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GOTHENBURG, Sweden — Luc Tardif started to smirk as the question was posed. It's one the International Ice Hockey Federation president has answered over and over.

CALGARY — At Cypress Mountain ski resort, director of operations Jeremy Wentzel has been eagerly waiting for a chance to fire up the snow guns.

Canadian international Tajon Buchanan has landed in Italy with storied Inter Milan in a transfer from Belgium's Club Brugge. The 24-year-old wingback/winger from Brampton, Ont., now wears the colours of the Serie A leader.

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...