Canada’s economy lost 84,000 jobs in February, unemployment rate ticked up to 6.7%
Canada's economy lost 84,000 jobs in February while the unemployment rate edged up to 6.7 per cent, Statistics Canada said on Friday, a setback for the labour market and one of the worst monthly job losses seen in years (new window) outside of the pandemic. Jobs mostly declined in the goods and services-producing industries, with 18,000 jobs lost in wholesale and retail trade, 12,000 lost in construction and 9,200 lost in manufacturing. Several indicators were more or less unchanged from the same time last year, including the unemployment rate (which sat at 6.6 per cent in Feb. 2025), the employment rate and the number of people working full-time or part-time. Katherine Judge, an executive director and senior economist at CIBC Capital Markets, said the labour market took a worrisome turn in February. The drop in jobs and the uptick in unemployment was in contrast to analyst expectations that the labour market would gain 10,000 jobs, she wrote, and that the unemployment rate would rise at a slower pace than it did.
Source:CBC News
March 13, 2026 16:53 UTC
Liberals slammed for silence over Iran's strike on Kuwait camp
Liberals slammed for silence over Iran's strike on Kuwait campNewsDuration 2:51Opposition MPs want the government to explain why it did not disclose an Iranian missile strike on the Canadian section of a U.S. airbase in Kuwait early in the war. No Canadians were killed or injured when Al-Salem Air Base was hit on March 1.
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March 13, 2026 15:19 UTC
Tumbler Ridge marks 30 days since tragedy
Tumbler Ridge marks 30 days since tragedyNewsDuration 2:02Tumbler Ridge held a small ceremony Thursday night to mark 30 days since the deadly mass shooting. As Janella Hamilton reports, residents gathered to observe a moment of silence and prayer before the flags outside town hall were returned to full-mast, and the makeshift memorial on its steps was moved to a nearby location.
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March 13, 2026 15:16 UTC
Dartmouth doctor’s invention featured in hit medical drama The Pitt
A Dartmouth doctor invented a device to remove stuck rings without cutting, and it was showcased in the popular medical series The Pitt. A ring-removal device invented in part by a Dartmouth, N.S., physician and used at hundreds of medical facilities across North America is featured in the latest episode of the hit HBO medical drama, The Pitt. (Ring Rescue Inc.)Months later, their invention is featured in a TV series known for its authentic depiction of hospital emergency rooms. Spencer demonstrates on a rubber hand one of the tools he said doctors sometimes used to remove a stuck ring. The Ring Rescue team is hoping the exposure on The Pitt will get their invention into the hands of even more health-care professionals.
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March 13, 2026 15:04 UTC
Ottawa Senators regain 1st-round draft pick, with conditions
Ottawa was going to have to forfeit its first-round draft pick in this year's entry draft, having passed on its option to do so in 2024 or 2025 in favour of taking defencemen Carter Yakemchuk and Logan Hensler. The Senators were disciplined after Vegas traded Evgenii Dadonov to Anaheim, only for Dadonov to use his no-trade clause to block the deal. On Thursday, the NHL announced the Senators will instead get the 32nd overall pick, which is the final pick of the first round, and will have to pay a $1-million fine. "We fully accept the modified sanctions the league has imposed today," Senators owner Michael Andlauer said in a statement. Ottawa cannot trade its 32nd overall pick.
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March 13, 2026 14:59 UTC
The National | Undisclosed strike on Canadian camp in Kuwait
The National | Undisclosed strike on Canadian camp in KuwaitNewsDuration 45:56March 12, 2026 | The government is criticized for not revealing a strike on Kuwait airbase hosting Canadian troops. Iran's new supreme leader vows to keep the Strait of Hormuz blocked. And, and a CBC News investigation reveals two deaths at for-profit plasma donation centres.
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March 13, 2026 13:46 UTC
Hellboy fans take note: Canadian piracy police are taking names
Thousands of Canadians who pirated a copy of the movie Hellboy: The Crooked Man can no longer count on internet anonymity to download and share movies for free with impunity. The film production company wanted to identify the members of a group known collectively as the Doe defendants. Advertisement AdvertisementAdvertisement Advertisement“Separate orders shall be issued in respect of similar motions brought against Telus, Bell and Rogers,” said the judge. Specifically, according to its statement of claim in the recent Hellboy Productions case, it’s going after those who “unlawfully offer to upload or stream (i.e. First, the law firm sends them notices, giving them seven days to take the movie down and stop giving it away.
Source:National Post
March 13, 2026 12:16 UTC
October 7 doc The Road Between Us is coming to CBC Gem
It’s currently available to rent or buy through Amazon Prime and AppleTV, but the CBC Gem debut is a major step forward, says its Canadian director, Barry Avrich. “After we won the prize at TIFF, we reached out to CBC, and they watched the film and said, ‘Yes, we’d love to take it. Even before Avrich approached the Tibon family to tell their story, the film rights had been sold and a script, tentatively titled October 7th, had been written. He’s hopeful for a resolution, and yet realistic. “I hand it to the film festival and any film festival for showing a balance of storytelling on this topic,” he said.
Source:National Post
March 13, 2026 11:05 UTC
Man, 67, dead after ATV crash in Pictou County
The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. A Pictou County man is dead after an ATV crash on Tuesday afternoon in northern Nova Scotia. RCMP said in a news release that emergency crews responded to a report of an overturned ATV in a remote area near Middle Settlement Road in Lovat at 3:50 p.m. The driver, a 67-year-old man from Salt Springs, was transported to hospital with life-threatening injuries and was later pronounced dead. Police are investigating the crash and ask anyone with information to contact Pictou County RCMP or Crime Stoppers.
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March 13, 2026 03:33 UTC
Homicide suspect gets stuck in ditch, leading to closure of Highway 5 north of Clearwater, B.C.
A call for a vehicle stuck in a ditch in the B.C. Interior morphed into a high-stakes arrest along Highway 5 near Clearwater Thursday morning. On arrival, police discovered "one of the occupants was wanted for murder and potentially armed," said Cpl. Brett Urano of the B.C. "Out of an abundance of caution, police closed the highway in both directions," Urano said.
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March 13, 2026 03:30 UTC
Ryan Wedding co-accused linked to Toronto police corruption probe moved to special jail unit
An alleged drug smuggler for accused kingpin Ryan Wedding – recently connected to a man charged in a sprawling Toronto police corruption investigation – has been moved to a special unit of a Toronto jail. WATCH | Ties emerge between men accused in Project South and Ryan Wedding case: Drug trafficking suspect ordered not to contact Ryan Wedding associate | Duration 2:03 CBC News has confirmed a link between a man charged in a Toronto police corruption probe and an associate of alleged drug lord Ryan Wedding. The special handling unit at the Toronto South Detention Centre is seen in a 2018 provincial report. Gurpreet Singh (left) and his uncle Hardeep Ratte were charged in a U.S. federal indictment alongside alleged cocaine kingpin Ryan Wedding in 2024. Authorities have linked the group to large-scale drug trafficking in Europe, money laundering, firearms trafficking and murder.
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March 13, 2026 03:01 UTC
Niagara Regional chair resigns over ownership of signed copy of Hitler's Mein Kampf
Niagara Regional Chair Bob Gale has abruptly resigned, just hours after anti-racism groups in Niagara demanded he apologize for owning a signed copy of Adolf Hitler's infamous manifesto, Mein Kampf. Within hours, Gale wrote a formal letter of resignation to Ontario Municipal Affairs Minister Rob Flack, effective immediately. U.S.-based Rare Book Hub, which maintains a database of rare book sales, confirmed a copy of Mein Kampf was sold on that date. In a followup statement issued Thursday morning, Waziruddin said Mein Kampf reflects the same kind of hatred as those groups. Gale was appointed regional chair by Flack in December following the death of former chair Jim Bradley.
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March 13, 2026 02:47 UTC
N.S. budget reversals not as straightforward as they seem
budget reversals not as straightforward as they seemNewsDuration 1:28The list of restored funding doesn't directly line up with the list of grant cuts provided the day after the budget was tabled. The CBC's Michael Gorman has the story.
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March 13, 2026 02:21 UTC
Air Transat, Air Canada adjusting ticket prices as jet fuel costs weigh on airlines
Other international airlines, like Lufthansa and Ryanair, have confirmed that they have a hedging system in place to temporary lock fuel prices in. | Hanomansing Tonight | Duration 5:06 The surge in fuel prices has challenged airlines, triggering ticket price hikes and upending global travel. The cost of jet fuel tends to be an airline's biggest expense, and it has soared since the conflict began. CBC News reached out to other Canadian airlines to ask how they would respond to the soaring cost of jet fuel. A spokesperson for Porter Airlines said it's too soon to forecast how jet fuel prices will influence airfare, "but we are monitoring the situation closely."
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March 13, 2026 01:53 UTC
Conservatives demand answers after details of Iranian missile attack on Canadian base in Kuwait emerge
OTTAWA — The Opposition Conservatives are demanding to know why the public was kept in the dark for nearly two weeks after an Iranian missile slammed into a Canadian airbase in Kuwait on March 1. “Prime Minister Carney has had multiple occasions and press availability to disclose this fact,” said Bezan. The retaliatory strike was launched shortly after the U.S. and Israel launched a coordinated bombing campaign targeting the Iranian regime’s leadership in Tehran. The story reported that no Canadian personnel were harmed in the attack, a detail that was confirmed on Thursday afternoon by Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand. National Postrmohamed@postmedia.comOur website is the place for the latest breaking news, exclusive scoops, longreads and provocative commentary.
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March 13, 2026 01:29 UTC