Refugees are freezing to flee the US for Canada
Winters in Canada get cold. Really, really cold. So people would have to be pretty desperate to walk across the wide expanses of deep snow separating Canada from the US. But that’s what’s happening. Dr. Paul Caulford runs a clinic in for refugees without health insurance. Credit: Andrea Crossan “There’s no question what’s driving them,” […]
Hunt is on for a motive in Canada Mosque shooting
Police look for a motive Six killed, eight injured Condolences from around the world Police are searching for a motive after two gunmen opened fire on worshippers during Sunday night prayers at a mosque in Quebec. One suspect was identified as Alexandre Bissonnette, a French-Canadian, the other as Mohamed Khadir, who has a Moroccan background, […]
Quebec mosque attack: Social media tributes pour in
Soon after news broke that six Muslims had been killed in a shooting attack at a mosque in Canada’s Quebec City during evening prayers, people of all backgrounds took to social media to express their solidarity. Gunmen fired on about 50 people inside the Quebec Islamic Cultural Centre on Sunday at 8pm local time (01:00 […]
Toronto man who has been de-radicalizing Canadian terrorists being deported to the U.S.
Jason Pippin was an idealistic 18-year-old when he went to a conference in Dearborn, Michigan and heard a speech about how the Indian army was treating Muslims in the disputed Kashmir region. Believing it was his religious duty to help, the Muslim convert made his way to a camp in Pakistan run by Lashkar-e-Tayiba (LeT), […]
Out of work years before retirement and carrying debt, woman, 58, agonizes about how to best fund her future
Situation: At 58, a former civil servant who quit to do consulting, then company closed, savings modest Solution: Weigh early application for CPP benefits to cut draw down of savings, weigh OAS deferral Financial life has been tough for a woman in Ontario we’ll call June. Formerly a civil servant, she quit after three decades […]
Denying Quebec woman day in court because she was wearing of hijab went against Canadian law principles: judge
MONTREAL – Seventeen months after a Quebec Court judge told her to remove her hijab in court, Rania El-Alloul has received partial vindication from the justice system, but no guarantee it will not happen again. In a ruling released this week, Superior Court Justice Wilbrod Décarie writes, “The court has a lot of sympathy for […]
Federal government closing tax loophole used by foreign home buyers
TORONTO – The Trudeau government is closing a loophole that some foreign home buyers currently use to avoid paying taxes on the sale of Canadian property. Finance Minister Bill Morneau will unveil in an announcement today that foreign buyers who are not residents at the time of purchase will no longer be able to claim […]