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GATINEAU - A company that operated a chemical manufacturing plant in western Quebec has been fined $1.35 million for discharging a harmful substance into the Rivire du Livre in 2019. Superior General ...

OTTAWA - Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva says Prime Minister Mark Carney accepted an invitation to visit Brazil in April. In a social media post, Lula said he spoke with Carney Thursday ...

OTTAWA - The national unemployment rate was 6.8 per cent in December. Statistics Canada also released seasonally adjusted, three-month moving average unemployment rates for major cities. It cautions, ...

OTTAWA - Canada's national unemployment rate was 6.8 per cent in December. Here are the jobless rates last month by province (numbers from the previous month in brackets): _ Newfoundland and Labrador ...

OTTAWA - A quick look at Canada's December employment figures (numbers from the previous month in brackets): Unemployment rate: 6.8 per cent (6.5) Employment rate: 60.9 per cent (60.9) Participation r...

OTTAWA - Statistics Canada says a boost in the number of people looking for work in December drove the unemployment rate higher at the end of the year. The agency said the economy added 8,200 jobs las...

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... Minnesotans continue to grapple with fatal ICE shooting in Minneapolis Demonstrations and vigils are expected ...

MINNEAPOLIS - Drivers in a line of vehicles blared their horns Friday afternoon in a trendy Minneapolis neighbourhood as cyclists racing down nearby sidewalks blew on whistles. It was a warning for th...

There are grunts and growls, knocks and croaks - but the wild sounds detected by a team of British Columbia researchers don't belong to any of the province's famous forest creatures. The noises are ma...

OTTAWA - Former finance minister Chrystia Freeland's resignation as a member of Parliament takes effect today as she takes up a new voluntary role advising the Ukrainian government. Freeland's absence...