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Trudeau touts 'real progress' on pharmacare, calls on premiers to start cutting deals

Trudeau touts 'real progress' on pharmacare, calls on premiers to start cutting deals

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Friday provinces and territories need to start negotiating pharmacare deals as soon as possible, a day after legislation to enact the program received royal assent.
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Former public safety minister didn't know about delayed spy warrant, he tells inquiry

Former public safety minister didn't know about delayed spy warrant, he tells inquiry

OTTAWA — Former public safety minister Bill Blair told a federal inquiry Friday he had no knowledge about delays in approving a spy service warrant in 2021 that may have included references to people in his own government.
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Longueuil woman charged after 10-year-old Black boy scalded with boiling water

Longueuil woman charged after 10-year-old Black boy scalded with boiling water

MONTREAL — A woman from Montreal's South Shore appeared in court on Friday on charges of aggravated assault after allegedly scalding a 10-year-old boy with boiling water more than one week ago. Friday morning, police in Longueuil, Que.
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Gruelling days and gratitude for Canadian line workers helping with hurricane outages

Gruelling days and gratitude for Canadian line workers helping with hurricane outages

Hundreds — possibly thousands — of Canadian line workers have been called into service to help rebuild power grids after hurricanes left millions of Americans in the dark.
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Police probe clears seven Vancouver officers in beating death of Myles Gray

Police probe clears seven Vancouver officers in beating death of Myles Gray

VANCOUVER — Seven Vancouver police officers involved in the beating death of Myles Gray nine years ago have been cleared of wrongdoing by a police discipline authority.
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'Break in the cooling trend': Jobs report tops economists' expectations in September

'Break in the cooling trend': Jobs report tops economists' expectations in September

OTTAWA — The Canadian labour market exceeded many economists' expectations in September, adding more than twice as many jobs as the previous month while unemployment ticked lower.
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Here's a quick glance at unemployment rates for September, by Canadian city

Here's a quick glance at unemployment rates for September, by Canadian city

OTTAWA — The national unemployment rate was 6.5 per cent in September. Statistics Canada also released seasonally adjusted, three-month moving average unemployment rates for major cities.
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Here's a quick glance at unemployment rates for September, by province

Here's a quick glance at unemployment rates for September, by province

OTTAWA — Canada's national unemployment rate was 6.5 per cent in September. Here are the jobless rates last month by province (numbers from the previous month in brackets): _ Newfoundland and Labrador 10.0 per cent (10.4) _ Prince Edward Island 7.
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National employment numbers for September from Statistics Canada, at a glance

National employment numbers for September from Statistics Canada, at a glance

OTTAWA — A quick look at Canada's September employment figures (numbers from the previous month in brackets): Unemployment rate: 6.5 per cent (6.6) Employment rate: 60.7 per cent (60.8) Participation rate: 64.9 per cent (65.
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As ASEAN Summit wraps, Trudeau says Canada needs to keep showing up in Southeast Asia

As ASEAN Summit wraps, Trudeau says Canada needs to keep showing up in Southeast Asia

VIENTIANE — Canada needs to keep up its presence in Southeast Asia if it wants to benefit from the region's economic boom, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Friday as he wrapped up his visit to Laos.
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