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Canada added 30,300 jobs in February, unemployment rate 5.6 per cent
OTTAWA - The unemployment rate in Canada nudged up a tenth of a percentage point to 5.6 per cent as the economy added 30,300 net new jobs in February, Statistics Canada said Friday. The agency said th...
Mar 06, 2020
Curlers opt for traditional handshakes at Brier instead of suggested fist bumps
KINGSTON, Ont. - Traditional handshakes still rule at the Tim Hortons Brier despite a Curling Canada suggestion for athletes to bump fists at this week's national men's curling cha...
Mar 06, 2020
US added robust 273K jobs in February before virus escalated
WASHINGTON - Hiring jumped in February as employers added 273,000 jobs, evidence that the economy was in strong shape before the coronavirus began to sweep through the United States. The Labor Departm...
Mar 06, 2020
Feds mull financial help to ease COVID-19 burden, but no details yet: Freeland
OTTAWA - The government is mulling potential financial help to ease the burden of the novel coronavirus on businesses and individuals after its first cabinet committee meeting on the subject, Deputy P...
Mar 06, 2020
Morneau says Ottawa will soon announce support for those quarantined
TORONTO - Finance Minister Bill Morneau says the federal government will soon announce support for Canadians who have to be quarantined in order to prevent the spread of the new coronavirus. He also s...
Mar 06, 2020
Suicide bombers wound 5 police in Tunisian capital
TUNIS, Tunisia - Tunisia's interior ministry says two suicide bombers blew themselves up near the U.S. Embassy in the Tunisian capital, Tunis, Friday, wounding five police officers. A ministry stateme...
Mar 06, 2020
Iran warns it could use 'force' to halt travel amid virus
TEHRAN, Iran - Iran said Friday the new coronavirus has killed 124 people amid 4,747 confirmed cases in the Islamic Republic as authorities warned they may use "force" to limit travel between cities. ...
Mar 06, 2020
Bethlehem's storied Nativity Church closes amid virus fears
BETHLEHEM, Palestinian Territory - Palestinian officials on Thursday closed the storied Church of the Nativity in the biblical city of Bethlehem indefinitely over fears of the new coronavirus, weeks a...
Mar 06, 2020
Lawyer says award-winning Iran filmmaker summoned to prison
TEHRAN, Iran - An Iranian filmmaker who just won the Berlin Film Festival's Golden Bear has been summoned to serve a one-year prison sentence over his movies, his lawyer said Wednesday. Mohammad Rasou...
Mar 06, 2020
More COVID-19 cases and 'The Kids in the Hall' return; In The News for March 6
In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of March 6 ... What...
Mar 06, 2020
