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Canada added 30,300 jobs in February, unemployment rate 5.6 per cent

Canada added 30,300 jobs in February, unemployment rate 5.6 per cent

OTTAWA — The unemployment rate in Canada nudged up a tenth of a percentage point to 5.
Ontario Liberals to pick new leader to succeed Kathleen Wynne

Ontario Liberals to pick new leader to succeed Kathleen Wynne

TORONTO — Ontario Liberals will gather this weekend to select their new leader, a person who will face the daunting task of whipping a decimated party back into fighting form in time for an election just over two years away.
More COVID-19 cases and 'The Kids in the Hall' return; In The News for March 6

More COVID-19 cases and 'The Kids in the Hall' return; In The News for March 6

In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of March 6 ... What we are watching in Canada ...
Recognition of title rights 'still a struggle' for First Nation after court win

Recognition of title rights 'still a struggle' for First Nation after court win

VANCOUVER — As members of the Wet'suwet'en Nation mull a draft deal over rights and title, another Indigenous community knows what that kind of recognition could look like.
Indigenous experts call for return of countless treasured belongings held in museums

Indigenous experts call for return of countless treasured belongings held in museums

VANCOUVER — Countless treasured Indigenous cultural objects and ancestral remains are held by museums in Canada and across the world, and local communities and human rights experts say it's time they are returned according to the United Nations Decla
NewsAlert: Toronto boy abducted over drug debt found safe, police say

NewsAlert: Toronto boy abducted over drug debt found safe, police say

Toronto police say a 14-year-old boy who was the subject of an Amber Alert has been found safe after he was allegedly abducted on his way to school. In a tweet Thursday night, police say the teen was taken to hospital for a medical checkup.
Federal lab confirms second case of new coronavirus in Quebec

Federal lab confirms second case of new coronavirus in Quebec

MONTREAL — Canada's National Microbiology Laboratory has confirmed a second case of the new coronavirus in Quebec while the province's Health Department announced another presumptive case.
Alberta woman home after cruise first presumptive case of new coronavirus

Alberta woman home after cruise first presumptive case of new coronavirus

EDMONTON — Alberta's first presumptive case of the novel coronavirus involves a woman from the southern part of the province who was on a cruise ship that is being held for testing off the coast of California. Dr.
Eight new COVID-19 cases in B.C., but province says jump expected

Eight new COVID-19 cases in B.C., but province says jump expected

VICTORIA — British Columbia has announced eight new cases of COVID-19, including the first apparent community transmission of the virus in the province. Dr.
Three new coronavirus cases in Ontario, pushing provincewide total to 23

Three new coronavirus cases in Ontario, pushing provincewide total to 23

TORONTO — Officials in Ontario are reporting a new case of the novel coronavirus that they say is linked to a cruise ship that left San Francisco in early February. Peel Public Health says the man in his 60s from Mississauga, Ont.