Tag: Canada
Bank of Canada lowers qualifying rate used in mortgage stress tests
OTTAWA — The Bank of Canada has lowered the rate used by mortgage stress tests to determine whether would-be homeowners can qualify, marking the first...
Lyme-spreading ticks so common thanks to mild winters, some places stop...
OTTAWA — Lyme disease has settled so deeply into parts of Canada many public health units now just assume if you get bitten by a...
Cuts to Legal Aid Ontario will cause hearing delays: Immigration Refugee...
OTTAWA — The tribunal that adjudicates asylum claims in Canada says it expects cuts to legal-aid funding imposed by the Doug Ford government in...
Why Canada’s single-use plastic ban could help the environment and wildflife
Plastics at a recycling depot in North Vancouver, B.C. in June 2019.
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