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Statistics Canada says annual pace of inflation climbs to 2.2 per cent
OTTAWA - The annual pace of inflation heated up in November as gasoline prices posted their first year-over-year increase since October 2018, Statistics Canada said Wednesday. The agency said the...
Dec 18, 2019
Private investigation into Sherman deaths over, but police probe continues: cops
Toronto police say a private investigation into the slayings of billionaire Barry Sherman and his wife Honey is over, but the force's own probe continues. Insp. Hank Idsinga, the head o...
Dec 18, 2019
GOP Sen. Collins of Maine launches reelection bid
PORTLAND, Maine - U.S. Sen. Susan Collins officially launched her bid for a reelection Wednesday, setting up an expensive and closely watched battle for the seat the moderate Republican from Maine has...
Dec 18, 2019
Fiat Chrysler and Peugeot sign deal for 50-50 merger
MILAN - The boards of Fiat Chrysler Automobiles and PSA Peugeot on Wednesday signed a binding merger deal creating the world's fourth-largest automaker with the scale to confront the challenges of str...
Dec 18, 2019
India rejects final death sentence appeal in 2012 gang rape
NEW DELHI - India's Supreme Court on Wednesday rejected the final appeal of one of the four men sentenced to death for the 2012 fatal gang rape of a woman on a moving bus in New Delhi, paving the way ...
Dec 18, 2019
Last GM cars roll out and watch for the 2019 newsmaker; In The News for Dec. 18
In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of Dec. 18. What we are watching i...
Dec 18, 2019
WWII allies, Germany mark 75 yrs since Battle of the Bulge
BASTOGNE, Belgium - Side by side, the Allies and former enemy Germany togethermarked the 75th anniversary of one of the most important battles in World War II - the Battle of the Bulge, which stopped ...
Dec 18, 2019
Little Bay Islanders say goodbye as N.L. town resettles, but some eye return
LITTLE BAY ISLANDS, N.L. - On a clear Friday morning in mid-November, the MV Hazel McIsaac is packed with a gaggle of chatting passengers. U-Hauls and pick-up trucks are parked on the ferry's bottom d...
Dec 18, 2019
'You can call anything a national concern:' Alberta questions federal carbon tax
EDMONTON - Allowing Ottawa's carbon tax law to stand would give the federal government a tool it could use to repeatedly chip away at provincial powers, lawyers for the Alberta government ar...
Dec 18, 2019
First Nation alleges Ottawa withheld info during Trans Mountain consultation
VANCOUVER - A lawyer for a British Columbia First Nation is accusing the federal government of withholding key information about oil spills until after the latest consultation on the Trans Mountain pi...
Dec 18, 2019