Category Archives: Canada
Proposed Conservative parental tax credit would cost $600M or more: PBO
OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer’s proposed tax credit for parents would cost the federal government over $600 million dollars in lost revenues in the first year - and this could go ev...
May 10, 2018
Supreme Court agrees to hear case on citizenship of Russian spy kids
OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada will help settle the controversy of whether the Toronto-born sons of Russian spies are actually Canadian citizens. A high court decision Thursday grants the federa...
May 10, 2018
Businessman Alexandre Taillefer to preside over Quebec Liberal election campaign
MONTREAL - Following the recent announcement of several impending departures from the Quebec Liberals, a well-known entrepreneur said Thursday he will preside over their bid for re-election come Octob...
May 10, 2018
Good news for N.B.: Trans-Canada to reopen Friday as floodwaters recede
FREDERICTON - New Brunswick has hit a major flood-recovery milestone: Transportation officials hope to reopen the crucial Trans-Canada Highway between Fredericton and Moncton at noon Friday. The four-...
May 10, 2018
McDonald's serves up bagels amid breakfast war and Tim Hortons franchisee strife
TORONTO - Alongside the Egg McMuffins, hashbrowns and hotcakes that have been on McDonald’s menus for years, consumers who visit the fast food giant’s restaurants Thursday might spot somet...
May 10, 2018
Feds expect to brand less than one per cent of info requests as vexatious
OTTAWA - Federal agencies expect to refuse to process an estimated 275 Access to Information requests from Canadians annually - less than one per cent of the total received - under proposed new powers...
May 10, 2018
In the news today, May 10
Five stories in the news for Thursday, May 10 --- VAN ATTACK ACCUSED DUE IN COURT The man accused of killing 10 people and injuring 16 others in a van attack in Toronto last month is set to appear in ...
May 10, 2018
In sleepy Quebec town, residents prepare to welcome the world for G7 summit
LA MALBAIE, Que. - Locals in Quebec’s Charlevoix region are quick to boast about their “paysage” - their landscape - which was formed when a meteorite smashed into Earth hundreds of ...
May 10, 2018
Scientist wants genetic test across Canada to gauge risks of kids' cancer drugs
VANCOUVER - A scientist who developed a lab test to predict whether children with cancer are susceptible to potentially life-threatening side effects from three chemotherapy drugs is now focusing on f...
May 10, 2018
Former FBI director James Comey likens U.S. President Trump to Mafia boss
TORONTO - Former FBI director James Comey likened U.S. President Donald Trump to a self-serving Mafia boss Thursday during a talk in which he defended the decision to reopen the Hillary Clinton email ...
May 10, 2018