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Toyota Highlander tops list of most stolen vehicles in 2023: Équité Association
By The Canadian Press on November 19th, 2024
TORONTO – An insurance crime and fraud prevention group says the Toyota Highlander was the most stolen vehicle in 2023, dethroning the Honda CR-V as the nation’s top stolen car for two years in a row. Non-profit Équité Association says the Toyota Highlander topped the list as criminals continue to target vehicles that maximize profit ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Report finds 1 in 5 newcomers leave Canada within 25 years, calls for retention plan
By David Baxter, The Canadian Press on November 19th, 2024
OTTAWA – One in five immigrants who come to Canada ultimately leave for another country within 25 years, with about one-third of those people moving on within the first five years. The findings come from a report by the Institute for Canadian Citizenship and the Conference Board of Canada, which looked at the issue of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!From atmospheric river to bomb cyclone, here are the ABCs of weather terminology
By Canadian Press Staff, The Canadian Press on November 19th, 2024
A series of meteorological terms associated with extreme weather have become popularized in recent years. Here’s how some of them are defined by the American Meteorological Society: BOMB CYCLONE A storm outside the tropics in which central pressure drops rapidly, by a certain amount within a certain period of time, with this varying according to ... Read More »
1 responseTrudeau says G20 leaders’ statement on Ukraine is not strong enough
By Dylan Robertson, The Canadian Press on November 19th, 2024
RIO DE JANEIRO – Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the final leaders’ statement from the G20 summit in Brazil is not strong enough on the war in Ukraine. He is also expressing some concern about the impact U.S. president-elect Donald Trump’s return to the White House will have on global support for Ukraine. Russia is ... Read More »
1 responseHere’s a list of October inflation rates for selected Canadian cities
By The Canadian Press on November 19th, 2024
OTTAWA – Canada’s annual inflation rate was two per cent in October, 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.: 1.3 per cent (1.1) – Charlottetown-Summerside: 1.7 per ... Read More »
2 responsesHere’s a list of October inflation rates for Canadian provinces
By The Canadian Press on November 19th, 2024
OTTAWA – Canada’s annual inflation rate was two per cent in October, Statistics Canada says. Here’s what happened in the provinces (previous month in brackets): – Newfoundland and Labrador: 1.1 per cent (0.7) – Prince Edward Island: 1.3 per cent (1.0) – Nova Scotia: 1.5 per cent (0.9) – New Brunswick: 1.8 per cent (0.9) ... Read More »
2 responsesCanada’s inflation rate ticks back up to two per cent in October, StatCan says
By The Canadian Press on November 19th, 2024
OTTAWA – Statistics Canada’s consumer price index report today says the annual inflation rate hit two per cent last month. That’s up from 1.6 per cent in September. The report says gasoline prices on an annual basis fell to a lesser extent in October compared with September. Rent prices rose 7.3 per cent from a ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!In the news today: StatCan to release October inflation figures today
By The Canadian Press on November 19th, 2024
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed… StatCan to release October inflation figures today Statistics Canada is expected to release its October consumer price index report this morning. Economists polled by Reuters expect the annual inflation rate rose to 1.9 per cent last month, according ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Enforcement officers expected to testify as human smuggling trial continues
By The Canadian Press on November 19th, 2024
FERGUS FALLS, Minn. – Law enforcement officers are expected to testify as the trial continues for two men accused of human smuggling at the Canada-US border. Steve Shand and Harshkumar Patel are accused of being part of a ring that flew Indian nationals to Canada, then had them walk across the border between Manitoba and ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!A ‘bomb cyclone’ sounds scary but meteorologist says it’s not alarmist
By Brieanna Charlebois, The Canadian Press on November 19th, 2024
VANCOUVER – The use of terms including “atmospheric rivers” and “bomb cyclones” to describe weather phenomena has moved out of scientific journals and into the mainstream in recent years, but meteorologist Cindy Day says there’s nothing alarmist about the language. Day says that when used appropriately, such scientific language is necessary and can help people ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Statistics Canada set to release October inflation figures today
By Nojoud Al Mallees, The Canadian Press on November 19th, 2024
OTTAWA – Statistics Canada is expected to release its October consumer price index report this morning. Economists polled by Reuters expect the annual inflation rate rose to 1.9 per cent last month, according to LSEG Data & Analytics. After a period of sharp price growth, Canada’s inflation rate dipped below the Bank of Canada’s two ... Read More »
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