Category Archives: Canada
Ontario urging Ottawa to change tax rules in bid to curb real estate speculation
TORONTO - Ontario Finance Minister Charles Sousa is urging Ottawa to address speculative investing in the country’s housing markets by changing how such profits are taxed. Currently, a capital g...
Mar 20, 2017
Manitoba premier plans bicycle tour to mark indigenous role in province
WINNIPEG - Manitoba Premier Brian Pallister plans to use pedal power this summer to mark the role of indigenous peoples in the province’s formation. Pallister intends to cycle 160 kilometres bet...
Mar 20, 2017
Researchers developing disaster-planning tool that will work like a video game
HALIFAX - A pair of researchers in Halifax are working on an elaborate, computerized disaster-planning simulator that will one day function like a multiplayer video game - the first version of which h...
Mar 20, 2017
Globe and Mail nabs a leading 19 NNA nominations; Star gets 8, CP 5
TORONTO - The Globe and Mail has nabbed a leading 19 National Newspaper Award nominations. La Presse was next with nine finalists, the Toronto Star received eight nods and the Canadian Press landed fi...
Mar 20, 2017
Canadian accused in Yahoo hack posed 'extremely high flight risk': documents
A Canadian man accused in a massive hack of Yahoo emails posed an “extremely high flight risk” in part due to his alleged ties to Russian intelligence agents, law enforcement officials all...
Mar 20, 2017
A U.S. bombshell: FBI has been investigating Russia-Trump team ties since July
WASHINGTON - It’s now been revealed that the FBI had two political bombshells ready to drop during the last U.S. election. One, it unloaded on Democrats two weeks before election day. The other ...
Mar 20, 2017
Federal budget to show how infrastructure bank can attract, free up investment
OTTAWA - A new infrastructure bank could free up billions in new money for social services Canadians regularly use, internal government documents say - provided the experimental new institution meets ...
Mar 20, 2017
After worst cargo season in years, St. Lawrence Seaway opens for shipping
MONTREAL - After the worst cargo season in years, shippers traversing the Great Lakes are expecting a rise in volumes this season as the St. Lawrence Seaway opened Monday, but not enough to give them ...
Mar 20, 2017
Judge questions Nunavut custom adoptions after baby returned to mother
IQALUIT, Nunavut - A Nunavut judge is pointing out problems with how the territory handles traditional Inuit adoptions after a mother lost custody of her daughter without her consent. In a ruling last...
Mar 20, 2017
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Mar 20, 2017