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2 Min Read OTTAWA, Jan 22 (Reuters) - Canadian retail sales jumped by much more than expected in November, but preliminary figures for December suggest a sharp drop as novel coronavirus restrictions were re-imposed, Statistics Canada said on Friday. Food and drink sales rose by 5.9% and helped push overall retail trade up by 1.3%, its seventh consecutive monthly gain and significantly greater than the 0.1% increase predicted by analysts in a Reuters poll. Most retail businesses were open in November but as the second wave of the coronavirus spread, many provinces imposed clamp downs. Statscan...

The Sudbury area lost 600 jobs in December, Statistics Canada reported Friday.

TORONTO — The Canadian dollar weakened

Loonie at 78.88 U.S. cents

SDPD capture runaway driver in stolen Hummer, man hit, gravely hurt by car and last updated 2020-12-21 00:34:16-05 SAN DIEGO (CNS) - A 52-year-old man was struck and gravely injured Sunday in a San Diego trailer park, and the motorist who hit him in a stolen Hummer was arrested. The incident began just after 11:10 a.m. when the San Diego police received a call from Chula Vista police who were involved in the pursuit of the stolen Hummer, SDPD Lt. Andra Brown said. The Hummer was snatched from a RoadOne impound yard in Chula Vista, SDPD Lt. Bryan Brecht told the media.