Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Sask. RCMP urge safe driving after six deaths in six days
Saskatchewan RCMP are reminding drivers to make safe choices on the road as the Thanksgiving long weekend approaches, following six traffic-related deaths in the first six days of October. Polic...
Oct 10, 2025
Carney previews items in budget, including school food program, automatic tax filing
OTTAWA - The Canada Revenue Agency will prepare pre-filled tax returns for more low-income people with simple tax situations to ensure they get access to benefit programs, Prime Minister Mark Carney s...
Oct 10, 2025
Here's a quick glance at unemployment rates for September, by Canadian city
OTTAWA - The national unemployment rate was 7.1 per cent in September. Statistics Canada also released seasonally adjusted, three-month moving average unemployment rates for major cities. It cautions,...
Oct 10, 2025
Here's a quick glance at unemployment rates for September, by province
OTTAWA - Canada's national unemployment rate was 7.1 per cent in September. Here are the jobless rates last month by province (numbers from the previous month in brackets): _ Newfoundland and Labrador...
Oct 10, 2025
National employment numbers for September from Statistics Canada, at a glance
OTTAWA - A quick look at Canada's September employment figures (numbers from the previous month in brackets): Unemployment rate: 7.1 per cent (7.1) Employment rate: 60.6 per cent (60.5) Participation ...
Oct 10, 2025
Canada adds surprise 60,000 jobs in September, unemployment rate steady at 7.1%
OTTAWA - The labour market added an unexpected 60,000 jobs in September, led by gains in the tariff-struck manufacturing sector. Statistics Canada said the unemployment rate held steady at 7.1 per cen...
Oct 10, 2025
Opinion: Agriculture has always been economic driver
YORKTON - When one looks at the modern machinery of a Canadian Prairie harvest it seems almost like something out of a Robert A. Heinlein, or Isaac Asimov novel I might have read as a youth in the lat...
Oct 10, 2025
In the news today: Canada Post union moving to rotating strikes
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... Canada Post union switching from countrywide to rotating strikes The union representing Canada Post employees ...
Oct 10, 2025
'A big mess': Expert, parents criticize Alberta tool kit for students during strike
EDMONTON - An education expert is criticizing online lessons the Alberta government has curated for students during a provincewide teachers strike as "incoherent." Maren Aukerman, an education profess...
Oct 10, 2025
PM Carney directed ministers to map out their objectives for coming year
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney has asked each of his cabinet ministers and secretaries of state to identify three to five "key objectives" that will help the Liberal government achieve its core m...
Oct 10, 2025
