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National News posted May 10 2013

Minister Menzies Promotes Canada as Economic Leader, Investment Destination and Trading Partner

  The Honourable Ted Menzies, Minister of State (Finance), will attend the annual meeting of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD),... MORE…

National News posted May 10 2013

Employment picture continues to show steady improvement in Canada

  Following a decline the previous month, employment was little changed in April and the unemployment rate remained at 7.2%. Compared with 12 months... MORE…

National News posted May 9 2013

New home price index shows increase for March

  The New Housing Price Index (NHPI) rose 0.1% in March, following a 0.2% increase in February. The month-over-month gains in the index have... MORE…

National News posted May 8 2013

Minister Flaherty to Promote Canada's Economic Leadership During Trip to UK

  The Honourable Jim Flaherty, Minister of Finance, will be in the United Kingdom this week to advance Canada’s strong economic and fiscal leadership... MORE…

National News posted May 8 2013

Our star, Chris Hadfield holds singalong with about a million young Canadians

Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield held a sing-a-long from space, strumming his guitar in the stars while about a million school kids on earth sang along. Mike... MORE…

National News posted May 8 2013

Among the G8 countries, Canada had the highest proportion of foreign-born population

  New data from the National Household Survey (NHS) show that Canada was home to about 6,775,800 foreign-born individuals in 2011. They represented 20.6%... MORE…

National News posted May 7 2013

Crowd sourcing a poem to celebrate our 150th in 2017

CBC and Via Rail have commissioned poet and critic Sonnet l'Abbé to create a work of poetry for Canada's 150th birthday, inspired by Canada and... MORE…

National News posted May 6 2013

Mother Nature turns up the heat in Canada, resulting in flooding and fires

With rising flood waters across the prairies and Northern Ontario and a wildfire in Alberta, crews are fighting to gain control over Mother Nature. Crystal Goomansingh... MORE…

National News posted May 6 2013

Ontario and Alberta lead increase in building permits

  Contractors took out building permits worth $6.5 billion in March, up 8.6% from February and the third consecutive monthly advance. The March... MORE…

National News posted May 3 2013

Canadian airlines tired of seeing US border airport parking lots full of Canadian cars

  Take a look at any US border town airport parking lot and you wil find many Canadian license plates. Canadians flock south to save substantial dollars... MORE…

National News posted May 3 2013

Canada's first astronaut not invited to Canadarm unveiling

Thu, May 2: The Conservative government unveiled the Canadarm exhibit at the Canadian Aviation and Space Museum in Ottawa. But Canada's first astronaut, Liberal... MORE…

National News posted May 3 2013

Canadian resource minister talks Keystone pipeline with CNN

Canada's resource minister discusses the keystone pipeline and why he thinks it's in America's best interest. MORE…

National News posted May 2 2013

Stephen Poloz will be appointed Governor of the Bank of Canada

  The Honourable Jim Flaherty, Minister of Finance, today announced that Stephen Poloz will be appointed Governor of the Bank of Canada, effective June... MORE…

National News posted May 2 2013

Canada records trade surplus for March 2013

  Canada's merchandise exports increased 5.1% in March and imports rose 1.7%. As a result, Canada's trade balance went from a deficit... MORE…

National News posted May 1 2013

Canadian Government Loses $3 Billion

  Canada's auditor general says he can't figure out where $3 billion, earmarked for anti-terrorism initiatives, went to. He also raises red... MORE…

Must See Video posted April 30 2013

An amazing story of how a young Toronto boy works around his speech problem with music

Toronto teen Jake Zeldin has found himself a musical solution to his speech problem. MORE…

National News posted April 29 2013

Central bankers running the world.. CBC shines a light, will anyone look

The world's central banks have printed unimaginable amounts of money in recent years. Neil Macdonald explores what this means for the global economy and for... MORE…

National News posted April 29 2013

Out sourcing IT companies abusing visa program to get foreign workers here

Kathy Tomlinson reveals evidence that another foreign workers program is being abused. Is Canada being duped? MORE…

National News posted April 29 2013

RCMP Interference By Tories Alleged

The Harper government is responding to criticism that it's keeping a tight leash on the RCMP. A leaked memo is raising questions about just how independent... MORE…

National News posted April 26 2013

Two Cheat in Vancouver's Sun Run

It was s big surprise for Vancouver Sun Run organizers to learn two runners took shortcuts to ensure they'd cross the finish line first.     Have... MORE…

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