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Alberta had the highest inflation rate in Canada in February
Alberta had the largest increase in inflation over the last year among all Canadian provinces and territories.That is according to Statistics Canada, who reports the Consumer Price Index for the prair...
Mar 19, 2024
February inflation rate slows to 2.8% as price growth unexpectedly eases
Canada's annual inflation rate unexpectedly fell to 2.8 per cent last month, amid sharp declines in cellular and internet services as well as slower grocery price growth.Statistics Canada released its...
Mar 19, 2024
Tickets for WNBA game between Sparks and Storm in Edmonton to go on sale Wednesday
Every time Natalie Vermaas walks into Seattle's Climate Pledge Arena to watch the WNBA's Storm play, building and team staff call her "Canada." She expects that will change if she can get tickets to s...
Mar 19, 2024
CP NewsAlert: Auditor 'completely discouraged' by First Nations housing, policing
OTTAWA - The federal auditor general is panning Ottawa's poor record on First Nations housing and policing in reports published this morning. Karen Hogan says she's "completely discouraged" to see so ...
Mar 19, 2024
Infrastructure program falls short on tracking results, but on right path: auditor
Auditor general Karen Hogan says the government's $4.6-billion program to bolster transportation infrastructure across the country suffers from poor results tracking, but the fund is well-crafted over...
Mar 19, 2024
Brazil's Bolsonaro is indicted for first time over alleged falsification of his own vaccination data
SAO PAULO (AP) - Brazil's Federal Police have accused former President Jair Bolsonaro of criminal association and falsifying his own COVID-19 vaccination data, marking the first indictment for the emb...
Mar 19, 2024
Review of priest accused of sexual assaults in Nunavut finds Oblates unaware
An independent review of a priest accused of sexually abusing Inuit children in Nunavut says his Catholic order wasn't aware of the allegations when he returned to France. Retired Superior Court justi...
Mar 19, 2024
Hong Kong lawmakers pass new national security law, giving government more power to curb dissent
HONG KONG (AP) - Hong Kong lawmakers passed a new national security law on Tuesday that grants the government more power to quash dissent, widely seen as the latest step in a sweeping political crackd...
Mar 19, 2024
In the news today: Public tribute to Mulroney in Ottawa, February inflation report
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed on what you need to know today... Public to pay tribute to Mulroney in Ottawa Members of the public who wish to p...
Mar 19, 2024
As former prime minister Mulroney lies in state, public tributes in Ottawa begin
OTTAWA - Members of the public who wish to pay tribute to Brian Mulroney can visit his casket in Ottawa starting this afternoon. The former prime minister's casket is being brought to the Sir John A. ...
Mar 19, 2024