Category Archives: Canada
OSC alleges former Home Capital CEOs, current CFO, broke securities law
TORONTO - Staff with Ontario’s securities regulator alleged on Wednesday that two former CEOs and the current CFO of Home Capital Group Inc. broke the law in their handling of a scandal involvin...
Apr 20, 2017
WestJet Airlines looks to launch new no-frills airline later this year
CALGARY - WestJet Airlines Ltd. (TSX:WJA) will launch a new discount carrier later this year in a bid to offer travellers a no-frills, low-cost option, the company said on Thursday. Chief executive Gr...
Apr 20, 2017
N.L. hunger striker gets to speak with federal fisheries minister
ST. JOHN’S, N.L. - The federal fisheries minister has spoken with a celebrity fisherman on a hunger strike to bring attention to what he calls Ottawa’s dire mismanagement of stocks ranging...
Apr 20, 2017
Baloney Meter: Do Canada's efforts to help dairy farmers hurt U.S. counterparts?
OTTAWA - “Time and again, Canada has demonstrated its disregard of its dairy commitments to the United States - hampering America’s exports to Canada - while pursuing ways to use its gover...
Apr 20, 2017
Report says Liberals need to make prevention central in anti-poverty plan
OTTAWA - A new report calls on the federal government to not just think about opening the back door to help people out of homelessness, but to close the front door as well, to make sure they don’...
Apr 20, 2017
Clean tech industry struggling, but piquing interest in U.S.: McKenna
OTTAWA - Canada’s clean technology industry is piquing interest among investors and workers in Silicon Valley, Environment Minister Catherine McKenna said Thursday during a trade mission to Cali...
Apr 20, 2017
$631 pardon fee a 'significant' barrier, majority tell feds in consultation
OTTAWA - The $631 fee to apply for a criminal pardon poses a substantial hurdle for people trying to turn their lives around, said a large majority of those who responded to a federal consultation. Ei...
Apr 20, 2017
Six stories in the news today, April 20
Six stories in the news for Thursday, April 20 --- ONTARIO HOUSING PACKAGE COMING TODAY The Ontario government will unveil a much-anticipated package of housing measures today aimed at cooling a red-h...
Apr 20, 2017
Soaring prices draw influx of real estate agents, but they face stiff competition
TORONTO - Dave Hamilton was looking for a get-rich-quick scheme when got his realtor’s licence in 2010. “My dad always said, ‘If you’re going to sell something, sell something ...
Apr 20, 2017
Ontario to tax foreign buyers, expand rent control to cool housing market
TORONTO - Ontario is following British Columbia’s lead, promising to introduce a tax on foreign homebuyers that the province hopes will help cool the frantic housing market, easing concerns abou...
Apr 20, 2017