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WASHINGTON (AP) - Wholesale prices rose a higher-than-expected 0.6% in April, driven by escalating food costs. It's more evidence that inflation pressures are starting to mount as the country emerges ...

WASHINGTON (AP) - The number of Americans seeking unemployment benefits fell last week to 473,000, a new pandemic low and the latest evidence that fewer employers are cutting jobs as consumers ramp up...

LETHBRIDGE, AB - A drug house on the northside has been fenced off and boarded up following an investigation by the Alberta Sheriffs' Safer Communities and Neighbourhoods (SCAN) unit and Lethbridge Po...

EDMONTON - A senior member of Alberta Premier Jason Kenney's United Conservative caucus is calling on him to resign, saying he no longer has confidence in Kenney's leadership. Todd Loewen, in an open ...

CAIRO (AP) - An Egyptian delegation is in Tel Aviv for talks with Israeli officials as part of efforts to negotiate a cease-fire in the escalating conflict with Gaza, Egyptian intelligence officials s...

OTTAWA - Provinces became more punitive in their approach to COVID-19 infractions during the second wave of the pandemic, says the Canadian Civil Liberties Association in a report that suggests Quebec...

In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of May 13 ... What we are watching in Canada ... ...

MONTREAL - A coroner's inquest is set to begin today in the death of an Indigenous woman who was subjected to insults by staff while she lay dying in a Quebec hospital. Joyce Echaquan, 37, an Atikamek...

VANCOUVER - An expert on gangs says the very public nature of a recent series of shootings in Metro Vancouver may be attributed to COVID-19 restrictions, with rivals striking at the first chance they ...

Testimony at British Columbia's public inquiry into money laundering will wrap up Friday, leading to a final report the commission's chief lawyer says could provide broad lessons about the illegal act...