Author Archives: Syndicated Content

OTTAWA - A quick look at Canada's August employment figures (numbers from the previous month in brackets): Unemployment rate: 7.1 per cent (6.9) Employment rate: 60.5 per cent (60.7) Participation rat...

PREECEVILLE — Members of the Kelsey Ecological Society enjoyed a special outing that concluded with its annual fall windup barbecue on Aug. 24. A group of close to 30 members toured the Thorson-...

OTTAWA - The Canadian economy lost jobs for the second month in a row and the unemployment rate climbed to its highest level since May 2016, excluding the pandemic period, Statistics Canada reported o...

YORKTON - I will admit I am not exactly sure if this is an agriculture topic or not, but it is most definitely cattle adjacent and interesting. I stumbled upon a recent Copenhagen Post -- amid th...

Police in Portugal say two Canadians are among the 16 people killed when a streetcar derailed Wednesday. The dead also included five Portuguese nationals, three British citizens, two South Koreans, on...

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... James Smith offers condolences to Hollow Water Messages of condolences and support poured in for a Manitoba Fi...

WINNIPEG - Messages of condolences and support poured in for a Manitoba First Nation after a mass stabbing Thursday, including from a First Nation in Saskatchewan that experienced one of its own exact...

TORONTO - Prime Minister Mark Carney is expected to make an announcement in the Greater Toronto Area today after meeting with his cabinet for two days to prepare for the return of Parliament. Carney's...

OTTAWA - Canada is hosting U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson and other officials from G7 countries and Ukraine in the Ottawa area today. Speaker of the House of Commons Francis Scarpaleggia will be in m...

OTTAWA - Statistics Canada will release its latest reading of the country's job market this morning. The agency is set to release its labour force survey for August. A Reuters poll of economists headi...