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Concern over Omicron, StatsCan releases inflation rate : In The News for Dec. 15

In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of Dec. 15 ... What we are watching in Canada ......

Dec 15, 2021

Statistics Canada to release November inflation report today

OTTAWA - Statistics Canada will release its latest reading for inflation this morning when it publishes its consumer price index for November. The report comes after the annual inflation rate for Octo...

Dec 15, 2021

'Something out of nothing': Carvers in Nunavut community shaped by family

GJOA HAVEN, Nunavut - A metallic shrill rings out over the Arctic Ocean on the shores of Gjoa Haven in western Nunavut. It's the sound of Leo Uttaq's die grinder, a tool he uses to sand down a piece o...

Dec 15, 2021

Quebec, Ontario, P.E.I., introduce new measures in hopes of slowing Omicron spread

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has consulted the premiers on additional border and travel measures that could help slow the community spreading of COVID-19. In a call late Tuesday the first ministers d...

Dec 15, 2021

Military members challenge vaccine requirement in Federal Court

OTTAWA - The Federal Court is scheduled to hear arguments today from four Canadian Armed Forces members facing disciplinary action for refusing to get vaccinated against COVID-19. Chief of the defence...

Dec 15, 2021

Ottawa intends to fill charging-station deserts to encourage EV adoption: Guilbeault

OTTAWA - When Wilf Steimle makes the 600-kilometre drive from his home near Barrie, Ont., to board meetings in Montreal, he can get there in under seven hours with three 12-minute stops to repower his...

Dec 15, 2021

Foghorns cherished part of Atlantic Canada soundscape, but do they serve a purpose?

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - The silencing this year of a familiar mournful howl at the mouth of Halifax harbour has ignited a debate about Atlantic Canada's dwindling number of foghorns. For over 120 years, th...

Dec 15, 2021

B.C. city council will partially reimburse homeowner for tax sale, equity loss

PENTICTON, B.C. - The mayor and council of Penticton, B.C., offered an official apology and voted to reimburse a woman almost $141,000 after the city sold her home well below assessed value in order t...

Dec 14, 2021

Omicron rapid spread prompts Liberals to limit number of MPs in Commons

OTTAWA - The federal government is vastly reducing the number of Liberal MPs present in the House of Commons due to the lightning spread of the Omicron variant of COVID-19. In addition, government Hou...

Dec 14, 2021

Freeland asks provinces to use more rapid tests, says millions more tests are coming

OTTAWA - Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland pleaded with provinces to use the COVID-19 rapid tests they've already been sent as she promised Ottawa will spend another $1.7 billion to buy millions more...

Dec 14, 2021