Category Archives: CP Canada
Here's a quick glance at unemployment rates for December, by Canadian city
OTTAWA - The national unemployment rate was 6.8 per cent in December. Statistics Canada also released seasonally adjusted, three-month moving average unemployment rates for major cities. It cautions, ...
Jan 09, 2026
Here's a quick glance at unemployment rates for December, by province
OTTAWA - Canada's national unemployment rate was 6.8 per cent in December. Here are the jobless rates last month by province (numbers from the previous month in brackets): _ Newfoundland and Labrador ...
Jan 09, 2026
National employment numbers for December from Statistics Canada, at a glance
OTTAWA - A quick look at Canada's December employment figures (numbers from the previous month in brackets): Unemployment rate: 6.8 per cent (6.5) Employment rate: 60.9 per cent (60.9) Participation r...
Jan 09, 2026
In the news today: Minneapolis shooting, Freeland's resignation, December jobs data
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... Minnesotans continue to grapple with fatal ICE shooting in Minneapolis Demonstrations and vigils are expected ...
Jan 09, 2026
Minnesotans continue to grapple with fatal ICE shooting
MINNEAPOLIS - Drivers in a line of vehicles blared their horns Friday afternoon in a trendy Minneapolis neighbourhood as cyclists racing down nearby sidewalks blew on whistles. It was a warning for th...
Jan 09, 2026
Knock, knock, who's there? B.C. biologists identify unique sounds of 8 fish species
There are grunts and growls, knocks and croaks - but the wild sounds detected by a team of British Columbia researchers don't belong to any of the province's famous forest creatures. The noises are ma...
Jan 09, 2026
Longtime Liberal MP Chrystia Freeland's resignation takes effect today
OTTAWA - Former finance minister Chrystia Freeland's resignation as a member of Parliament takes effect today as she takes up a new voluntary role advising the Ukrainian government. Freeland's absence...
Jan 09, 2026
Carney to travel to Qatar next week alongside trips to China, Switzerland
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney will travel to Doha, Qatar on Jan. 18 for a bilateral visit as he seeks to broaden trade relations and drum up foreign investment. It's part of a broader diplomatic...
Jan 08, 2026
What Trump's aspiration to conquer Greenland means for Canada
OTTAWA - Canada's closest physical neighbours are in an escalating dispute that risks breaking the military alliance that has protected the nations of the North Atlantic for decades. U.S. President Do...
Jan 08, 2026
Kashechewan First Nation evacuation plans will prioritize 500 vulnerable people: feds
Indigenous Services Canada says the evacuation of 500 vulnerable people from a remote First Nation in northern Ontario will happen "as early as possible," as the community deals with failures in its w...
Jan 08, 2026
