Canada

Canada added 30,300 jobs in February, unemployment rate 5.6 per cent

OTTAWA - The unemployment rate in Canada nudged up a tenth of a percentage point to 5.6 per cent as the economy added 30,300 net new jobs in February, Statistics Canada said Friday, beating expectatio...

Mar 08, 2020

Morneau says Ottawa will announce support for those quarantined due to COVID-19

The federal government will provide financial help for quarantined Canadians over novel coronavirus concerns, and pad its budget contingency should the economic hit be prolonged and deep, Finance Mini...

Mar 08, 2020

Canada's top doctor says country ready with co-ordinated response to COVID-19

OTTAWA - A Canadian patient newly diagnosed with COVID-19 recently travelled to Las Vegas and used public transit in Toronto for several days before he was tested for the virus, says the Tor...

Mar 08, 2020

Accused spy fights to overturn immigration ruling, saying she helped Canada

OTTAWA - A woman accused of spying for Russia says there's nothing to the allegations because her actions ended up helping - not harming - Canadian interests. Elena Crenna is asking the Fede...

Mar 08, 2020

Child care, education, housing at heart of affordability fears, Morneau told

OTTAWA - Finance Minister Bill Morneau was told weeks into the Liberals' second mandate that Canadians are most worried about affordability in areas where governments have a lot of power over prices -...

Mar 08, 2020

Alberta woman home after cruise first presumptive case of new coronavirus

EDMONTON - Alberta's first presumptive case of the novel coronavirus involves a woman from the southern part of the province who was on a cruise ship that is being held for testing...

Mar 07, 2020

B.C. Finance Minister Carole James has Parkinson's, won't seek re-election

VICTORIA - B.C. Finance Minister Carole James says she has been diagnosed with Parkinson's disease and will not seek re-election next year, but she intends to stay on in cabinet "as long as I can do t...

Mar 07, 2020

Military needs to be 30-per-cent women for real change: vice-admiral

OTTAWA - Nearly a third of members of the Canadian Forces should be women to bring about a real culture change in the military, says the admiral in charge of the Forces' human resources, while acknowl...

Mar 07, 2020

Protesters pack up camp at B.C. legislature after five arrests Wednesday night

VICTORIA - Dozens of Indigenous youth and their supporters packed blankets and tarps Thursday, ending a 17-day protest at British Columbia's legislature that saw a fire burning constantly&nb...

Mar 07, 2020

Steven Del Duca wins Ontario Liberal leadership

MISSISSAUGA, Ont. - Ontario Liberals crowned former cabinet minister Steven Del Duca as their new party leader Saturday. Del Duca had enough delegates to win on the first ballot, but looking forward, ...

Mar 07, 2020