The Canadian Press TORONTO—A new study suggests Canada ranks sixth out of 152 countries when it comes to human freedom while its southern neighbour is 20th. The index, compiled by the Fraser Institute and public-policy think-tanks in Germany and the U.S., uses 76 indicators of personal, civil, and economic freedoms. […]
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The Canadian PressSheryl Ubelacker TORONTO — The Canadian Medical Association has released results of a major consultation with members about the best framework for providing physician-assisted death, an issue that continues to divide the country’s doctors. The organization representing Canada’s almost 80,000 physicians released its report from the June 8-July […]
The Canadian Press EDMONTON — The Alberta Energy Regulator is restricting how much water oilsands and other energy projects can withdraw from part of the Athabasca River and other rivers in the province. It cites dry weather and low flow conditions for its decision that suspends water withdrawals under some […]
The Canadian Press TORONTO — The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board is venturing into the Malaysian real estate business for the first time. The CPPIB has purchased a 49 per cent stake worth about $170 million in a joint venture to invest is a mixed-use development in the capital of […]
The Associated Press JAYAPURA, Indonesia—An airplane with 54 people on board that crashed in the mountains of eastern Indonesia was carrying nearly half-a-million dollars in government cash for poor families to help offset a spike in fuel prices, an official said today. Smouldering wreckage of the Trigana Air Service turboprop […]
The Canadian Press OLIVER, B.C.—Residents in southeastern British Columbia are regrouping from an immense and fast-spreading wildfire that so far has wiped out 30 homes and forced hundreds to flee with little more than the clothes on their backs. Kerstin Klenheimer and her husband deserted their house when the 37-sq.-km […]
The Canadian Press OTTAWA—Stephen Harper called any comparison between the Mike Duffy affair and the Liberal sponsorship scandal “absurd” as the Conservative leader faced more questions yesterday from reporters and attacks from his opponents about the senator. The Duffy issue stayed in the election campaign spotlight after revelations emerged last […]
The Canadian Press TORONTO—Worry over tuition and living expenses is dogging almost half of post-secondary students as they head back to school. They’re also afraid they won’t be able to pay back debt once they graduate because they’re concerned about finding a well-paying job, a poll issued by CIBC shows. […]
The Canadian Press TORONTO—Critics say the Ontario government should pay the bill when patients are forced to take air or ground ambulances because their local hospital doesn’t offer the service or treatment they need. The Liberals made a deliberate decision to allow only certain hospitals to offer services such as […]
The Canadian PressJim Bronskill OTTAWA—The federal government is delaying implementation of regulations intended to help police trace crime guns—the seventh time it has put off the measures. Just days before the federal election call, the government quietly published a notice deferring the firearm-marking regulations until June 1, 2017. The measures […]
The Canadian PressIan Bickis CALGARY—Western Canada is being hit with the twin pains of the lowest prices for heavy crude in years alongside a significant spike in gasoline prices following a shutdown at a major U.S. refinery. Much of Canada west of Ontario saw gasoline prices jump 15 cents a […]
The Associated PressBradley KlapperMichael Weissenstein HAVANA, Cuba — U.S. Marines raised the Stars and Stripes over the newly reopened American Embassy in Cuba on Friday as Secretary of State John Kerry made an unprecedented nationally broadcast call for democratic change on the island ruled by a single party for more […]
