Canada

Annual inflation rate fell to 2,9% last month, within Bank of Canada target range; price growth deceleration was sharper than expected by forecasters

Family doctors retiring or moving into other areas of medicine are creating a disaster for Canada's universal health care; over 10 million people will soon lack access to primary care and currently 2,2 million are with no family doctor in Ontario

The massive hull of a seemingly ancient ship has appeared along the southwestern tip of Newfoundland; the wreck has attracted a stream of local admirers examining curved planks and wooden dowels, and sparked curiosity upon its history

Carbon emissions from Canada's oil sands are severely underreported, a new study in the journal Science suggests; aircraft-based measures found that the total C emissions from the Athabasca region exceeded reported values by 1.900 to 6.300%

A Federal Court judge has concluded that a Chinese engineering student is a potential spy and cannot enter Canada in a ruling that broadens the definition of espionage and has potentially wide consequences for foreign researchers

The Belfry Theatre in Victoria, B.C., is cancelling The runner from its March festival “given the current conflict”; the play focuses on the moral dilemma of a volunteer of ZAKA, a group of mostly Orthodox Jewish men who provide emergency medical rescues

About one Torontonian in 10 used a food bank between April 2022 and March 2023 - more than double the preceding year - according to the annual Who's Hungry report, produced by the Daily Bread and North York Harvest food banks

As nations agreed to a landmark deal to create a global climate damage fund on the first day of climate talks at COP28, Canada pledged its own support with a contribution of $16M; other countries have pledged between $10M and $100M US

Inflation rate gets back to 3,1% but the cost of living keeps going up; Statistics Canada says the biggest reason for the deceleration in the cost of living has been a drop in the cost of gasoline, by 6,4% in the month of October

Canada has been helping China hunt for fugitives living abroad for decades, sometimes as a result of quid pro quo deals, an investigation by CBC has learned; the direction came 'from Ottawa at the highest level,' said former police operations manager