Jordan Press

Reporter with The Canadian Press

288 Articles

A man fills his vehicle with gas in Toronto on Friday, October 8, 2021. File photo by The Canadian Press/Nathan Denette

StatCan reports annual inflation rate soars to 4.4 per cent in September

The cost to put food on the table and gasoline in the car pushed up the cost of living in September, lifting the annual pace of price increases to a near two-decade high with no clear end in sight to the elevated readings.

Minister of Finance and Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland holds a press conference in Ottawa on Wednesday, Oct. 6, 2021. File photo by The Canadian Press/Sean Kilpatrick

Supply-chain issues slowing economic rebound

The head of the Bank of Canada is warning that the faster pace of price increases may persist longer than first thought, and slow the pace of Canada's economic recovery, as global supply-chain issues weigh on the domestic economy.

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A Halifax Transit bus arrives at a terminal in Dartmouth, N.S. on Wednesday, July 17, 2019. File photo by The Canadian Press/Andrew Vaughan

Mayors ask federal government for money to cover transit shortfalls

Canada's largest cities are asking the Trudeau government to help cover tens of millions in transit revenue shortfalls to prevent stalling of the country's economic recovery.

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Bank of Canada Governor Tiff Macklem takes part in a news conference at the Bank of Canada in Ottawa on Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2020. File photo by The Canadian Press/Sean Kilpatrick

Bank of Canada governor says sending vaccines around the world helps the economy

The governor of the Bank of Canada pressed the case for COVID-19 vaccines to be sent to developing nations as part of a broader push to not only end the pandemic, but aid Canada's economic recovery and ease price pressures on consumer goods.

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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau visits a vaccine clinic in Ottawa on Tuesday, Sept. 28, 2021. File photo by The Canadian Press/Sean Kilpatrick

Feds could push provinces to mandate vaccines for all workers

Senior federal officials were told in the spring that the government could make it mandatory for all workers countrywide to receive the COVID-19 vaccine.

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People's Party of Canada Leader Maxime Bernier and wife Catherine Letarte speaks from a podium to supporters during the PPC headquarters election night event in Saskatoon, Sask., on Sept. 20, 2021. File photo by The Canadian Press/Liam Richards

How big was the Bernier effect on vote-splitting?

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Federal leaders pitch their affordability plans as inflation hits two-decade high

The question of who would make life more affordable for was Wednesday's hot topic on the campaign trail.

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NDP leader Jagmeet Singh puts on his jacket following a morning announcement in Sioux Lookout, Ont., on Monday, September 13, 2021. Photo by The Canadian Press/Jonathan Hayward

Singh and Trudeau promise crackdown on hospital demonstrations

The federal New Democrats and Liberals made mirror pledges on Monday, September 13, 2021, to criminalize protesters that block hospitals or harass health-care workers as party leaders denounced planned demonstrations at hospitals countrywide.

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NDP leader Jagmeet Singh greets supporters outside a campaign office in Sudbury, Ont., on Sunday, September 12, 2021. Photo by The Canadian Press/Jonathan Hayward

Leaders quibble over how to pay for promises as advance voting begins

The fifth and final week of the federal election campaign kicked off on Sunday, September 12, 2021, with the Liberals and New Democrats each questioning whether their opponent's plan to pay for the billions of campaign spending promises was based in reality.

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Tories slam Trudeau on economy as new StatCan figures show recent contraction

Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau faced broadsides for his government's efforts to make housing affordable and his handling of the economy that contracted just ahead of the election call.

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