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Former NHL player gets probation in drug-selling scheme
BOSTON - A former NHL player who was on two Stanley Cup championship teams has been sentenced to probation for his role in the illegal sale of prescription painkillers. Kevin Stevens was sentenced Thu...
May 05, 2017
Hungary summons Canadian ambassador after concerns over university
BUDAPEST, Hungary - The Hungarian foreign ministry says it has summoned Canada’s ambassador to Hungary after she expressed concerns about the fate of a Budapest university and academic freedom a...
May 05, 2017
Here's a quick glance at unemployment rates for April, by province
OTTAWA - Canada’s national unemployment rate was 6.5 per cent in April. Here are the jobless rates last month by province (previous month in brackets): - Newfoundland and Labrador 14.0 per cent ...
May 05, 2017
Here's a quick glance at unemployment rates for April, by Canadian city
OTTAWA - The national unemployment rate was 6.5 per cent in April. Statistics Canada also released seasonally adjusted, three-month moving average unemployment rates for major cities. It cautions, how...
May 05, 2017
National employment numbers for April from Statistics Canada, at a glance
OTTAWA - A quick look at April employment (previous month in brackets): Unemployment rate: 6.5 per cent (6.7) Employment rate: 61.4 per cent (61.5) Labour force participation rate: 65.6 per cent (65.9...
May 05, 2017
US military member killed in Somalia, 1st death since 1993
MOGADISHU, Somalia - A U.S. service member has been killed in Somalia during an operation against the extremist group al-Shabab - the first U.S. combat death there in more than two decades - as the Un...
May 05, 2017
Heavy rain likely to cause flooding in Central and Eastern Canada
Persistent, steady rains soaking swaths of Central and Eastern Canada that have already endured record precipitation levels threatened to trigger widespread flooding Friday and put residents and gover...
May 05, 2017
Jobless rate falls to 6.5% but Canadian wages see weakest growth since 1997
OTTAWA - The unemployment rate fell last month to its lowest level since the start of the last major recession, but details within Statistics Canada’s latest labour report - including a record-l...
May 05, 2017
Notley government at the halfway point
EDMONTON – Premier Notley and her NDP government hit the halfway point of their term today. Notley says her team has come a long way from the days when it grew overnight from a four-member oppos...
May 05, 2017
Cargo plane goes off runway in West Virginia; 2 killed
CHARLESTON, W.Va. - A cargo plane contracted by UPS went off the runway and over a steep, wooded hillside Friday at a West Virginia airport, killing the pilot and co-pilot, an airport official said. N...
May 05, 2017