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The federal government has been under pressure from business groups to intervene in the strike, as it has done in recent high-profile labour disputes.

TORONTO — Canada's main stock index gained more than 150 points Wednesday after the Bank of Canada cut interest rates, while U.S. stock markets were mixed, led by a 1.8 per cent gain on the Nasdaq after the latest inflation report.

NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street got back to climbing after the latest update on inflation appeared to clear the way for more help for the economy from the Federal Reserve. The S&P 500 gained 0.

OTTAWA — The Bank of Canada delivered another hefty interest rate cut as it acknowledged the economy has been weaker than it anticipated, but governor Tiff Macklem said Canadians should expect a slower pace of cuts moving forward.

CBC journalists Shawn Foss and Dan Burritt were covering a Freedom Convoy vaccine protest in February 2022 when a protester spat on Foss, a cameraman.

While the tax break will indeed put more money into consumers' pockets as the government has claimed, whether it will actually ease inflationary pressure is questionable.

OTTAWA — Parliament has approved $21.6 billion in government spending, in a late Tuesday vote in the House of Commons.