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Unemployment rate falls to 13.3%, US adds 2.5 million jobs
WASHINGTON - The U.S. unemployment rate fell to 13.3% in May from 14.7%, and 2.5 million jobs were added - a surprisingly positive reading in the midst of a recession that has paralyzed the economy in...
Jun 05, 2020
A death in Nicaraguan baseball puts pandemic in public eye
MANAGUA, Nicaragua - As the new coronavirus spread and economies shut across Latin America, Nicaragua stayed open - schools, stores, concert halls and baseball stadiums, all operating uninterrupted on...
Jun 05, 2020
Trump hails jobs report, but unemployment rate still high
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump took a victory lap Friday morning after the government reported surprising job gains for last month, seizing on the data to predict that the worst of the coronaviru...
Jun 05, 2020
Trudeau to offer premiers billions to help reopen the economy safely
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is to offer premiers billions in federal funding to help them safely reopen provincial and territorial economies without triggering an explosive second...
Jun 05, 2020
Minister says reckoning on police violence against Indigenous people needed
OTTAWA - Indigenous Services Minister Marc Miller says he is outraged at police violence against Indigenous people in Canada. Miller says Canada needs a reckoning because there is a pattern ...
Jun 05, 2020
NYC calmer as Buffalo police draw ire for protester injury
NEW YORK - The latest night of protests in New York City sparked by the death of George Floyd at the hands of police was markedly calmer, while video of a police officer appearing to shove an elderly ...
Jun 05, 2020
US unemployment drops unexpectedly to a still-high 13.3%
WASHINGTON - The U.S. unemployment rate fell unexpectedly in May to 13.3% - still on par with what the nation witnessed during the Great Depression - as states loosened their coronavirus lockdowns and...
Jun 05, 2020
National unemployment rate hits new record even as economy adds jobs
OTTAWA - Statistics Canada reports a record high unemployment rate as the economy added 289,600 jobs in May, with businesses reopening amid easing public health restrictions. The unemployment rate ros...
Jun 05, 2020
Anti-racism protest in Lethbridge draws in huge crowd
LETHBRIDGE, AB- Thursday afternoon (June 4) as of 5:00 pm there were over 900 protesters that gathered in front of Lethbridge City Hall.The peaceful protest grew rapidly with people in a matter of min...
Jun 05, 2020
Floyd mourned in Minneapolis and march in Ottawa; In The News for June 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 June 5 ... --- W...
Jun 05, 2020