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Many of Canada’s small businesses are witnessing an increase in crime as the cost of living climbs. Only two per cent of small business owners say crime has declined in their community in the past year, compared to the 50 per cent who say it has increased, according to a new survey by the Canadian…

The Competition Bureau has taken a step forward in its investigation into whether a natural gas acquisition by Calgary-based Keyera Corp. will substantially lessen competition or raise barriers to entry in Canada’s oil and gas industry . The bureau obtained a federal court order to gather information from a third player in Canada’s oil and…

The city has budgeted $16.2 million for the upgrades, and is seeking public feedback on how they will look in an online survey.

Three months before Conservative MP Marilyn Gladu crossed the floor to the Liberals, she backed a call for an automatic byelection when an MP defects. Gladu said she decided to join the Liberals because she has “heard clearly from constituents that (they) want serious leadership,” in a statement released today . But in January the…

A Toronto man found not criminally responsible six years ago for killing his grandmother and trying to kill a health-care worker has been granted an absolute discharge by the Ontario Review Board, despite his psychiatrist’s reservations about his patient’s ability to manage his condition and his future plans to attend law school. A judge found…

Canadians who receive the quarterly GST/HST credit, or those who qualify for it, could receive an extra payment ranging from $267 to $717 in the coming weeks. In January, Prime Minister Mark Carney vowed to put “more money back in Canadians’ pockets” with the announcement of a new GST rebate. Formerly known as the Goods…

Heather Winterstein didn’t show hallmark warning signs of potentially life-threatening sepsis when she went through triage screening the day before she died at the hospital in St. Catharines, Ont., an emergency medical expert told the coroner’s inquest for the 24-year-old.

Police raided a Montreal mattress company and found stolen cars. A CBC investigation into the city’s car export industry found numerous Montreal businesses have sent stolen cars overseas.

A 14-year-old aspiring soccer player living in Quebec has been given the opportunity of a lifetime. But his status as an asylum seeker is preventing him from getting on a plane and capitalizing on it.

A first-degree murder trial was delayed last week on Newfoundland’s west coast over a lack of sheriff officers and one lawyer says she wasn’t surprised, given the state of the province’s criminal justice system.