Category Archives: Canada
QuickList: June inflation rates for Canadian provinces, territories
OTTAWA - Canada’s national annual inflation rate was 1.0 per cent in June, Statistics Canada says. Here’s what happened in the provinces and territories (previous month in brackets): - New...
Jul 21, 2017
QuickList: June inflation rate for selected Canadian cities
OTTAWA - Canada’s national annual inflation rate was 1.0 per cent in June, Statistics Canada says. The agency also released rates for major cities, but cautioned that figures may have fluctuated...
Jul 21, 2017
Inflation, retail trade data reinforce expectations of gradual rate hike
OTTAWA - The annual pace of inflation fell to its weakest rate in almost two years though retail sales rose for their third consecutive month, Statistics Canada said Friday, reinforcing expectations t...
Jul 21, 2017
New Brunswick seeks champions to help campaign against intimate partner violence
FREDERICTON - Melissa Shea had been married for more than two years but no matter what she did, she says it wasn’t good enough for her husband. She was stripped down emotionally and became separ...
Jul 21, 2017
Family of Canadian accused of masterminding darknet site doubt allegations
MONTREAL - The family of a late Canadian man accused of masterminding the world’s leading “darknet” internet marketplace said Friday they’re having a hard time believing he was...
Jul 21, 2017
Prime minister urges opposition to leave "domestic squabbles" at home
SHELBURNE, N.S. - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau took aim at the cross-border Conservative campaign lambasting him for a generous federal payout to Omar Khadr, saying “domestic squabbles” s...
Jul 21, 2017
Five key NAFTA battlegrounds to watch when negotiations get underway
OTTAWA - U.S.-initiated negotiations to overhaul the North American Free Trade Agreement are bound to be long and hard. Canadian officials maintain that Mexico is the real target of President Donald T...
Jul 21, 2017
Agriculture ministers discuss trade, risk management at two-day meeting
ST. JOHN’S, N.L. - Federal Agriculture Minister Lawrence MacAulay is wrapping up talks with his provincial and territorial counterparts today that were aimed at drafting the next policy framewor...
Jul 21, 2017
Five stories in the news for today, July 21
Five stories in the news for Friday, July 21 --- B.C. WILDFIRE STATE OF EMERGENCY HITS TWO-WEEK MARK Today marks two weeks since raging wildfires that have displaced thousands of people British Columb...
Jul 21, 2017
Wildfire that destroyed homes in Lake Country, B.C., believed human-caused: RCMP
LAKE COUNTRY, B.C. - A fast-moving wildfire in British Columbia’s Okanagan region that quickly engulfed eight homes and damaged 30 other properties is believed to be human-caused, RCMP said Frid...
Jul 21, 2017