Author Archives: Syndicated Content

OTTAWA - A quick look at Canada's February employment figures (numbers from the previous month in brackets): Unemployment rate: 6.7 per cent (6.5) Employment rate: 60.6 per cent (60.8) Participation r...

REGINA -- It probably won't come as much of a surprise to curling fans to find out that Matt Dunstone has become an incredibly in-demand subject for media outlets across the country over the last few ...

Sometimes the perfect run still needs a little late-game magic. Kipling, Saskatchewan’s Gilbert Dash and Canada’s wheelchair curling team are headed to the Paralympic gold-medal game, but ...

OTTAWA - Statistics Canada says employment came in sharply lower than expected in February as a surprise drop of 84,000 jobs pushed the unemployment rate up two ticks to 6.7 per cent. The agency said ...

ST. JOHN'S - On Thursday morning, 68-year-old Mava Brydges put the weight of a household refrigerator onto her back, lowered herself toward the floor and then stood up again. Her 132.5-kilogram squat ...

OTTAWA - Ottawa is expected to announce $552 million in funding for academic research projects this morning. The federal government is set to name the projects getting funding through the Canadian Fou...

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed ... Carney to observe NATO Arctic drills in Norway. Prime Minister Mark Carney is in Norway today, where he will ...

VICTORIA - A B.C. legislator who has sought to scrap the province's Human Rights Code and ban land acknowledgments, and has blamed the Tumbler Ridge mass shooting on "transgender ideology," is facing ...

Every member of a former panel the British Columbia government appointed to identify old-growth for potential protection in 2021 now says they're concerned about continued logging in those same rare a...

ST. JOHN'S - On Thursday morning, 68-year-old Mava Brydges put the weight of a household refrigerator onto her back, lowered herself toward the floor and then stood up again. Her 132.5-kilogram squat ...