Unpublished Newswire
A loophole in the House of Commons' spending rules has allowed MPs travelling to party conventions to bill taxpayers for more than half a million dollars over the past year — even though House of Commons rules normally prohibit MPs from charging expenses linked to partisan political activity.
May 15, 2024 - 04:00 | | CBC News - Ottawa
Having more female surgeons and anesthesiologists in operating rooms could mean better post-op outcomes for patients, according to a new Canadian study.
May 15, 2024 - 04:00 | | CBC News - Canada
When a moratorium was placed on the South Saskatchewan River Basin in 2006, Canada’s first market-based system to trade water licences was created. And while benchmark prices have been set, there's a lot of murkiness involved.
May 15, 2024 - 04:00 | | CBC News - Canada
The city's draft zoning bylaw aims to allow rooming houses across the city with less parking, and current planning policy is already making it easier to build them bigger. Some residents took issue with that at a committee meeting Tuesday.
May 15, 2024 - 00:00 | | CBC News - Ottawa
Susanna Tapani scored her second overtime winner of the series to help Boston rally past Montreal 3-2 on Tuesday night and advance to the Professional Women's Hockey League championship series.
May 14, 2024 - 22:44 | | CBC News - Canada
Legislation the province is expected to introduce this week will allow the City of Vancouver to restrict landlords of single-residential-occupancy rooms from raising rents between tenancies.The legislation, aimed specifically at privately owned SROs on the city’s Downtown Eastside, is an effort to grant the city unique powers after two court cases over the past two years concluded the city couldn’t pass such rules on its own.
May 14, 2024 - 22:11 | Frances Bula | The Globe and Mail
