Canadian News

Thu, 18 Apr 2024 04:00:00 EDT
CRA paid out $37M to tax scammers, unsealed affidavit alleges
A once-sealed affidavit filed with the Tax Court of Canada and obtained by The Fifth Estate details how alleged scammers tricked the Canada Revenue Agency and made off with $37 million of taxpayers' money.

Thu, 18 Apr 2024 04:00:00 EDT
Quebec eyed as prime spot to suck carbon from atmosphere
A Quebec-based company is hoping to become a leader in direct air capture, where carbon dioxide is removed from the atmosphere. But questions remain about whether the technology is the best use of limited public funds and resources as the world seeks...

Thu, 18 Apr 2024 04:00:00 EDT
Capital gains tax change draws ire from some Canadian entrepreneurs worried it will worsen brain drain
Canadian entrepreneurs and investors are blasting the federal government's budget for expanding a tax on the rich that they say will worsen brain drain and further degrade productivity. The government estimates the change will impact 0.13 per cent ...

Wed, 17 Apr 2024 10:35:36 EDT
Courtroom drama adjourns hearing for B.C. man who killed his 3 children
A hearing to decide whether a B.C. man who killed his three children can continue to go out in public unescorted ended abruptly and without a decision on Wednesday, after the man shouted at members of the B.C. Review Board and his lawyer quit the cas...

Wed, 17 Apr 2024 07:01:09 EDT
2 Air Canada employees played key roles in $22.5M Pearson airport gold heist, police allege
Police say they have arrested multiple people and laid 19 charges in connection with what investigators are calling the largest gold heist in Canadian history.

Wed, 17 Apr 2024 20:48:48 EDT
Good Samaritan who stopped theft has $2,000 medical bill waived
International student Meraj Ahmed suffered a sliced tendon in his left hand when he was stabbed while confronting a thief on Boxing Day in Vancouver's Olympic Village.

Wed, 17 Apr 2024 15:01:00 EDT
Bill Morneau slams Freeland's budget as a threat to investment, economic growth
Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland's predecessor Bill Morneau says there was talk of increasing the capital gains tax while he was on the job — but he resisted such a change because he feared it would discourage investment by companies and job cr...

Wed, 17 Apr 2024 20:19:41 EDT
12-year-old reported missing from remote northeast B.C. community of Fort Nelson
Tayla McLeod was last seen around 8:30 p.m. local time on April 15 in the community of Fort Nelson, 130 km south of the B.C.-Yukon border.

Wed, 17 Apr 2024 16:03:07 EDT
Dentists can bill for federal dental plan patients without signing up for program, government says
The federal government announced Wednesday that oral health care providers who provide services to Canadian Dental Care Plan (CDCP) clients can bill the insurance company directly without formally signing up for the program.

Wed, 17 Apr 2024 16:36:04 EDT
Alberta wildfire sparked by natural gas line rupture under control
A wildfire in west-central Alberta that was sparked by a natural gas pipeline rupture Tuesday is under control, but an investigation into what caused the pipeline to break could take months or even years.

Wed, 17 Apr 2024 17:34:55 EDT
Tim Hortons says 'technical errors' falsely told people they won $55K boat in Roll Up To Win promo
A technical error by Tim Hortons led coffee drinkers across Canada to falsely believe they had won a $55,000 boat as part of the franchise's Roll Up To Win promotion.

Wed, 17 Apr 2024 17:01:59 EDT
Aamjiwnaang First Nation says high chemical levels make members sick, calls for Ontario facility shutdown
Aamjiwnaang First Nation in Sarnia, Ont., is calling on all levels of government to shut down a facility after data indicated high levels of a harmful chemical were present in the air. The First Nation says it sent its employees homes Tuesday as t...

Wed, 17 Apr 2024 13:06:38 EDT
Federal government announces creation of National Space Council
Canada’s space sector received a boost from the federal government in its budget, both in terms of money and vision, with proposed funding for a moon program and the formation of the National Space Council.

Wed, 17 Apr 2024 04:00:00 EDT
30 years after she was left for dead, London, Ont., woman reflects on surviving Rwandan genocide
Clarisse Mukashumbusho, just 10 years old during the 100-day Rwandan genocide in 1994, escaped death by hiding under a pile of bodies — including her family's. Thirty years later, she recounts what it was like gowing up without her parents and mos...

Tue, 16 Apr 2024 16:15:52 EDT
Niagara Falls is rich with Indigenous history — a legacy these Haudenosaunee people want recognized
Indigenous history is rooted in the Niagara Region on both sides of the border, a legacy that these Haudenosaunee people are making sure is recognized.

Wed, 17 Apr 2024 05:00:00 EDT
N.S. hopes daycare will be key to keeping health-care system running
Health-care workers across the country are reporting high levels of burnout, and many say child care with flexible hours would help. Whether 24/7 daycare for children of health-care workers is feasible is still an open question, but at least two prov...

Wed, 17 Apr 2024 04:00:00 EDT
RCMP conduct search of GC Strategies' office as partner appears before House of Commons
The RCMP says it has executed a search warrant at an location previously listed as the mailing address for ArriveCan contractor GC Strategies.

Wed, 17 Apr 2024 05:00:00 EDT
High cost of baby formula leaves parents stressed, desperate and seeking charity
Parents in Nova Scotia are expressing concern about the rising cost of infant formula and the struggle to find their brand in stock. Prices have jumped 30 per cent since 2022, without much relief in sight. As a result, families are often chasing down...

Wed, 17 Apr 2024 04:00:00 EDT
Canada Revenue Agency gets more teeth to catch potential tax cheats
The federal government is cracking down on potential tax cheats by introducing new measures to track cryptocurrency transactions and giving the Canada Revenue Agency more teeth to penalize taxpayers who refuse to disclose information it wants.

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