Category Archives: Canada
Questions from a federal consultation paper about new C-51 sharing provisions
OTTAWA - The Security of Canada Information Sharing Act, ushered in by the previous Conservative government as part of the C-51 anti-terrorism legislation, expanded the exchange of federally held info...
Oct 03, 2016
Five things to know about Canada's carbon pricing landscape
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced a national “floor price” on carbon Monday that would require all provinces and territories to have some form of carbon pricing by 2018. Here are fiv...
Oct 03, 2016
Canadian vehicle sales down 0.5% in September, but up for year to date
RICHMOND HILL, Ont. - DesRosiers Automotive Consultants says sales of new cars and light trucks in Canada fell 0.5 per cent in September compared with a year ago, marking the third consecutive month o...
Oct 03, 2016
Recipes for Trailer Park Boys-inspired drinks look 'dangerous': Ont. premier
TORONTO - The Ontario government will be looking into advertising of a Trailer Park Boys-inspired whisky set to go on sale in the province this month. Liquormen’s Ol’ Dirty Canadian Whisky...
Oct 03, 2016
Realtors in Vancouver warn of dramatic sales slump as September data expected
VANCOUVER - Sales of detached houses continued to fall dramatically in Vancouver last month and even hit a 10-year low in one neighbourhood, real estate agents say as data for the month of September i...
Oct 03, 2016
Liberals did not adjust budget plans to comply with tribunal orders: Blackstock
OTTAWA - Federal funding for First Nations child welfare was determined well before the government was ordered to increase it, new documents filed with the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal show. The doc...
Oct 03, 2016
Police board in Nova Scotia town suspends councillor for use of racial slur
AMHERST, N.S. - A town councillor and mayoral candidate in northern Nova Scotia has been reprimanded and suspended for 90 days from the town’s police board for using a racial slur. Paul Calder, ...
Oct 03, 2016
Halifax Pride under fire for resolution targeting pro-Israel materials
HALIFAX - Nova Scotia’s official Opposition leader is criticizing efforts to oust a pro-Israel campaign from a Halifax Pride event, saying it’s an “absurd injustice” for a grou...
Oct 03, 2016
A quick look at changes introduced by Ottawa in recent years for housing market
OTTAWA - The federal government has introduced numerous measures in recent years in efforts to stabilize housing markets. Here’s a quick look at some of them: Oct. 3, 2016: The federal governmen...
Oct 03, 2016
Family optimistic after UofT student released on bail in Bangladesh
TORONTO - The family of a Toronto university student who was detained in Bangladesh after surviving a terrorist attack is expressing cautious optimism now that the young man has been released on bail,...
Oct 03, 2016