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• New veterans' coalition refuses to work with government over decreased benefits
• Canada, China ink an array of commercial deals worth more than $1 billion
• Man stabbed in Brampton
• Canada posts second month of big job gains; jobless rate dives
• Canada businesses impatient for China growth as Harper promotes trade

New veterans' coalition refuses to work with government over decreased benefits Posted: 07 Nov 2014 03:47 PM PST As Remembrance Day nears, a split is widening among veterans' organizations over how to push the Conservative government to improve their treatment of veterans. Six organizations announced Thursday they'd formed the Canada Coalition for Veterans, and their first action would be to boycott government photo opportunities and announcements. "We're not vocal enough to make them address it," Michael Blais, president of Canadian Veterans Advocacy, told Yahoo Canada News on Friday.

Canada, China ink an array of commercial deals worth more than $1 billion Posted: 07 Nov 2014 10:33 PM PST BEIJING, China - Prime Minister Stephen Harper was surrounded by Chinese business representatives clamouring to have their photo taken with him today after he announced an array of commercial deals with China.

Man stabbed in Brampton Posted: 07 Nov 2014 07:06 PM PST A man is in hospital after being stabbed in Brampton.

Canada posts second month of big job gains; jobless rate dives Posted: 07 Nov 2014 07:37 AM PST By David Ljunggren OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada unexpectedly added 43,100 new jobs in October, and the unemployment rate dropped to a nearly six-year low of 6.5 percent, prompting market optimism that the sluggish job market might finally be improving. Analysts had expected a loss of 5,000 jobs after September's gain of 74,100 positions. The jobless rate, down from 6.8 percent in September, was the lowest since the 6.4 percent recorded in November 2008, Statistics Canada said on Friday. ...

Canada businesses impatient for China growth as Harper promotes trade Posted: 07 Nov 2014 05:13 AM PST By Andrea Hopkins HANGZHOU China (Reuters) - Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper kicked off a visit to China on Friday facing criticism that the troubled diplomatic relationship between the two nations has hampered trade, but promptly raised concern about human rights during the mostly business portion of his trip. Harper, on his first visit to China in two years, announced the opening of four new trade offices in the cities of Hangzhou, Xian, Xiamen and Tianjin to help the entry of Canadian businesses into the fastest growing regions of China. ...

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