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Business

Jobless rate reaches 6.8 % in November, highest since 2017, excluding pandemic

Canada’s unemployment rate jumped to 6.8 per cent last month as more people looked for work in a weakening job…

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Business

Unemployment rate unchanged at 6.5%

Canada’s unemployment rate was unchanged in October at 6.5 per cent, while job growth was little changed from the previous…

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Nova Scotia

Homeless man in tent deserved same welfare rate as someone with permanent housing, says N.S. lawyer

A veteran human rights lawyer tried to convince a Nova Scotia judge on Wednesday that a homeless man living in…

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Politics

Bank of Canada cuts key interest rate by half point for first time since COVID-19 pandemic

The Bank of Canada has lowered its key interest rate to 3.75 per cent, making a 50 basis-point cut for…

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Business

Bank of Canada cuts key interest rate by half-point for first time since COVID-19 pandemic

The Bank of Canada has lowered its key interest rate to 3.75 per cent, making a 50 basis-point cut for…

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World

US women having abortions at the same rate as before ban: New study | Health News

A study shows women in the US are getting around state bans by using telehealth to obtain abortion pills. Women…

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Business

Inflation rate drops to 1.6% in September

Canada’s inflation rate fell to 1.6 per cent in September, Statistics Canada reported Tuesday, after hitting the Bank of Canada’s 2…

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Nova Scotia

Halifax wastewater survey shows ‘high rate of cannabis use’

Wastewater tested in Halifax in 2023 contained almost twice the amount of cannabis metabolites compared with samples taken from other…

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Business

Economy added 47,000 new jobs in September, unemployment rate ticked down

The economy added 47,000 jobs in September, while the unemployment rate declined for the first time since January to 6.5…

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Canada

Waterloo region has highest rate of police-reported hate crimes in Canada. What police, advocates are saying

New Statistics Canada data indicates Waterloo region in southern Ontario had the highest rate of police-reported hate crimes in the country…

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