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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.

KITCHENER, Ont. — Hunter Haight scored the game-winning goal with 6:34 remaining in the third period on a power play to seal the Saginaw Spirit's 3-2 come-from-behind victory over the Kitchener Rangers on Thursday.

SHAWINIGAN, Que. — Lou-Félix Denis scored the shootout winner to halt Cape Breton's comeback effort and lift the Shawinigan Cataractes to a 4-3 win over the Eagles on Thursday.

OTTAWA — A man who initially sought the Conservative nomination for a Greater Toronto Area riding has instead become the Liberal candidate in an upcoming byelection. The Liberal party announced Thursday that Robert Rock, a councillor in Scugog, Ont.