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Trump administration expands trade investigations to more countries, including Canada
By Canadian Press on March 13th, 2026
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration has expanded it’s trade investigations to 60 countries, including Canada, in an effort to solidify the president’s tariff policies. The United States Trade Representative announced earlier this week that it was launching investigations under Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974 on the European Union and a handful of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Here’s a quick glance at unemployment rates for February, by Canadian city
By Canadian Press on March 13th, 2026
OTTAWA — The national unemployment rate was 6.7 per cent in February. Statistics Canada also released seasonally adjusted, three-month moving average unemployment rates for major cities. It cautions, however, that the figures may fluctuate widely because they are based on small statistical samples. Here are the jobless rates last month by city (numbers from the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Here’s a quick glance at unemployment rates for February, by province
By Canadian Press on March 13th, 2026
OTTAWA — Canada’s national unemployment rate was 6.7 per cent in February. Here are the jobless rates last month by province (numbers from the previous month in brackets): _ Newfoundland and Labrador 9.2 per cent (9.2) _ Prince Edward Island 7.2 per cent (7.6) _ Nova Scotia 7.1 per cent (6.9) _ New Brunswick 7.0 ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!National employment numbers for February from Statistics Canada, at a glance
By Canadian Press on March 13th, 2026
OTTAWA — A quick look at Canada’s February employment figures (numbers from the previous month in brackets): Unemployment rate: 6.7 per cent (6.5) Employment rate: 60.6 per cent (60.8) Participation rate: 64.9 per cent (65.0) Number unemployed: 1,514,200 (1,457,500) Number working: 21,037,300 (21,121,200) Youth (15-24 years) unemployment rate: 14.1 per cent (12.8) Men (25 plus) ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canada lost 84,000 jobs in February, pushing unemployment rate to 6.7%: StatCan
By Canadian Press on March 13th, 2026
OTTAWA — Statistics Canada says employment came in sharply lower than expected in February as a surprise drop of 84,000 jobs pushed the unemployment rate up two ticks to 6.7 per cent. The agency says last month’s job losses were concentrated among youth aged 15 to 24 and men between the ages 25 and 54, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!68-year-old powerlifter smashes records and says she lives for ‘clang’ of the weights
By Canadian Press on March 13th, 2026
ST. JOHN’S — On Thursday morning, 68-year-old Mava Brydges put the weight of a household refrigerator onto her back, lowered herself toward the floor and then stood up again. Her 132.5-kilogram squat at the Canadian Powerlifting National Championships in St. John’s, N.L., was five kilograms shy of the national record for her age and weight ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Ottawa to announce $550M in funding for Canadian research projects
By Canadian Press on March 13th, 2026
OTTAWA — Ottawa is expected to announce $552 million in funding for academic research projects this morning. The federal government is set to name the projects getting funding through the Canadian Foundation for Innovation at an event at the University of Sherbrooke. The money, distributed through the Innovation Fund, is being put toward dozens of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!In the news: Carney in Norway, Canada CUSMA talks leverage, March break destinations
By Canadian Press on March 13th, 2026
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed … Carney to observe NATO Arctic drills in Norway. Prime Minister Mark Carney is in Norway today, where he will observe NATO’s Cold Response exercises alongside the Norwegian prime minister. Carney is on the trip at the invitation ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!MLA wants to scrap B.C.’s Human Rights Code. Some constituents want her gone instead
By Canadian Press on March 13th, 2026
VICTORIA — A B.C. legislator who has sought to scrap the province’s Human Rights Code and ban land acknowledgments, and has blamed the Tumbler Ridge mass shooting on “transgender ideology,” is facing a recall campaign from constituents who say she has left them without “coherent” representation. Tara Armstrong has also been accused of spreading hate ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!B.C. appointed them to map old-growth. Now they say province is failing to save it
By Canadian Press on March 13th, 2026
Every member of a former panel the British Columbia government appointed to identify old-growth for potential protection in 2021 now says they’re concerned about continued logging in those same rare and “irreplaceable” forests. The five former panellists say in a document sent to Premier David Eby and other officials this week the proposed old-growth deferrals ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Record-smashing powerlifter, 68, says she lives for the ‘clang’ of the weights
By Canadian Press on March 13th, 2026
ST. JOHN’S — On Thursday morning, 68-year-old Mava Brydges put the weight of a household refrigerator onto her back, lowered herself toward the floor and then stood up again. Her 132.5-kilogram squat at the Canadian Powerlifting National Championships in St. John’s, N.L., was five kilograms shy of the national record for her age and weight ... Read More »
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