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Statistics Canada to release November labour force survey today
OTTAWA - Statistics Canada is set to release its November jobs report this morning. According to LSEG Data & Analytics, economists polled by Reuters expect the unemployment rate ticked up to 6.6 p...
Dec 06, 2024
Montreal blacksmith says he has a ‘place in paradise’ as Notre-Dame reopens its doors
MONTREAL - Five years ago, Notre-Dame Cathedral erupted in flames. A column of smoke rose above the Paris skyline as the historic cathedral, which took 182 years to build between the 12th and 14th cen...
Dec 06, 2024
Vigils, events to mark 35th anniversary of Polytechnique anti-feminist mass killing
MONTREAL - Polytechnique Montral will pay tribute today to the 14 young women who were murdered at the engineering school 35 years ago. Vigils and other events are scheduled in Montreal and across the...
Dec 06, 2024
In the news today: Canada Post strike enters fourth week
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... Canada Post strike enters fourth week Canada Post and the union representing more than 55,000 striking workers...
Dec 06, 2024
Montembeault, Laine lead Canadiens to 3-0 win as Predators lose sixth straight
MONTREAL - Sam Montembeault stopped 29 shots and Patrik Laine scored again to lead the Montreal Canadiens past the Nashville Predators 3-0 on Thursday night. Jake Evans, with a short-handed goal, also...
Dec 05, 2024
'When in your life do you get to be a hero?' Organ recipients thank Nanaimo healthcare providers
NANAIMO - A pair of mid-Island women impacted in different ways by donating vital organs thanked front-line professionals at Nanaimo hospital. Operation Popcorn, organized by Transplant BC across the ...
Dec 05, 2024
Gunman who wounded 2 kindergartners at California school suffered from mental illness, sheriff says
OROVILLE, Calif. (AP) - A gunman who shot and critically wounded two kindergartners at a tiny religious school in Northern California before killing himself suffered from mental illness and used a "ru...
Dec 05, 2024
South Korea’s ruling party chief shows support for suspending presidential powers of Yoon
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - South Korea's ruling party chief says it's necessary to suspend the constitutional powers of President Yoon Suk Yeol. The comments by People Power Party leader Han Dong-hun o...
Dec 05, 2024
South Korea’s ruling party chief shows support for suspending presidential powers of Yoon
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - South Korea's ruling party chief said Friday that it's necessary to suspend the constitutional powers of President Yoon Suk Yeol. The comments by People Power Party leader Ha...
Dec 05, 2024
Brown: Indian diplomat pushed back when he used the words "Sikh nation"
OTTAWA - Brampton Mayor Patrick Brown said foreign interference did not tip the scales in the Conservative party's last leadership race that installed Pierre Poilievre at the helm. But he offered up T...
Dec 05, 2024