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Report charts path for Canada to show importance to United States
By Kelly Geraldine Malone, The Canadian Press on September 17th, 2024
WASHINGTON – While Canada cannot escape the gravitational pull of an increasingly unstable United States, a new report is charting a path forward to ensure Canadian interests become more important to our closest neighbour. “The world does need more of Canada. The United States does. Our other allies do,” said the report by Public Policy ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canada consulting with allies on possible involvement in AUKUS security pact
By Sarah Ritchie, The Canadian Press on September 17th, 2024
OTTAWA – Canada is in consultations with the U.K., the U.S. and Australia about possible collaboration in the security pact known as AUKUS. The trilateral deal was struck three years ago in an effort to boost security in the Indo-Pacific region by building a fleet of nuclear-powered submarines for Australia. Some Canadian military leaders have ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Five things to know about the Bloc Québécois’ newest riding, LaSalle-Émard-Verdun
By Morgan Lowrie, The Canadian Press on September 17th, 2024
MONTREAL – The Bloc Québécois dealt a painful blow to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in Monday’s byelection, winning the Liberal stronghold of LaSalle-Émard-Verdun by 248 votes. Here are five things to know about the Montreal riding. 1. It’s existed since 2015 The riding is located southwest of downtown Montreal, and includes parts of the boroughs ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Byelection win: Bloc Québécois to squeeze Liberals for gains, not trigger election
By The Canadian Press on September 17th, 2024
MONTREAL – The Bloc Québécois leader says he’s in no hurry to trigger a federal election and will instead stick with his plan to extract gains from the minority Liberal government. Yves-François Blanchet made the comments to reporters today after his party’s stunning byelection victory in the former Liberal stronghold of LaSalle – Émard – ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Politicians must be promptly advised of cyberthreats, Conservative MP tells inquiry
By Jim Bronskill, The Canadian Press on September 17th, 2024
OTTAWA – Conservative MP Garnett Genuis told a federal inquiry today that parliamentarians who were targeted by Chinese hackers could have taken immediate protective steps if they had been informed sooner. It emerged earlier this year that in 2021 some MPs and senators faced cyberattacks from the hackers because of their involvement with the Inter-Parliamentary ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canada’s inflation rate hits 2% target, lowest level in more than three years
By Nojoud Al Mallees, The Canadian Press on September 17th, 2024
OTTAWA – Inflation finally hit the Bank of Canada’s two per cent target in August after a tumultuous battle with skyrocketing price growth, raising the odds of larger interest rate cuts in the coming months. Canada’s annual inflation rate fell from 2.5 per cent in July to reach the lowest level since February 2021. The ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Food items that got more expensive in August, and which ones saw prices go down
By The Canadian Press on September 17th, 2024
OTTAWA – Inflation has come down from its highs, and groceries are no exception. Statistics Canada reported on Tuesday that grocery prices in August rose 2.4 per cent from the year before, a far cry from their peak of 11.4 per cent in late 2022 and early 2023. Overall annual inflation was two per cent ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!StatCan looks to improve the way it tracks wireless plan pricing with new data
By The Canadian Press on September 17th, 2024
OTTAWA – Statistics Canada has changed the way it tracks the price of wireless plans in an effort to capture a more accurate picture of what Canadians are paying when it calculates the inflation rate. The agency has been using web-collected data on the advertised cost of plans based on a set of profiles designed ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!MK-ULTRA: Ottawa, health centre seek to dismiss Montreal brainwashing lawsuit
By Morgan Lowrie, The Canadian Press on September 17th, 2024
MONTREAL – Family members of patients allegedly brainwashed decades ago at a Montreal psychiatric hospital are afraid they’re running out of time to get compensation because the federal government and the McGill University Health Centre have filed motions to dismiss their lawsuit. Glenn Landry’s mother, Catherine Elizabeth Harter, was among the hundreds of people to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Health Canada approves updated Moderna COVID-19 vaccine
By Nicole Ireland, The Canadian Press on September 17th, 2024
TORONTO – Health Canada has authorized Moderna’s updated COVID-19 vaccine that protects against currently circulating variants of the virus. The mRNA vaccine, called Spikevax, has been reformulated to target the KP.2 subvariant of Omicron. It will replace the previous version of the vaccine that was released a year ago, which targeted the XBB.1.5 subvariant of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Here’s a list of August inflation rates for selected Canadian cities
By The Canadian Press on September 17th, 2024
OTTAWA – Canada’s annual inflation rate was 2.0 per cent in August, Statistics Canada says. The agency also released rates for major cities, but cautioned that figures may have fluctuated widely because they are based on small statistical samples (previous month in brackets): – St. John’s, N.L.: 1.7 per cent (2.3) – Charlottetown-Summerside: 1.6 per ... Read More »
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