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Bank of Canada keeps key interest rate target on hold, but warns of looming hikes
OTTAWA, ON - The Bank of Canada is keeping its key interest rate target on hold at 0.25 per cent, but warning it won't stay there for much longer.The trendsetting rate has been at its rock-bottom leve...
Jan 26, 2022
Canada's Auger-Aliassime drops five-set heartbreaker to Medvedev at Australian Open
MELBOURNE, Australia - Felix Auger-Aliassime's (oh-ZHAY' ah-lee-ah-SEEM') bid to reach the semifinals at a second straight Grand Slam ended in heartbreak with a five-set loss to second seed Daniil Med...
Jan 26, 2022
CFIB urges Ottawa to reverse trucker vaccine rule amid driver shortage, higher costs
TORONTO, ON - Canada's largest association of small and medium-sized businesses is urging the federal government to reverse its policy banning unvaccinated truck drivers from entering Canada.The Canad...
Jan 26, 2022
Patient dies in Red Deer emergency room day after wait times peak at 14 hours
RED DEER, AB - In the early morning hours of Saturday, Jan. 22, the emergency room wait time at Red Deer Regional Hospital Centre (RDRHC) peaked at over 14 hours.A day later, Alberta Health Services (...
Jan 26, 2022
US-backed Syrian forces capture prison from IS after a week
BEIRUT (AP) - U.S.-backed Kurdish-led forces said they wrestled control of the last section of a prison controlled by Islamic State militants, ending a weeklong assault by the extremists on one of the...
Jan 26, 2022
Australian Open: Canada's Auger-Aliassime drops five-set heartbreaker to Medvedev
MELBOURNE, Australia - Daniil Medvedev rallied from two sets down and saved a match point before beating Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassime 6-7 (4), 3-6, 7-6 (2), 7-5, 6-4 to move into the Australian Open...
Jan 26, 2022
Coast Guard searches vast sea for 39 people lost off Florida
MIAMI (AP) - The Coast Guard searched through the night Wednesday for 39 people missing from a capsized boat after a solitary survivor was found clinging to the overturned hull off the Florida coast. ...
Jan 26, 2022
Poll suggests some Canadians are feeling brighter about the economy, own finances
OTTAWA - A new poll suggests some Canadians are feeling more upbeat about the state of the domestic economy and their own pocketbooks, though not quite as positive as they were before the COVID-19 pan...
Jan 26, 2022
Winter weather, vast expanse make patrolling Canada-U.S. border a daunting challenge
SAINT VINCENT, Minn. - A bleak panorama of frozen, windblown prairie extends in every direction behind Katy Siemer as she points north, past a barren stand of trees to a pipeline compressor station a ...
Jan 26, 2022
Interest rate announcement, COVID rates across Canada: In The News for Jan. 26
In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of Jan. 26 ... What we are watching in Canada ......
Jan 26, 2022