Regulators investigating credit card industry
The federal Competition Bureau is investigating the credit card industry, a top official told a Senate committee Wednesday.
CBC cuts hit news, drama, sports, radio
CBC English Services plans to cut up to 80 positions from its news division and a further 313 from sports, entertainment, current affairs, sales and support across the country as part of its efforts to make up a $171-million shortfall in 2009-10.
Budget raises tax for 1 in 5 new Ontario homes
About one in five new homes built in Ontario will see a six per cent price increase because of the provincial government’s plan to merge the provincial sales tax and GST, says the director of policy for the Ontario Home Builders’ Association.
Cellphone distraction may have led to death of Toronto pedestrian: police
A woman may have been distracted by talking on her cellphone when she walked into the side of a truck and was crushed to death under its wheels on Front Street in downtown Toronto on Wednesday night, police said.
Indigenous health care lessons unveiled for doctors
Medical residents and practising doctors will be offered educational programs on First Nations, Inuit and M tis health topics under a pilot project announced Wednesday.
CBC North programs safe from cutbacks, but layoffs coming
Local CBC Radio and TV shows in Canada’s North have been spared in the nationwide cutbacks announced Thursday, but CBC North can expect some staff layoffs and belt-tightening during financially trying times at the public broadcaster.
Province steps in as tensions boil over on Montreal school council
The Quebec government is intervening at the province’s biggest English-language school board in hopes of ending a political deadlock.
Tesla debuts electric car for the masses
Tesla Motors unveiled its newest and cheapest electric car Thursday, cutting the pricetag to $57,000 US from over $100,000, in a move that could transform the boutique California firm into a mainstream automaker.
Former Maple Leaf employee charged in needles-in-meat case
A woman from Guelph, Ont., has been charged in connection with the needles found in meat products in an Ontario supermarket.
