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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...

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 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

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 ...

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

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

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, 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...