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Dollar jumps almost a cent as Canada adds another 20,900 jobs

Dollar jumps almost a cent as Canada adds another 20,900 jobs

OTTAWA - The loonie jumped to its highest level since mid-2008 on Friday following news that the Canadian economy created thousands of full-time jobs last month - helping push the unemployment rate do...

Canada adds another 21,000 net jobs as unemployment rate slides to 8.2 per cent

Canada adds another 21,000 net jobs as unemployment rate slides to 8.2 per cent

OTTAWA - Canada's recovering economy continued to churn out new jobs last month, adding 60,000 full-time positions - mostly in the public sector and many filled by men aged 55 or more. It's the Feb...

N.L. premier calls offshore chopper crash sad day in province's history

N.L. premier calls offshore chopper crash sad day in province's history

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - Premier Danny Williams says it's a sad day in the history of Newfoundland and Labrador as people mark the first anniversary of a horrific helicopter crash. Seventeen people died ...

Inspection agency issues 2 food recalls over listeria, salmonella concerns

Inspection agency issues 2 food recalls over listeria, salmonella concerns

TORONTO - The Canadian Food Inspection Agency has issued a pair of food recalls because of concerns about Listeria monocytogenes and salmonella. The agency and Siena Foods Ltd. say a brand of Prosc...

Canada creates 21,000 jobs in February, unemployment rate falls to 8.2 per cent

Canada creates 21,000 jobs in February, unemployment rate falls to 8.2 per cent

OTTAWA - Canada's unemployment rate fell to 8.2 per cent in February as the economy created 21,000 jobs in the month. Economists had generally expected the economy would add 15,000 jobs, although s...

Police officers expected to turn out in droves to pay tribute to slain Ont. cop

Police officers expected to turn out in droves to pay tribute to slain Ont. cop

WINGHAM, Ont. - Police officers from across Ontario, Canada and even the U.S. are expected to turn out in droves today as a show of support at the funeral for an Ontario provincial police officers. ...

Wounded in gunfight, alleged killer of OPP officer dies in hospital

Wounded in gunfight, alleged killer of OPP officer dies in hospital

WINGHAM, Ont. - The retired logger and avid hunter accused of gunning down an Ontario Provincial Police officer earlier this week died Thursday from wounds he received in a gunfight with police, as th...

Victoria war vets win reprieve from B.C. government eviction

Victoria war vets win reprieve from B.C. government eviction

VICTORIA, B.C. - The Liberal government has backed away from plans to turf a branch of the Royal Canadian Legion from its home in a government building near the B.C. legislature. Citizen's Services...

Man charged with 1st-degree murder of OPP officer dies in hospital, SIU says

Man charged with 1st-degree murder of OPP officer dies in hospital, SIU says

WINGHAM, Ont. - The 70-year-old man charged with first-degree murder in the death of an Ontario Provincial Police officer has died in hospital. Const. Vu Pham was shot and killed Monday after pulli...

Toronto anesthesiologist charged with sexual assault of three patients

Toronto anesthesiologist charged with sexual assault of three patients

TORONTO - Allegations that a Toronto doctor sexually assaulted three female patients while they were under anesthetic had police making an appeal Thursday for other potential victims to come forward. ...