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Canadian investors staying the course despite market volatility: poll

Canadian investors staying the course despite market volatility: poll

Canada February 9, 2016 at 7:50 pm 0 comments

TORONTO — Falling stock markets have not changed how most Canadian investors view their portfolios, a new poll suggests. The online poll released Tuesday and conducted for CIBC (TSX:CM) found that 58 per cent of people surveyed say they’re sticking with their long-term investment strategy despite the recent market volatility.Read More

Trudeau sets date for end of Canada’s fighting mission against ISIL

Trudeau sets date for end of Canada’s fighting mission against ISIL

Canada February 8, 2016 at 7:34 pm 0 comments

OTTAWA – Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Canada’s fighter jets will end their fight against Islamic State militants in Iraq and Syria within the next two weeks. Canadian bombs will stop falling by Feb. 22, but the complement of military personnel in the region will climb to 830 — upRead More

Tory says protest during NBA All-Star weekend won’t help taxi industry

Tory says protest during NBA All-Star weekend won’t help taxi industry

Canada February 8, 2016 at 7:30 pm 0 comments

Toronto: Mayor John Tory says he understands that taxi drivers are frustrated, but a new large-scale protest to disrupt the city as it hosts the NBA All-Star Game will not help their situation. “I acknowledge the fact that the present situation taxi cabs face is unfair,” Tory told reporters Monday.Read More

Second-degree murder charge laid in weekend Toronto murder

Second-degree murder charge laid in weekend Toronto murder

Canada February 8, 2016 at 7:27 pm 0 comments

Toronto: Toronto police have released the name of a man found dead in his Parma Court home over the weekend. Arthur Kent Taylor, 51, was found Sunday inside a home on Wakunda Place, located near Victoria Park Avenue and O’Connor Drive with obvious signs of trauma. He was pronounced deadRead More

Back-to-back winter storms could hit Atlantic Canada this week

Back-to-back winter storms could hit Atlantic Canada this week

Canada February 7, 2016 at 7:42 pm 0 comments

HALIFAX – Environment Canada is warning some Atlantic Canadians to brace for back-to-back winter storms early this week. The national weather forecaster says a significant winter storm is expected to develop off the United States eastern seaboard today and track northward on Monday. It says snow will begin in NovaRead More

Prominent pastor charged with historic sex crimes speaks in public for first time

Prominent pastor charged with historic sex crimes speaks in public for first time

Canada February 7, 2016 at 7:41 pm 0 comments

Toronto:  A prominent Toronto pastor who is facing charges in connection with alleged sex crimes committed in Nova Scotia 40 years ago has addressed his congregation for the first time, telling them that he is innocent and will fight the allegations with everything that he has. Rev. Brent Hawkes toldRead More

Amalgamation of Catholic and public school boards no longer atop budget consultation website

Amalgamation of Catholic and public school boards no longer atop budget consultation website

Canada February 7, 2016 at 7:39 pm 0 comments

TORONTO — Once sitting high atop a list of Ontarians’ most popular budget ideas, a suggestion to amalgamate Catholic and public school boards has taken a precipitous nosedive to 1,715th on a budget consultation website. Midway through the Liberal government’s online consultation period, during which Ontario residents could post whatRead More

Fire completely destroys Woodbridge coffee shop

Fire completely destroys Woodbridge coffee shop

Canada February 7, 2016 at 7:37 pm 0 comments

Ontario   : The Ontario Fire Marshal has been called in after a coffee shop in Woodbridge was gutted by fire early Sunday morning. The blaze broke out at a Country Style on Highway 7 at around 1:30 a.m. According to police, the building was unoccupied at the time. TheRead More

Mayors push Trudeau to start spending promised infrastructure money

Mayors push Trudeau to start spending promised infrastructure money

Canada February 5, 2016 at 8:29 pm 0 comments

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is promising to be flexible and fair with billions in new infrastructure money as mayors from the country’s biggest cities press the Liberals for carte blanche on the new cash. Trudeau says his government is putting a priority on getting both existing and additionalRead More

Trudeau to campaign for provincial Liberal byelection candidate

Trudeau to campaign for provincial Liberal byelection candidate

Canada February 5, 2016 at 8:28 pm 0 comments

TORONTO — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is set to appear Tuesday at a rally with Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne for the Liberal candidate in an upcoming provincial byelection east of Toronto. The Ontario Liberal Party issued a statement from candidate Elizabeth Roy saying there has been “tremendous support” from LiberalRead More