The CRTC has launched a public inquiry into “possible misleading or aggressive” sales practices used by telecom companies, a move the regulator flatly refused to make just six months ago.
Author: Helen Smith
‘This is shameful’: Trump’s news conference with Putin stuns fellow Republicans
On a trip in which Donald Trump dumbfounded allies and his usual critics, the U.S. president ended with a news conference performance at his first head-to-head summit with Vladimir Putin that had even some Republicans shaking their heads.
Immigration critics press Liberals on costs, plan for asylum seekers
After hurling accusations of creating hysteria, crippling provinces and taking an ad-hoc approach to a crisis, MPs on the immigration committee agree to hold special hearings on the influx of people illegally crossing the border to claim asylum in Canada.
Pro-gun activist charged with acting as Russian agent in U.S.
U.S. federal authorities have charged a Russian woman living in Washington with conspiracy to act as an agent of the Russian government while infiltrating U.S. political organizations.
‘A class act’: Ray Emery played in a Hamilton charity hockey game the night before he died
Ray Emery was giving back to Hamilton and playing the game he loved the night before he died.
‘Litigation limbo’: U.S. takes complaint about Canadian and other tariffs to WTO
The United States has launched five separate complaints at the World Trade Organization against Canada, China, the European Union, Mexico and Turkey in response to retaliatory tariffs those countries and groups have launched against the United States.
Average house price fell 1.3% to $496,000 in past year, CREA says
Home sales increased last month for the first time this year, but average selling prices are still slightly lower than they were a year ago.
‘Strong but not stellar’ quarter for Netflix shows higher profit, but slower subscriber growth
Netflix released second quarter earnings after stock markets closed on Monday, and while the streaming giant revealed it added fewer new customers than anticipated, it still added more than 5 million people to its customer base in the past three months.
Despite trade threats Canadian home buyers must plan for still higher rates: Don Pittis
A trade war might be bad for the economy, but not bad enough to stop short-term hikes in U.S. and Canadian borrowing costs.
Tesla shares fall after Musk’s spat with British diver
Shares of Tesla Inc fell 2.75 per cent after CEO Elon Musk directed abuse on Twitter at one of the British cave divers involved in the rescue of 12 Thai children last week.