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EpiPen and EpiPen Jr. subject to recall due to possible defective part

Canada April 1, 2017 at 6:18 pm 0 comments

KIRKLAND, Que. – Pfizer Canada has issued a recall on one lot of EpiPen and one lot of EpiPen Jr. auto-injectors that may contain a faulty part. The company says there have been two international cases reported where a defective part prevented the auto-injector from activating. They say there haven’tRead More

Liberals could win as few as seven seats in 2018 election: poll

Liberals could win as few as seven seats in 2018 election: poll

Canada March 31, 2017 at 6:11 pm 0 comments

Ontario : The Ontario Liberal party could win as few as seven seats in the next election and lose official party status in the process, a new poll has found. The Forum Research poll of 884 decided and leaning voters found that 43 per cent of respondents support Patrick BrownRead More

BlackBerry posts another loss but CEO says results met or exceeded expectations

BlackBerry posts another loss but CEO says results met or exceeded expectations

Canada March 31, 2017 at 6:10 pm 0 comments

WATERLOO, Ont. – BlackBerry (TSX:BB) CEO John Chen says the company’s latest financial quarter results met or exceeded expectations on key measurements — even though it posted another loss and lower revenue for the quarter and financial year ended Feb. 28. BlackBerry’s net loss, reported in U.S. dollars, was $47Read More

McDonald’s Canada says info of 95,000 job applicants has been compromised

McDonald’s Canada says info of 95,000 job applicants has been compromised

Canada March 31, 2017 at 6:09 pm 0 comments

TORONTO — McDonald’s Canada says the jobs section of its website has been hacked, compromising the personal information of about 95,000 applicants over the last three years. The company says the accessed information included names, addresses, phone numbers, employment histories and other standard job application information. But McDonald’s says theRead More

Economy tops expectations and grows faster than expected in January

Canada March 31, 2017 at 6:08 pm 0 comments

OTTAWA — The economy kicked off the year with a bang, rising faster than expected in January, providing further evidence of robust growth but not enough to alter expectations that the central bank will maintain its dovish position. Statistics Canada said Friday gross domestic product increased 0.6 per cent inRead More

City may tax owners of estimated 65,000 vacant homes in Toronto

City may tax owners of estimated 65,000 vacant homes in Toronto

Canada March 30, 2017 at 5:27 pm 0 comments

 Toronto:- Mayor John Tory says a new tax on the owners of the estimated 65,000 vacant homes in Toronto is just one of the options on the table as the city works to address a growing housing affordability crisis. The average price of a detached home in the City ofRead More

Kevin O’Leary says he will attend final Conservative leadership debate

Kevin O’Leary says he will attend final Conservative leadership debate

Canada March 30, 2017 at 5:27 pm 0 comments

OTTAWA — Kevin O’Leary says he will attend the Conservative party’s final formal leadership debate in Toronto next month. But the celebrity businessman-turned-leadership-front-runner tells The Canadian Press that it will remain largely a waste of time if the format isn’t changed. O’Leary skipped the most recent debate in Edmonton, sayingRead More

Minister: Hydro One CEO $4.5M salary ‘not part of the equation’ of bill cuts

Minister: Hydro One CEO $4.5M salary ‘not part of the equation’ of bill cuts

Canada March 30, 2017 at 5:25 pm 0 comments

TORONTO — Ontario’s cabinet minister in charge of government purse strings says the $4.5-million pay received by Hydro One’s CEO is “not part of the equation” of cutting electricity costs for consumers. Treasury Board President Liz Sandals made the remarks on the eve of the release of the so-called sunshineRead More

Researchers discover flavour genes in marijuana, aim to create standards

Researchers discover flavour genes in marijuana, aim to create standards

Canada March 30, 2017 at 5:25 pm 0 comments

VANCOUVER — Consumers can trust what varieties of wine taste like regardless of the store they buy it from, and they could soon have similar expectations for strains of marijuana, say researchers at the University of British Columbia. Prof. Jorg Bohlmann and a team of researchers have found 30 genesRead More

Fire burns through at least 125 hectares of marsh in Ontario national park

Canada March 30, 2017 at 5:24 pm 0 comments

LEAMINGTON, Ont. — A southwestern Ontario national park popular with bird watchers is closed after a fire burned through part of the site on the north shore of Lake Erie. Leamington, Ont., fire officials say the blaze at Point Pelee National Park appears to be out. Leamington fire tweeted thatRead More