Category Archives: Canada
Law society urged to adopt $25K cap on referral fees in Ontario
TORONTO - Lawyers in Ontario should have their fees for referring clients to another lawyer capped at a maximum of $25,000, a report released on Monday recommends. In addition, the report says lawyers...
Apr 24, 2017
Health Canada to allow more access to prescription heroin to curb opioid crisis
VANCOUVER - Health Canada’s proposal to loosen regulations on importing prescription-grade heroin to treat opioid addiction is being hailed as a crucial step to reducing fentanyl-fuelled deaths ...
Apr 24, 2017
Security of Israel a key in Canada's fight against ISIL, says Freeland
OTTAWA - Ensuring the security of Israel is a core component of Canada’s Middle East strategy, including the fight against the militants of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, says Foreign...
Apr 24, 2017
Researchers tout more accurate way to measure oilsands air pollutants
CALGARY - Federal government scientists say they have devised an accurate way to directly measure air pollutants from oilsands mines and suggest industry estimates for certain harmful emissions have b...
Apr 24, 2017
Canadians only now starting to get heads around pot legalization, forum told
TORONTO - Canada’s provinces, municipalities and Canadians themselves are only now really starting to come to grips with the pending legalization of marijuana, a forum heard Monday. Former justi...
Apr 24, 2017
Manitoba families of missing, murdered say hearings must go ahead
WINNIPEG - A coalition that represents Manitoba family members says national hearings into missing and murdered indigenous women must begin soon despite the uncertainty surrounding the process. An ope...
Apr 24, 2017
Trump takes first swing in lumber war: tariff of 20 per cent on Canadian lumber
The United States has fired the opening shot in a latest softwood-lumber war against Canada, with the Trump administration announcing its first batch of duties on imported wood in the neighbourhood of...
Apr 24, 2017
'Like a branch cracking': witness at trial in 2015 gas-and-dash death
CALGARY - A witness testifying in the hit-and-run death of a gas station worker says she screamed at the woman to get away from a fleeing truck because she feared it was a “dangerous situation.&...
Apr 24, 2017
A by-the-numbers look at the federal program for extended EI benefits
OTTAWA - Last year’s federal budget unveiled a program to help eligible workers in 12 regions of the country hard hit by a downturn in commodity prices. Three regions were added in May. Eligible...
Apr 24, 2017
World-famous 'big and sexy' iceberg drifting from Newfoundland town, mayor says
FERRYLAND, N.L. - The world’s most famous intact iceberg appears to be on the move. Ocean currents appear to be sweeping the colossal iceberg away from tiny Ferryland, N.L., where it squatted th...
Apr 24, 2017
