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Millions in the initial payments of tobacco companies are about to flow to provincial and territorial coffers on Friday as part of an agreement of $ 32.5 billion, with Ontario and Quebec to receive more than one billion dollars, and the other provinces millions more. And anti -tabaco defenders are urging provinces and territories to…
A mystery is developing in Stratford, Ontario, and is not in the famous theater stage of the city. The city of Stratford is asking people to keep their eyes wide open for another iconic feature in the city: a group of white swans who have been missing in their usual home on the Avon River…
A Man from Calgary who directed a Ponzi scheme of $ 150 million was convicted of securities fraud and was ordered to pay $ 8.8 million in fines and costs by the Alberta Securities Commission (ASC). Craig Michael Thompson, 47, and his two companies, Black Box Management Corp. and Invader Management Ltd., defrauded 1,000 Canadian…
US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has published new data that shows a strong increase in electronic devices searches at border crossings. From July to August Solo, CBP made 14,899 electronic devices, more than 21 percent from the previous quarter. CBP also reported an increase of 36 percent compared to the entire third quarter of…
Edmonton·New The Minister of Finance, Nate Horner, says that softening oil prices means that the projected budget deficit of this year is expected to grow at $ 1.3 billion, and will now end at $ 6.5 billion in red when the fiscal year ends next spring. This year’s projected budget deficit is expected to grow…
The Quebec government intends to present a bill that prohibits prayer in public. Secularism Minister Jean-François Roberge said in a statement on Thursday that “the proliferation of street prayer is a serious and sensitive issue.” “Quebec’s prime minister has given me the mandate to strengthen secularism, and I am determined to fulfill this mandate diligently,”…
A new report has found that younger in BC are resorting to the game and games with money in their free time, since the opportunities for online game have increased in Canada. The McCeary Center Company report used data from the 2023 A adolescent health survey. C., which was completed by more than 38,200 young…
Ford Motor is withdrawing from the market 52,547 vehicles in Canada and almost 500,000 vehicles in the US. For a problem of brake fluid leakage, the company confirmed Thursday. A broken hose in the brake system can cause the liquid to seep, lengthening the detention distances, which increases the risk of a clash, according to…
The schools in Brandon and Winnipeg are making space in their classrooms for hundreds of children displaced by forest fires who will not return home during the first bell of the autumn period. “We ensure that our schools are hosting the places … making arrangements to have ready supplies, looking at staff, nutrition,” SUT of…
Serene Spence says she has lost three family members due to overdose, and does not want others to experience the same type of loss. Spence lives in Thunder Bay, Ontario, the city with the highest mortality rate related to opioids in the province, according to the latest data from Ontario Office of the Forensic Chief….