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This afternoon State Police responded to the Transportation Building at 10 Park Plaza, Boston, where a group of protesters had gathered on the fourth floor, the location of state Department of Transportation offices. After the group discussed their concerns with DOT officials, many of the protesters refused to leave. State Police officials had several discussions with the remaining protesters, repeatedly encouraging them to disperse.

The Bank of Canada today announced that it is maintaining its target for the overnight rate at 1 per cent. The Bank Rate is correspondingly 1 1/4 per cent and the deposit rate is 3/4 per cent. Total CPI inflation has moved up to around the 2 per cent target, sooner than anticipated in the Bank’s April Monetary Policy Report (MPR), largely due to the temporary effects of higher energy prices and exchange rate pass-through.

State Police recovered partial human remains from the Charles River shortly after noon today. The partial remains were discovered in the river near the Boston University Sailing Pavilion, located on Storrow Drive in Boston. Troopers from the State Police Marine Unit and Crime Scene Services Section, as well as State Police detectives, responded to the river. The origin of the partial remains is the subject of an ongoing investigation.