SURVEY: How is inflation impacting you? Canada's rate jumped to 8.1% in June
Canada's annual inflation rate spiked to 8.1 per cent in June according to new data from Statistics Canada (Stats Can). It's the largest yearly change in 39 years.
The climbing inflation rate came largely from gas prices, which were up over 50 per cent when compared to a year ago, Stats Can says in its report on Wednesday, July 20. Excluding the cost of gasoline, the Consumer Price Index (CPI) in the country was up by 6.5 per cent.
Skydiving fatality in Gimli
A Winnipeg woman is dead following a skydiving accident over the weekend in Gimli, Man.
The Manitoba RCMP says in a release that officers from the Gimli detachment were called just before 7:30 on Saturday evening.
Officers received a report that there had been a parachuting incident at the Gimli Industrial Park.