The inflation rate fell to 2.8 per cent in June, but Statistics Canada is also reporting grocery prices shot up 9.1 per cent from year-ago levels.
That's even more than prices rose in May.
B-M-O economist Benjamin Reitzes (RIGHT'-sis) says the report was mixed.
But he thinks there are enough encouraging signs in it to make the Bank of Canada pleased with the direction inflation is headed.
People who don't pay their COVID-19 fines may be unable to obtain or renew a British Columbia driver's or vehicle licence under proposed legislation introduced Wednesday.
The province says the dedicated clinician and scientist will support patients living with the disease through care and research for a cure, with the goal of increasing patients' access to local clinical trials.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau responded by asking all sides to protect civilians and end the violence, saying rocket attacks against Israel as well as violence at an iconic mosque are "unacceptable."
Then-defence chief general Jonathan Vance in February 2016 set a goal of having women represent one-quarter of the Canadian Armed Forces' members over the next decade. At the time, women accounted for 15 per cent of military personnel.
The Canadian and U.S. chambers of commerce joined forces with their counterparts in Ohio, Michigan and Wisconsin by filing a joint brief in court to argue against Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's bid to shut down the cross-border pipeline.
A Canada-U.S. spat over who is responsible for the recent death of a critically endangered right whale has prompted a senior Canadian official to suggest there's got to be a better way of settling such disputes.