Category Archives: Canada
Federal cannabis task force green lights legal sales to teenagers
OTTAWA - Eighteen-year-olds should be allowed to buy recreational cannabis when the Liberal government launches a globe-leading social experiment in legalizing marijuana next year, a&nb...
Dec 13, 2016
Niagara Falls lit up on dark winter nights
NIAGARA FALLS, Ont. - The nightly spectacle of Niagara Falls lit up after dark just got more spectacular. A $3 million upgrade saw the installation of 1,400 new high-tech lights called luminaires that...
Dec 13, 2016
A list of Canadians who ran into trouble abroad in 2016
TORONTO - Every year a number of Canadians and permanent residents find themselves behind bars in foreign countries - 2016 was no exception. Some cases have been called unjust, others are in...
Dec 13, 2016
New rules call for all-in pricing on Ontario travel ads
TORONTO - Travel ads in Ontario will soon have to include all taxes and fees under new rules that the provincial government says are meant to protect consumers. The province says the ru...
Dec 13, 2016
Tory leadership hopeful O'Toole promises tax help for students, young workers
OTTAWA - A candidate for the federal Conservative leadership wants to give new graduates a tax break out of school. The promise from Erin O’Toole is the first tax policy he has proposed in the c...
Dec 13, 2016
No point meeting in Ottawa if federal health offer the same: B.C. minister
OTTAWA - Provincial health ministers from opposite ends of the country are less than enthused about flying to Ottawa for health-care talks next week, saying there’s nothing o...
Dec 13, 2016
Canadian-U.S. dual citizen who allegedly bilked investors extradited from Vietnam
BUFFALO, N.Y. - A dual Canadian-U.S. citizen is facing a detention hearing in New York State on charges that he stole millions of dollars from investors. Federal prosecutors in Buffalo say 29-year-old...
Dec 13, 2016
Justice tracking more than 100 constitutional challenges to mandatory penalties
OTTAWA - Justice reforms brought in by the previous Conservative government in the name of getting tough on criminals “compounded pressures” on the system - a litigation-fuelled backlash t...
Dec 13, 2016
Four stories in the news today, Dec. 13
Four stories in the news for Tuesday, Dec. 13 --- FEDS OPEN DOOR TO MORE SUPERVISED INJECTION SITES Health Minister Jane Philpott has unveiled a plan to open more supervised injection sites in Ca...
Dec 13, 2016
Parliament's budget watchdog, National Defence battling over warship data
OTTAWA - National Defence and Parliament’s budget watchdog have been quietly battling over access to key information about the government’s multi-billion-dollar plan to buy the navy new wa...
Dec 13, 2016