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TORONTO — Ontario child-care centres that aren't participating in the national $10-a-day program will soon lose provincial funding to offer new fee subsidies to lower-income families and their staff could see a pay cut of $2 an hour.

OTTAWA — Canada's unemployment rate continued to trend higher in August — reaching 6.6 per cent — as the job market slowdown hits workers and job seekers unevenly.

Canadian musician Jacob Hoggard is seeking leave to appeal his sexual assault conviction before Canada's top court.

TORONTO (AP) — Pro-Palestinian protesters disrupted an opening night screening at the Toronto International Film Festival , chanting “Stop the genocide!" during opening remarks.

OTTAWA — The national unemployment rate was 6.6 per cent in August. Statistics Canada also released seasonally adjusted, three-month moving average unemployment rates for major cities.

OTTAWA — Canada's national unemployment rate was 6.6 per cent in August. Here are the jobless rates last month by province (numbers from the previous month in brackets): _ Newfoundland and Labrador 10.4 per cent (9.6) _ Prince Edward Island 8.

OTTAWA — A quick look at Canada's August employment figures (numbers from the previous month in brackets): Unemployment rate: 6.6 per cent (6.4) Employment rate: 60.8 per cent (60.9) Participation rate: 65.1 per cent (65.

TORONTO — Carol Off hopes her latest book will become irrelevant as the years pass. She fears it will not.

TORONTO — The former chief financial officer of RBC is again pushing back against claims by the bank that it was justified in firing her for allegedly breaching its code of conduct.

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is suddenly without the assistance of one of his longest advisers just as the threat of being forced into an early election has been heightened.