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VICTORIA - In 2017, Cory Pahl was a candidate for the Cascadia Party of British Columbia, whose official goals included the creation of a provincial assembly that would assert the sovereign rights of ...

GATINEAU - The federal government says it is making more than $1 billion available to Canada Post in the form of a repayable loan to help the beleaguered Crown corporation remain solvent and keep its ...

WASHINGTON - Kirsten Hillman hasn't written her autobiography yet, but the 57-year-old career diplomat - soon to be Canada's former ambassador to the U.S. - may already have a title picked out: "Diplo...

MONTREAL - Canadian Tire has been ordered to pay just under $1.3 million after pleading guilty to 74 counts of violating sections of Quebec's Consumer Protection Act related to false advertising. Crow...

OTTAWA - Canada's largest federal public sector union has filed several unfair labour practice complaints - and another union is warning of a possible strike - as the government moves to increase publ...

ST. JOHN'S - Newfoundland and Labrador has dealt a blow to Canadian biodiversity goals by scrapping plans for a possible marine conservation area amid the towering fiords along the south coast of the ...

OTTAWA - The national unemployment rate was 6.5 per cent in January. Statistics Canada also released seasonally adjusted, three-month moving average unemployment rates for major cities. It cautions, h...

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...

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...