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Surprise inflation hike won’t knock Bank of Canada off sidelines, economists say
By Canadian Press on January 19th, 2026
OTTAWA — Inflation closed out 2025 with a surprise uptick, but economists weighing in Monday argued there was little cause for concern under the hood to warrant a change in interest rates from the Bank of Canada later this month. The annual pace of inflation rose to 2.4 per cent in December, Statistics Canada said ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Montreal public transit agency says ridership fell in 2025 due to rotating strikes
By Canadian Press on January 19th, 2026
MONTREAL — Montreal’s public transit agency says commuters took about 20 million fewer trips on its network in 2025 as metros and buses were disrupted by rotating strikes. Agency spokesperson Amélie Régis says passengers took 294.1 million trips in 2025, down from 314.6 million trips in the previous year. Régis says the 2025 numbers were ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Rift surfaces between Doug Ford and Mark Carney over EV deal with China
By Canadian Press on January 19th, 2026
TORONTO — Premier Doug Ford says Prime Minister Mark Carney’s deal with China on electric vehicles has hurt Ontarians and the two have not spoken since. Ford says he was disappointed Carney did not give him a heads-up about a potential deal before the prime minister’s trip to China last week. Carney struck a deal ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Supreme Court of Canada to rule on whether random traffic stops are constitutional
By Canadian Press on January 19th, 2026
MONTREAL — The Supreme Court of Canada has started hearing a case about whether it’s constitutional for police to make random traffic stops without reasonable suspicion the driver has committed an offence. The case involves Joseph-Christopher Luamba, a Montrealer of Haitian descent who said he was repeatedly stopped by police for no apparent reason when ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Layoff notices sent to thousands of federal government workers
By Canadian Press on January 19th, 2026
OTTAWA — Thousands of workers across the federal public service have received notices that their jobs may be cut, many of them just in the last week. The Public Service Alliance of Canada says 1,775 workforce adjustment notices were issued to its members last week. The union says those members work in several departments and ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Public hearing into 2015 Vancouver police beating death of Myles Gray begins
By Canadian Press on January 19th, 2026
VANCOUVER — A public hearing into the 2015 police beating death of Myles Gray is underway in Vancouver. The hearing by the Office of the Police Complaint Commissioner into the circumstances of Gray’s death after a violent altercation with a group of Vancouver police officers in Burnaby, B.C., is scheduled to last 10 weeks. His ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canadian found dead on Australian island, surrounded by dingo pack: Australian media
By Canadian Press on January 19th, 2026
BRISBANE — Australian media are reporting that a young Canadian woman has been found dead, her body surrounded by a pack of dingoes, on an island popular with backpackers and other tourists and off the country’s east coast. Police in the Australian state of Queensland say they were told about the body of the 19-year-old ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Carney courts investment at World Economic Forum in Switzerland
By Canadian Press on January 19th, 2026
OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney arrived in Switzerland on Monday to join the global power elite for the World Economic Forum in the ski resort town of Davos, where he’s looking to drum up investment from other countries and corporations. The forum puts Carney together with the movers and shakers he encountered during his ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!40-year-old woman dies east of Montreal following argument with man inside home
By Canadian Press on January 19th, 2026
ROUGEMONT — Quebec provincial police say a 40-year-old woman died on Sunday east of Montreal following an argument with a man that had escalated. Police spokesperson Béatrice Dorsainville says officers were called to a home on Petite-Caroline Street around 1:45 p.m. in Rougemont, Que. Dorsainville says police found the woman seriously injured inside the residence. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Here’s a list of December inflation rates for selected Canadian cities
By Canadian Press on January 19th, 2026
OTTAWA — Canada’s annual inflation rate was 2.4 per cent in December, 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.: 3.1 per cent (2.1) — Charlottetown-Summerside: 2.9 per ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Here’s a list of December inflation rates for Canadian provinces
By Canadian Press on January 19th, 2026
OTTAWA — Canada’s annual inflation rate was 2.4 per cent in December, Statistics Canada says. Here’s what happened in the provinces (previous month in brackets): — Newfoundland and Labrador: 3.0 per cent (2.2) — Prince Edward Island: 2.8 per cent (1.4) — Nova Scotia: 3.1 per cent (2.4) — New Brunswick: 3.1 per cent (2.7) ... Read More »
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