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Alberta's government is eyeing train connections between airports and the downtown cores of its two biggest cities as the first key projects in its new passenger rail plan. But construction isn't expe...

OTTAWA - Canadian and U.S. border law enforcement officials said Friday they expect to see a surge in counterfeit goods linked to the World Cup. Officials from the Canada Border Services Agency and U....

With the clock ticking down on a July 1 review deadline for the United States-Canada-Mexico Agreement, Canada's top business leaders are weighing in. Industry association heads are serving up disparat...

BELLA BELLA - A British Columbia First Nation says a Texas company has agreed to pay more than $12 million in the first portion of a "multi-part settlement" after a grounded tugboat spilled about 110,...

TORONTO - When Ontario Premier Doug Ford's government drastically cut student assistance grants earlier this year, it cited "unsustainable" costs, but new figures show nearly all of the recent growth ...

OTTAWA - The federal government's new Canada Groceries and Essentials Benefit will see its first round of quarterly payments go out today. The benefit was known previously as the GST/HST credit, so pe...

OTTAWA - The national unemployment rate was 6.6 per cent in May. Statistics Canada also released seasonally adjusted, three-month moving average unemployment rates for major cities. It cautions, howev...

OTTAWA - Canada's national unemployment rate was 6.6 per cent in May. Here are the jobless rates last month by province (numbers from the previous month in brackets): _ Newfoundland and Labrador 9.6 p...

OTTAWA - A quick look at Canada's May employment figures (numbers from the previous month in brackets): Unemployment rate: 6.6 per cent (6.9) Employment rate: 60.7 per cent (60.5) Participation rate: ...

OTTAWA - Statistics Canada says the economy added a surprise 88,000 jobs in May, partially offsetting employment declines since the start of the year. The agency says the unemployment rate fell to 6.6...