Category Archives: Canada
Question of how best to tax legal pot still a long way off, Morneau suggests
OTTAWA - The Trudeau government is still wrestling with how to tax recreational pot, even as it indicates it’s poised to introduce long-awaited legalization legislation next month in advance of ...
Mar 27, 2017
Federal officials ready for avalanche of infrastructure paper work
OTTAWA - Provincial governments have been warned that they have until this time next year to start assigning billions in infrastructure cash to eligible projects, or else they could lose control over ...
Mar 27, 2017
B.C. appeal court rules against Burnaby in bylaw battle with Trans Mountain
VANCOUVER - A legal battle between the City of Burnaby and the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion has ended with the British Columbia Court of Appeal ruling the National Energy Board can override munic...
Mar 27, 2017
Housing affordability measures in the spring budget: Ontario finance minister
TORONTO - Ontario Finance Minister Charles Sousa confirmed Monday he plans to include housing affordability measures in his upcoming budget. Premier Kathleen Wynne has said her government is working o...
Mar 27, 2017
Police in Ontario issue Canada-wide warrant for federal offender
TORONTO - Ontario Provincial Police are asking the public for help in finding a federal offender wanted for breaching his parole. Police issued a Canada-wide warrant Monday for Ryan Hamelin, who they ...
Mar 27, 2017
Rachel Notley and Brad Wall continue to trade jabs over budget philosophy
CALGARY - Alberta Premier Rachel Notley and Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall continue to take jabs at one another over their provincial budgets. Notley’s government tabled a budget this month that...
Mar 27, 2017
Military says January training plane crash, was during aerobatics
MOOSE JAW, Sask. - An initial report into the crash of a training plane says the instructor and student pilot had to eject after getting into trouble practising basic aerobatics. Both Royal Canadian A...
Mar 27, 2017
Man convicted in so-called honour killings ordered to pay wife's legal fees
A man convicted of killing his three daughters and former wife in a so-called honour killing has been ordered to pay legal fees for one of his co-accused in the crime. A judge in Kingston, Ont., has o...
Mar 27, 2017
Ontario garbage worker plans to retire to defunct New Brunswick jail
DORCHESTER, N.B. - A retired Ontario garbage worker has decided to spend his retirement in jail. Bill Steele of Oshawa, Ont., recently bought a defunct New Brunswick jail with a history of hangings. T...
Mar 27, 2017
Bill aimed at unreliable elevators appears to be getting some lift
TORONTO - A private member’s bill that aims to tackle the major problem of unreliable elevators appears to have gained some traction on both sides of the aisle as the proposed Ontario legislatio...
Mar 27, 2017