Category Archives: National News – CP

OTTAWA - The national unemployment rate was 6.7 per cent in February. Statistics Canada also released seasonally adjusted, three-month moving average unemployment rates for major cities. It cautions, ...

OTTAWA - Canada's national unemployment rate was 6.7 per cent in February. Here are the jobless rates last month by province (numbers from the previous month in brackets): _ Newfoundland and Labrador ...

OTTAWA - A quick look at Canada's February employment figures (numbers from the previous month in brackets): Unemployment rate: 6.7 per cent (6.5) Employment rate: 60.6 per cent (60.8) Participation r...

OTTAWA - Ottawa committed to $552 million in science funding on Friday for equipment, tools and labs needed for academic research projects across the country. The federal government released a list of...

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed ... Carney to observe NATO Arctic drills in Norway. Prime Minister Mark Carney is in Norway today, where he will ...

VICTORIA - A B.C. legislator who has sought to scrap the province's Human Rights Code and ban land acknowledgments, and has blamed the Tumbler Ridge mass shooting on "transgender ideology," is facing ...

Every member of a former panel the British Columbia government appointed to identify old-growth for potential protection in 2021 now says they're concerned about continued logging in those same rare a...

ST. JOHN'S - On Thursday morning, 68-year-old Mava Brydges put the weight of a household refrigerator onto her back, lowered herself toward the floor and then stood up again. Her 132.5-kilogram squat ...

BARDUFOSS - Canada and its allies are prepared to defend the Arctic, Prime Minister Mark Carney said Friday in Bardufoss, Norway, after observing NATO's Cold Response exercises. He held a news confere...

WASHINGTON - Countries around the world are grappling with skyrocketing costs for key commodities like oil and fertilizer as the war with Iran continues to upend global trade. With no end in sight, th...