Category Archives: Canada
OSC alleges former Home Capital CEOs, current CFO, broke securities law
TORONTO - Staff with Ontario’s securities regulator alleged on Wednesday that two former CEOs and the current CFO of Home Capital Group Inc. broke the law in their handling of a scandal involvin...
Apr 19, 2017
Page's office points to ways feds can ease concerns over proposed PBO changes
OTTAWA - A think tank led by former parliamentary budget officer Kevin Page has laid out some advice for the Trudeau government on how to make the federal watchdog truly independent. The list of recom...
Apr 19, 2017
How Barack Obama quietly, gently delivered same slam on Canadian dairy as Trump
WASHINGTON - In a private meeting inside the White House, the president of the United States groaned about Canadian dairy practices to a visiting Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, lamenting that regulato...
Apr 19, 2017
Athletes not letting pregnancy sideline them: 'All about what baby is used to'
MONCTON, N.B. - Athletes at the peak of their game aren’t letting pregnancy put them on the sidelines. On Wednesday, tennis star Serena Williams posted a picture of herself on Snapchat with the ...
Apr 19, 2017
Launch of new Canadian immigration stream could be unexpected answer to Trump
OTTAWA - The federal Liberals began work on a new immigration program to attract highly skilled labour before U.S. President Donald Trump took office. But what they’ll be watching for now is whe...
Apr 19, 2017
The Wednesday news briefing: An at-a-glance survey of some top stories
Highlights from the news file for Wednesday, April 19 --- RCMP SAY 887 PEOPLE TRIED TO ILLEGALLY ENTER CANADA LAST MONTH: The number of people stopped by the RCMP after illegally entering Canada rose ...
Apr 19, 2017
Liberal party in British Columbia gives back donations worth over $174,000
VANCOUVER - New reports released by Elections BC show the Liberal party returned almost $175,000 in political contributions it received in the last six years. A Liberal party spokeswoman said in an em...
Apr 19, 2017
Toronto zoo holds naming contest for three capybara babies
Toronto’s newborn capybara triplets are in need of names and zoo officials are asking for ideas. The pups were born last month to the High Park Zoo’s wandering capybara couple, who escaped...
Apr 19, 2017
Man with cannibal fantasies gets taxpayer funded lawyer for murder appeal
TORONTO - A man convicted of butchering his best friend at a hotel and stuffing the body parts into two hockey bags can have a taxpayer-funded lawyer to argue his appeal, Ontario’s top court rul...
Apr 19, 2017
Gillian Anderson calls on prime minister to end East Coast seal hunt
The East Coast seal hunt has another celebrity foe: X-Files star Gillian Anderson. Anderson has called on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to end the annual commercial hunt. In a letter Wednesday to the ...
Apr 19, 2017
