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OTTAWA — Canada's national unemployment rate was 6.8 per cent in November. Here are the jobless rates last month by province (numbers from the previous month in brackets): _ Newfoundland and Labrador 10.8 per cent (10.1) _ Prince Edward Island 8.

OTTAWA — A quick look at Canada's November employment figures (numbers from the previous month in brackets): Unemployment rate: 6.8 per cent (6.5) Employment rate: 60.6 per cent (60.6) Participation rate: 65.1 per cent (64.

NAIROBI — The United Nations says the Kenyan government is blocking Western countries like Canada from resettling LGBTQ+ refugees, leaving hundreds of desperate people languishing in dangerous refugee camps and safe houses in Kenya.

The federal prohibition was announced Thursday after expressions of concern from gun-control advocates that many assault-style firearms were not covered by the 2020 ban.

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau did not commit to holding a national inquiry on systemic racism in policing Thursday morning even as he acknowledged the pain of First Nations mothers who have had to bury their children after an interaction wit

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OTTAWA — Officials in New Zealand says a 91Ô­´´ is one of three mountain climbers who are believed to have died in a fall on Aoraki, the country's tallest peak.

OTTAWA — A prominent Saskatchewan First Nation Chief has accused Conservative House leader Andrew Scheer of using legislation to recognize the right to safe drinking water as a political "tactic.

British Columbia's Minister of Children and Family Development Grace Lore says she has been diagnosed with colorectal cancer and is temporarily stepping away from her role as minister.

OTTAWA — Brampton Mayor Patrick Brown said foreign interference did not tip the scales in the Conservative party's last leadership race that installed Pierre Poilievre at the helm.