Positive trade, housing data suggest economic recovery taking hold
Sunny Freeman , THE CANADIAN PRESS
11 Mar, 2010 0 0
TORONTO - There are more signs that the Canadian economy is getting healthier and stronger, with housing and trade data adding to recent reports that suggest a recovery is indeed taking hold.
Statistics Canada reported Thursday that the country posted a trade surplus with the world of $799 milli
Federal bill would create up to 45,000 new status Indians
John Ward, THE CANADIAN PRESS
11 Mar, 2010 0 0
OTTAWA - The federal government has introduced legislation to extend formal Indian status to the grandchildren of aboriginal women who married non-natives - a change that could add as many as 45,000 people to the Indian registry.
The bill, introduced in the Commons on Thursday by Indian Affairs
Ont. tax collectors looking at $45,000 severance but won't lose jobs
Romina Maurino, THE CANADIAN PRESS
11 Mar, 2010 0 0
TORONTO - More than 1,250 Ontario tax collectors will get a severance package worth up to $45,000 each despite the fact they won't be losing their jobs.
The move, part of the province's plan to harmonize sales taxes with Ottawa, will see the provincial collectors become federal employees, trigge
Harper says Canada on track, Ignatieff says Tories off rails
Joan Bryden, THE CANADIAN PRESS
11 Mar, 2010 0 0
OTTAWA - Stephen Harper is claiming a gold medal for economic management, equating Canada's record performance at the Olympics with the achievements of his government.
The prime minister boasted Thursday that the minority Conservatives have put Canada on track to emerge stronger and faster from
Busy day expected at Pearson Airport due to March Break getaway
THE CANADIAN PRESS
11 Mar, 2010 0 0
TORONTO - March Break is just about here and that means one of the busiest travel times of the year at Pearson International Airport in Toronto.
The airport expects to process 91,000 passengers today and another 98,000 on Friday - the busiest days of the March Break season. Pearson typically han
Budget watchdog says budget measures insufficient to balance budget
Julian Beltrame, THE CANADIAN PRESS
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OTTAWA - The Harper government's most recent plan to balance the federal budget is still about $10 billion short, says Canada's budget watchdog.
Weighing in on the government's projections, Parliamentary Budget Officer Kevin Page said Thursday that Ottawa still needs to take more steps if it hop
Feds refuse to restore funding to First Nations University
Yolande Cole, THE CANADIAN PRESS
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OTTAWA - Supporters of First Nations University of Canada say the federal government has turned down their request to restore funding to the troubled institution.
Teachers, students, aboriginal leaders and others took to Parliament Hill on Thursday to plead their case with Indian and Northern Af
Calgary mother tells court she had no idea her toddler drank methadone
Shannon Montgomery, THE CANADIAN PRESS
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CALGARY - The mother of a toddler who died of a methadone overdose testified Thursday that she would have rushed the child straight to hospital if she had realized the girl had taken the powerful drug.
Often fighting back tears, Lisa Guerin repeatedly insisted she thought she was leaving a healt
Sprung spring bad for ice roads; chiefs call for cash to help cut-off north
Chinta Puxley, THE CANADIAN PRESS
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WINNIPEG - Mild weather sweeping Manitoba has forced more than half of the province's ice roads to close after less than a month, cutting off the winter lifelines for dozens of northern reserves.
Aboriginal chiefs are asking Ottawa for funding to fly supplies into at least 20 communities that ne
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