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Stock market today: Wall Street rips higher after inflation data and strong bank profits

Stock market today: Wall Street rips higher after inflation data and strong bank profits

NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks ripped higher after an encouraging update on U.S. inflation. The S&P 500 jumped 1.8% for its best day in two months Wednesday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average climbed 1.7%, and the Nasdaq composite gained 2.5%.
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Ottawa delays meetings for unpopular plan to redistribute baby eel quotas

Ottawa delays meetings for unpopular plan to redistribute baby eel quotas

HALIFAX — After a barrage of criticism over a plan to transfer baby eel quotas away from longtime licence holders, the federal Fisheries Department is delaying information sessions on the pilot project.
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Canada says it has border under control just ahead of Trump inauguration

Canada says it has border under control just ahead of Trump inauguration

OTTAWA — Ottawa has added 60 new drones at the Canada-U.S. border and the RCMP will deploy two new helicopters this week as officials move to ratchet up security.
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No cupcakes, no cosmos: 'Sex and the City' brownstone in NYC will get a gate to deter tourists

No cupcakes, no cosmos: 'Sex and the City' brownstone in NYC will get a gate to deter tourists

NEW YORK (AP) — Thinking about toasting Carrie Bradshaw with a cosmo while posing on the front steps of her iconic Manhattan brownstone from “Sex and the City?” Think again.
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'SNL' show creator Lorne Michaels donates archive to University of Texas

'SNL' show creator Lorne Michaels donates archive to University of Texas

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Lorne Michaels , the creator of the long-running sketch comedy television show “Saturday Night Live” has donated his career archive to the Harry Ransom Center at the University of Texas, the center announced Wednesday.
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Interim tag removed for Swimming Canada CEO Suzanne Paulins

Interim tag removed for Swimming Canada CEO Suzanne Paulins

OTTAWA — Suzanne Paulins has been named chief executive officer of Swimming Canada after serving as interim CEO since last year. Paulins, from Brantford, Ont., took over as acting CEO in May when Ahmed El-Awadi took personal leave.
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Global temperatures this year to rival 2024's record-breaking heat: climate officials

Global temperatures this year to rival 2024's record-breaking heat: climate officials

This year's average global temperature is expected to rival 2024's record-breaking heat, Canadian officials said Wednesday, underlining humanity's narrowing window to hit an international target intended to help avert some of climate change's most se
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B.C. farmers challenge government order to cull ostrich herd over avian flu outbreak

B.C. farmers challenge government order to cull ostrich herd over avian flu outbreak

British Columbia ostrich farmers ordered to cull a herd of 400 due to an avian flu outbreak are holding onto hope that the Canadian Food Inspection Agency will change its mind before their kill date in just over two weeks.
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Public pension holdings in natural gas companies a risk: report

Public pension holdings in natural gas companies a risk: report

TORONTO — Canada's public pension funds should rethink the billions of dollars they've invested in natural gas infrastructure amid the global push to reduce emissions, a report out Wednesday from a climate advocacy group says.
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Supreme Court seems open to age checks for online porn, though some free-speech questions remain

Supreme Court seems open to age checks for online porn, though some free-speech questions remain

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Wednesday seemed open to a Texas law aimed at blocking kids from seeing online pornography, though the justices could still send it back to a lower court for more consideration of how the age verification measur
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