How does increasing interest rates actually help curb inflation?
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Breaking down the latest rate hike7 months agoDuration 3:15CBC's Peter Armstrong explains the thinking behind the Bank of Canada's...
Has the Bank of Canada conquered inflation? It's complicated
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Raising interest rates won't stop an increase in the price of oranges if the cause is a devastating crop disease, says one economi...
Hamilton man waiting 5 years for tribunal hearing after human rights complaint against McMaster security
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Kevin Daley said he has been waiting for a hearing since 2018. (Bobby Hristova/CBC)When Kevin Daley filed a human rights complaint...
Climate change is taking a toll on farmers in Africa. Here's how AI technology can help
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Deborah Osei-Mensah, a cocoa farmer in Ghana, has been dealing with unpredictable weather patterns that make her work extremely di...
Bank of Canada raises its key interest rate to 5%
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The Bank of Canada building is pictured in Ottawa in late 2022. (Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press)The Bank of Canada raised its ...
Hollywood studios racing to avoid actors' strike at midnight
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SAG-AFTRA (Screen Actors Guild - American Federation of Television and Radio Artists) members walk the picket line in solidarity w...
Succession leads all Emmy nominees with 27 as HBO dominates
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Kieran Culkin, Sarah Snook and Jeremy Strong perform in the series finale of Succession, which leads all Emmy nominees this year w...
Much of the world says they're immoral. So why is Ukraine so keen on cluster bombs?
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The decision by the U.S. last week to provide cluster munitions to Ukraine in its war against Russia has been condemned by human r...
More than 1,000 Canadians take CRA to court over pandemic payments — and some win
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Tressa Mitchell at a park near her home in Weyburn, Sask. on Saturday, July 1, 2023. (Michael Bell/The Canadian Press)In late 202...
BBC's Huw Edwards named by his wife as presenter facing sexually explicit photo claims
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BBC news anchor Huw Edwards appears at an awards ceremony in London on June 27. On Wednesday, Edwards' wife named him as the prese...
Poilievre rejects 'straight pride' message in controversial Calgary Stampede photo
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Federal Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre and his wife, Anaida, pose for a photo with an unidentified man wearing a "straight p...
Both sides of B.C. port strike now considering mediator's recommended deal
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Striking port workers from the International Longshore and Warehouse Union Canada attend a rally in Vancouver on Sunday. (Ethan Ca...
Ash falls from the sky as air quality warnings issued for parts of B.C.
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Low visibility due to wildfire smoke as pictured in a neighbourhood in Prince George, B.C., on Wednesday morning. (Andrew Kurjata/...
10 steps to a healthier planet, including how to reorganize your fridge to avoid rotting food
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Rohit Joseph is a co-host of the new CBC podcast, 10 Minutes to Save the Planet. (Geordie Irving)If an overwhelming smell of rotti...
Unsolicited sexting, unwanted touching and bullying some of the toxic behaviours found at AFN: report
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Amanda Barnaby Lehoux, Debbie Hoffman, and Gwendolyn Point were appointed by the AFN to conduct an objective review of gender and ...
Manitoba's decision not to search landfill 'heartless': Crown-Indigenous relations minister
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Crown-Indigenous Relations Minister Marc Miller, speaking in Halifax Wednesday, called the Manitoba government's decision not to s...
What is Canada doing to crack down on goods produced using forced labour?
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An ethnic Uyghur demonstrator wears a mask to take part in a protest near the Chinese consulate in Istanbul, Turkey, on July 5, 20...
Premiers say they're concerned — and confused — about Ottawa's plans for the future of the RCMP
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Members of the RCMP take part in the Calgary Stampede parade in Calgary on July 7, 2023. (Jeff McIntosh/The Canadian Press)Manito...
Public health agency investigates after Air France passenger sat in blood-soaked area on flight to Toronto
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Habib Battah is seen on an Air France flight from Paris to Toronto in a June 30, 2023, cleaning blood that had transferred onto hi...
Tenants fear for future as their Charlottetown apartment complex starts turning into condos
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Kim Mears is a tenant at Waterview Heights in Charlottetown. She and other tenants had no idea their apartment complex was being s...
James Webb telescope marks 1 year of peering into far corners of the universe
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The first anniversary image from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope displays star birth like it’s never been seen before. The Rho O...
Worker rescued after 43-metre fall from the Ambassador Bridge
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Scaffolding shown on the Ambassador Bridge after a worker fell 43 metres Wednesday afternoon into the Detroit River. (Dale Molnar/...
Prime Energy drinks pulled from Canadian shelves — but how did they even get here?
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Cans of Prime Energy with 200 milligrams of caffeine are being pulled from store shelves because they violate Health Canada regula...
Man charged with killing Jewell Parchman Langford was on police radar decades ago
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Jewell Parchman Langford, centre, is seen in a newspaper clipping among other members of the American Business Women's Association...
Thousands of Canadian drug users dying as government red tape limits help, advocates say
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Paramedics and first responders give chest compressions to a person suffering from a suspected overdose in a Vancouver alleyway in...
Pints on patios, but not in parks — why drinking alcohol in public spaces is still such a big deal
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Several Canadian cities have recently dipped their toes into allowing some drinking in public parks, but not without pushback from...
2nd developer goes to court to avoid questions from Ontario auditor general in Greenbelt probe
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Ontario's Auditor General Bonnie Lysyk is looking into the provincial government's removal of more than 2,995 hectares of land fro...
Kathleen Kennedy and Frank Marshall
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“Dressing up made me think beyond where I was to where I wanted to be in life, you know? It made me dream.” “I know what it feels ...
Remains of so-called 'Ivory Man' in ornate Spanish tomb turn out to be female
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This illustration depicts 'the Ivory Lady' who was discovered in a tomb in Valencia, Spain, and who was previously thought to be m...
Why workers, advocates want governments to boost protections for growing pool of gig workers
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A food delivery worker rides a bike in downtown Vancouver in December 2021. Advocates and workers say more protections, and greate...
Summer storms raise flood risk, force evacuations in southern and central Quebec
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Several rivers in Quebec, including the Montmorency River seen here, have overflown due to heavy rainfall, causing flooding concer...
Activists relieved but wary to learn B.C. naturopath ending pricey fecal transplants for autism
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B.C. naturopath Jason Klop charges about $15,000 US for autistic children as young as two years old to receive fecal transplants i...
Tourists in Iceland warned to avoid volcanic eruption
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People watch flowing lava on Monday during an volcanic eruption near Iceland's Litli-Hrútur mountain, southwest of the capital, Re...
Canada's Crawford Lake chosen as 'golden spike' to mark proposed new epoch
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People look out on the water from the shore of Crawford Lake in Milton, Ont., on Friday, July 7, 2023. Scientists have picked the ...
Watchdog probing claims that Nike Canada, gold company benefiting from forced Uyghur labour
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A guard stands in a watchtower of Kashgar prison in Kashgar, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, China on May 3, 2021. (Thomas Pete...
Ottawa tops up fund for humanitarian groups as climate disasters take their toll
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Flames from the Donnie Creek wildfire burn along a ridgetop north of Fort St. John, B.C. on Sunday, July 2, 2023. (Noah Berger/AP/...
Peter Nygard now facing Winnipeg sex charges while awaiting trial in Que., Ont. and U.S.
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Peter Nygard has been charged in connection with a historical sexual assault in Winnipeg. This sketch shows Nygard as he appeared ...
City of Winnipeg files for injunction to remove landfill blockade
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About 10 people were seen Tuesday afternoon at the blockade made of wood and tires outside Winnipeg's Brady Road Landfill. The cit...
NATO offers Ukraine a faster path to membership while critics say the plan is too vague
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A man waves Ukrainian and Lithuanian flags during an event on the sidelines of a NATO summit in Vilnius, Lithuania on July 11, 202...
