OTTAWA — An extension of drug patent protections in the Canada-EU free trade deal could end up costing Canadians an estimated $392 million a year, and federal coffers up to $270 million more annually, says a new report from the parliamentary budget officer. The report released Thursday sets out to put a price tag on…
Two leading cardinals allegedly linked to sexual abuse have been dismissed from Pope Francis’ inner circle. Australian Cardinal George Pell and Chilean Cardinal Francisco Javier Errazuriz have been removed from the so-called C9 Council of Cardinals, an advisory body set up by Francis, the Vatican said on Wednesday. Cardinal Pell, appointed head of the Vatican’s economic secretariat…
Amid Canada’s emotional fight over the construction of oil pipelines, it’s easy to forget that this country also has a “green economy.” In fact, according to job search site Indeed.com, the only other area seeing job growth as strong as the green economy is the booming tech sector. “It’s kind of interesting to see that…
A fifth person has died as a result of Tuesday’s terror attack in Strasbourg. The victim, 35-year-old Barto Pedro Orent-Niedzielski, died after five days in a coma. "My brother Barto Pedro Orent-Niedzielski has just passed away. He thanks you for the love and strength you have given him," the brother of the 36-year-old Polish-born victim…
TORONTO — Ontario’s human rights tribunal has ordered a downtown Toronto restaurant to pay $10,000 to a black man for violating his rights after the establishment asked him and three friends to pre-pay for their meal. The tribunal heard Emile Wickham, who identifies himself as an Afro-Caribbean, went to the Chinese restaurant with three friends…
President Donald Trump has ordered a slowdown to the withdrawal of US forces in Syria, Republican Senator Lindsey Graham said on Sunday. "I think we’re in a pause situation," the South Carolina Republican said outside the White House after lunch with the president. Trump announced earlier this month that he was ordering the withdrawal of all roughly…
TORONTO/WINNIPEG, Manitoba (Reuters) — Finance Minister Bill Morneau on Thursday highlighted the country’s pension funds as possible investors in Kinder Morgan Inc’s pipeline expansion, but industry sources were skeptical about attracting new investors. Morneau on Wednesday raised the prospect of foreign funding, saying “plenty of investors would be interested” if Kinder Morgan Canada walked away…
Canada’s housing market has officially entered “correction” territory, with the average resale price falling 10.7 per cent in March from a year earlier, according to data released Friday. The Canadian Real Estate Association (CREA) wasted no time in pointing to the culprit. “Recent changes to mortgage regulations are fueling demand for lower priced homes while…
Indian police have charged four people with murder on suspicion they deliberately poisoned the rice at a village temple, causing the death of 15 devotees, as part of an attempted power-grab. Police say the conspiracy involves a “seer”, his lover, her husband and unwitting agricultural development officer. The plan, they claim, was to murder their…
An elderly British woman suspected of smuggling cocaine into Portugal on a cruise ship has reportedly been taken to hospital. Sue Clarke, 70, was remanded in custody on December 5 after being arrested a day earlier on a cruise liner with £2 million worth of cocaine when the ship docked at Lisbon Port from the Bahamas. Her husband Roger, 72, was…