Source Feed: Global News - Canada
Author: Ariel Rabinovitch
Publication Date: May 19, 2026 - 08:45
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Higher gas prices pushed inflation up to 2.8% in April, says StatCan
May 19, 2026
Consumer inflation surged last month to 2.8 per cent compared to a year earlier with higher gas prices being the primary driver, according to Statistics Canada.
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Data tracked by the NDP shows the premier skipped roughly one in three sessions of question period during the spring sitting, avoiding a key parliamentary accountability mechanism.
June 3, 2026 - 06:01 | Isaac Callan | Global News - Canada
Data tracked by the NDP shows the premier skipped roughly one in three sessions of question period during the spring sitting, avoiding a key parliamentary accountability mechanism.
June 3, 2026 - 06:01 | Isaac Callan | Global News - Ottawa
An 86-year-old B.C. man who shot and killed his long-time neighbour over a petty noise issue before turning the gun on the man’s wife will likely spend the rest of his days in prison after being sentenced to life in prison last week. In deciding on 86-year-old Robert Amede Freeman’s parole eligibility, the judge considered his “infirm and elderly” state and sided with the defence and set it at the minimum of 10 years. “He is not well now, and he was not well at the time he committed the offences,” B.C. Supreme Court Justice Andrea Ormiston wrote, noting diabetes, heart disease, a...
June 3, 2026 - 06:00 | Kenn Oliver | National Post
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