Category Archives: Canada
Ontario real estate associations oppose taxing foreign buyers in Toronto
TORONTO - Two Ontario real estate associations have voiced opposition to following in Vancouver’s footsteps and implementing a tax on foreign homebuyers, saying that such a “knee-jerk reac...
Sep 23, 2016
Three provinces and lawyers' group to intervene in Oland bail appeal
FREDERICTON - Three provinces and the Criminal Lawyers’ Association of Ontario have been granted intervener status in Dennis Oland’s appeal to the Supreme Court of Canada to get bail. The ...
Sep 23, 2016
School officials in four Canadian provinces respond differently to bomb threats
HALIFAX - School officials in four Canadian provinces all received similar bomb threats this week, but each responded to the potential danger differently. Universities and schools across Prince Edward...
Sep 23, 2016
Man charged in connection with alleged sexual assaults at Nova Scotia daycare
KINGSTON, N.S. - Police in Nova Scotia investigating three sexual assaults at an unlicensed daycare are worried there are more victims, and are urging parents whose children attended the facility to g...
Sep 23, 2016
RCMP re-open investigation into the death of pepper sprayed inmate
FREDERICTON - The RCMP has reopened the investigation of the death of an inmate who was pepper sprayed repeatedly in the face last year at Dorchester Penitentiary in New Brunswick. Last month, police ...
Sep 23, 2016
Steven Blaney sets stage for potential run for Conservative leader
OTTAWA - Former public safety minister Steven Blaney says he’s considering a run for the federal Conservative leadership. Blaney is stepping down from his role as the official Opposition’s...
Sep 23, 2016
Road rage incident ends in fiery crash in Mississauga, Ont.
MISSISSAUGA, Ont. - Ontario police are looking for suspects after a road rage incident between a group of motorcyclists and the occupants of a car led to an assault and a fiery crash near Toronto. Pro...
Sep 23, 2016
QuickList: August inflation rates for Canadian provinces, territories
OTTAWA - Canada’s national inflation rate was 1.1 per cent in August, Statistics Canada says. Here’s what happened in the provinces and territories (previous month in brackets): - Newfound...
Sep 23, 2016
QuickList: August inflation rate for selected Canadian cities
OTTAWA - Canada’s national annual inflation rate was 1.1 per cent in August, Statistics Canada says. The agency also released rates for major cities, but cautioned that figures may have fluctuat...
Sep 23, 2016
Canadian economy pumps out disappointing inflation, retail trade numbers
OTTAWA - The Canadian economy produced two batches of disappointing numbers Friday that experts said were certain to catch the Bank of Canada’s attention. But despite unexpectedly weak inflation...
Sep 23, 2016