Category Archives: Canada
Banking regulator's revised guidelines include financial stress test on buyers
TORONTO - Canada’s banking regulator said Tuesday it is going ahead with a new stress test for home buyers who don’t need mortgage insurance, who will soon have to prove they can make thei...
Oct 17, 2017
'If we thought it was bad, it's worse:' Alberta methane releases underestimated
EDMONTON - New research suggests industry and government are badly underestimating Alberta’s emissions of one of the most potent greenhouse gases. The difference between official estimates and t...
Oct 17, 2017
Aphria shares fall even as it digs in heels to remain on TSX amid crackdown
TORONTO - Licensed marijuana producer Aphria Inc. dug in its heels Tuesday, determined to remain on the Toronto Stock Exchange despite a warning from the group that operates the index that pot firms w...
Oct 17, 2017
Study ranks Victoria best Canadian city to be a woman; Windsor, Ont., ranked worst
OTTAWA - A new study suggests Victoria is the best city in Canada to be a woman, despite the wage gap between men and women there worsening slightly in recent years. The study by the Canadian Centre f...
Oct 17, 2017
Seven stories in the news for today, Oct. 17
Seven stories in the news for Tuesday, Oct. 17 --- BOMBARDIER PARTNERS WITH AIRBUS ON CSERIES JETS Airbus Group is buying a majority stake in Bombardier’s CSeries program and will assemble the p...
Oct 17, 2017
Metis National Council wants feds to recognize their veterans as the ranks thin
OTTAWA - The president of the Metis National Council is urging the federal government to formally recognize the contribution of Metis veterans in the Second World War before it is too late for remaini...
Oct 17, 2017
Canada's supply management a flashpoint in NAFTA talks: Here's why
Supply management: economists love to hate it, and Canadian farmers are loathe to give it up. The politically explosive issue emerged yet again Monday as a flashpoint in increasingly heated NAFTA rene...
Oct 17, 2017
Ontario bill seeks to ban mandatory high heels as part of uniforms
TORONTO - Women in Ontario would be protected from being required to wear high heels at work under a bill being introduced Tuesday. The private member’s bill from Cristina Martins, a Liberal MPP...
Oct 17, 2017
CFIA: Certain farm-raised oysters recalled due to biotoxin
OTTAWA - Federal health officials say some farm-raised Pacific oysters are being recalled due to a marine biotoxin which causes paralytic shellfish poisoning. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency says ...
Oct 16, 2017
'One Day Closer:' A mother recounts the torment of her daughter's kidnapping
TORONTO - Her voice is shaky, a tremor that developed from stress that belies the strength of a desperate mother. To say that Lorinda Stewart lived through agony barely gets at the horrific ordeal she...
Oct 16, 2017
