Category Archives: Canada

OTTAWA - A quick look at Canada's July employment figures (numbers from the previous month in brackets): Unemployment rate: 6.4 per cent (6.5) Employment rate: 60.9 per cent (60.8) Participation rate:...

ELIZABETHTOWN - The prosecution wrapped up its case against a man charged with second-degree murder in the death of his daughter with a five-hour video recreating the route he may have taken in the ho...

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed ... Student kills at least 6 in a shooting at a high school in Thailand, authorities say Police say a student sho...

OTTAWA - Canada's job market took a leap toward recovery in July, adding 75,000 jobs, but economists say there's still a long road ahead before the Bank of Canada considers tightening policy. Statisti...

OTTAWA - Ottawa's decision to kick the tires on a new, multinational fighter jet program does not come with any sort of price tag, National Defence has confirmed. Canada recently became the first coun...

OTTAWA - The interim commissioner of Indigenous languages says she knows her office has work to do on rebuilding trust with Indigenous communities, and she is participating fully in a government-order...

OTTAWA - Ontario Conservative MP Larry Brock is resigning as member of Parliament and is to return to his previous role as a prosecutor in southwestern Ontario. Brock, the MP for Brantford-Brant South...

The Granby Zoo is issuing a warning to recent visitors following an incident involving a Japanese macaque on Aug. 4. The zoo says in a statement that there was an accidental physical contact between t...

OTTAWA - Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand says Canada is pushing for more airline connections, trade and security projects with African nations, including through boosting the role of women on the...

OTTAWA - The U.S. Department of Homeland Security confirmed on social media Wednesday that a Canadian woman accused of assaulting a teenager wearing what it called "pro-Trump" gear is being deported b...