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The Canadian economy added 37,000 jobs in January as unemployment fell slightly to 5.7 per cent, the first decline since December 2022, according to a Friday report from Statistics Canada. Unemployment falls for first time since December 2022. The Canadian economy added 37,000 jobs in January as unemployment fell slightly …

Politicians and law enforcement officials are confronting a rising number of auto thefts — and it appears that the office of Canada’s justice minister is also a popular target for thieves.  News comes as Ottawa convenes a national summit to discuss how to crack down on auto thefts. Politicians and …

In a 2022 promotional video, Robby Clark stands at the bow of a yacht, arms raised to the sky as a camera circles overhead. “You can stick me in the desert with nothing and I’m going to come out owning the desert,” he says. Less than two years later, his …

A man who targeted Canadians for cryptocurrency investment scams is speaking out after escaping the Cambodian compound where he was forced to do it. Investment fraud represented highest proportion of victim losses in Canada in 2023. A man who targeted Canadians for cryptocurrency investment scams is speaking out after escaping …

Mike Juby was outside Bridge Street United Church in Belleville, Ont., on Tuesday afternoon when people suddenly started dropping to the sidewalk all around him. There were “ambulances left, right and centre” as paramedics loaded people onto stretchers and rushed them to hospital, he recalled. “It was ugly,” Juby said. …

Last year, CBC published a story about Korean Canadian adoptees who believed they were orphans their whole lives, only to discover that wasn’t the case. Since then, other “paper orphans” have learned they were stolen from their biological parents or their families were still alive and searching for them. B.C. …

Click here to view the video At first glance, it might be easy to assume that the vast Canadian prairies are empty, especially in the winter. But those who work the land know differently. Hiding somewhere in the seemingly endless expanse of field, forest, and snow are groups, or sounders, …

Most criminal investigators tasked with hunting down crimes at Canada’s ports and borders in recent years have lacked basic training, says a newly released audit report from the Canada Border Services Agency. The report lands just as stakeholders gather in Ottawa to discuss tactics to fight auto theft. Most criminal …

Officials in Belleville, Ont., have declared a state of emergency after 23 people overdosed since Tuesday afternoon. Mike Juby was outside Bridge Street United Church in Belleville, Ont., on Tuesday afternoon when people suddenly started dropping to the sidewalk all around him. There were “ambulances left, right and centre” as …

Legal and communications experts say it’s understandable that the public has a strong appetite for details about police investigations, like the one involving five hockey players. But they say police in Canada err on the side of caution to protect the integrity of the court process. Public appetite for information …