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BEYOND LOCAL: One-third of households say they're financially worse off compared to year ago

BEYOND LOCAL: One-third of households say they're financially worse off compared to year ago

High inflation and rising interest rates have squeezed Canadians' finances over the last year. To clamp down on rising prices, the Bank of Canada has raised interest rates aggressively with eight straight increases since March last year
CANADA: One year after "Freedom Convoy" protests, Ottawa to reopen street in front of Parliament Hill

CANADA: One year after "Freedom Convoy" protests, Ottawa to reopen street in front of Parliament Hill

Ottawa's city council has approved a motion to reopen the street in front of Parliament Hill to traffic a year after it was closed off following the "Freedom Convoy" protests
CANADA: Here's how much Canadians have fallen behind amid high inflation

CANADA: Here's how much Canadians have fallen behind amid high inflation

Statistics Canada data shows net average household savings have declined across all income brackets
BEYOND LOCAL: Canada's first Indigenous languages commissioner hopes to be operating by summer

BEYOND LOCAL: Canada's first Indigenous languages commissioner hopes to be operating by summer

Because such a post has never before existed, Ignace said the group is building the office from the "ground up" and needs to take the time to get it right
BEYOND LOCAL: LeBron James passes Abdul-Jabbar for all-time NBA points leader

BEYOND LOCAL: LeBron James passes Abdul-Jabbar for all-time NBA points leader

James will be the seventh name on the list, and he’s likely to stay there for a long time. No active player is within 10,000 points of James, who is under contract for two more years and is on pace to become the league’s first 40,000-point scorer sometime next season
CANADA: Netflix begins password sharing crackdown, additional members cost $7.99

CANADA: Netflix begins password sharing crackdown, additional members cost $7.99

Premium and standard account holders will be given the option to add extra members for $7.99 per month
CANADA: Toronto Six player founds hockey club to inspire, support young Black girls

CANADA: Toronto Six player founds hockey club to inspire, support young Black girls

Tinker says Black girls deserve to be confident in who they are and know they have a place in the game
CANADA: Federal agency targeting illegal wildlife trade through financial intelligence

CANADA: Federal agency targeting illegal wildlife trade through financial intelligence

Species at risk of being targeted include cougars, geese, lynx, moose, crabs, eels, lobsters, narhwals, turtles and wolves
BEYOND LOCAL: There's an Arctic predator with a lot of arms that eats dead polar bears

BEYOND LOCAL: There's an Arctic predator with a lot of arms that eats dead polar bears

The voracious carnivores are seastars, better known as starfish
BEYOND LOCAL: Tide begins to turn on shark and ray populations in northwestern Atlantic

BEYOND LOCAL: Tide begins to turn on shark and ray populations in northwestern Atlantic

Shark and ray populations have plummeted by as much as 71 per cent globally over the past 50 years with nearly one-third of the animals threatened with extinction