OTTAWA — The prices Canadians have reported paying for goods and services have been rising more than the official inflation rate, a senior Bank of Canada official says. Deputy governor Lawrence Schembri made the comment in a video conference speech Thursday to the Greater Saskatoon Chamber of Commerce, where he provides a glimpse at the bank’s […]
Les personnes qui ont été infectées par le nouveau coronavirus, sans développer de symptôme de la maladie COVID-19, peuvent avoir une réponse immunitaire plus faible contre le virus que ceux qui sont plus sérieusement tombés malades, suggèrent des chercheurs chinois jeudi dans la revue Nature Medicine. Les chercheurs avertissent, en conséquence, des risques d’instituer des […]
Alex Zanardi has been airlifted to hospital in Italy after suffering a serious crash with a heavy vehicle during a national race for Paralympic handbike athletes on Friday. Initial reports offer only minimal details of the accident that occurred near the Tuscan town of Pienza, except that the 53-year-old racer and former F1 driver was […]
U.S. President Donald Trump plans to cap the U.S. military presence in Germany at 25,000 troops | Lennart Preiss/Getty Images Trump troop cut shows need for EU defense push, says Thierry Breton Some countries want to boost defense fund in budget talks, internal market chief says. By Jacopo Barigazzi and Paola Tamma 6/19/20, 12:12 PM […]
A correctional officer at an Ontario jail alleges he was assaulted at work by two colleagues following their comments about the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis, according to a complaint obtained by The Canadian Press. The allegations have prompted separate investigations by police and the Ministry of the Solicitor General. The incident is alleged […]
A longtime animal rights activist was fatally struck by a truck on Friday while she was protesting outside a slaughterhouse west of Toronto, her friends said. Regan Russell, a member of Toronto Pig Save, died after being hit by a transport truck full of pigs on its way to Fearman’s Pork, a processing plant in Burlington, Ont., […]
VANCOUVER — Ports along the West Coast of Canada and the United States were quiet Friday as workers with the International Longshore and Warehouse Union stopped operations to support racial equality and social justice. A statement from the union said the eight-hour action was to honour Juneteenth, the celebration of the emancipation of slaves in […]
On a windy June day, George Floyd’s name echoed across the No Frills parking lot in Innisfail, Alta., just off Highway 2 that connects Calgary and Edmonton. In a municipality of 8,000 where an organizer with United We Roll sits on town council and less than five per cent of the population identifies as a […]
OTTAWA — NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh’s accusation that a Bloc Quebecois MP is a racist has boiled over into a second day of tense exchanges in Ottawa. Bloc Quebecois Leader Yves-Francois Blanchet defended the actions of Bloc MP Alain Therrien, whom Singh called a racist for blocking a motion Singh wanted to present Wednesday on systemic […]
Des chercheurs britanniques ont trouvé un lien de cause à effet entre le tabac et le sentiment de solitude. Ils pensent aussi que les personnes qui se sentent seules seraient plus susceptibles de commencer à fumer et qu’il leur serait plus difficile d’arrêter. Une équipe de l’université de Bristol a pris en compte des données […]