Canada’s consumer price index cooled to 2.7 per cent in April, down from 2.9 per cent in March, led by a decline in the growth of food prices, Statistics Canada said Tuesday. Consumer price index was down from 2.9 per cent in March. Canada’s consumer price index cooled to 2.7 …
Read More »Israeli attack in West Bank city leaves 7 dead and journalist injured, Palestinians say
Israeli forces raided the West Bank city of Jenin on Tuesday, killing seven Palestinians, including a doctor and a teenager, during a major operation that involved dozens of vehicles and continued into the night, witnesses and Palestinian health authorities said. Photojournalist Amr Manasra says he was hit by shrapnel while …
Read More »Federal government highlights range of anti-auto theft measures
Federal ministers on Monday unveiled what they called a ‘national action plan’ on combatting auto theft, including a range of measures such as bolstering law enforcement and tightening legal penalties around the issue. Several measures are included in budget legislation currently being considered. Federal ministers on Monday highlighted a series …
Read More »Tornadoes hit Iowa causing multiple deaths
Multiple people died Tuesday and at least a dozen were injured when a powerful tornado tore through a small Iowa town, carving a bleak landscape of destroyed homes and businesses, shredded trees, smashed cars, and widely strewn debris. Twister in the small town of Greenfield destroyed homes, shredded trees and …
Read More »London Drugs confirms it was victim of ransomware attack
Retailer London Drugs has confirmed Tuesday that cybercriminals have demanded a ransom for data that was taken in a cyberattack that took its stores offline for a week. Retailer says it’s unwilling to pay ransom after cybercriminals stole files from its corporate head office. Retailer London Drugs confirmed on Tuesday …
Read More »House of Commons committee should close loophole on MPs’ travel, Liberal MP says
Liberal MP Mark Gerretsen is calling on the House of Commons to close a loophole that allowed MPs travelling to political party conventions to expense hundreds of thousands of dollars in travel costs in the past year. Taxpayers’ money should not be used to attend partisan events, says Gerretsen. Liberal …
Read More »Ottawa is spending $1.7M for 10 new jobs at a pasta plant. Are these corporate subsidies worth it?
Some economists say recent government subsidies — which have ranged from $1.7 million for a Brampton, Ont., pasta plant, to billions in subsidies for EV plants — make little economic sense. Feds and Ontario also doling out $5B for 1,000 EV plant-related jobs, or $5M per job. When the federal …
Read More »Coroner’s inquest to probe overdose death of University of Victoria student
The B.C. government is asking universities to implement more drug safety measures after a coroner’s inquest was called into the overdose death of an 18-year-old University of Victoria (UVic) student, after her parents accused campus security and a 911 operator of failing to respond to help save her life. Parents …
Read More »‘Time stopped for me’: Witness describes aftermath of fatal boat crash
A resident of a home on a lake north of Kingston., Ont., where three people died in a boat crash is shaken after he and his brother were among the first to respond to the collision. Crash happened on Bobs Lake after 9:30 p.m. Saturday. A resident of a home …
Read More »Would you fight Alberta’s wildfires for $22/hour? And no benefits?
Low pay is one of the reasons some of Alberta’s wildland firefighters are not returning to their seasonal jobs, resulting in fewer experienced firefighters and potential safety risks to personnel and the public. Poor compensation is making it hard to keep seasonal firefighters on the job, union says. It was …
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