The Canadian PressKeith Leslie TORONTO—Ontario consumers won’t see a separate line item on their natural gas bills showing the cost of the Liberal government’s cap-and-trade plan to fight climate change. The Ontario Energy Board has decided charges related to the cost of the program, which is aimed at reducing greenhouse […]
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The Canadian PressKeith Leslie TORONTO—Ontario’s Liberal government spent $70 million to create a provincial pension plan that won’t be needed because Ottawa and the other provinces agreed to enhance the CPP. The spending includes $3.7 million in compensation payments for employees at the corporation set up by the province to […]
By Maria Cheng The Associated Press LONDON — If you spend all day sitting, then you might want to schedule some time for a brisk walk ‚Äî just make sure you can spare at least an hour. Scientists analyzing data from more than 1 million people found that it takes […]
The Associated Press SEATTLE—University of Washington biology professor Adam Summers no longer has to coax hospital staff to use their CT scanners so he can visualize the inner structures of sting ray and other fish. Last fall, he installed a small computed tomography, or CT, scanner at the UW’s Friday […]
The Canadian PressKeith Leslie TORONTO—An expert panel has found a “serious problem” with enforcement of employment standards across Ontario. “We conclude there are too many people in too many workplaces who do not receive their basic rights,” said the special advisers appointed to do the first review of the Employment […]
The Associated Press WASHINGTON—Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump yesterday encouraged Russia to meddle in American politics with a stunning recommendation to uncover and make public hacked e-mails that might damage his opponent, Hillary Clinton. Shortly after Trump’s remarks, his running mate, Indiana Gov. Mike Pence, took a different tack and […]
The Canadian PressKeith Leslie TORONTO—Ontario will incorporate the work of more Canadian authors into school curricula as part of a new provincial culture strategy unveiled last week by Tourism and Culture minister Eleanor McMahon. “We’re going to get more books by Canadian authors into the hands of our school-age children,” […]
The Canadian PressAlexandra Posadzki TORONTO—Canada’s national housing agency rang more alarm bells about Vancouver’s real-estate sector after it released a report yesterday saying there is now strong evidence of problematic conditions in the city. In a quarterly housing market assessment released yesterday, Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. increased its risk […]
The Canadian PressCamille Bains VANCOUVER—Overdose deaths have climbed to such an urgent level in British Columbia that the province needs help from the federal government to deal with a public health emergency, Premier Christy Clark says. Clark told a news conference she wants Ottawa to restrict access to devices involved […]
By Lindsey Tanner The Associated Press CHICAGO — Parents of newborns with rare genetic conditions used to hear the grim words that the severe birth defects were “incompatible with life.” Support groups and social media showing the exceptions have changed the landscape. So has mounting research suggesting that not all […]
The Associated Press WASHINGTON — The ALS Association is crediting money raised through the Ice Bucket Challenge for the discovery of a gene they say is among the most common that contribute to the progressive disease. Those who accepted the challenge allowed buckets of ice water to be dumped on […]
The Associated PressMalcolm Ritter NEW YORK—If you want to see a tall population of men, go to the Netherlands. Tall women? Latvia. And in the United States, which lags behind dozens of other countries in height, the average for adults stopped increasing about 20 years ago. That’s the word from […]
