Category Archives: Canada

OTTAWA - The Bank of Canada has unveiled a new commemorative $10 bank note to celebrate the 150th anniversary of Confederation - and it will mark the first time a Canadian woman and an indigenous Cana...

TORONTO - Maha Alio’s heart sank when she learned the United States had bombed a Syrian air base in retaliation for the horrific gas attack that stunned the world. “I’m sure bad thin...

CHARLOTTETOWN - The Prince Edward Island government tabled a budget with a $600,000 surplus Monday, the province’s first journey into black ink in more than a decade. The turnaround from an esti...

WOODSTOCK, Ont. - A former Ontario nurse accused of killing eight seniors in her care has waived her right to a preliminary hearing and will go straight to trial. Elizabeth Wettlaufer, 49, appeared in...

TORONTO - Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne is reaching out to U.S. governors in the hopes of winning free trade allies, fearing a proposed Buy American bill in New York state could trigger a domino effe...

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

OTTAWA - Canada’s national unemployment rate was 6.7 per cent in March. Here are the jobless rates last month by province (previous month in brackets): - Newfoundland and Labrador 14.9 per cent ...

OTTAWA - A quick look at March employment (previous month in brackets): Unemployment rate: 6.7 per cent (6.6) Employment rate: 61.5 per cent (61.4) Labour force participation rate: 65.9 per cent (65.8...

HALIFAX - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is expected to visit a community college in the Halifax area today to take in a skills competition for students. Trudeau is scheduled to make a stop at the Nova...

OTTAWA - The nation’s labour market stayed hot last month, pumping out another 19,400 net jobs - and the vast majority of the new work was full-time, Statistics Canada said Friday. The March res...