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Canada’s annual inflation rate slowed to 2.9 per cent in January, according to data from Statistics Canada.  Mortgage interest costs continued to be No. 1 driver of inflation. Canada’s annual inflation rate slowed to 2.9 per cent in January, mostly due to a deceleration in the price of gas, according …

A judge investigating the July 2021 assassination of President Jovenel Moïse issued a final report on Monday that indicts his widow, Martine Moïse, ex-prime minister Claude Joseph and the former chief of Haiti’s National Police, Léon Charles, among others.  Martine Moïse accused of complicity and criminal association in judge’s final …

More than a year and a half after receiving proposals to ramp production of artillery shells, the Canadian government is still debating whether to make investments in plants in Quebec and Ontario. Defence Minister Bill Blair says he’s had discussions but has not signed any deals.  Sources say Ottawa isn’t …

A missile attack by Yemen’s Houthi rebels that damaged a Belize-flagged ship travelling through the Bab el-Mandeb Strait that connects the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden has forced the crew to abandon the ship, authorities said Monday.  G7 transport ministers, including Canada’s, set to discuss Red Sea shipping …

The Canadian Armed Forces has received more than 21,000 applications from permanent residents eager to join the chronically understaffed military full time — but CBC News has learned that less than 100 of them have made it into the regular force in the year since they were allowed to sign …

Canadians can begin filing their income tax returns online as of Monday, with several changes in store for the 2024 tax filing season.  Taxpayers can enter FHSA deductions, but expect changes to home office claims. Here are some changes to expect when filing your 2023 taxes Feb. 19 is the …

Twenty-four years ago today, then President Joseph Ejercito Estrada issued Proclamation No. 229,  declaring Feb. 19, 2000, and every year thereafter, as Chief Justice Jose Abad Santos Day “to enable our country and people to properly pay tribute to his patriotism and heroism and be inspired and guided by his …

All but one of the 137 Filipinos in war-torn Gaza have been evacuated after 14 of them left the Palestinian enclave through the Rafah border crossing into Egypt on Sunday, the Department of Foreign Affairs said last night. The Filipinos will be brought to the Philippine Embassy in Cairo in …

GIVING CHASE. This photo taken on Feb. 16 shows Chinese coast guard personnel aboard their rigid hull inflatable boat (left) closely trailing another vessel operated by the Philippine Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources personnel from the BRP Datu Tamblot, after they attempted to enter the China-controlled Scarborough Shoal in …

Photo shows Kingdom of Jesus Christ church founder Apollo Quiboloy./Pastor Apollo Quiboloy Facebook Page  MANILA, Philippines — One of the most wanted alleged sexual traffickers in the United States is now being compelled to face the charges against him in both chambers of Philippine Congress. The Senate has officially issued …