Category Archives: Canada
Highlights of Quebec's 2017-18 budget
QUEBEC - Finance Minister Carlos Leitao tabled Quebec’s 2017-18 budget on Tuesday. Here are some highlights: - Projected surplus of $2.5 billion on total revenue of $106.3 billion; the money wil...
Mar 28, 2017
Quebec introduces mild income-tax cuts and projects balanced budget
QUEBEC - As governments across Canada fund services with billions in deficit spending, Quebec announced a third consecutive balanced budget Tuesday containing modest personal income-tax cuts. Finance ...
Mar 28, 2017
Ride hailing, electric vehicles, self-driving cars: Ford Canada looks to future
VANCOUVER - Ride hailing, electric vehicles and self-driving cars are transforming the future of Ford Canada, and CEO Mark Buzzell says the company is gearing up for a radical shift toward becoming an...
Mar 28, 2017
A look at recommendations from federal task force on legalizing marijuana
OTTAWA - The federal Liberal government is expected to introduce legislation to legalize marijuana in two weeks’ time. Last November, a federal task force led by former Liberal cabinet minister ...
Mar 28, 2017
Robin Hood brand of flour recalled for possible E. coli contamination
OTTAWA - The Canadian Food Inspection Agency is issuing a recall for the Robin Hood brand of all-purpose flour sold in Western Canada due to possible E. coli contamination. In a statement Tuesday, the...
Mar 28, 2017
Chummy east Vancouver crow faces lengthy recovery after suspected beating
VANCOUVER - The east Vancouver crow that is celebrated for his gregarious antics will remain in a bird hospital for at least another week after his caretaker says the bird was attacked. Shawn Bergman ...
Mar 28, 2017
Missing, murdered women inquiry to hold first hearing May 29 in Whitehorse
OTTAWA - The long-awaited national inquiry into missing and murdered indigenous women and girls will hold its first hearing with families on May 29 in Whitehorse. Over the next two months, commissione...
Mar 28, 2017
Federal inmate on the loose found in central Ontario, provincial police say
BARRIE, ONTARIO, Canada - Ontario Provincial Police have ended a Canada-wide warrant for a federal offender wanted for breaching his parole. Police say 36-year-old Ryan Hamelin was apprehended in Barr...
Mar 28, 2017
Officer who punched teen in face during arrest violated his rights: judge
A teenager who was punched in the face twice by a police officer after being pulled over for not signalling a lane change had his rights repeatedly violated, an Ottawa judge has ruled. Justice Julie B...
Mar 28, 2017
Ottawa's pot plan sparks enforcement concern at provincial level
OTTAWA - The federal government’s plan to make Canada the first G7 country to legalize marijuana is creating political friction domestically, amid fears it will be the latest bone of contention ...
Mar 28, 2017