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Listen to this article Estimated 3 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. Canada’s annual inflation rate fell to 1.8 per cent in February, Statistics Canada said on Monday, …
Read More »Why the Chinese Communist Party’s largest annual gathering matters
Usually a tourist attraction drawing millions of people a year, Tiananmen Square sits virtually empty, closed off as the Great Hall of the People in Beijing welcomes thousands of delegates from across China for the biggest political parliamentary meetings of the year. The annual “Two Sessions,” or liang hui, are …
Read More »Canada’s annual inflation rate edged down to 2.3% in January with decline in gas prices
Listen to this article Estimated 3 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. Canada’s annual inflation rate edged down to 2.3 per cent in January, Statistics Canada said on …
Read More »Mulan, mythical beings dazzle at annual Chinese lantern festival
Listen to this article Estimated 1 minute The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. Mythological beings and animals lit up a lantern festival on Friday, in China’s southwestern city of …
Read More »Downtown disorder top of mind as B.C. cities head to Victoria for annual meetings
Private security guards hired to patrol the streets in Smithers; Williams Lake nearly declaring a state of local emergency due to public disorder; and in Nanaimo, an iron fence proposed to separate city hall from the “congregations” of people around it. These are just some of the ways that communities across British …
Read More »WATCH | Black pudding lobbers take aim in annual English tradition
The World Black Pudding Throwing Championships returned on Sunday to the northwestern English town of Ramsbottom. The annual event sees contestants vying to knock as many Yorkshire puddings off a six-metre-high ledge as they can by hurling blood sausages at them. News Source link
Read More »IN PHOTOS | Taking in the annual Perseid meteor shower
World The Perseid meteor shower reached its peak on the night of Aug. 12-13, offering spectators the chance to see the remarkable annual phenomenon around the world. Shower runs from July 17-Aug. 23 but peaks night of Aug. 12-13 Posted: Aug 13, 2025 9:28 AM EDT | Last Updated: 37 …
Read More »Annual home sales down 4.3% in May, but activity up on monthly basis
The Canadian Real Estate Association says home sales in May fell 4.3 per cent compared with a year ago, but activity picked up when compared to the previous month. Home sales rose 3.6 per cent from April, marking the first month-over-month increase at the national level in more than six …
Read More »Chinese EV giant BYD overtakes Tesla with annual sales topping $100 billion US
Tesla’s Chinese competitor BYD recorded a 73 per cent jump in fourth-quarter profit on Monday and said its annual revenue for 2024 crossed the $100 billion US mark, surpassing the U.S. automaker. The Chinese electric vehicle maker logged a record 777.1 billion yuan ($107 billion US, or $153 billion Cdn) …
Read More »Annual rate of inflation accelerates sharply to 2.6% in February as tax break ends
The annual rate of inflation accelerated sharply to 2.6 per cent in February as the federal government’s temporary tax break came to an end mid-month, Statistics Canada said Tuesday. That marks a sizeable jump from the 1.9 per cent increase seen in January, when Canadians saw GST and HST taken …
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