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Economists more confident in Bank of Canada rate hold as inflation ticks up to 1.9%

Economists more confident in Bank of Canada rate hold as inflation ticks up to 1.9%

OTTAWA — Economists are more confident the Bank of Canada might pause its interest rate cuts next month — tariffs notwithstanding — as Canada's annual inflation rate ticked back up in January.
Here's a list of January inflation rates for selected Canadian cities

Here's a list of January inflation rates for selected Canadian cities

OTTAWA — Canada's annual inflation rate was 1.9 per cent in January, Statistics Canada says.
Here's a list of January inflation rates for Canadian provinces

Here's a list of January inflation rates for Canadian provinces

OTTAWA — Canada's annual inflation rate was 1.9 per cent in January, Statistics Canada says. Here's what happened in the provinces (previous month in brackets):
In the news today: StatCan to release January inflation figures today

In the news today: StatCan to release January inflation figures today

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Winter storm expected in Ontario and Nova Scotia, extreme cold hits the Prairies

Winter storm expected in Ontario and Nova Scotia, extreme cold hits the Prairies

Areas north and southwest of Toronto are bracing for more wintery conditions.
'Upside down and burning': Several injured but none dead after Pearson plane crash

'Upside down and burning': Several injured but none dead after Pearson plane crash

TORONTO — More than a dozen people were injured but no one died when a Delta Air Lines flight from Minneapolis crashed and flipped over on the tarmac at Toronto's Pearson International Airport on Monday afternoon.
Crosswinds may have challenged pilots in Pearson plane crash, expert says

Crosswinds may have challenged pilots in Pearson plane crash, expert says

An aviation expert with more than 30,000 flight hours says it is “very rare” for an aircraft to end up upside down in a crash, as was the case with a Delta Air Lines plane that flipped on the tarmac at Toronto’s Pearson Airport Monday.
Other party leaders attack Ford on affordability, health in Ontario election debate

Other party leaders attack Ford on affordability, health in Ontario election debate

TORONTO — Ontario’s main political party leaders debated the weighty provincial issues of health care, affordability and housing Monday in a provincial election debate injected with a few moments of levity.
Here's the latest on the crash of a Delta plane at Toronto's Pearson airport

Here's the latest on the crash of a Delta plane at Toronto's Pearson airport

TORONTO — A Delta Air Lines plane heading from Minneapolis to Toronto crashed at Pearson airport on Monday afternoon. Images posted on social media show the plane flipped over on the tarmac.
Justin Trudeau, Prince Harry take in final day of Invictus Games in Vancouver

Justin Trudeau, Prince Harry take in final day of Invictus Games in Vancouver

VANCOUVER — Talk of war and politics mixed with sport at the closing ceremony in Vancouver of the 2025 Invictus Games where hundreds of wounded or sick service personnel competed for their country.
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