Many shoppers in Ottawa say grocery prices continue to be a big hit to their wallet and are skeptical of claims that food price increases are easing.
"This is good news," says Ian Lee, a business professor at Carleton University. "Unexpected good news. Forecasters thought it was going to go up slightly. In fact, it's down partly because of food prices."
"I think it's important to say that we expected prices to ease a little, but it's important to know the prices are still going up – they're just not going up as fast than they were before," said Mike Von Massow, a food economist at the University of Guelph. Another official photograph involving Catherine, Princess of Wales was digitally manipulated, according to a leading photo agency, sparking a second royal retouching controversy just as Kate was spotted in public for the first time in months.The late-night Liberal watering-down of an NDP motion regarding the recognition of Palestinian statehood on Monday prompted anger and disappointment among both pro-Israel and pro-Palestinian advocacy groups.
Some fans and vendors who attended Toronto Comicon are speaking out about a slew of alleged phone thefts which occurred at the convention this past weekend, saying more needs to be done to prevent theft at the event.Seniors at Montreal residence win battle to avoid eviction Ontario Premier Doug Ford continued his attack on the federal carbon tax Tuesday while speaking to farmers in London. The premier was a guest speaker at the Grain Farmers of Ontario March Classic being held at London’s RBC Place.One person has been taken to hospital with serious, life-threatening injuries following a two-vehicle crash in London Tuesday morning. According to London fire, the crash happened on Dundas Street near Creamery Road and one person had to be extricated from a vehicle.
Ten cases of salmonella have been confirmed in Alberta as part of a cross-Canada outbreak linked to snakes and rodents.Alberta records highest inflation rate in Canada for February: StatCan
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