Category Archives: Canadian Press

LAMEQUE, N.B. - Six dolphins who stubbornly refused efforts to free them from a shallow bay in northern New Brunswick appear to have been finally coaxed back to open ocean. “We don’t see t...

WASHINGTON - U.S. employers added 156,000 jobs in September, a decent gain that reflects a steady economy but also a sign that hiring has slowed from its robust pace last year. The unemployment rate t...

OTTAWA - The national unemployment rate was 7.0 per cent in September. Statistics Canada also released seasonally adjusted, three-month moving average unemployment rates for major cities but cautions ...

OTTAWA - Canada’s national unemployment rate was 7.0 per cent in September. Here are the jobless rates last month by province (previous month in brackets): - Newfoundland and Labrador 13.6 per c...

OTTAWA - A quick look at September employment (previous month in brackets): Unemployment rate: 7.0 per cent (7.0) Employment rate: 61.1 per cent (60.9) Labour force participation rate: 65.7 per cent (...

OTTAWA - The country’s labour force beat expectations last month by gaining a healthy 67,200 net new jobs, with most of the increase concentrated in part-time and self-employed work, Statistics ...

TORONTO - Thomson Reuters unveiled plans Friday to create 400 jobs in Canada over the next two years by establishing a new technology centre in Toronto, a move the company credited to the region’...

NEW YORK - Fox News Channel colleagues Sean Hannity and Megyn Kelly are friends again. Kelly tweeted a picture of her and Hannity together on the set of Kelly’s show Thursday night, with a note,...

ST. JOHN’S, N.L. - Outrage is building around the case of a man who sexually attacked an 11-year-old Newfoundland girl on several occasions, with a women’s advocate and rapper Classified s...

BOGOTA - By winning the Nobel Peace Prize, President Juan Manuel Santos got a big boost Friday in his efforts to save an agreement seeking to end Colombia’s half-century conflict. The prize, ann...