Category Archives: Canada

Manitoba NDP plan to delay carbon tax, want cash for energy efficiency programs
WINNIPEG - The Sept. 1 start date for Manitoba’s new carbon tax appears set to be pushed back three months. The Opposition New Democrats said Thursday they plan to delay passage of the bill enac...
Apr 05, 2018

Downtown Toronto hospital removes bars aimed at keeping homeless people away
TORONTO - A health organization that runs several hospitals in Toronto has apologized for installing bars over a vent outside a downtown emergency department to deter homeless people from sleeping the...
Apr 05, 2018

Vancouver Island group cancels annual rabbit show because of deadly virus
VICTORIA - A disease that is deadly to rabbits has prompted the Vancouver Island Rabbit Breeders Association to cancel its annual show. A notice posted on the association’s website says its 100t...
Apr 05, 2018

Del Mastro election-related convictions stand after top court denies leave
TORONTO - A former parliamentary secretary who used to speak for then-prime minister Stephen Harper against election-fraud allegations levelled at the Conservatives lost his bid Thursday to have the c...
Apr 05, 2018

Baloney Meter: Are feds crossing $1-trillion mark on market debt for first time?
OTTAWA - “Fact: When Fiscal Year 2018 begins on April 1, 2018, Canada’s market debt will be OVER $1 TRILLION for the first time ever. This is no April Fool’s joke. Justin Trudeau is ...
Apr 05, 2018
Nearly 20,000 cases of Grolsch beer stolen near Montreal
LONGUEUIL, Que. - Police south of Montreal appealed to the public Thursday to help them find thieves who recently made off with nearly 20,000 cases of beer, dried beef and Jack Link’s brand pepp...
Apr 05, 2018
Despite their concern, Canadians lack knowledge of food recalls, study shows
MONTREAL - While Canadians are overwhelmingly concerned about food contamination and bacteria, many don’t feel they’re personally responsible for keeping themselves safe, according to new ...
Apr 05, 2018
In the news today, April 4
Seven stories in the news for Thursday, April 5 --- PM TRUDEAU HEADS WEST TO TALK ENERGY, CLEAN TECH Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will address a business audience in Quebec City this morning, then fl...
Apr 05, 2018

Ford scrapping media bus for campaign suggests Tories want him out of hot seat: experts
TORONTO - Ontario’s newly minted Progressive Conservative leader will not bring journalists with him on the campaign trail this spring, a rare move experts and critics say suggests the Tories ar...
Apr 05, 2018

Canadians in Silicon Valley reflect on US gun culture in wake of YouTube shooting
When Ron Piovesan moved from Toronto to the United States for work in 2001 he never considered the country’s gun culture as a reason to stay home. It was only after he had kids that the relentle...
Apr 05, 2018