Ontario Greens propose tax on domestic buyers of multiple homes
Ontario's Green Party is proposing a tax on domestic homebuyers with multiple properties as a measure to reduce housing demand and make it easier for first-time buyers to get into the market. Party Leader Mike Schreiner announced the election platform ...
Plea deal offered to Quebec woman accused of sending poison to Donald Trump
WASHINGTON — United States prosecutors say they've offered a plea deal to the Montreal-area woman accused of mailing poison to former president Donald Trump. The deal would include the three charges Ferrier faces related to a letter containing ricin th...
China, Russia, five others make US property rights blacklist
WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States has put China, Russia and five other countries on its annual blacklist for lax enforcement of intellectual property rights that leaves American companies vulnerable to copyright and trademark piracy.
Lawmakers scrutinize McKinsey’s opioid, FDA consulting work
WASHINGTON (AP) — House Democrats vowed to continue investigating consulting giant McKinsey's work with opioid drugmakers after a Wednesday hearing detailed how the firm had advised companies pushing painkillers as well as U.S. health regulators. ...
RBC report says inflation and rising rates will hurt low income Canadians most
TORONTO — A report by RBC Economics says inflation and rising borrowing costs will affect all Canadian households, but low income Canadians will feel the sharpest sting. Economists at Royal Bank say a return of the overnight rate to two per
EXPLAINER: What’s behind Russia’s natural gas cutoff?
Russia's Gazprom says it is halting natural gas supplies to Poland and Bulgaria, escalating tensions between the Kremlin and Europe over energy and Russia's invasion of Ukraine — and adding new urgency to plans to reduce and then end the
Fruity near-miss for France’s Macron, targeted by tomatoes
PARIS (AP) — Newly reelected French President Emmanuel Macron narrowly avoided being pelted by what looked like a small sackful of cherry tomatoes Wednesday as he waded through a boisterous and packed crowd in a market northwest of Paris.
Canada pushing G7 on new laws to seize and repurpose frozen Russian assets: Joly
OTTAWA — The federal government is working with G7 allies to craft new legislation that would allow for not just the freezing of sanctioned Russian assets, but seizing them on behalf of Ukrainian war victims. The recent federal budget declared Canada's...
New census data offers snapshot of Canada’s transgender population for first time
TORONTO — Census data released Wednesday offers an unprecedented snapshot of Canada's transgender population, showing 0.33 per cent of residents identify as a gender that differs from the sex they were assigned at birth. The data collected during last...
Poland arrests Russian and Belarusian for alleged spying
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — A Russian man and a Belarusian man have been arrested in Poland for three months on allegations of spying for Russia’s special services, security authorities in Poland said Wednesday.
