A bigger-than-expected slowdown in Canada’s inflation rate last month should give the Bank of Canada enough breathing room to hold interest rates steady at its decision next month, according to some economists. Annual inflation slowed to 5.9 per cent in January despite upticks in both gasoline and food prices, Statistics Canada said Tuesday.Gas prices saw
World Video taken from a passing car captured the moment an Anchorage, Alaska woman was kicked in the head by a moose while walking her dog last Thursday. The woman taking the video and her family jumped in to help, chasing the moose away before assisting the injured woman home and seeking emergency services. She
ST. CATHARINES, Ont. — Police say more than two dozen people have been arrested after a nine-month investigation into biker gang activity in the Niagara area. Niagara regional police say they began investigating the activities of the Outlaws motorcycle gang and Black Pistons motorcycle gang in the area earlier this year. The investigation — dubbed
Five men have been arrested and charged in connection with a series of robberies across the GTA this past summer, including that of Prada, a high-end designer store on Toronto’s “Mink Mile.” The robberies have all been categorized as “smash and grabs” as the suspects, in at least two cases, used vehicles to crash into
Police in Toronto and Peel Region are investigating two more smash-and-grab robberies after a high-end fashion store and a motorcycle shop were targeted early Wednesday morning. It is not known if there is a connection between the break-ins or a similar incident at an Etobicoke mall Tuesday morning. In Toronto, at least one thief used
MISSISSAUGA, Ont. — Two people are in hospital, one of them with life-threatening injuries, after a motorcycle crash west of Toronto. Police say two motorcyclists collided with a car on Highway 403 (east of Hurontario Street) around 8:30 p.m. Friday. It wasn’t immediately known what caused the crash.
Paramedics were able to revive a man after he was found without vital signs following a motorcycle accident in Caledon late Friday night. It happened on Kennedy Road near Abbotside Way at around 11:45 p.m. Initial reports from the scene suggested that the man was struck by a vehicle that failed to remain on scene.
A 36-year-old man is dead after his motorcycle lost control and struck a pole early Saturday morning. It happened on Rosedale Valley Road near Bayview Avenue at around 2:05 a.m. The man suffered major traumatic injuries and was rushed to hospital, but succumbed to his injuries a short time later. Police say speed was a
For Cara Roan, the grief of miscarriage is compounded by the pain of burying the wrong baby’s remains. “I’m so broken from this,” the Maskwacis woman said Monday.Roan is a mother already, and knew something wasn’t right when she began spotting a few weeks ago during her fourth month of gestation.At the end of January
China is “deeply worried” about the escalation of the Ukraine conflict and the possibility of the situation spiraling out of control, China’s foreign minister Qin Gang said on Tuesday. Beijing, which last year struck a “no limits” partnership with Moscow, has refrained from condemning Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The United States has warned of consequences