Category Archives: Canadian Press
Alberta Golden Bears offensive lineman Mark Korte has football options
It’s always good to have options, and Mark Korte has plenty regarding his football career. The University of Alberta offensive lineman is a highly touted prospect for next month’s CFL draf...
Apr 6, 2018
Leading B.C. chefs send letter seeking termination of salmon farm tenures
VANCOUVER - More than 50 of British Columbia’s top chefs are calling on the province to end leases for open net-pen salmon farms dotting coastal waters. The group has sent a letter to the forest...
Apr 6, 2018
Here's a quick glance at unemployment rates for March, by province
OTTAWA - Canada’s national unemployment rate was 5.8 per cent in March. Here are the jobless rates last month by province (revised numbers from the previous month in brackets): - Newfoundland an...
Apr 6, 2018
Here's a quick glance at unemployment rates for March, by Canadian city
OTTAWA - The national unemployment rate was 5.8 per cent in March. Statistics Canada also released seasonally adjusted, three-month moving average unemployment rates for major cities. It cautions, how...
Apr 6, 2018
National employment numbers for March from Statistics Canada, at a glance
OTTAWA - A quick look at March employment (revised numbers from the previous month in brackets): Unemployment rate: 5.8 per cent (5.8) Employment rate: 61.7 per cent (61.7) Labour force participation ...
Apr 6, 2018
Canadian women win team gymnastics gold at Gold Coast Commonwealth Games
GOLD COAST, Australia - Canada won gold Friday in the Commonwealth Games women’s artistic gymnastics team final. Ellie Black of Halifax, Isabela Onyshko of Minnedosa, Man., Jade Chrobok of Toron...
Apr 6, 2018
Canada adds 32,300 jobs, all full time, as jobless rate stays at record low 5.8%
OTTAWA - The economy delivered 32,300 net new jobs last month as Canada generated a rush of full-time work that helped keep the national unemployment rate at its record low. Statistics Canada said Fri...
Apr 6, 2018
Man sues ex-boss after 'pocket dial' cost him his job
ATLANTA - A man who lost his job is suing his former boss for listening in on a conversation over the phone after the man accidentally “pocket-dialed” his boss. The Atlanta Journal-Constit...
Apr 6, 2018
AP Explains: Why US militarization of border isn't new
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - President Donald Trump’s promise to use the National Guard to secure the U.S.-Mexico border isn’t a new concept and is something the U.S. has done in the past for varyi...
Apr 6, 2018
Trump faceoff with China exposes GOP weakness in rural US
SPOKANE, Wash. - Gary Bailey is certain China is trying to rattle Donald Trump voters with its threat to slap tariffs on soybeans and other agriculture staples grown in rural America. The wheat farmer...
Apr 6, 2018