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Many have given up looking for work : STATSCAN
OTTAWA - Statistics Canada says the economy lost 68,000 jobs in May as lockdowns to slow the spread of COVID-19 continued. The unemployment rate was 8.2 per cent in May, little changed from the 8.1 pe...
Jun 04, 2021
Universal Music attracts the attention of US billionaire
Universal Music Group is in talks to sell a 10% stake in a deal that would value the record label at about $40 billion. Confirmation Friday of those talks arrive four months after Vivendi SE, the Fren...
Jun 04, 2021
US adds modest 559,000 jobs, a sign of more hiring struggles
WASHINGTON (AP) - U.S. employers added 559,000 jobs in May, an improvement from April's sluggish gain but still evidence that many companies are struggling to find enough workers as the economy rapidl...
Jun 04, 2021
Oceanside swimmer named to Team Canada in upcoming Paralympics
NANAIMO - It's a dream come true for 17-year-old swimmer with autism spectrum disorder and his family. Nicholas Bennett was named on Thursday, June 2 to Team Canada for the upcoming Paralympics held a...
Jun 04, 2021
EU, UK investigate Facebook over classified ad competition
LONDON (AP) - European Union and British regulators opened dual antitrust investigations into Facebook on Friday to look into whether the company distorts competition in the classified advertising mar...
Jun 04, 2021
Truth before reconciliation and vaccine dealing: In The News for June 4
In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of June 4. What we are watching in Canada ... Ste...
Jun 04, 2021
Does Canada need another pipeline, feds ask days after Biden cancels Keystone XL
OTTAWA - Federal officials were asking themselves how many pipelines does Canada really need in the days after U.S. President Joe Biden cancelled Keystone XL. The query was posed in a briefing note fr...
Jun 04, 2021
Chief calls news conference as memorial grows near Kamloops, B.C., residential school
KAMLOOPS, B.C. - An update is expected from the chief of the Tk'emlups te Sewepemc First Nation, a week after the band announced the discovery of what are believed to be the remains of 215 children at...
Jun 04, 2021
Mother still seeking answers a year after Chantel Moore killed by N.B. police
FREDERICTON - A year after Chantel Moore was fatally shot by a police officer in Edmundston, N.B., her mother's suffering remains, as do many unanswered questions. "The pain still hurts as much as it ...
Jun 04, 2021
'Have conversations:' Experts urge learning truth about residential schools
Stephanie Scott shed tears with her daughter and five-year-old grandchild when remains of what are believed to be more than 200 children were found on the former site of the Kamloops Indian Residentia...
Jun 04, 2021