A quick look at Canada's November employment figures (numbers from the previous month in brackets):
Unemployment rate: 6.5 per cent (6.9)
Employment rate: 60.9 per cent (60.8)
Participation rate: 65.1 per cent (65.3)
Number unemployed: 1,477,800 (1,557,300)
Number working: 21,135,500 (21,081,900)
Youth (15-24 years) unemployment rate: 12.8 per cent (14.1)
Men (25 plus) unemployment rate: 5.6 per cent (5.9)
Women (25 plus) unemployment rate: 5.4 per cent (5.5)
The Supreme Court of Canada has upheld impaired driving convictions in two cases, saying criminal law amendments enacted in 2018 were intended to streamline prosecutions based on breath test results.
After an initial round of referrals to the new Major Projects Office that saw no Indigenous-led projects chosen, the second list of referrals includes some with Indigenous support, ownership or backing — including a liquefied natural gas project.
The world’s signature prize for Punjabi fiction yesterday announced its 12th annual winner, Balbir Parwana (Jalandhar, Punjab, India), of a $25,000 CAD award for his novel, ‘In the Time of Unrest.’
The rainfall warning for parts of Metro Vancouver and the Howe Sound region of British Columbia's south coast has ended, but not before close to 100 millimetres of precipitation was dumped on one community.
Prime Minister Mark Carney is among the dignitaries attending the launch of the northwest expansion of a light rail project in the Montreal area.
A record number of younger American women now say they want to leave the United States — and their most common destination of choice is Canada.