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CALGARY — Precision Drilling Corp. says its long-term debt reduction target is on track and it met its 2023 goal by shedding $152 million of debt.

OTTAWA — The national unemployment rate was 5.8 per cent in December. Statistics Canada also released seasonally adjusted, three-month moving average unemployment rates for major cities.

OTTAWA — Canada's national unemployment rate was 5.8 per cent in December. Here are the jobless rates last month by province (numbers from the previous month in brackets): _ Newfoundland and Labrador 10.7 per cent (10.0) _ Prince Edward Island 8.

OTTAWA — A quick look at Canada's December employment (numbers from the previous month in brackets): Unemployment rate: 5.8 per cent (5.8) Employment rate: 61.6 per cent (61.8) Participation rate: 65.4 per cent (65.

OTTAWA — Karina Gould knows how to throw a hefty political punch, and she often does it with a smile. Just six months into her role as government House leader, Gould has redefined what it means to be a prime minister's chief attack dog.

A bunch of Canadian teenagers are abuzz about their immediate and distant hockey futures. Canada's team in Zug, Switzerland, is attempting their country's first three-peat at the women's world under-18 hockey championship in a decade.

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed on what you need to know today...

Alberta Wildfire says it saw an average number of wildfires last year, but the area burned across the province set a record. The province saw a total of 1,088 wildfires that burned about 22,000 square kilometres from March 1 to Oct. 31.

MONTREAL — An unusually mild start to winter in Quebec has discouraged tourists hoping for a winter wonderland, left litter visible on the streets of Montreal and at times diminished traffic to some of the province's popular ski slopes.

MONTREAL — Devon Levi grew up watching Carey Price make "windmill glove saves" at Bell Centre. On Thursday night, he produced a couple of his own.