Category Archives: Canada
UofT prof documents ancient practice of carving churches out of rock
TORONTO - Ten years ago Michael Gervers visited an ancient church cut into the side of a cliff in a remote region of Ethiopia. The history professor with the University of Toronto had been hunting dow...
Nov 21, 2017
Canadians getting bad advice from the taxman, when they can get through: auditor
OTTAWA - Some taxpayers may be filing tax returns using erroneous information supplied by the Canada Revenue Agency, the federal auditor general warned Tuesday after tabling an audit that found just g...
Nov 21, 2017
Services provided, but outcomes not tracked for Syrians: auditor general
OTTAWA - The Liberal government is struggling to track the impact of its historic effort to resettle upwards of 40,000 Syrian refugees, the federal auditor general concluded Tuesday in his fall report...
Nov 21, 2017
Highlights from the fall 2017 report of auditor general Michael Ferguson
OTTAWA - Some of the key findings from the fall 2017 report of federal auditor general Michael Ferguson: - It is going to take years and “much more” than the original projected $540 millio...
Nov 21, 2017
Cost to fix Phoenix pay system to surpass $540 million, auditor general says
OTTAWA - The federal government’s chronic salary struggles will take more time and more dollars than the three years and $540 million projected to fix the snafu-stricken Phoenix public service p...
Nov 21, 2017
Competition Bureau drops civil probe into alleged abuse of dominance by Loblaw
TORONTO - Canada’s competition watchdog has closed a 3 1/2-year civil investigation into Loblaw Companies Ltd. related to allegations the grocery giant abused its dominant position in dealing wi...
Nov 21, 2017
New housing strategy could cut into child poverty rates, groups say
OTTAWA - About 450,000 children are in families that depend on social assistance to pay the bills and the vast majority live below the poverty line, says a new report that hopes to prod the federal go...
Nov 21, 2017
CCPA report calls for expansion of pension regulations
OTTAWA - A report by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives recommends that payments to shareholders such as dividends and share buybacks by companies should be limited if their pension plans are...
Nov 21, 2017
'The piano has a story': Musical relic with scars from Halifax Explosion on sale
HALIFAX - A musical relic that survived one of Halifax’s darkest days with only minor scars is going up for sale. Lois Miller says her grandfather bought a Stohlman New York piano from Phinney&#...
Nov 21, 2017
Halifax man strangled off-duty cop, disposed of body with compost bin, jury told
HALIFAX - A Halifax man accused of killing an off-duty police officer “heard her last breaths” as he strangled her and later dumped her body using a green compost bin, a Crown attorney tol...
Nov 21, 2017