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Canadian consumers and businesses are slightly more optimistic about the future, Bank of Canada surveys show, though both groups are dealing with high interest rates and inflation.

Witnesses say the boy ran from a business parking lot on the north side of Victoria Avenue before hitting the trailer.

The fight to lead Haiti is now in the streets. With the president stepping down, it’s feared one massive gang could soon be effectively running the country.

Statistics Canada says the unemployment rate hit 6.1 per cent in March amid a loss of 2,200 jobs and a rapidly growing labour pool.

The Bank of Canada's governing council says the conditions for interest rate cuts should materialize this year, but the housing market is a risk to the inflation outlook.

"So, should you buy now? If you wait six months or a year, sure, rates might be better,” mortgage broker Rob Bain said. “But what are the prices going to be at that time?"

Canada's ambassador to Haiti says the willingness of gangs in the Caribbean country to work together and coordinate is adding to the 'uncertainty' of the current crisis.

Canada is sending an official to attend an emergency meeting in Jamaica, following an invite from Caribbean leaders who want to discuss escalating gang violence in Haiti.

Unrelenting gang attacks have paralyzed Haiti for more than a week and left it with dwindling supplies of basic goods.

The central bank is widely expected to continue holding its key interest rate at five per cent Wednesday, as many forecasters anticipate the first rate cut to come in around June. 

Members of Quebec's Haitian community are worried as violence in Haiti has escalated in recent weeks. Some fear the country could be on the verge of collapse.

Canada's unemployment rate ticked back up to 5.8 per cent in February as population growth continues to outpace job creation in the country.

The Business Council of B.C. says "lacklustre" growth globally, high interest rates and weak private-sector job and investment numbers all add up to "a drag on prosperity" in 2024.

The resolution led by the U.S. and Japan would have called on all countries not to develop or deploy nuclear arms or other weapons of mass destruction in space.

The U.K. announced in late March that it will commission an independent study into glare from bright car headlights but it is unclear whether Canada will do the same.

Flags on federal buildings were flying at half-mast in advance of what officials were billing less as a funeral and more as a celebration of Broadbent's life. 

On May 10, 2024, 35 years to the day that he began his career at CISN Country, Chris Scheetz will be hanging up his microphone.

'Although rare, we've heard about consumers trying to buy Ozempic from websites without prescriptions,' said Simon Lis, president of the BBB in Mainland B.C. and Yukon.

Democrats and Republicans are joining together after a grueling months long fight over renewed American support for repelling Russia's invasion.

The world's first jet suit race took place on Thursday in Dubai, creating a scene that looked more like something out of Marvel's 'Iron Man' than reality.