Category Archives: (Acadia News) yyy National

Inflation is at its slowest pace in over three years. StatsCan says the Consumer Price Index rose 2.5 percent on a year-over-year basis in July. That's down from a 2.7 percent gain in June. They say l...

Canadian soldiers who died in the Dieppe Raid 82 years ago today are being remembered. Nearly 5,000 Canadian soldiers led the raid on Aug. 19, 1942, as part of Operation Jubilee. It marked the the blo...

A Canadian convenience store giant wants to buy the company that operates 7-Eleven. Qubec-based Alimentation Couche-Tard has submitted a preliminary proposal to take over Japan's Seven & i Holding...

A TV legend has passed away. According to multiple media reports, Phil Donahue has died after a long illness. He was surrounded by his children, grandchildren and wife of 44 years. Donahue hosted his ...

Around 9,000 engineers, conductors and yard workers at Canada's two major railways could soon be off the job. Teamsters Canada Rail Conference (TCRC), the union representing workers at CPKC, announced...

Canada's Conservative leader says not enough homes are being built to keep up with demand. Urban centres recorded 223,513 housing starts in 2023, down seven per cent from the year before. Pierre Poili...

Canada's annual pace of housing starts jumped by 16 per cent in July. The seasonally adjusted annual rate of housing starts came in at 279,509 units. That was compared to 241,643 units in June, accord...

Five people have been charged in the death of former Friends star Matthew Perry. The 54-year-old was found dead in a hot tub at his Los Angeles home in October. Officials later determined that the act...

Growing concern ahead of a possible strike or lockout involving Canada's two main railways. CN Rail and CPKC said they will lock out workers next Thursday if a deal is not reached. The lockout would i...

WestJet says it could be several more weeks before its entire fleet is back in service. Sixteen of the company's aircraft were seriously damaged during a hailstorm in Calgary last week. The airline sa...