Boy, this new Vancouver property tax increase — the charmingly named “school tax” — sure is causing a lot of commotion. It can be as little as a few hundred if your home is worth just over $3 million, but if you are lucky enough to own a $6-million house, you better find another $10,000…
An American supporter of the Islamic State has been arrested after he plotted to blow a hole in the White House with an anti-tank rocket and storm the building. Hasher Jallal Taheb, 21, from the town of Cumming, Georgia, was arrested by the FBI on Wednesday, on the eve of his planned attack. He had…
J.D. Power Canada released their 2018 customer satisfaction rankings for TV and internet service, and none of the country’s big telecoms — Rogers, Bell and Telus — ranked first. Videotron, which services Quebec and some parts of New Brunswick and Ontario, was the highest ranking internet service provider in eastern Canada — a spot it…
Italy gave permission for 47 migrants stranded on board a rescue vessel to disembark in Sicily on Wednesday, as British crew members said they feared being arrested. Matteo Salvini, the country’s hardline interior minister, has accused the NGO Sea Watch of aiding and abetting illegal migration by rescuing migrants in the Mediterranean and bringing them…
The soaring cost of housing in many parts of Canada is having some profound effects on the way we live. Young families are increasingly living in condos; it’s become commonplace for parents to help buy their kids’ homes; and a large share of Canadians are now carrying very high levels of debt. Now we can…
Once denounced as a “gangster” by authorities, Peppa Pig has managed to clean up her act to go from censored to celebrated in China – just in time for the year of the pig. In a timely turnaround for the British animated porcine once co-opted as an unlikely symbol of dissent against the Communist Party,…
QUEBEC — The leaders of Canada and the United States are locked in an ugly, escalating public dispute over trade barriers, tariffs and how they think they world should resolve its problems. With U.S. President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau at the centre of the dispute, the back and forth has intensified since…
Drinks giant Coca-Cola has shaped the Chinese government’s obesity policy over the last 30 years, pushing the idea that a lack of exercise is the main cause of overweight and obesity rather than poor nutrition, according to research. An investigation published in the BMJ medical journal has found that through a "complex web of connections" with the Chinese…
Two of Japan’s largest 24-hour convenience store chains are to ban sales of pornographic magazines ahead of the Rugby World Cup later this year and the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo due to concern that the ready availability of adult publications will give visitors a bad image of the nation. Seven-Eleven Japan Co. and Lawson…
TORONTO — Scotiabank has joined its Big Five banking peers in raising its benchmark fixed-rate mortgage rate. Canada’s third-biggest lender raised the posted rate for a five-year fixed-rate mortgage from 5.14 per cent to 5.34 per cent, effective Tuesday, while also increasing the posted rates for other terms. Late last month, TD Bank was the…