Category Archives: Canada
Homes, women workers and mental health: three ways politics mattered this week
OTTAWA - Is it a price or is it a tax? When Prime Minister Justin Trudeau inadvertently used the Conservatives’ favoured word “tax” to describe this week’s new measures on gree...
Oct 07, 2016
Maybe he'll wear lederhosen next year, Trudeau tells Oktoberfesters
KITCHENER, Ont. - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau kicked off the city’s renowned Oktoberfest Friday, telling an appreciative crowd that he might wear lederhosen next year. On an unusually warm day...
Oct 07, 2016
Canadians may face higher mortgage rates with changes, mortgage brokers say
OTTAWA - Mortgage lending changes by the federal government are going to make it harder for non-bank lenders to operate and could see Canadians pay higher rates on their loans, mortgage brokers warn. ...
Oct 07, 2016
'Saskatchewan's interests:' Premier mulls legal options on federal carbon tax
REGINA - Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall came out swinging Friday against the federal government’s intention to impose a carbon tax, questioning whether it would be legal and whether Ottawa did i...
Oct 07, 2016
The rise of mobile zoos raising concerns about health and safety
TORONTO - Shannon Geldart does not remember what kind of snake it was, only that it stretched further than the width of her Toronto home. As the metres-long reptile settled on the laps of a dozen chil...
Oct 07, 2016
Trudeau says Liberals not looking at raising federal minimum wage
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau waded into the debate Friday about how to boost wages for Canada’s low- and middle-income earners, indicating his government won’t follow provinces t...
Oct 07, 2016
Companies expecting better export growth despite U.S. election uncertainty: poll
OTTAWA - A new Bank of Canada survey suggests while companies are anticipating modestly better days ahead for exports, they’re also bracing for slower U.S. growth due to uncertainty about the ou...
Oct 07, 2016
Driver of truck that crashed while carrying pigs to slaughterhouse facing charges
BURLINGTON, Ont. - The driver of a truck that overturned while carrying roughly 180 pigs to a Toronto-area slaughterhouse this week has been charged with careless driving. Police say the 25-year-old m...
Oct 07, 2016
Yukon premier calls election, saying he'll fight carbon tax 'tooth and nail'
WHITEHORSE - Voters in Yukon will go to the polls on Nov. 7 after a 31-day campaign that is expected to focus on First Nations relations, the economy and a controversial carbon tax on greenhouse gas e...
Oct 07, 2016
A closer look at the federal government's books for 2015-16 fiscal year
OTTAWA - The federal government released its year-end financial figures Friday for 2015-16. Here are some highlights of the report, with 2014-15 numbers in parentheses: Revenue from sale of GM shares:...
Oct 07, 2016