Category Archives: Canada
Here's a quick glance at unemployment rates for February, by province
OTTAWA - Canada's national unemployment rate was 6.7 per cent in February. Here are the jobless rates last month by province (numbers from the previous month in brackets): _ Newfoundland and Labrador ...
Mar 13, 2026
National employment numbers for February from Statistics Canada, at a glance
OTTAWA - A quick look at Canada's February employment figures (numbers from the previous month in brackets): Unemployment rate: 6.7 per cent (6.5) Employment rate: 60.6 per cent (60.8) Participation r...
Mar 13, 2026
Ottawa earmarks half a billion dollars for labs and research equipment
OTTAWA - Ottawa committed to $552 million in science funding on Friday for equipment, tools and labs needed for academic research projects across the country. The federal government released a list of...
Mar 13, 2026
In the news: Carney in Norway, Canada CUSMA talks leverage, March break destinations
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed ... Carney to observe NATO Arctic drills in Norway. Prime Minister Mark Carney is in Norway today, where he will ...
Mar 13, 2026
MLA wants to scrap B.C.'s Human Rights Code. Some constituents want her gone instead
VICTORIA - A B.C. legislator who has sought to scrap the province's Human Rights Code and ban land acknowledgments, and has blamed the Tumbler Ridge mass shooting on "transgender ideology," is facing ...
Mar 13, 2026
B.C. appointed them to map old-growth. Now they say province is failing to save it
Every member of a former panel the British Columbia government appointed to identify old-growth for potential protection in 2021 now says they're concerned about continued logging in those same rare a...
Mar 13, 2026
A 68-year-old powerlifter smashes records and says she lives for 'clang' of weights
ST. JOHN'S - On Thursday morning, 68-year-old Mava Brydges put the weight of a household refrigerator onto her back, lowered herself toward the floor and then stood up again. Her 132.5-kilogram squat ...
Mar 13, 2026
'We're ready to defend the Arctic,' Carney says alongside German, Norwegian leaders
BARDUFOSS - Canada and its allies are prepared to defend the Arctic, Prime Minister Mark Carney said Friday in Bardufoss, Norway, after observing NATO's Cold Response exercises. He held a news confere...
Mar 13, 2026
Price shocks from Iran war could give Canada leverage in CUSMA talks: experts
WASHINGTON - Countries around the world are grappling with skyrocketing costs for key commodities like oil and fertilizer as the war with Iran continues to upend global trade. With no end in sight, th...
Mar 13, 2026
Unemployment rate up, 84,000 jobs lost in 'very bad' February jobs report
OTTAWA - Statistics Canada said the economy faced sharp job losses in February in a report that suggests the labour market is struggling after nearly a year of U.S. tariff pressures. "This was a very ...
Mar 13, 2026