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Unemployment rate falls to 13.3%, US adds 2.5 million jobs
WASHINGTON - The U.S. unemployment rate fell to 13.3% in May from 14.7%, and 2.5 million jobs were added - a surprisingly positive reading in the midst of a recession that has paralyzed the economy in...
Jun 05, 2020
A death in Nicaraguan baseball puts pandemic in public eye
MANAGUA, Nicaragua - As the new coronavirus spread and economies shut across Latin America, Nicaragua stayed open - schools, stores, concert halls and baseball stadiums, all operating uninterrupted on...
Jun 05, 2020
Trump hails jobs report, but unemployment rate still high
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump took a victory lap Friday morning after the government reported surprising job gains for last month, seizing on the data to predict that the worst of the coronaviru...
Jun 05, 2020
Trudeau to offer premiers billions to help reopen the economy safely
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is to offer premiers billions in federal funding to help them safely reopen provincial and territorial economies without triggering an explosive second...
Jun 05, 2020
Minister says reckoning on police violence against Indigenous people needed
OTTAWA - Indigenous Services Minister Marc Miller says he is outraged at police violence against Indigenous people in Canada. Miller says Canada needs a reckoning because there is a pattern ...
Jun 05, 2020
Podcast breathes new life into historic case of missing Nanaimo woman
NANAIMO - The case of a missing Nanaimo Indigenous woman who vanished nearly 18 years ago is getting a much-needed jolt.A new six-episode podcast series titled 'Island Crime Season 1: Where is Lisa?' ...
Jun 05, 2020
NYC calmer as Buffalo police draw ire for protester injury
NEW YORK - The latest night of protests in New York City sparked by the death of George Floyd at the hands of police was markedly calmer, while video of a police officer appearing to shove an elderly ...
Jun 05, 2020
US unemployment drops unexpectedly to a still-high 13.3%
WASHINGTON - The U.S. unemployment rate fell unexpectedly in May to 13.3% - still on par with what the nation witnessed during the Great Depression - as states loosened their coronavirus lockdowns and...
Jun 05, 2020
Floyd mourned in Minneapolis and march in Ottawa; In The News for June 5
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 5 ... --- W...
Jun 05, 2020
Supporting role: Indigenous activists want focus to stay on black demonstrators
Terre Chartrand says she recognizes it's not her place right now to be front and centre during demonstrations in support of black people decrying police violence. Chartrand, the&nb...
Jun 05, 2020