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[published_date] The annual rate of inflation cooled to 1.7 per cent in July, according to Statistics Canada, down from 1.9 per cent in June. Lower gasoline prices fuelled the decline, but the agency says Canadians were facing higher costs at the grocery store last month. Costs rose 3.4 per cent annually at grocery stores, up…

[published_date] Less than a week after Ontario Premier Doug Ford vowed to "start hunting down" scientists who use cats and dogs in medical testing studies, one Ottawa-based researcher says he is shutting down his lab.  "It was enormously scary," said Carleton University Canada research professor Andy Adler, who closed his project lab at the university on Friday. …

[published_date] Two truckers have agreed to plead guilty in connection with a scheme to smuggle loads of cocaine from California to Ontario on behalf of fugitive Ryan Wedding's criminal enterprise, CBC News has learned.  Iqbal Singh Virk and Ranjit Singh Rowal from the Toronto area are the first Canadians to sign plea deals with U.S. prosecutors…

[published_date] Business · Breaking The Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) said in a statement early Tuesday that a tentative agreement has been reached to end the contract dispute between flight attendants and Air Canada. Some 10,000 flight attendants have been off the job since Saturday CBC News · Posted: Aug…

[published_date] The Air Canada flight attendants strike has disrupted travel for hundreds of thousands of passengers.  As travellers scramble to rearrange their plans, many are seeking answers about their rights. They may be surprised to learn that passengers set to depart from most European countries have more protections than those booked on domestic flights. Here's what…

[published_date] Robert Apgar-Taylor vividly remembers the day he and his husband, Robert Taylor, crossed the border into Canada, fleeing the changing political climate in their native United States in hopes of a safer life in Canada.  "We took a picture at the border. It was winter," said Apgar-Taylor. "We wore our plaid shirts and hats, and showed…

[published_date] Like many people from Serpent River First Nation, along the north shore of Lake Huron, Jenifer Brousseau often picks berries and traditional medicines in the bush around her community in northeastern Ontario. But in recent years, Brousseau and many others from Serpent River have been concerned about the forestry industry's use of herbicides that contain the…

[published_date] A Winnipeg woman says she never imagined her dog could start a fire on her stove, but now she's warning the public that's just what happened — and she says she didn't find out a safety recall had been issued for her appliance until after the fire. Michelle Burkowski had new Samsung appliances, including…

[published_date] The University of Victoria (UVic) has fired one of its longest-serving professors after complaints he sexually harassed two women — including a graduate student.  In his 45 years at UVic, Robert Gifford pioneered the burgeoning field of environmental psychology, drawing students from around the world to study topics like climate change anxiety and the interplay between human…

[published_date] A Norwegian trekker, who RCMP say lost one of his two dogs to a wolf attack, is missing in northern Manitoba and an all-out search is underway. Steffen Skjottelvik, 29, left Fort Severn, Ont., on foot on July 25 with his two dogs and the intention to arrive in York Factory, Man., on Aug.…

[published_date] A Toronto mother whose eight-year-old son was killed by a stray bullet over the weekend says he had the "best spirit" despite experiencing trauma at a young age. Before Holly Roy lost her son, Jahvai, to gun violence, two of her other children were touched by it as well. Roy told CBC Toronto her…

[published_date] Rory Linkletter took Cam Levins's Canadian half marathon crown, and now he's aiming for his national record in the marathon. The Calgary-born Linkletter edged Levins of Black Creek, B.C., at the line on Sunday in Edmonton, collecting his first-ever Canadian title with a one-hour three-minute half marathon. Levins, the national record holder in the…