The bank increased rates 10 times between March 2022 and this July, with inflation peaking at more than 8% last year. Macklem said the BoC would be looking for "clear evidence" inflation is heading toward the bank's 2% target before it would cut interest rates. "If we can get inflation down, interest rates can come down from where they are. They're probably not going back to where they were pre-COVID," Macklem said on the CBC's "The Current" morning radio show. The BoC's key overnight rate was 1.75% at the start of 2020, before being rapidly slashed to 0.25% when the pandemic hit.

While politics has become more confrontational over the years, the same cannot be said for talk radio. Justin Tang / Canadian Press Files Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre speaks to reporters in the Foyer of the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, on Oct. 3. Nearly two decades ago some Canadian talk radio executives decided the era of talk radio confrontation was over. They envied the growth of CBC Radio, where rhetorical pugilism wasn’t on the menu. My talk radio career turned into an exercise where I felt my job was to fake excitement about dullards.

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A new European Union program that would require Canadians to register before travelling to Europe has been delayed again. Canadians will be required to fill out a form online with their personal information and make the payment before they travel. Canadians who hold an EU passport or a residency card in an EU country will be exempt from the program. The changes will affect hundreds of thousands Canadians who travel to the EU every year. The United States also has visa waiver programs for many countries but Canadians are not required to have a waiver to travel to the United States.

Two must-see evenings of laughs and life lessons are on the way at this year’s Chutzpah! Festival—a special edition of Richard Side’s interactive comedy competition, and a program of some of Israel’s top stand-up comedians. On opening night on November 2 at 7 pm at the Norman & Annette Rothstein Theatre, Chutzpah! Toronto-based speaker and stand-up comedian Davis presides like Solomon as two bright lights of the Canadian stand-up scene engage in a verbal dust-up of biblical proportions. Audiences won’t want to miss The Debaters: Chutzpah Edition, for they will get to decide the winner.

The total number of assisted suicide deaths rose by 31.2 per cent in 2022 over 2021, an annual growth rate that’s held steady since 2019. In all, MAID deaths accounted for 4.1 per cent of all deaths in Canada in 2022. In 463 cases — 3.5 per cent of the total MAID deaths in 2022 — the person’s natural death was not reasonably foreseeable. On one side, proponents say those with mental illness shouldn’t be discriminated against, or their suffering downplayed; others claim people with mental illness are uniquely vulnerable to the accessibility of assisted suicide. According to the latest annual report, the average age of those who died by MAID in 2022 was 77.

Southern Manitoba's drawn-out autumn, with its unseasonably warm temperatures, has hit an abrupt end. Light snow is expected to move into western Manitoba on Tuesday morning and then sweep through southern Manitoba by Wednesday afternoon, bringing a swath of 5-10 centimetres of wet snow, according to an Environment Canada special weather statement (new window). Another shot of 5-10 cm is forecasted to fall Thursday night into Friday, possibly leaving some regions with total accumulations of 10-20 cm by the weekend. In Winnipeg, the forecast calls for 6 C on Tuesday and –2 C by the weekend. Those numbers are a far cry from how October started, with temperatures in the mid-20s.

(October 24, 2023) — Alpine Canada today confirmed the 40 athletes who have accepted their nomination to the Canadian National Ski Team for the 2023_24 season. The athletes will represent Canada on the FIS World Cup circuit in the disciplines of alpine, ski cross and para-alpine. Marielle Thompson (Whistler, BC) and Reece Howden (Cultus Lake, BC) combining to take silver in the mixed ski cross team event. To see the full FIS World Cup schedule please click here. Follow Canada’s National Ski Team this season on Alpine Canada’s website, across our social media accounts and subscribe to our newsletter.

Chatham-Kent Public Library patrons now have access to a new, free digital resource available through the Virtual Library on their website, www.ckpl.ca. “Developed especially for public libraries, CBC Corner is a digital portal that brings together CBC & Radio-Canada’s audio, video and news content to keep patrons updated on Canadian stories and information,” library officials say. “Content is updated throughout the day and can be accessed in both French & English.”What is offered on CBC Corner? – CBC News (locally relevant and national news)– RCI (daily multilingual service offering news in Punjabi, Arabic, Spanish, Tagalog, Mandarin)– Mauril (language learning service offered on mobile devices and desktop to learn English or French using CBC/Radio-Canada content)– CBC Gem (TV shows, movies, and documentaries)– CBC Kids (educational and entertaining content specifically for kids) & CBC Kids News (news made by kids for kids)– Also available are CBC Books, CBC Sports, CBC Archives, CBC Listen, CBC Radio, and CBC MusicThis new resource can be accessed on CKPL’s website at:https://www.chatham-kent.ca/library/virtuallibrary/Pages/AllOnlineResources.aspxor at the following links:https://cbccorner.ca/chathamkent (English)https://lespaceradiocanada.ca/chathamkent (French)To find out more about CKPL collections and materials, visit www.ckpl.ca.

A Winnipeg man has pleaded guilty to misrepresentation under the Canada Immigration and Refugee Protection Act. Investigation into brotherSinclair said in September 2019, the Canadian Border Services Agency criminal investigation section received information about Avtar's brother Hartar Singh Sohi, who is an immigration consultant and owner of Abroad Immigration. An arrest warrant has been issued for Hartar but it doesn't appear he's been officially charged in the case. Court heard Avtar Singh Sohi has been in Canada since 2006. In April 2022, he was convicted of dangerous driving, but does not have a criminal record related to immigration fraud.

TORONTO, Oct. 24, 2023 /CNW/ - The Canadian Association of Journalists (CAJ) calls on Conservative Members of Parliament to rescind their motions demanding that senior members of CBC's leadership team appear before House of Commons committees, as it infringes on journalistic independence. "Any efforts to politically interfere with any news organization's news gathering process is a complete violation of the press freedom," said Brent Jolly, president of the CAJ. "Editorial independence is crucial to a free press, and politicians should not be meddling with the decisions journalists make." The Canadian Association of Journalists is the country's largest professional organization that serves to advance the interests of journalists from coast to coast to coast. SOURCE Canadian Association of JournalistsFor further information: Brent Jolly, CAJ President, 289-387-3179, [email protected]

Family and friends have identified the victim as Tristan Seeger, who succumbed to his injuries at Kelowna General Hospital on Sunday. Someone murdered my child," Paule Seeger, Tristan's mother, told Sarah Penton, host of CBC's Radio West. A bench at Ben Lee Park was turned into a memorial for teenager Tristan Seeger, who was killed in a collision with a vehicle on Oct. 21. The fatal collision happened at the intersection of Franklyn Road and Houghton Road, at the southeast corner of Ben Lee Park. The fatal collision happened at the intersection of Franklyn Road and Houghton Road at the southeast corner of Ben Lee Park.

International undergraduates, meanwhile, have seen their tuition increased by an average 6.3 per cent. Nova Scotia was again the most expensive province for undergraduates in Canada, sitting at $9,575 for the 2023-24 academic year. In New Brunswick, international tuition costs an average of $17,800. Ontario’s international tuition fees sit at an average of $46,433 for the 2023-24 academic year, making it the most expensive province to study for international students in Canada. With the forthcoming tuition hikes to Quebec postsecondary institutions, attending university in Quebec would overtake Nova Scotia as the most expensive undergraduate province for non-Quebec residents.

The Paris 2024 Olympics are still nine months away, but The Hive already has reason to celebrate after being named creative agency for the Canadian Olympic Committee. The Hive will work with COC and CBC/Radio Canada for the Summer Games. While COC and the lead broadcast partner typically work on their own marketing and communications, the pair wanted to hire one agency to develop a singular campaign. For the past two Olympics, the work was handled by Camp Jefferson on the “Be Olympic” platform, which was introduced by Sid Lee in 2018. “I’m immensely proud of the work our team did to demonstrate how our unique model of collaboration will lead to impactful work for this assignment.”

The rate of West Antarctic Ice Sheet melt now appears unstoppable regardless of how much fossil fuel consumption is curtailed, said a study published Monday. “It looks like we’ve lost control of melting of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet,” lead author Kaitlin Naughten said in a statement. “The bright side is that by recognising this situation in advance, the world will have more time to adapt to the sea level rise that’s coming,” Naughten said. What we do now will help to slow the rate of sea level rise in the long term. The slower the sea level changes, the easier it will be for governments and society to adapt to, even if it can’t be stopped.”Comments, tips or story ideas?