Statistics Canada will release its latest reading on the job market Friday morning. The agency is set to release its labour force survey for December.The November report showed a gain of 10,000 jobs for the month and an unemployment rate of 5.1 per cent for…

Supporting the Royal Canadian Legion is something Harold ‘Timer’ Hyndman has been taking to heart for 75 years and counting. Hyndman, a Second World War veteran living in Minnedosa, Man., is still an active member of the local legion in his home community of Rapid…

A majority of Canadians remain concerned about COVID-19, however, their anxieties toward the virus have softened and vary depending on age, according to a new poll. The Ipsos poll conducted exclusively for Global News between Dec. 14 and 16, 2022, found 61 per cent of…

The Edmonton Oilers snapped a five-game winless skid on home ice with a 4-2 win over the New York Islanders Thursday night at Rogers Place. Their last home win was on Dec. 9.The Oilers blitzed the Islanders with 18 shots on goal in the first…

British Columbian travellers in Mazatlán say they are hunkering down in rentals and resorts, as a wave of violence flares in the Mexican state of Sinaloa. Violence broke out in the state Thursday, after police arrested alleged drug cartel leader Ovidio Guzman, a son of…

One day after the release of a scathing review looking into how Alberta’s child welfare system failed a four-year-old girl who died while in care, some advocates for families say it demonstrates the need to recognize the status quo is not acceptable. “This isn’t working,”…