With the Bank of Canada’s key rate now at 0.25 per cent, it’s no surprise that many Canadian homeowners are checking to see if mortgage rates are dropping in response. However, before rushing to refinance your home, give some serious thought to the reasons you are doing so — and the costs compared to the […]
The cost to build Justin Trudeau’s pet oil-pipeline project just got a few billion dollars more expensive. The price tag for the Trans Mountain expansion has increased 70 per cent to $ 12.6 billion because of legal delays and accommodations made to Indigenous communities along its route, the pipeline’s operator said Friday in an emailed […]
It was a short-lived honeymoon for the Islamic Republic regime — a rare wave of popular support, drowned out by a bigger tide of government neglect and recklessness. Much as Iran’s authorities may hate admitting the destruction of Ukraine International Airlines Flight PS752 to other governments, they are almost certainly more concerned about the reaction […]
DETROIT — General Motors Co on Wednesday filed a racketeering lawsuit against Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV, alleging that its rival bribed United Auto Workers (UAW) union officials over many years to corrupt the bargaining process and gain advantages, costing GM billions of dollars. GM also alleged that Fiat Chrysler’s former chief executive, the late Sergio […]
Our corporation has levied a special assessment to replace windows in the building. Aren’t the windows a common element and the corporation’s obligation to replace — meaning the cost shouldn’t be assessed against the owners? The windows in a condominium building are invariably common elements. If the windows have failed, it is the obligation of […]
It was only last year when the ratification of a trade deal with Asia-Pacific nations was heralded as a big win for Canadian exporters. One of the jewels of the pact — called the Comprehensive and Progressive Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) — was Japan, which agreed to slash tariffs on a variety of goods. Canada’s pork and beef producers were projected […]
It would cost $ 1.8 billion and take 10,000 new employees for the U.S. aviation regulator to handle all aircraft certification internally, the agency’s chief told a Senate panel on Wednesday, answering questions following two Boeing 737 Max crashes on how new planes are approved for flight. The Federal Aviation Administration delegates much of the work of […]
A hidden camera investigation and confidential documents obtained by CBC’s The Fifth Estate raise questions about whether Canada’s largest pharmaceutical distributor is profiting from illegal kickbacks on sales of generic drugs in Ontario. Studies have shown this practice drives up the cost of generic drugs for all Canadians. McKesson Canada, which distributes pharmaceutical drugs to more […]
By Aleksandra SaganThe Canadian Press Tues., Sept. 18, 2018 The CEOs of three of Canada’s major grocery chains doubled down on their expectation that food prices will soon rise at their stores. Recent cost pressures on the industry, including rising minimum wages in some provinces, increased fuel and transportation costs and an ongoing trade war […]
Hosting the 2026 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games in Calgary will cost about $ 5.23 billion, according to the organization tasked with exploring a possible bid. The new estimate, part of a draft plan prepared by Calgary 2026, is nearly $ 1 billion more than that of the Calgary Bid Exploration Committee, which pegged the price at $ 4.6 […]