Category Archives: Canadian Press
Malaysia's Mahathir plans lean cabinet, seeks Anwar's pardon
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - Malaysia’s new Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad said Friday he will form a lean cabinet with 10 core ministries and start the process of obtaining an immediate pardon for...
May 11, 2018
Royal retreat of Windsor ready to party for Harry, Meghan
WINDSOR, England - Few towns are as quintessentially English as Windsor, the bucolic riverside locale where Prince Harry and American actress Meghan Markle will get married on May 19. And few towns ar...
May 11, 2018
Iraq holds its first parliamentary election since IS defeat
Iraqis vote Saturday in the first parliamentary election since the country declared victory over the Islamic State extremist group. The balloting is expected to be a referendum on Prime Minister Haide...
May 11, 2018
Critic's jailing shows hushed dissent since '08 China quake
BEIJING - A decade after a massive earthquake devastated parts of China’s Sichuan province, an outspoken critic of the government’s response is languishing in jail, his health deterioratin...
May 11, 2018
Rio police recreate murder scene of activist Marielle Franco
RIO DE JANEIRO - Nearly two months after a black councilwoman was shot and killed in Rio de Janeiro, police on Thursday recreated the murder scene in hopes of discovering clues about who did it. The l...
May 11, 2018
Google's A.I. personal assistant sparks concerns about future of communication
TORONTO - Aimee Morrison doesn’t look forward to the not-too-distant future when she might have to constantly doubt whether she’s speaking on the phone with robots powered by artifici...
May 11, 2018
In-House Hire: Toronto Maple Leafs appoint Kyle Dubas new general manager
TORONTO - Brendan Shanahan was early in his tenure as president of the Toronto Maple Leafs when he reached out to Kyle Dubas to see if he wanted to meet and talk about hockey. Shanahan expected the se...
May 11, 2018
Here's a quick glance at unemployment rates for April, by Canadian city
OTTAWA - The national unemployment rate was 5.8 per cent in April. Statistics Canada also released seasonally adjusted, three-month moving average unemployment rates for major cities. It cautions...
May 11, 2018
Here's a quick glance at unemployment rates for April, by province
OTTAWA - Canada’s national unemployment rate was 5.8 per cent in April. Here are the jobless rates last month by province (numbers from the previous month in brackets): -&nbs...
May 11, 2018
National employment numbers for April from Statistics Canada, at a glance
OTTAWA - A quick look at April employment (numbers from the previous month in brackets): Unemployment rate: 5.8 per cent (5.8) Employment rate: 61.6 per cent (61.7) Participat...
May 11, 2018