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Canada’s unemployment rate unexpectedly fell and the economy posted another solid month of job gains, Statistics Canada said on Friday, signalling that joblessness has started to ease. In January, the unemployment rate was 6.6 per cent, a notch below the 6.7 per cent seen a month earlier. The economy added 76,000 jobs — still …

Saskatchewan’s 2024 provincial election features an increase of racialized immigrant candidates, which an expert says makes strategic sense. In the 2020 provincial elections, the NDP ran many racialized immigrant candidates in Saskatoon and Regina. This time the Sask. Party has 13 such candidates to the NDP’s three. Those numbers don’t include Indigenous candidates …

The City of Calgary has seen an uptick in development permit applications for townhouses, duplexes and rowhouses, but questions are emerging about aging infrastructure in the city’s established communities. Infrastructure has been top of mind for many in the city after the critical rupture of the Bearspaw feeder main pipe …

The City of Calgary has seen an uptick in development permit applications for townhouses, duplexes and rowhouses, but questions are emerging about aging infrastructure in the city’s established communities. Infrastructure has been top of mind for many in the city after the critical rupture of the Bearspaw feeder main pipe …

Several southern Ontario communities saw more rain on Sunday and braced for still more wet weather a day after a storm soaked the region and broke at least one precipitation record. Heavy rainfall warnings from Environment Canada remained in effect for many areas on Sunday, but by the evening just a handful …

Descrease article font size Increase article font size Four people were injured in a matter of hours on Sunday in Toronto, as police responded to separate stabbing and shooting incidents during a violent evening in the country’s most populous city. Toronto police said they were called to a stabbing with …

As detectives pored over the details of a “senseless” shooting in the parking lot of a Toronto school on June 2, they zeroed in on a young suspect. Weeks after the shooting, Toronto police announced the arrest of a 14-year-old boy, charging him on June 24 with two counts of …

Descrease article font size Increase article font size Toronto police say they are investigating another incident of trespassing at Drake’s mansion in the city’s Bridle Path neighbourhood. Police said they were called back to the rap superstar’s home on Thursday, at around 3:30 p.m., for reports of a trespasser on …

A years-long fight over the location the city chose for a modular supportive housing building has come to an end after the Ontario Land Tribunal ruled in favour of the city’s desired location, but bitter feelings remain among those opposed to the site. Toronto’s rapid housing program has seen major …

TORONTO — Ontario’s patient ombudsman says his office has seen a 33 per cent increase in complaints, and noted a “troubling” trend in problems accessing primary care. Craig Thompson, the province’s patient ombudsman, released his office’s annual report Wednesday with its findings. His office received 4,388 complaints over the 2022-23 …