Tag: Canada
Federal government posts $14B shortfall in 2018-19
OTTAWA — The federal government ran a $14-billion deficit in 2018-19, according to its latest annual financial report, the third year in a row with a...
Girl Guides of Canada Comes To Pefferlaw
By: Tanya Edwards
With a new motto "Everything she wants to be," and a new mission "To be a catalyst for girls empowering girls," Girl...
Cities urge federal leaders to wade into wastewater debate
OTTAWA — In Canada’s largest city, raw sewage flows into Lake Ontario so often, Toronto tells people they should never swim off the city’s beaches for least...
Ontario government files carbon tax challenge with country’s top court
TORONTO — Ontario has filed a challenge against the carbon tax with the country’s top court, a move that comes days after Premier Doug...
Competition watchdog writes province to support loosening Ontario liquor rules
Ontario’s moves to liberalize rules around the sale of alcohol have received an endorsement from Canada’s national competition watchdog.
Competition Commissioner Matthew Boswell heaped praise on the...
Growing number of newcomers, refugees ending up homeless in Canada, studies...
OTTAWA — A growing number of newcomers to Canada are ending up in shelters or are finding themselves homeless, newly released government figures show.
Two new reports released this...
Canada’s Andreescu wins Rogers Cup after Williams retires due to injury
TORONTO — As soon as Bianca Andreescu heard that Serena Williams was retiring from their Rogers Cup final, she went to her opponent’s bench, took...
Electric car sales climb in wake of new $5,000 federal rebate...
OTTAWA — Canada’s new rebate program to help make electric cars cheaper appears to be showing early signs of stimulating sales but mostly in...
Committee ‘deeply disturbed’ by reports of coerced, forced sterilization
OTTAWA — The House of Commons health committee is calling on the federal government to investigate the problem of coerced or forced sterilization of women in Canada.
The...
Editorial: Georgina gives cannabis economy a pass; along with new jobs...
Editorial: Mike Anderson
It’s safe to say that Georgina has turned its back on the new cannabis economy – along with the jobs and tax...
