The Toronto stock market fell into negative territory Friday amid a big miss in Canadian job creation numbers while American employment data reassured investors that the U.S. is still the main pillar of support for the global economy.

The S&P/TSX composite index slid 70.38 points to 14,387.34 as Statistics Canada says the country lost 4,300 jobs in December but the national unemployment rate was unchanged at 6.6 per cent. Economists had forecast that the economy cranked out 15,000 jobs last month, after a decline of about 10,700 in November.

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The Canadian dollar was down 0.2 of a cent to 84.29 cents (U.S.).

New York indexes were also in the red after two days of major advances amid far more encouraging employment news as the U.S. economy created 252,000 jobs last month, comfortably above the consensus of 230,000. Also, the jobless rate fell to 5.6 per cent from 5.8 per cent.

The Dow Jones industrials fell 171 points to 17,736.89, the Nasdaq slide 35.13 points to 4,701.05 and the S&P 500 index slipped 17.82 points to 2,044.32.

The TSX energy sector rose 0.25 per cent while oil prices were lower following two days of gains, with the February contract in New York down 34 cents to $48.44 (U.S.) a barrel.

The base metals group drifted 0.1 per cent higher as March copper was down a penny to $2.76 a pound.

The gold sector ran ahead almost three per cent while February bullion was ahead $5.90 to $1,214.40 an ounce.

The financials group led decliners, down 0.35 per cent.

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A national publication recently compiled nine graphs showing data about problems teachers face, including collaboration time and salaries.( Stephanie Yao Long/The Oregonian) (Stephanie Yao Long)

A report from a national education publication has put many problems teachers face into a collection of user-friendly graphs.

Ross Brenneman,anassistant editor with Education Week Teacher,compiled nine chartsaddressing different issues in teaching last year. The charts pull data from multiple sources, including the National Center for Education Statisticsand the Center for American Progress.

The charts look at why teachers leave, the role of collaboration and salary growth, among other topics. The report compares teachers among states and also places the U.S. in an international perspective.

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Published on January 08, 2015 Break-ins, thefts from vehicles and sheds a problem in recent weeks

By KAREN WELLS TC Media Over the last four weeks there have been a number of break and enters reported to the RCMP in Lewisporte.

For the most part the targets have been unlocked vehicles and sheds in the Lewisporte area.

Vehicles in parking lots as well as private driveways have been hit.

They are looking for unlocked vehicles, said Cpl. Larry Turner. They walk along and try the door quickly to see if it will open. If not, they move on to the next vehicle.

Loose change, CDs, phones and other electronic devices such as satellite radios have been stolen from vehicles.

Anything portable is being taken, said Turner.

In two other recent thefts, a truck was stolen and recovered by the RCMP and a dirt bike was taken but located by the owner.

Const. Mark House said tools and gas are being stolen from sheds.

The police say people should be wary if theyre approached by someone selling similar items.

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Chris Angel, 46, put on weight while living in America for 20 years He lived on a diet of takeaways and junk food and did no exercise at all Ballooned to 22st and couldn't walk for more than 15 minutes Woke up one night last January believing he was having a heart attack GP said he had high blood pressure and was on brink of type 2 diabetes Decided to lose weight using a smartphone app which counts calories Lost nearly 9st in a year and can now easily achieve a seven mile walk

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A father whose weight ballooned to 22st, prompting teenagers to shout fat git at him in the street, has managed to lose nearly 9st in a year thanks to a smartphone app.

Chris Angel, 46, had become so overweight one night he was convinced he was having a heart attack, as his diet of fried foods, takeaways, dessert and beer had left him in poor health.

He suffered crippling back pain from the strain of carrying his large stomach around, and couldnt walk for longer than 15 minutes without getting out of breath.

After doctors warned he was on the brink of type 2 diabetes, had high blood pressure, and faced a lifetime of medication, he decided to lose weight.

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The peso weakened against the dollar on Wednesday after the data on US non-manufacturing index in 2014 helped the greenback to strengthen.

The local currency depreciated by P0.115 to 45.045:$1 from 44.93 Tuesday.

"Although the US non-manufacturing index for the month of December revealed a bigger decline than expected, the average for the whole 2014 was the highest in nine years which influenced Dollar appreciation," MetisEtrade Inc. analyst Cherica Vicente said in an e-mailed commentary on Wednesday.

She said the expectation that the Federal Reserve's minutes of the meeting "will reveal policy makers are moving toward raising interest rates" helped the dollar to strengthen.

It is expected to be released Wednesday night.

"The minutes could provide the views that influence the central banks forward guidance," Vicente noted. Kathryn Mae P. Tubadeza/BM, GMA News

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