Category Archives: National News – CP

OTTAWA - Canada's national unemployment rate was 6.5 per cent in January. Here are the jobless rates last month by province (numbers from the previous month in brackets): _ Newfoundland and Labrador 9...

OTTAWA - A quick look at Canada's January employment figures (numbers from the previous month in brackets): Unemployment rate: 6.5 per cent (6.8) Employment rate: 60.8 per cent (60.9) Participation ra...

CALGARY - A lawyer for the truck driver who caused the deadly Humboldt Broncos bus crash says his client is one step closer to being deported to India. Lawyer Michael Greene says Immigration, Refugees...

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... Foreign affairs minister to open consulate in Greenland today Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand is set to o...

VANCOUVER - In a Surrey, B.C., pretrial centre, an inmate is goaded into fighting his cellmate - dubbed a "rat" by fellow prisoners - but then dies after being put in a 10-minute chokehold. In a Vanco...

NUUK - The Canadian flag was raised and dozens of people joined in a spontaneous version of O Canada on Friday as Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand officially opened the new consulate in Nuuk, Gree...

NUUK - Canada's closest physical neighbours are in an escalating dispute that risks breaking the military alliance that has protected the nations of the North Atlantic for decades. U.S. President Dona...

NUUK - Canada is set to formally open its newest diplomatic mission Friday in Nuuk, the capital of Greenland, to build on deep ties that precede the recent geopolitical crisis. U.S. President Donald T...

OTTAWA - Fewer people were looking for work in January, driving the unemployment rate lower despite job losses in the month, Statistics Canada said Friday. The agency said the economy shed 25,000 jobs...

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) - The race in New Jersey between a onetime political director for Sen. Bernie Sanders and a former congressman was too early to call Thursday, in a special House Democratic primary ...