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Feds scale back contentious tax proposal in bid to calm business owners
OTTAWA - Finance Minister Bill Morneau has scaled back one of the most contentious elements of the Trudeau government’s tax-reform plan in yet another effort to calm infuriated small business ow...
Oct 18, 2017
Amazon would save $1.5B a year if new HQ located in Greater Toronto Area: Clark
TORONTO - Setting up its second headquarters in the Greater Toronto Area would save Amazon $1.5 billion a year, the man heading up Ontario’s bid for the project said Wednesday, as the deadline l...
Oct 18, 2017
Legislation to improve accessibility for those with disabilities planned for spring
TORONTO - The federal minister responsible for crafting Canada’s first national accessibility legislation says the law should be ready by next spring and should benefit not only people with disa...
Oct 18, 2017
US home construction tumbled 4.7 per cent in September
WASHINGTON - Construction of new homes fell 4.7 per cent in September, the biggest decline in six months, reflecting weakness in both single-family activity and apartment building. The September resul...
Oct 18, 2017
Literary publications get mixed reviews on gender parity
NEW YORK - The state of book criticism is getting a mixed review on gender parity. A new survey of top literary publications finds that the ratio of women to men ranges from roughly equal in The New Y...
Oct 18, 2017
A look at the life and music of Gord Downie
Some facts about Gord Downie, frontman of the Tragically Hip, who died Tuesday at 53: Born: Feb. 6, 1964 in Amherstview, Ont. Raised: Kingston, Ont. Early career: Founded the Tragically Hip in 1984 wi...
Oct 18, 2017
Glioblastoma, brain tumour that took Gord Downie's life, tough to treat: doctors
TORONTO - The death of Canadian singer-songwriter Gord Downie from glioblastoma is a grim reminder of the daunting nature of the invasive brain tumour, which has one of the poorest survival rates of a...
Oct 18, 2017
Beloved Tragically Hip frontman Gord Downie dead at 53 after public cancer battle
TORONTO - Gord Downie, the poetic lead singer of the Tragically Hip whose determined fight with brain cancer inspired a nation, has died. He was 53. Downie died Tuesday night “with his beloved c...
Oct 18, 2017
Bill Given re-elected as Mayor of Grande Prairie
Voter turnout in the city was 22 percent, up one percent from the 2013 election. Bill Given has been re-elected as Mayor of Grande Prairie in the 2017 Municipal Election. With 68 percent of the vote o...
Oct 18, 2017
Sexsmith votes on use of tax dollars for elevator restoration
Ratepayers in Sexsmith have voted against the use of taxpayers dollars to preserve the last grain elevator in that town. The Sexsmith Historical Society is hoping to restore the building, by renovatin...
Oct 18, 2017