Canada

StatCan looks to improve the way it tracks wireless plan pricing with new data
StatCan looks to improve the way it tracks wireless plan pricing with new data

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...

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Health Canada approves updated Moderna COVID-19 vaccine
Health Canada approves updated Moderna COVID-19 vaccine

Health Canada authorized Moderna's updated COVID-19 vaccine that protects against currently circulating variants of the virus on Tuesday. The mRNA vaccine, called Spikevax, has been reformulated to...

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What we know about a Canada to New York terror plot
What we know about a Canada to New York terror plot

In today’s The Big Story podcast, a few days before Sept. 11, police arrested a Pakistani man living in Canada with allegedly planning to travel to New York to commit a large-scale terror attack on the...

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Canada’s inflation rate hits 2% target, lowest level in more than three years
Canada’s inflation rate hits 2% target, lowest level in more than three years

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...

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Politicians must be promptly advised of cyberthreats, Conservative MP tells inquiry
Politicians must be promptly advised of cyberthreats, Conservative MP tells inquiry

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...

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Trudeau returns to Parliament after loss of second Liberal stronghold
Trudeau returns to Parliament after loss of second Liberal stronghold

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will face his cabinet today after losing yet another long-held Liberal seat. Trudeau's Liberals were hopeful they could retain the Montreal riding of LaSalle—Émard—Verdun,...

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MPs to discuss deaths of First Nations people by police in emergency debate
MPs to discuss deaths of First Nations people by police in emergency debate

OTTAWA — Members of Parliament will hold an emergency debate in the House of Commons Monday evening on a string of recent deaths of First Nations people during interactions with Canadian police forces. Six...

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Turning the tide: Quebec premier visits Cree Nation displaced by hydro project in 70s
Turning the tide: Quebec premier visits Cree Nation displaced by hydro project in 70s

For the first time in their history, members of the Cree community of Nemaska received a visit from a sitting Quebec premier on Sunday and were able to share first-hand the story of how they were displaced...

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Liberals announce expansion to mortgage eligibility, draft rights for renters, buyers
Liberals announce expansion to mortgage eligibility, draft rights for renters, buyers

Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland has announced changes to mortgage rules she says are aimed at helping more Canadians to purchase their first home. "It is going to put the dream of home ownership...
National housing market in 'holding pattern' as buyers patient for lower rates: CREA
National housing market in 'holding pattern' as buyers patient for lower rates: CREA

The Canadian Real Estate Association says the number of homes sold in August fell compared with a year ago as the market remained largely stuck in a holding pattern despite borrowing costs beginning to...

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