News/Canada (Page 19)

Canada·First Person When most Canadians fall back to standard time, Peter Warwick leaves his clocks alone. Living on standard time is one of several strategies he uses to maximize the light and keep his spirits bright. That’s how I’ve learned to fend off the winter blahs Peter Warwick · forContinue Reading

One look inside the car and it’s obvious someone has been living in it. There are shirts on hangers dangling from the passenger-side window hook. In the back seat, there’s a blanket, a pillow and an eye mask. The vehicle has been home to an asylum seeker since his recent eviction fromContinue Reading

Canada·THE FIFTH ESTATE Struggling with high pet med costs? Canada’s competition watchdog calls for more choice and affordable optionsA new report from Canada’s monopoly watchdog says pet owners deserve more choice and competitive prices for pet medications. Regulations for distributing medications vary across country Denise Angus, founder of Toronto petContinue Reading

Canada One of three major tobacco companies involved in years of negotiations with creditors says it opposes the proposed multi-billion-dollar settlement announced in the case earlier this month. JTI-Macdonald Corp. has filed a document with an Ontario court indicating it does not support the proposal due to “critical outstanding issues.”Continue Reading

Shannon Hanmer still remembers the first scary movie she saw in a theatre — the R-rated teen vampire thriller The Lost Boys starring Kiefer Sutherland as the blood-thirsty villain. She was four years old.  “My mom thought it was about Peter Pan,” she said. Instead, a young Hanmer watched in horror as the 1987 film served upContinue Reading

Canada·The Fifth Estate In 2023, a Canadian taxpayer logged into his Canada Revenue Agency account, falsely amended previous tax returns and wrongly claimed he was owed more than $40 million in refunds. Without verifying any of the newly filed tax slips, the Canada Revenue Agency authorized the payments and beganContinue Reading

Canada Fake content is getting harder to suss out. This Canadian Nobel Prize winner has an idea to helpAI pioneer Geoffrey Hinton spoke Monday at the first of the two-night Hinton Lectures event in Toronto. AI pioneer Geoffrey Hinton spoke at event MondayThe Canadian Press · Posted: Oct 29, 2024 7:44 PM EDT | LastContinue Reading

At the height of this year’s tax season, the Canada Revenue Agency discovered that hackers had obtained confidential data used by one of the country’s largest tax preparation firms, H&R Block Canada. Imposters used the company’s confidential credentials to get unauthorized access into hundreds of Canadians’ personal CRA accounts, changeContinue Reading

Canada The lawyer representing a Canadian Forces corporal currently in the midst of a sexual assault trial is himself facing sex crime-related charges, and those charges involve a minor, CBC News has learned.  Lawyer Mitchell Worsoff remains in good standing with Law Society of Ontario Jorge Barrera · CBC NewsContinue Reading