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Canada's unemployment rate held steady at 6.4 per cent in July, according to Statistics Canada. New figures released on Friday showed employment was little changed for the third straight month. Employ...

Katie Vincent and Sloan MacKenzie have paddled to another bronze medal at the Paris Olympics. They competed in the C-2 500 metre event on Friday and placed third in 1:54.36. That was just 0.06 behind ...

A gold medal on the track at Day 14 of the Paris Olympics. The men's 4-by-100 metre relay team, led by Andre De Grasse took first place this afternoon. It's De Grasse's seventh Olympic medal, tying hi...

Canada now has 21 medals at the Paris Olympics. Skylar Park just won a bronze in women's taekwondo. Earlier, Maude Charron won a silver medal in women's weightlifting. Charron was one of Canada's flag...

Westjet is reporting that 18 of their airplanes were damaged by a hail storm that hit Calgary on Monday. The Calgary-based airline says at the time of the storm they had 22 planes on the ground. Some ...

Another medal for Canada at the Paris Olympics. Alysha Newman won bronze in the women's pole vault, becoming the first Canadian woman to ever medal in the event. That gives our country 19 medals, incl...

The federal New Democrat Party is raising questions about several social media posts that appear to show support for Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre. The NDP says they were noticed on the platfor...

Thousands more oral health providers are now participating in the federal government's dental care plan. Federal officials credit the higher uptake to recent changes made to the Canadian Dental Care P...

Another gold in hammer throw for Canada at the Paris Olympics. Camryn Rogers easily had the best throw at the competition Tuesday to claim gold. Her teammate Ethan Katzberg won gold in the sport. Cana...

The governor of Minnesota could soon have a new job. Tim Walz has been selected as Kamala Harris's vice-presidential running mate. Harris says she chose Walz for his convictions for fighting for middl...