Oct 21 2018 — The Canadian Press — Alberta Party Leader Stephen Mandel is taking aim at the province’s carbon tax, saying it needs to be changed but that axing it is not the magic wand for a province running multibillion-dollar deficits. “I find it fascinating that this carbon tax is such a major issue,” Mandel told about 485 party members Saturday in […]
Oct 21 2018 — The Canadian Press — Former New Democrat MP Kennedy Stewart has won a neck-and-neck mayoral race to lead Vancouver, as Metro Vancouver saw significant local government shakeups across the region. Supporters chanted, “Kennedy, Kennedy,” and broke out in dance as results came in early Sunday morning, heralding Stewart in as the first Independent mayor of Vancouver in more than […]
Oct 21 2018 — The Canadian Press — Canada has condemned the killing of a Washington Post journalist in Saudi Arabia’s consulate in Turkey. Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland said in a statement Saturday night that the Saudis’ “explanations” of the killing of Jamal Khashoggi “lack consistency and credibility.” She also reiterated the federal government’s call for a thorough investigation in collaboration with […]
Oct 19 2018 — Michelle McQuigge — The Canadian Press — If red, orange and blue were the dominant colours of Ontario's last political season, anything goes this time around. Municipal elections project their professed neutrality with an array of bright and variably hued campaign signs meant to signal the fact that local races do not fall along the same political party lines as provincial or federal contests. But […]
Oct 19 2018 — Michelle McQuigge, The Canadian Press — The Canadian Press — If red, orange and blue were the dominant colours of Ontario's last political season, anything goes this time around. Municipal elections project their professed neutrality with an array of bright and variably hued campaign signs meant to signal the fact that local races do not fall along the same political party lines as provincial or federal contests. But […]
Oct 19 2018 — Jordan Press, The Canadian Press — The Canadian Press — OTTAWA — The red ink on the federal government's budget showed no signs of fading as the annual financial report card revealed a $19-billion deficit for the second straight fiscal year. Expenses and debt payments were all up last year as overall spending hit almost $332.6 billion, leaving a deficit for 2017-18 slightly smaller than what the Liberals predicted in February's budget. Revenues […]
Oct 19 2018 — Sidhartha Banerjee, The Canadian Press — The Canadian Press — MONTREAL — New research based on U.S. hospital statistics suggests that recreational cannabis users are increasingly at risk of stroke. In findings presented Friday at the World Stroke Congress in Montreal, scientists from Avalon University in Curacao used a database covering 1,000 hospitals to analyze trends in stroke prevalence and stroke-related hospital stays among recreational marijuana consumers. Looking at more […]
Oct 19 2018 — The Canadian Press — The New Brunswick Liberals say there will be a candidate for Speaker when the legislature sits on Tuesday, an apparent break in the deadlock that makes it no clearer whether Premier Brian Gallant can cling to power. Acting Liberal house leader Lisa Harris made the announcement at a hastily called news conference Friday afternoon. “I […]
Oct 19 2018 — The Canadian Press — A political action committee said Friday that it won’t pull a widely condemned radio ad that suggests white Democrats will lynch African-Americans if they win in midterm elections in Arkansas next month. Vernon Robinson with Black Americans for the President’s Agenda said Friday that the group won’t cancel the radio ad running in the Little […]
Oct 19 2018 — The Canadian Press — Saskatchewan will have to wait until the spring for the province’s Appeal Court to hear the government’s challenge of Ottawa’s constitutional right to impose a carbon tax. Environment Minister Dustin Duncan says it’s disappointing the case won’t come up until next year. Duncan says the federal government asked for more time, which is what pushed […]
Oct 19 2018 — Craig Wong, The Canadian Press — The Canadian Press — OTTAWA — The annual pace of inflation slowed more than expected in September as increases in the price of gasoline continued to ease. Statistics Canada said Friday the consumer price index in September was up 2.2 per cent from a year ago compared with a year-over-year increase of 2.8 per cent in August. Economists had expected […]
Oct 19 2018 — Craig Wong, The Canadian Press — The Canadian Press — OTTAWA — The annual pace of inflation slowed more than expected in September as increases in the price of gasoline continued to ease. Statistics Canada said Friday the consumer price index in September was up 2.2 per cent from a year ago compared with a year-over-year increase of 2.8 per cent in August. Economists had expected […]
Oct 19 2018 — Craig Wong, The Canadian Press — The Canadian Press — OTTAWA — The annual pace of inflation slowed more than expected in September as increases in the price of gasoline continued to ease. Statistics Canada said Friday the consumer price index in September was up 2.2 per cent from a year ago compared with a year-over-year increase of 2.8 per cent in August. Economists had expected […]
Oct 19 2018 — The Canadian Press — The Liberal government’s annual financial report card to be released today will show Ottawa ran a shortfall of $19 billion in fiscal year 2017-18, which ended March 31. The deficit is slightly smaller than Finance Minister Bill Morneau’s prediction of $19.4 billion in last winter’s budget. But in May, the Finance Department’s fiscal monitor estimated […]
Oct 19 2018 — The Canadian Press — A Canadian source close to the ongoing talks to resolve U.S. tariffs on steel and aluminum is insisting Canada is not about to agree to quotas or other limits on its exports in order to get the levies lifted. The source, speaking on condition of anonymity in order to discuss sensitive negotiations, calls the idea […]