Category Archives: Canada

OTTAWA - The Canadian labour market topped expectations by adding another 10,700 jobs last month and dropping the unemployment rate to 6.8 per cent - but the latest numbers raise questi...

OTTAWA - The national unemployment rate was 6.8 per cent in November. Statistics Canada also released seasonally adjusted, three-month moving average unemployment rates for major cities...

OTTAWA - A quick look at November employment (previous month in brackets): Unemployment rate: 6.8 per cent (7.0) Employment rate: 61.2 per cent (61.2) Labour force participation ra...

FREDERICTON - Thousands of people were still without power this morning following two powerful storms in New Brunswick. NB Power says crews were working to restore electricity to about 7,700 customers...

OTTAWA - Former Bank of Canada governor David Dodge says the world economy might be better off if policy-makers bumped interest rates a little bit higher. In prepared remarks ...

ALBANY, N.Y. - U.S. Senator Charles Schumer is urging Canadian officials to reverse a pricing policy that’s designed to discourage Canadian cheesemakers from using imported, ultra-filtered milk ...

Charges in a long-running case over the abduction of prized sheep from an Ontario farm were stayed this week, after a judge found there had been unreasonable delays in bringing the matter to tria...

OTTAWA - Status of Women Minister Patty Hajdu says the federal government can learn a lot from some business leaders about how to include more women in their ranks, beyond setting a quota and hop...

CALGARY - Loved ones of an 85-year-old man accused of murdering his wife of 56 years say they are relieved Siegfried van Zuiden has been deemed unfit to stand trial. But close family friends said...

Four stories in the news for Friday, Dec. 2 --- DODGE SAYS HIGHER RATES COULD HELP ECONOMY Former Bank of Canada governor David Dodge says the world economy might be better off if policy-makers bumped...