Category Archives: Canada

Taxes of all kinds big focus of Manitoba budget
WINNIPEG - The Manitoba government tabled its budget for the 2018-19 fiscal year on Monday. Here are some of the highlights. - A $25 per-tonne carbon tax to take effect Sept. 1 will add 5.3 cents to a...
Mar 12, 2018

Victoria considers tighter reins on horse-drawn carriage tours, pet sales
Victoria councillors are considering tightening city regulations governing horse-drawn carriage tours, but that’s not enough for at least one council member who says it’s time to put the d...
Mar 12, 2018

Competition Bureau searches Torstar, Postmedia offices in newspaper swap review
Competition Bureau officials searched the Toronto offices of Postmedia Network Canada Corp. and Torstar Corp. on Monday as part of its investigation into their November deal to swap and close down doz...
Mar 12, 2018
Canadian who plotted terror attacks deserves life in prison: U.S. prosecutors
American prosecutors are requesting a life sentence for a Canadian man who admitted to plotting terrorist attacks on New York City landmarks at the behest of a high-ranking Islamic State operative. Ab...
Mar 12, 2018
Vancouver police say mom accused of parental abduction may have dyed boy's hair
Vancouver police say a woman who allegedly abducted her nine-year-old son contrary to a custody order may have changed his appearance and dyed his hair. Police say Shawana Chaudhary, also known as Sha...
Mar 12, 2018
Correction to March 11 story on Sikh separatism
VANCOUVER - In a March 11 story on Sikh separatism, The Canadian Press misspelled the first name of Talwinder Singh Parmar. The Canadian Press
Mar 12, 2018
'It's really frustrating:' Sikh Canadian dismayed by extremism allegations
VANCOUVER - Jaspreet Bal was eating lunch with friends in rural Ontario when she says a “kind, well-intentioned” white man approached them to chat. He asked about her background, and she r...
Mar 12, 2018

Air Canada says services restored after system outage causes flight delays
Air Canada says it has restored its computer systems after a morning outage led to delays across the airline’s operations. The company says it expects some continued flight delays as it works to...
Mar 12, 2018

Most of blockchain's benefits don't come from blockchain: Bank of Canada paper
OTTAWA - A new research paper by a Bank of Canada staffer says most of the proposed benefits of the technology known as blockchain don’t really come from features unique to blockchain. In recent...
Mar 12, 2018
Female guards at Edmonton prison launch lawsuit alleging bullying, sex assaults
EDMONTON - A lawsuit claims female prison guards in Edmonton endured prolonged abuse from male co-workers that included sexual taunts, physical assaults, waterboarding and pepper spray being put on a ...
Mar 12, 2018