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OTTAWA - Canada's national unemployment rate was 7.1 per cent in August. Here are the jobless rates last month by province (numbers from the previous month in brackets): _ Newfoundland and Labrador 10...

OTTAWA - A quick look at Canada's August employment figures (numbers from the previous month in brackets): Unemployment rate: 7.1 per cent (6.9) Employment rate: 60.5 per cent (60.7) Participation rat...

OTTAWA - The Canadian economy lost jobs for the second month in a row and the unemployment rate climbed to its highest level since May 2016, excluding the pandemic period, Statistics Canada reported o...

OTTAWA - Statistics Canada says the unemployment rate ticked up to 7.1 per cent in August as the economy lost 66,000 jobs for the month. The report follows the July labour force survey that showed a l...

Police in Portugal say two Canadians are among the 16 people killed when a streetcar derailed Wednesday. The dead also included five Portuguese nationals, three British citizens, two South Koreans, on...

Police say two Canadians are among the 16 dead in Lisbon after a streetcar derailed in the Portuguese capital on Wednesday, The Associated Press reports. More coming. The Canadian Press

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... James Smith offers condolences to Hollow Water Messages of condolences and support poured in for a Manitoba Fi...

TORONTO - Prime Minister Mark Carney is expected to make an announcement in the Greater Toronto Area today after meeting with his cabinet for two days to prepare for the return of Parliament. Carney's...

OTTAWA - Canada is hosting U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson and other officials from G7 countries and Ukraine in the Ottawa area today. Speaker of the House of Commons Francis Scarpaleggia will be in m...

OTTAWA - Statistics Canada will release its latest reading of the country's job market this morning. The agency is set to release its labour force survey for August. A Reuters poll of economists headi...