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OTTAWA - The national unemployment rate was 6.9 per cent in October. 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 6.9 per cent in October. Here are the jobless rates last month by province (numbers from the previous month in brackets): _ Newfoundland and Labrador 1...

OTTAWA - A quick look at Canada's October employment figures (numbers from the previous month in brackets): Unemployment rate: 6.9 per cent (7.1) Employment rate: 60.8 per cent (60.6) Participation ra...

Statistics Canada says the economy added 67,000 jobs in October, blowing past economists' labour market expectations for a second month in a row. Those job gains were concentrated in part-time work wh...

OTTAWA - Another month of surprise job gains hasn't changed many economists' minds about softness in the Canadian labour market, but analysts weighing in Friday said signs of resilience should be enou...

WASHINGTON - Countries around the world - Canada included - are waiting anxiously as the U.S. Supreme Court considers whether President Donald Trump has the authority to continue using his favoured ta...

OTTAWA - As Prime Minister Mark Carney's government moves to spend billions more on tax credits to support carbon-capture and storage projects, Canada's environment commissioner says the money already...

WASHINGTON - Most Americans - including Republicans - continue to view Canada positively in economic and trade matters even as U.S. President Donald Trump directs anger at their northern neighbour. Th...

One expert says she is cautiously optimistic that the latest federal budget will spur business investment in Canada that will support growth and productivity. Prime Minister Mark Carney's first federa...

A British Columbia regulator has ordered Amazon to pay a $10,000 penalty over a failed delivery, ruling that it's not good enough to leave a package on a doorstep or with another person unless the buy...