Category Archives: Canada
Senator accuses CRA of doing little to fight offshore tax evasion
OTTAWA - About one-fifth of a group of wealthy Canadians who took part in a federal government survey last year didn’t believe that a proposed advertising campaign about a federal crackdown on t...
Nov 07, 2017
McKenna has no regrets about fighting back publicly against sexist comments
OTTAWA - Federal Environment Minister Catherine McKenna says she hadn’t planned to confront a reporter from the Rebel during a news conference last week, but when the right-wing website posed th...
Nov 07, 2017
Vancouver readies homeowners for empty homes tax; first payments in February
VANCOUVER - Owners of secondary homes in Vancouver that sat vacant for more than six months this year will soon have to pay a new empty homes tax, but it remains to be seen whether it’s having a...
Nov 07, 2017
Singh sets sights on opioid crisis, pushes PM to decriminalize all drugs
OTTAWA - NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh is urging Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to consider decriminalizing all illegal drugs in an effort to combat Canada’s escalating opioid crisis. Singh, who campa...
Nov 07, 2017
Experts see some relief for Vancouver's tight housing market by late 2018
VANCOUVER - A real estate association watching Metro Vancouver’s tight and costly housing market predicts conditions should begin to ease by the third quarter of 2018. The British Columbia Real ...
Nov 07, 2017
Bank of Canada governor not worried about expectation for low inflation
MONTREAL - Canada’s central bank is not worried that people will expect very low inflation to continue because it has repeatedly fallen short of the Bank of Canada’s two per cent target, g...
Nov 07, 2017
Special constables in Halifax charged in man's police cell death
HALIFAX - Two special constables in Halifax are facing charges following the death last year of a 41-year-old man arrested for public drunkeness and later found unresponsive in a police holding cell. ...
Nov 07, 2017
Health Canada eases restrictions on abortion pill Mifegymiso
TORONTO - Women who want to use the abortion pill Mifegymiso can now take it farther along in their pregnancy, Health Canada said Tuesday in announcing changes to how the medication is prescribed and ...
Nov 07, 2017
New laughs fest organized by Quebec comedians hopes to make its debut in 2018
MONTREAL - The recent sex-assault controversy involving the founder of the Just For Laughs festival has prompted the creation of a new comedy bash. Several dozen mainly francophone Quebec comedians ha...
Nov 07, 2017
Slain officer described as brave, remembered for work with children
ABBOTSFORD, B.C. - A police officer who died in the line of duty in British Columbia was remembered Tuesday for his bravery in protecting others and his community commitment in the work he did with ch...
Nov 07, 2017