Canada

Tougher laws needed, MMIW inquiry told: 'These monsters keep getting let out'

MONCTON, N.B. - The mother of a 16-year-old Aboriginal girl murdered in northern New Brunswick made an emotional plea Tuesday to the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Gir...

rdnews@socastdigital.com Feb 13, 2018

Iran calls prof's death in prison a suicide; take a harder line, Frum urges feds

OTTAWA - A Conservative senator is calling out the federal Liberal government for its anodyne response to reports that an Iranian-Canadian university professor has died while in custody in Iran. The s...

rdnews@socastdigital.com Feb 13, 2018

B.C. government throne speech puts focus on housing, child care, affordability

VICTORIA - Premier John Horgan introduced a plan Tuesday to make life in British Columbia more affordable, but it was overshadowed by the unfolding dispute with the Alberta and federal governments ove...

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Feds to table budget Feb. 27 as Canada faces trade, competitiveness uncertainty

OTTAWA - Finance Minister Bill Morneau will introduce the federal government’s next budget on Feb. 27 as the country faces persistent uncertainty around trade and competitiveness. With the futur...

rdnews@socastdigital.com Feb 13, 2018

Payday loans a growing part of Ontario's personal insolvencies, study finds

TORONTO - A study by a Toronto-based firm says the rate of insolvent borrowers using payday loans in Ontario has grown for the sixth consecutive year. Insolvency trustee firm Hoyes Michalos & Asso...