October’s jobs report showed further signs the economy is slowing down and gave the Bank of Canada more reasons to hold interest rates steady, economists say. The national economy added a modest number of jobs in October, but the hiring clip couldn’t keep pace with the growing labour force, Statistics Canada said Friday.Canada’s unemployment rate
An Australian woman hosted four of her former husband’s relatives for lunch at her home in Leongatha in late July. Shortly after, the four guests were hospitalized with severe gastrointestinal problems. Only one survived. Now, after months of investigation, Australian police have charged Erin Patterson, 49, with three counts of murder and five counts of
FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried’s spectacular rise and fall in the cryptocurrency industry — a journey that included his testimony before Congress, a Super Bowl advertisement and dreams of a future run for president — hit a new bottom Thursday when a New York jury convicted him of fraud in a scheme that cheated customers and
Descrease article font size Increase article font size The Canada Energy Regulator (CER) on Thursday ordered the Trans Mountain oil pipeline expansion project to stop work in a wetland area near Abbotsford, British Columbia, after inspectors found several environmental and safety-related non-compliances. The order is the latest hold-up for the Canadian government-owned project, which has
Portuguese police have apologized to the parents of Madeleine McCann for the way the family was treated during the investigation into their three-year-old daughter’s disappearance in 2007. Earlier this year, a group of senior police officers from Lisbon travelled to London to meet with Madeleine’s father Gerry McCann, according to BBC Panorama. The officers reportedly
Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland says Alberta’s proposed plan to withdraw from the Canada Pension Plan would put the retirement of millions at risk. In an open letter to Alberta Premier Danielle Smith Wednesday, Freeland said that while the province has the right to withdraw from the plan, Albertans “deserve to know that doing so would
Descrease article font size Increase article font size Three new dates for Taylor Swift’s Eras tour have been added to Ticketmaster, showing the popstar will be coming to Vancouver. The three dates have been added for Dec. 6, 7 and 8, 2024 at BC Place.According to Ticketmaster, the next sale on tickets will be on
Gloria Hooper of St. Claude, Man. has been named the Silver Cross Mother for 2023. Her son, Pte. Chris Holopina, was killed in Bosnia in 1996 while serving as a peacekeeper with the Canadian Armed Forces. Farah Nasser speaks with Hooper about how Holopina fulfilled his dream to serve and protect.
A couple in Hawaii has been convicted of conspiracy, passport fraud and identity theft for stealing the names of dead babies. A jury in Hawaii deliberated for about two hours before handing down a guilty verdict to Walter Glenn Primrose and Gwynn Darle Morrison, who had been living under the names Bobby Fort and Julie
In what appears to be a part of pro-Palestinian protests in the U.K., live rodents were released inside three separate McDonald’s restaurants. In one incident the animals looked to be spray-painted red, black and green – the colours of the Palestinian flag. Police in Birmingham told The Guardian they are investigating after the first incident