Job gains push Canadian dollar higher, Ukraine/Russia standoff worsens

TORONTO — The Canadian dollar closed higher Friday as revised jobs data for July beat expectations by a wide margin. The loonie was up 0.12 of...

Whoops! Make that 42,000 July jobs, not 200, StatCan says in corrected report

OTTAWA — The once-unimpeachable reputation of the country’s national number-cruncher suffered a body blow Friday when Statistics Canada was forced to issue a major correction to...

Foreign worker program ‘trainwreck’ and should be scrapped: Alberta labour group

CALGARY — The Alberta Federation of Labour says nothing short of scrapping the temporary foreign worker program is sufficient to protect the rights of Canadian workers....

Oilsands, deepwater among riskiest energy plays in the world, report says

CALGARY — Some of the world’s costliest energy projects are in Alberta’s oilsands and some could be cancelled without higher oil prices, according to a new...

Virtual reality show on focus at tech expo in Vancouver

VANCOUVER — Ever wondered what it would feel like to fly like a bird? Here in Vancouver, at the SIGGRAPH 2014 conference, technology lovers are discovering...

Canada commits cargo planes to ship arms for Kurdish fighters in Iraq

Hundreds mourn AP video journalist killed in Gaza

PITIGLIANO, Italy — Several hundred mourners packed the ornate cathedral of this hilltop Tuscan town on Friday to remember Associated Press video journalist Simone Camilli as...

Seeing Iraq horror, Europe pledges aid and arms

BRUSSELS — The European Union on Friday forged a unified response to the rapid advance of Islamic militants in Iraq and the resulting refugee crisis, allowing...

Gore sues Al Jazeera America for unpaid millions

LOS ANGELES — Former Vice President Al Gore is suing Al Jazeera America, saying the news network is withholding tens of millions of dollars that it...

Daniel Radcliffe finds interest in actors ‘weird’

LONDON — Daniel Radcliffe says he finds the concept of celebrity and the level of interest in the trivia of actors’ lives “weird.” While promoting his...