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• Canada's inflation rate slows in July despite price gains in food, rent, travel

  Canada's year-over-year inflation rate slowed to 7.6 per cent in July, with the deceleration largely driven by a decline in gas prices even as prices for food, rent and travel continued to rise.

  

• Body of missing boater from Ottawa recovered in Bancroft-area lake

  Ontario Provincial Police say the body of an Ottawa boater has been recovered from a Bancroft-area lake.

  

• Kingston, Ont. police seek to identify arson suspect

  Kington police are asking for the public’s help in identifying a suspect in an alleged arson.

  

• Quebec Cardinal Marc Ouellet accused of sexual assault

  Quebec Cardinal Marc Ouellet is being accused of sexual assault in a class-action lawsuit against the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Quebec. The allegations are part of a series of claims made against clergy members included in two class-action lawsuits against the church and authorized by a judge.

  

• CNE organizers worry safety inspectors' strike could deter attendance

  As the Canadian National Exhibition prepares to return to Toronto this week, organizers say they worry ongoing labour action could deter people from attending the fair and hamper its revival following a two-year hiatus laden with financial setbacks.

• Two Kemptville, Ont. residents file judicial review of proposed jail

  A proposed correctional facility in Kemptville, Ont. has some residents concerned about how it might change the look of their small town and they are taking steps to prevent it from happening.

• Steven Del Duca running to become mayor of Vaughan

  Steven Del Duca is running to become the next mayor of Vaughan.

• One in four border officers witnessed discrimination by colleagues: internal report

  One-quarter of front line employees surveyed at Canada's border agency said they had directly witnessed a colleague discriminate against a traveller in the previous two years.

• Hot and sunny on Tuesday in Ottawa

  Today’s forecast calls for sunny skies and a high of 27 C, and it will feel more like 30 degrees with the humidex.

• Ford expanding 'strong mayor' powers to more cities

  Addressing municipal leaders in Ottawa this morning, on the first full day of events at the Association of Municipalities of Ontario Conference, Premier Doug Ford said the 'strong mayor' powers he initially said would be granted to the mayors of Toronto and Ottawa will be expanded to other municipalities.

• Canada's rarely seen science artifacts move to a new home

  For the last four years, Gordon Perrault and his team have unpacked, assembled, and moved more than 85,000 artifacts from the Canada Science and Technology Museum’s storage facility.

• Ottawa man facing charges after police seize 370,000 contraband cigarettes

  Ontario Provincial Police say a 65-year-old Ottawa man is facing charges after a major bust of contraband cigarettes.

• Camp Day donation box stolen from eastern Ontario Tim Hortons

  Gananoque, Ont. police are on the lookout after they say a Camp Day donation box was stolen from a local Tim Hortons.

• Gatineau city councillor Louise Boudrias dies after cancer battle

  A Gatineau city councillor has died after she was diagnosed with cancer.