OTTAWA — High oil and gasoline prices are expected to push inflation higher when Statistics Canada reports its consumer price index for May on Monday.

But the devil will be in the details as economists look for any signs that the cost at the gas pump is causing inflation to heat up elsewhere in the economy.

TD Bank senior economist Andrew Hencic says gasoline prices rose in May, so that will push inflation higher for the month, but oil prices have since come off their highs in recent days.

The price of oil fell after

Toronto Public Health has issued a warning after an increased number of overdoses were reported in the downtown area on Friday.

Public health officials could not say what specific drugs are connected to the overdoses, but they have received reports of a clear substance, which they say looks like glass, circulating among the unregulated drug supply.

Officials did not say how many overdoses were reported or if there were any fatalities.

“Toronto Public Health is issuing an alert to remind the public to be safe when using substances,” said the alert

HAVANA (AP) — Observers on Friday called Cuba’s new free-market reforms the most sweeping economic overhaul of the island’s communist economy since the Cuban revolution, as the grandson of former President Raúl Castro said in an interview that Cuba must seek to move its economy forward.

The 176 measures aim to further decentralize Cuba’s state-run economy , which has been left gasping by a tightened embargo under President Donald Trump. Under the island’s current economic model, the government

Police in Halton Region have charged an Ottawa police officer in connection with an incident that took place in Oakville, Ont., last week.

Police say just before 10:30 p.m. on June 12, an alleged dispute related to a crash between two vehicles led to a charge of assault being laid against Staff Sgt. Walt Lushman, who was off-duty at the time.

Lushman has been released on an undertaking with conditions.

Police officials in Ottawa say the Professional Standards Unit has begun

OTTAWA — Canada’s national Inuit organization is calling on the federal government to be better partners, saying Canada must respect Inuit rights to governance and self-determination.

Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami wrapped up a two-day Arctic sovereignty conference in Ottawa on Friday.

In a statement following the summit, ITK says it firmly rejects what it calls “outdated, colonial approaches to Arctic policy that repeat Canada’s past mistakes of marginalizing” Inuit.

“We call on the federal government to partner with Inuit in advancing a more ambitious

LOS ANGELES (AP) — James Burrows, who helped create volumes of laughter as director of more than a thousand episodes of such classic television comedies as “Cheers,” “Taxi,” “Friends” and “Will and Grace,” died Friday. He was 85.

His family confirmed his death in a statement to People, saying he “passed away peacefully today surrounded by his family.” No location or cause of death was provided.

Burrows spent his career behind the camera specializing in situation comedies.

The City of Toronto’s ombudsman is calling out how the TTC moved to discontinue tokens and tickets , citing issues with the decision-making process, a lack of public input and not enough documentation.

In a 65-page report released by ombudsman Kwame Addo on Friday, he said his office started getting complaints from residents after the TTC announced in 2024 that it wouldn’t accept token or tickets as a form of payment as of the end of that year. Eventually, that deadline was extended

Toronto police are searching for a 25-year-old woman in connection with the violent death of a man at a North York apartment building.

Investigators were called to a building on Agate Road, near Keele Street and Wilson Avenue, just after 6 a.m. on June 14 for reports that a group of people were fighting.

Police say a 32-year-old man was pronounced dead at the scene after being allegedly assaulted and hit by a vehicle. He was later identified as Eric Safar