Canada

Canada’s provincial and territorial finance ministers are meeting with federal Finance Minister Bill Morneau in Ottawa to discuss country’s economy, the Canada Pension Plan, challenges in the oil sector. The meeting will also be the forum to review measures being taken for countering tax evasion and to discuss country’s low unemployment rate, country’s competitiveness in global economy and trade. The ...

Health Canada has granted Shoppers Drug Mart a licence to sell medical marijuana online. Shoppers Drugs Mart can now sell dried and fresh cannabis, as well as plants, seeds and oil. A website has been set up by the company, which says that patients “with a valid medical document will soon be able to purchase a wide selection of medical ...

Chinese telecoms giant Huawei’s global CFO Meng Wanzhou was arrested in Vancouver on December 1. Meng Wanzhou, who is one of the vice chairs on the Chinese technology company’s board and the daughter of company founder Ren Zhengfei, faces extradition to the United States and a bail hearing has been set for Friday. Earlier this year, US media had reported ...

The Bank of Canada on Wednesday decided to keep the benchmark interest rate steady at 1.75% while absorbing the impact of drastically lower oil prices on the economy. The bank had earlier raised its rate to 1.75 per cent in October. The bank’s rate directly affects the rates that Canadian consumers get from retail banks. When the central bank increases ...

It’s almost nine months since Justin Trudeau’s controversial India visit that marred bilateral relations. There had been no official engagements between the two governments after the visit and no breakthrough is expected in near future as none of the government seems inclined to start the dialogue again. The political experts are also predicting that the fresh boost to bilateral relations ...

Nearly 4000 students of 15 schools of the Lord Selkirk School Division in north of Winnipeg were forced to stay back at home amidst multiple threat messages surfaced on social media. Initially after the first threat surfaced, it was announced that one high school would be closed on Monday but subsequently due to inputs from RCMP all the 15 schools ...

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, U.S. President Donald Trump and Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto signed the most discussed and awaited North American Trade agreement on the side lines of the G20 summit in Buenos Aires. Though Trump named the deal as United States–Mexico–Canada Agreement (USMCA), Canada will change the order of the countries in its legal version of the name, ...

The probe that started with MP Grewal’s drug addiction and gambling debts is expected to be a bigger investigation to include money-laundering and terrorist financing, as per available information. The Prime Minister’s Office had last week said  that Grewal’s sudden decision to step down as the member from Brampton East was prompted by his gambling problem that led him to incur significant ...

British Columbia is set to launch in early 2019, the new two-year immigration pilot program to attract foreign entrepreneurs to smaller communities around the province. Under this program, the British Columbia Provincial Nominee Program (BC PNP) will work in partnership with regional communities of less than 75,000 people to welcome approved immigrant entrepreneurs who want to open a new business. ...

Thirteen organizations and individuals were honoured tonight by the Tourism Industry Association of Canada (TIAC) as recipients of the 2018 Canadian Tourism Awards, presented by The Toronto Star. The awards were presented earlier this evening in a ceremony at the Hilton Lac-Leamy in Gatineau, Quebec. “The Canadian Tourism Awards highlights the creativity, diversity and originality found in tourism, tonight we ...