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OTTAWA - Canada's national unemployment rate was 6.9 per cent in October. Here are the jobless rates last month by province (numbers from the previous month in brackets): _ Newfoundland and Labrador 1...

OTTAWA - A quick look at Canada's October employment figures (numbers from the previous month in brackets): Unemployment rate: 6.9 per cent (7.1) Employment rate: 60.8 per cent (60.6) Participation ra...

VANCOUVER - There is no computer at the Wongs' Benevolent Association in Vancouver's Chinatown. Everything is done by mail, from paying utility bills to contacting members for an event, just as it was...

OTTAWA - Another month of surprise job gains hasn't changed many economists' minds about softness in the Canadian labour market, but analysts weighing in Friday said signs of resilience should be enou...

A New Brunswick court has ordered an anglophone health network in the province to pay $5,000 to a Moncton man for violating his language rights. Paul Ouellet launched a lawsuit against Horizon Health ...

OTTAWA - Federal public service unions are condemning the government's proposed amendments to collective bargaining rules - though they admit they know little at this point about what those changes co...

The cull of hundreds of ostriches at a British Columbia farm is set to begin after the Supreme Court of Canada announced it would not be hearing an appeal by the farm's owners. Here are five things to...

MONTREAL - Some Canadian travellers bound for America will see cancelled flights and delayed itineraries as the U.S. government shutdown puts pressure on the country's aviation network, prompting regu...

MONTREAL - The head of WSP Global Inc. says the government shutdown in the United States could hurt the engineering giant's bottom line if it drags on much longer. So far, the halting of government se...

TORONTO - Ontario is lowering projections for new home construction levels in its fall economic statement, putting the government further away from building 1.5 million homes in 10 years - a goal the ...