Category Archives: Canada
New rules call for all-in pricing on Ontario travel ads
TORONTO - Travel ads in Ontario will soon have to include all taxes and fees under new rules that the provincial government says are meant to protect consumers. The province says the rules, which take...
Dec 13, 2016
Tory leadership hopeful O'Toole promises tax help for students, young workers
OTTAWA - A candidate for the federal Conservative leadership wants to give new graduates a tax break out of school. The promise from Erin O’Toole is the first tax policy he has proposed in the c...
Dec 13, 2016
No point meeting in Ottawa if federal health offer the same: B.C. minister
OTTAWA - Provincial health ministers from opposite ends of the country are less than enthused about flying to Ottawa for health-care talks next week, saying there’s nothing on the table yet that...
Dec 13, 2016
Canadian-U.S. dual citizen who allegedly bilked investors extradited from Vietnam
BUFFALO, N.Y. - A dual Canadian-U.S. citizen is facing a detention hearing in New York State on charges that he stole millions of dollars from investors. Federal prosecutors in Buffalo say 29-year-old...
Dec 13, 2016
Justice tracking more than 100 constitutional challenges to mandatory penalties
OTTAWA - Justice reforms brought in by the previous Conservative government in the name of getting tough on criminals “compounded pressures” on the system - a litigation-fuelled backlash t...
Dec 13, 2016
Four stories in the news today, Dec. 13
Four stories in the news for Tuesday, Dec. 13 --- FEDS OPEN DOOR TO MORE SUPERVISED INJECTION SITES Health Minister Jane Philpott has unveiled a plan to open more supervised injection sites in Canada....
Dec 13, 2016
Parliament's budget watchdog, National Defence battling over warship data
OTTAWA - National Defence and Parliament’s budget watchdog have been quietly battling over access to key information about the government’s multi-billion-dollar plan to buy the navy new wa...
Dec 13, 2016
Grip of drug addiction shapes new ideas to reduce risk of deadly fentanyl
VANCOUVER - Watching an addict fill a syringe with puddle water, former senior RCMP officer Raf Souccar imagined a radical shift in how Canada could deal with people in the grip of drug addition - by ...
Dec 13, 2016
Stories from people who have lost loved ones to opioids
VANCOUVER - A gradual surge in lethal opioid overdoses shows no sign of slowing, and some experts say the worst is yet to come unless governments do more to counteract the deadly crisis. The incursion...
Dec 13, 2016
Some facts about the deadly opioid fentanyl
Here are some facts about fentanyl: What is fentanyl? Fentanyl is a powerful synthetic opioid traditionally used for pain management. Fentanyl can’t be seen, smelled or tasted, which makes it di...
Dec 13, 2016