Category Archives: Canadian Press
Changes to passive income rules could net feds $6 billion, PBO says
OTTAWA - The federal government could eventually rake in up to $6 billion annually in new revenue as a result of a proposed change in the tax rules for incorporated small businesses, Parliament’...
Nov 23, 2017
Canadian initiative fuelled by Terry Fox's dream may be only hope for young
VANCOUVER - Seeing children suffering with cancer when he was being treated himself broke Terry Fox’s heart and inspired his Marathon of Hope. Now, those efforts have fuelled a unique initiative...
Nov 23, 2017
Regulator investigating Sears Canada liquidation sale prices: monitor
TORONTO - The Competition Bureau is investigating allegations that prices on some merchandise were marked up ahead of the liquidation sales at Sears Canada that began last month, the court-appointed m...
Nov 23, 2017
What happens once 'net neutrality' rules bite the dust?
NEW YORK - The Federal Communications Commission formally released a draft of its plan to kill net-neutrality rules , which equalized access to the internet and prevented broadband providers from favo...
Nov 23, 2017
German women's clinic's incense therapy triggers fire alarm
BERLIN - A reported fire in a Hamburg basement turned out to be a false alarm after firefighters determined that the smell of burning came from an alternative therapy being used at a neighbouring gyne...
Nov 23, 2017
Afghan official: Suicide attack kills 8 people in the east
KABUL - An Afghan official says a suicide attack has killed eight people and wounded 17 in the country’s eastern Nangarhar province. Attaullah Khogyani, spokesman for the provincial governor, sa...
Nov 23, 2017
Bread made of insects to be sold in Finnish supermarkets
COPENHAGEN - One of Finland’s largest food companies is selling what it claims to be a first: insect bread. Markus Hellstrom, head of the Fazer group’s bakery division, said Thursday that ...
Nov 23, 2017
Trudeau targets income inequality, tax evasion in Canadian Confederation speech
CHARLOTTETOWN - Justin Trudeau took on the role of critic of Canada’s wealthiest citizens on Thursday, putting income inequality and tax evasion at the centre of a speech that reflected on the p...
Nov 23, 2017
'Very intense' windstorm rocks Maritimes, heads toward Newfoundland
HALIFAX - A fall storm packing winds that gusted to almost 130 kilometres an hour closed schools, shut down ferry services and knocked out power throughout the Maritimes early Thursday. “The Mar...
Nov 23, 2017
Liberals push cities to rethink planning with launch of 'challenge' program
OTTAWA - Cities looking for extra federal cash are being pushed to think outside the box and take some risks as part of a federal challenge that launches today. Infrastructure Minister Amarjeet Sohi i...
Nov 23, 2017