Category Archives: Canada
Liberal leader doubles down on notion that $75 weekly grocery bill is possible
MONTREAL - Liberal Leader Philippe Couillard is standing by his claim that $75 is enough for a family of three to feed itself for a week, saying it just requires a lot of work and an eye for bargains....
Sep 21, 2018
Ontario students walk out of class to protest sex-ed curriculum changes
TORONTO - Students across Ontario walked out of class on Friday to protest the provincial government’s decision to repeal a modernized version of the sex-ed curriculum. The walkouts - called ...
Sep 21, 2018
N.S. to mark little-known connection to David Ben-Gurion and the Jewish Legion
WINDSOR, N.S. - Before he became Israel’s first prime minister, David Ben-Gurion earned 50 cents a day as a soldier and slept on the ground in bell tents in the small town of Windsor, N.S. His r...
Sep 21, 2018
N.S. to mark little-known connection to David Ben-Gurion and the Jewish Legion
WINDSOR, N.S. - Before he became Israel’s first prime minister, David Ben-Gurion earned 50 cents a day as a soldier and slept on the ground in bell tents in the small town of Windsor, N.S. His r...
Sep 21, 2018
Feds launch review of oil tanker traffic in bid to renew pipeline approval
OTTAWA - Natural Resources Minister Amarjeet Sohi says the government is not assuming the National Energy Board will once again recommend the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion go forward as he asks it...
Sep 21, 2018
Feds launch review of oil tanker traffic in bid to renew pipeline approval
OTTAWA - Natural Resources Minister Amarjeet Sohi says the government is not assuming the National Energy Board will once again recommend the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion go forward as he asks it...
Sep 21, 2018
Here's a list of August inflation rates for selected Canadian cities
OTTAWA - Canada’s national annual inflation rate was 2.8 per cent in August, Statistics Canada says. The agency also released rates for major cities, but cautioned that figures may have fluctuat...
Sep 21, 2018
Here's a list of August inflation rates for selected Canadian cities
OTTAWA - Canada’s national annual inflation rate was 2.8 per cent in August, Statistics Canada says. The agency also released rates for major cities, but cautioned that figures may have fluctuat...
Sep 21, 2018
Here's a list August inflation rates for Canadian provinces, territories
OTTAWA - Canada’s national annual inflation rate was 2.8 per cent in August, Statistics Canada says. Here’s what happened in the provinces (previous month in brackets): - Newfoundland and ...
Sep 21, 2018
Case for interest rate hike builds with resilient inflation data: analysts
OTTAWA - The country showed signs of growing price pressures last month with inflation staying strong and its underlying pace grinding higher - both of which propped up expectations that higher intere...
Sep 21, 2018
