Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney will visit China next week where he will meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping as Canada looks to reduce its over reliance on the United States.

Canada’s industry minister is planning to meet with executives at Lockheed Martin Corp. soon to try to leverage more jobs out of a multibillion-dollar deal to acquire fighter jets.

Canada's economy gained a net 8,200 jobs in December, entirely in full-time work, and the jobless rate rose to 6.8% as more people looked for work, Statistics Canada data showed on Friday.

Team Canada, which is in Group A, will open against Team Czechia on Feb. 12, then play Team Switzerland on Feb. 13 and Team France on Feb. 15. Though Canada announced its roster Dec. 31, NHL.com is taking it a step further, taking our shot at what some countries' forward lines, defense pairs and goalie depth chart should look like.