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OTTAWA - A quick look at June employment (numbers from the previous month in brackets): Unemployment rate: 6.0 per cent (5.8) Employment rate: 61.5 per cent (61.5) Participation rate: 65.5 per cent (6...

WASHINGTON - U.S. employers kept up a brisk hiring pace in June by adding 213,000 jobs, a sign of confidence in the economy despite the start of a potentially punishing trade war with China. The job g...

ANNAPOLIS, Md. - Newsrooms usually abuzz with approaching deadlines fell oddly silent as journalists nationwide paused to honour five people shot dead a week before at a Maryland newspaper. At a tempo...

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. - An Ohio man pleaded not guilty to federal hate crime charges in a deadly car attack on a crowd of protesters opposing a white nationalist rally in Virginia. James Alex Fields Jr...

MAE SAI, Thailand - Worried that heavy monsoon rain could soon make the job even more difficult, Thai officials said Saturday that they may need to quickly rescue 12 boys and their soccer coach from a...

OTTAWA - Canada received a dose of new jobs last month, maintained sturdy wage growth and saw more people searching for work - all seen as positives by experts who believe the path is clear for the ce...

The Red Deer Riggers Senior Men's AAA baseball team has improved their record to 6-3 on the season so far. This after a 7-6 victory over the A's in Sherwood Park Wednesday night. The Riggers will now ...

FRAUD RESULTS IN A LOSS OF $20,000, $6,000 STOLEN WITH USE OF STOLEN UFA CARD Drayton Valley RCMP say on June 28 at 12:43 p.m. a complainant reported providing credit card information over the phone a...

In Red Deer Men's Twilight Baseball action Thursday night, the Canadian Brewhouse Ballers shutout the Gary Moe Legends 7-0. Elsewhere, the Lacombe Dodgers beat the Phantoms 11-6 and Northstar Baseball...

After bowing out in the second round of qualifying at the French Open, Canada’s Felix Auger-Aliassime sat down with his coaches and decided to make a short-term change with a long-term goal in m...