The American economy cranked out 243,000 jobs in January, moving the unemployment rate to the lowest level since February 2009.

A number of food companies offer supposed health benefits that don't check out with medical experts, including a product line from Maple Leaf Foods, a CBC Marketplace investigation reveals.

Canada's economy added only 2,300 jobs in January according to Statistics Canada, far fewer than the 24,500 that economists had predicted.

Opposition critics blamed the government Thursday for the departure of another top Statistics Canada employee who reportedly disagrees with the government's handling of the agency.

Finance Minister Jim Flaherty said the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation is below the limit of how many mortgages it's allowed to have on its books, but he's concerned about what's happening on the fringes of the housing market.