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  • Two ex-Revenue Canada auditors face charges in tax-evasion scheme

    Two former federal fiscal bureaucrats face charges on allegations that they received hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes in a Montreal-based tax-evasion scheme that deprived the government of $4.5-million in tax revenue.Also being charged is Francesco Fiorino, 54, a chartered accountant who had been charged last year on allegations that he conspired with two construction bosses to evade ...

  • Canada businessmans corruption trial on in Cuba

    HAVANA -; The trial of a Canadian businessman caught up in a corruption probe in Cuba is apparently under way nearly two years after he was ...

  • Canada Post reminds customers to be responsible dog owners

    Canada Post would like to remind customers to be responsible dog owners and ensure the safety of delivery personnel. "Customers often tell us their dog is safe or won't bite. Unfortunately, it is hard for our employees to accurately predict the behavior of an animal who instinctively tries to protect its property from strangers - which is often how we are perceived," ...

  • 2nd suspect in Tim Bosma case charged with 1st-degree murder

    Mark Smich of Oakville, Ont., today became the second person formally charged with first-degree murder in the death of Tim Bosma, the Hamilton man who disappeared earlier this month after taking two men on a test drive of his truck. CBC's Adam Carter, who was in the Hamilton courtroom Thursday morning as Smich was charged, reported that Smich appeared to be nervous and said little during ...

  • Ex Revenue Canada officials arrested in bribery scam

    The headquarters of the Canada Revenue Agency is photographed in Ottawa, November 4, 2011. (Chris Roussakis/QMI Agency) ...


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One True Thing

At first glance, "One True Thing" looks like one thing to avoid. Its previews made it come off like a bloated TV disease-movie-of-the-week about cancer; its screenplay, based on a popular 1994 book by Anna Quindlen, was written by Karen Croner, a writer with only TV experience; and, as icing on the cake so to speak, it stars Meryl Streep as the dying mother, sort of the opposite of her role in 199 ... ...

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  • CANADA STOCKS-TSX drops 1 pct on fears of stimulus withdrawal

    TORONTO, May 23 (Reuters) - Canada's main stock index fell more than 1 percent on Thursday, with every major sector in the red, due to concerns about a possible quicker-than-expected end to the U.S. Federal Reserve's stimulus program as well as weak economic data from China and Europe. The Toronto Stock Exchange's S&P/TSX composite index was down 147.25 points, or 1.15 percent, at ...

  • To become competitive Canada must replace luck with skills

    By the year 2100, Canada could be among the world's five most important countries. Canadians in the year 2013 may find this suggestion incredible, if not absurd. After all, apart from the odd rhetorical flourish, Canada is fast retreating from an ever-more complex world. It is at present neither taking the country's strategic potential and future challenges seriously, nor being taken ...

  • Toronto architects build sideways in Bangladesh

    Rendering of Shobuj Pata low-rise condo project, Dhaka, Bangladesh by Toronto-based JCI Architects. Instead of pushing tall buildings upright, you can tip the towers onto their sides, as JCI decided to do here. The move lets skyscrapers do what they do best - provide dwellings that are safe and private, but compactly stacked in the landscape. (JCI ...

  • No charges in case of stolen purse of woman who died at subway station

    Toronto police have found a female subway rider alleged to have stolen the purse of a woman who sustained fatal injuries at the College station Wednesday morning. But police say no charges will be laid."After considerable response from the public, the woman [female subway rider] was identified and located," police said in a news release. "After an interview, it became apparent ...

  • In Toronto the market’s sweet spot is the humble bungalow

    Lots of people selling their four-bedroom houses and luxury condos are feeling the slowdown in Toronto's real estate market. Those properties are sitting on the market longer - especially if they have an asking price north of $1-million.But some sellers are still confidently holding off offers in hopes of a bidding war: Those would be the owners of humble, two-bedroom ...

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