OTTAWA — A federal proposal that would allow prosecutors to suspend criminal charges against companies in certain cases of corporate wrongdoing has been quietly included in the Trudeau government’s 582-page budget legislation. In fact, its inclusion was so discreet, even one Liberal MP studying the legislation was caught by surprise. The government intends to move […]
TORONTO — Buyers in Canada’s most overheated real estate markets paid an average of $229,000 extra per home between 2007 and 2016 because of regulations making it difficult for builders to construct more single-family houses, said a new study. Research from the C.D. Howe Institute released Tuesday revealed zoning regulations, development charges and housing limits […]
The prescription pad is increasingly getting a workout as exercise is being prescribed for a host of conditions, from depression to diabetes to cardiovascular disease. Now a group of Australian oncologi…
LAS VEGAS — Casino operators in Las Vegas don’t expect the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision breaking a longtime ban on sports betting to hurt their business in Sin City. The operators on Monday hailed the high court’s ruling on a 1992 law that made Nevada the only state where a person could wager on the […]
Seattle’s largest businesses such as Amazon and Starbucks will have to pay a new tax to help fund homeless services and affordable housing under a measure approved by city leaders. The City Council on Monday unanimously passed a compromise plan that taxes businesses making at least $20 million in gross revenues about $275 per full-time […]
HONOLULU — Patricia Deter moved from Oregon to Hawaii to be closer to her two daughters, but the Kilauea volcano burned down her home only a month after she bought it. Now Deter and her family, along others who have recently lost homes to the lava-spewing mountain, are on an urgent quest for answers about […]
HONG KONG — The U.S. clothing retailer Gap has apologized for selling T-shirts with what it says was an “erroneous” map of China that didn’t include self-ruled Taiwan, in the latest example of corporate kowtowing to Beijing. In a posting late Monday on China’s Weibo microblogging platform , the company said it discovered that some […]
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court’s decision striking down a federal law over sports betting could signal trouble for the Trump administration in its legal fight against so-called sanctuary states and cities. The justices backed a robust reading of the Constitution’s limit on the federal government’s power to force the states go along with Washington’s wishes. […]
WASHINGTON — Nearly all public school teachers report digging into their pockets to pay for school supplies, spending nearly $480 a year, far more than the federal $250 tax deduction available to teachers. The findings by the National Center of Education Statistics released Tuesday come as teachers across the country are walking out of classrooms […]
Positive reactions to the deal weren’t enough to quell pessimism surrounding the financial results released Monday, as DHX’s stock price plummeted 20.5% on the TSE