministers to map out their objectives for coming year
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney has asked each of his cabinet ministers and secretaries of state to identify three to five "key objectives" that will help the Liberal government achieve its core m...
Oct 10, 2025
Canada Post union switching from countrywide to rotating strikes
OTTAWA - The union representing Canada Post employees says it will switch from a countrywide strike to rotating strikes starting Saturday morning, in a decision that will get mail and parcels moving a...
Oct 09, 2025
J.K. Rowling mocks Vancouver park board after its apology over Harry Potter event
VANCOUVER - Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling says being disavowed by the Vancouver Board of Parks wasn't "much of a blow" after its commissioners unanimously voted to apologize for a Harry Potter even...
Oct 09, 2025
Murder trial of former B.C. lawyer concludes, decision to be given in Kamloops
VANCOUVER - The first-degree murder trial of a former Kamloops, B.C., lawyer accused of killing his client has concluded at the B.C. Supreme Court in Vancouver. Rogelio 'Butch' Bagabuyo is accused of ...
Oct 09, 2025
Anand says consular officers can help as Israel detains more Canadians from flotilla
OTTAWA - Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand says Canadians detained by Israel for attempting to reach the Gaza Strip should accept Ottawa's consular help to get home. Anand said today six Canadians ...
Oct 09, 2025
B.C. Conservative Leader Rustad confirms search of MLA phones to find leak
VICTORIA - British Columbia's Opposition Leader John Rustad confirms the cellphones of Conservative members were searched during a meeting this week to find a leak from inside his caucus. Rustad said ...
Oct 09, 2025