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US productivity increases 4.9% in third quarter
WASHINGTON - U.S. productivity increased between July and September but at a slower pace than in the previous quarter. Productivity advanced 4.9% in the third quarter, following an even larger 10.6% s...
Nov 05, 2020
751,000 seek US jobless benefits as virus hobbles economy
WASHINGTON - The number of Americans seeking unemployment benefits fell slightly last week to 751,000, a still-historically high level that shows that many employers keep cutting jobs in the face of t...
Nov 05, 2020
Kosovo president resigns to face war crimes charges
PRISTINA, Kosovo - Kosovo's President Hashim Thaci, a guerrilla leader during Kosovo's war for independence from Serbia in the 1990s, resigned on Thursday in order to face charges for war crimes and c...
Nov 05, 2020
Biden closes in on Oval Office and a rare case swine flu: In The News for Nov. 5
In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of Nov. 5 ...What we are watching ...With his roo...
Nov 05, 2020
Ottawa's silence necessary during U.S. election uncertainty: democracy experts
OTTAWA - The political silence in Ottawa was deafening on Wednesday after Donald Trump's bombastic declarations of victory in the U.S. presidential election and his threat to take his re-election figh...
Nov 05, 2020
President, supporters defiant, combative in face of escalating election dispute
FAIRFAX, Va. - With his room to manoeuvre rapidly dwindling, U.S. President Donald Trump is lashing out with threats of legal action as Joe Biden closes in on the Oval Office. The Trump campaign...
Nov 05, 2020
Moving to Canada didn't ease this American's election-induced stress
Melanie Gardner moved to Canada to escape Donald Trump's presidency, but even on the other side of the border she said the stress of the U.S. election is taking a physical toll. "I just went to the de...
Nov 05, 2020
'It means so much:' Families thankful for painted poppy rocks on Remembrance Day
COVID-19 will make gathering for Remembrance Day ceremonies or even buying a poppy difficult this year, but one woman is hoping her unusual artwork will help provide meaning to some of her neighbours....
Nov 05, 2020
Conservation group says regulatory gaps in Canadian seafood supply chain pose threat
HALIFAX - An ocean conservation organization says Canada's "poorly regulated" seafood supply chain has hampered the fisheries sector and put ocean health in jeopardy.In a report released Thursday, Oce...
Nov 05, 2020
Sentencing today for Toronto police officer who assaulted Dafonte Miller
A Toronto police officer convicted of assault in the brutal beating of a young Black man is expected to learn his sentence today.Prosecutors are seeking a jail term of 12 to 15 months and several othe...
Nov 05, 2020