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[published_date] The unemployment rate rose to 7.1 per cent and the Canadian economy lost 66,000 jobs in the month of August, according to new data from Statistics Canada. The losses mostly affected workers between 25 to 54 years old, StatsCan said, while there was little change in youth employment. The figures are more dire than…

[published_date] Lululemon Athletica shares have plunged after it said it was slashing its annual profit forecast for the second quarter in a row, blaming weak U.S. business performance, as well as tariff costs. Shares of the Vancouver-based yogawear and clothing retailer maker, which also cut its annual sales forecast, were down about 17 per cent ahead of Friday's NASDAQ…

[published_date] First, they forced office workers to stay home, and we became acquainted with Google Teams, comfortably, in athleisure wear. Then they told some of us to come back, but only sometimes, and we had to remember how to wear pants just to have Teams meetings in half-empty offices. Now, some employers in both the private and public sector…

[published_date] A Chinese hacking group that may have stolen information from nearly every American "almost certainly" targeted a Canadian telecommunications company as well, according to a warning from Canada's cyber intelligence agency. The prowess of the Beijing-backed group often referred to as Salt Typhoon is back in the news after more than a dozen international government agencies…

[published_date] An auto part supplier is laying off nearly 250 workers at General Motors' Oshawa plant, CBC News has learned.  The move is happening as GM is set to cut a third shift at the plant, announced amid U.S. President Donald Trump's tariffs that are threatening Canada's auto sector.  TFT Global Inc. is one of…

[published_date] In a surprise statement, Premier David Eby called for the end of Canada's temporary foreign worker (TFW) program — blaming Ottawa's flawed immigration policies for filling up homeless shelters and food banks.  "The temporary foreign worker program is not working. It should be cancelled or significantly reformed," Eby said during an unrelated announcement in Surrey,…

[published_date] Ten years after the Toronto Blue Jays' long-awaited post-season return gripped a nation, club legend José Bautista sees similarities between that team and the 2025 installment. In Toronto on Thursday to debut his Dominican coffee brand Bella Aldea, Bautista noticed a familiar buzz coalescing in town. The vaunted slugger, who ranks second in franchise…

[published_date] This First Person column is written by Rogene Reid, who lives in Toronto. For more information about First Person stories, see the FAQ.  The night before the school year begins, sleep rarely comes easily to me.  Some people likely imagine principals as calm authority figures, but I feel the same nerves as many children…

[published_date] Front Burner Will the wave of public anger over Alberta’s ban on some school library books force the government into full retreat? Or will the government’s pause, and rewrite of the plan set the stage for a new fight? CBC News · Posted: Sep 04, 2025 8:00 AM EDT | Last…

[published_date] Romana Didulo, the so-called "Queen of Canada," was rearrested on Thursday, one day after she and 15 of her followers were arrested and promptly released following a police raid on her cult's compound in rural Saskatchewan. All 16 had been released without charges earlier on Thursday, the RCMP said in a statement, though five were released under…

[published_date] The matriarch of a wealthy South Florida family was convicted Thursday of murder in the killing of her former son-in-law, a prominent law professor originally from Toronto, who was locked in a bitter custody battle with his ex-wife when he was gunned down in 2014. Jurors returned guilty verdicts in the weekslong trial of Donna…

[published_date] WARNING: This story contains graphic details of child sexual abuse, and may affect those who have experienced or been impacted by it. An Ottawa man who took sexual advantage of boys he had access to through teaching and youth justice work in the capital, among others, has received a "nearly unprecedented" sentence of 13.5 years in prison for his…