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OTTAWA -Inflation crept up slightly in Saskatchewan, as it did across the country. Statistics Canada says Saskatchewan's inflation rate went from 2.1 percent in November, to 2.2 percent in December. I...

Statistics Canada says real gross domestic product was down 0.3 per cent in August as both the goods and services side of the economy contracted. The agency says August's decline mostly offsets a 0.3 ...

Some stubbornness at the gas pumps pushed the headline inflation rate a couple ticks higher to 1.9 per cent in August, Statistics Canada said Tuesday. Gasoline prices rose 1.4 per cent month-over-mont...

Statistics Canada says retail sales rose 1.5 per cent to $70.2 billion in June, helped by increased spending at food and beverage retailers. However, the agency says its preliminary estimate for July ...

Statistics Canada says the annual rate of inflation cooled to 1.7 per cent in July as lower gas prices led the decline from 1.9 per cent in June. The agency says prices for gasoline were down 16.1 per...

Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. says the annual pace of housing starts in July rose four per cent compared with June. The agency says the seasonally adjusted annual rate of housing starts was 294,08...

The Canadian economy shed some 41,000 jobs in July as young workers and the private sector bore the brunt of the losses, Statistics Canada said Friday. The unemployment rate held steady at 6.9 per cen...

The national statistics agency says the volume and severity of police-reported crime in Canada decreased four per cent last year, after three annual increases in a row. Statistics Canada says non-viol...

Job growth has been virtually non-existent in the country since the start of the year, Statistics Canada said Friday. Canada's jobless rate rose a tenth of a point to seven per cent in May amid a gain...

Statistics Canada says manufacturing sales fell 1.4 per cent in March to $71.9 billion as sales fell in the primary metal and petroleum and coal product subsectors. The agency says sales of primary me...