6+ hour, 42+ min ago  (70+ words) Blacklock's Reporter A 10 percent tariff on Lebanese chickpeas, Filipino beans and other imported canned goods will have a "downstream effect" at supermarket checkouts, Finance Minister Fran'ois-Philippe Champagne said yesterday in a regulatory notice. Cabinet had no choice but to protect…...

2+ day, 6+ hour ago  (64+ words) Blacklock's Reporter The Department of Natural Resources spent nearly $75, 000 asking Canadians if they'd consider replacing home siding and roofing with fireproof materials. Regulators to date have stopped short of applying climate revisions in the National Building Code to existing structures:…...

3+ day, 6+ hour ago  (73+ words) Blacklock's Reporter Prime Minister Mark Carney faces a Commons ethics committee probe on whether he stands to personally benefit from a proposed $1. 45 billion taxpayers" bailout of distressed condos in Metro Vancouver. Carney told reporters he had no idea of whether…...

3+ day, 5+ hour ago  (62+ words) Blacklock's Reporter The Department of Immigration is eager to show it's "delivering results" in a costly shelter program for illegal immigrants and refugee claimants, says an Access To Information memo to Minister Lena Diab. Managers complained of media focus and…...

3+ day, 6+ hour ago  (51+ words) Blacklock's Reporter Banks effective next year will be compelled to obtain depositors" permission for electronic transfers. The anti-fraud measure follows legal rulings regarding bankers" duty of care owed their customers: "The true number of fraud instances in Canada could be…...

6+ day, 6+ hour ago  (57+ words) Blacklock's Reporter Muttering that you"d like to kill your boss is not an automatic firing offence, a British Columbia labour board has ruled. The decision came in the case of a North Vancouver cleaning lady, 60, fired last Christmas after…...

1+ week, 5+ hour ago  (61+ words) Blacklock's Reporter First Nations schools operated by Indigenous Services Minister Mandy Gull-Masty's department have failed an audit for the second time in five years. Records show the federal system spends 29 percent more per capita than the national average yet has…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago  (52+ words) Blacklock's Reporter Governor General Louise Arbour yesterday in one of her first acts of office notified MPs she is cutting her clothing allowance. Arbour's predecessor was sharply criticized for billing thousands for shoes, silk jackets and other apparel: "The Office…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago  (45+ words) Blacklock's Reporter A newly-declassified 1992 federal memo predicted Islamic extremists would attempt to bypass federal security checks by filing refugee claims in Canada. The memo to the Department of Foreign Affairs complained that refugee claimants were "extremely difficult to control....

2+ week, 2+ day ago  (49+ words) Blacklock's Reporter Overdose deaths went up with decriminalization of narcotics in British Columbia, then fell once police resumed enforcement of drug laws, federal Department of Health figures confirmed yesterday. Cabinet has denied the B. C. experiment was a failure: "We need to…...