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Here's a quick glance at unemployment rates for September, by province
OTTAWA - Canada's national unemployment rate was 6.5 per cent in September. Here are the jobless rates last month by province (numbers from the previous month in brackets): _ Newfoundland and Labrador...
Oct 11, 2024 Canada's national unemployment rate was 6.5 per cent last month, according to Statistics Canada data released on Friday. (980 CJME file photo)
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: 6.5 per cent (6.6) Employment rate: 60.7 per cent (60.8) Participation ...
Oct 11, 2024
As ASEAN Summit wraps, Trudeau says Canada needs to keep showing up in Southeast Asia
VIENTIANE - Canada needs to keep up its presence in Southeast Asia if it wants to benefit from the region's economic boom, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Friday as he wrapped up his visit to La...
Oct 11, 2024
Rustad stands by B.C. Conservative candidates under fire, says voters can judge them
VANCOUVER - B.C. Conservatives Leader John Rustad says it will be up to voters to judge his party's candidates as he stood by a pair whose remarks on Indigenous and Muslim people drew condemnation fro...
Oct 11, 2024
Former public safety minister didn't know about delayed spy warrant, he tells inquiry
OTTAWA - Former public safety minister Bill Blair told a federal inquiry Friday he had no knowledge about delays in approving a spy service warrant in 2021 that may have included references to people ...
Oct 11, 2024
Gruelling days and gratitude for Canadian line workers helping with hurricane outages
MONTREAL - Stphan Perreault and his team have been helping restore power in North Carolina since Hurricane Helene hit in late September, and they don't expect to be heading home any time soon. They ar...
Oct 11, 2024
'Break in the cooling trend': Jobs report tops economists' expectations in September
OTTAWA - The Canadian labour market exceeded many economists' expectations in September, adding more than twice as many jobs as the previous month while unemployment ticked lower. Statistics Canada re...
Oct 11, 2024
Police probe clears seven Vancouver officers in beating death of Myles Gray
VANCOUVER - Seven Vancouver police officers involved in the beating death of Myles Gray nine years ago have been cleared of wrongdoing by a police discipline authority. The Office of the Police Compla...
Oct 10, 2024
Another Canadian reportedly dead in Lebanon amid escalating Israel-Hezbollah conflict
OTTAWA - Global Affairs Canada says it's aware of reports of the death of a Canadian in Lebanon. The department says officials are in contact with the person's family to offer assistance. This comes a...
Oct 10, 2024
Alberta recommits $1.53B to Calgary Green Line LRT construction
EDMONTON - A month after announcing its money would be off the table, the Alberta government says it's recommitting its $1.53-billion share towards Calgary's beleaguered Green Line light rail project....
Oct 10, 2024
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8:30 - The Saskatchewan NDP are sounding alarms over a decline in long-term care beds despite the province's rapidly gro...
