Business
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October 17, 2024
Business organizations call on federal government to scrap capital gains tax increase
The Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB), along with 20 other industry organizations, is calling on the federal government to scrap the upcoming increase to the capital gains inclusion rate and to make the Canadian Entrepreneurs’ Incentive available to business owners in all sectors.
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October 17, 2024
Thunder Bay murder conviction stands despite bias concerns
Thirty-seven-year-old Nicholas Necan’s reaction when advised that he was charged with the second-degree murder of 60-year-old George James Gerard on Jan. 28, 2016, was disbelief. Gerard was killed after his head was bludgeoned with a piece of wood in his apartment.
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October 17, 2024
My story, thus far | Courtney Betty
I remember as a young boy arriving in Canada, from Jamaica, filled with excitement and joy. Canada was the land of opportunity, my parents told me. They were both hardworking people. My mother worked in a clothing factory and my father worked for the City of Toronto as a proud parking attendant. They drilled in me the value of education, character and a strong religious belief that I should treat everyone with the greatest level of respect and compassion. In many ways, though I did not recognize it then, these values became a cornerstone that formed the foundation for the rest of my life.
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October 16, 2024
Alberta hits new record in Canada for auto insurance lawsuit costs
Alberta has hit a new record in Canada with the cost of the average auto insurance legal settlement in the province exceeding $100,000 in 2023, according to new data from the General Insurance Statistical Agency (GISA), which is overseen by provincial insurance regulators.
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October 16, 2024
Ottawa says national action plan helped cut auto theft by 19 per cent, boosted vehicle interceptions
Ottawa's national action plan to combat auto theft has resulted in a 19 per cent decline in auto thefts over the first half of the year and an increase in the number of stolen vehicles intercepted by the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA), according to a federal government news release.
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October 16, 2024
More transparency needed around Alberta mine financial security program, law prof says
A University of Calgary law professor is raising alarm bells about the Alberta program that was set up to obtain financial security for the closure of oil sands and coal mines in the province, saying the information being provided about the program’s liabilities is inadequate and calls for more transparency.
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October 16, 2024
B.C. Court of Appeal denies law firm’s appeal of review of $400K+ retainer fee
The British Columbia Court of Appeal has ruled that a now defunct Vancouver litigation boutique failed in its obligation to properly explain the terms of a retainer agreement under which it charged a client more than $400,000.
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October 16, 2024
Ontario Court of Appeal overturns order requiring Torstar to pay landlord ‘profit’ from sublease
The Ontario Court of Appeal has overturned an order requiring the publisher of Canada's largest newspaper to pay its landlord net profits earned from a sublease, finding that the lower court inappropriately excluded rent paid to the landlord for unusable warehouse space from the profit calculation.
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October 16, 2024
Judicial appointment announced in Quebec
Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada Arif Virani announced the appointment of Pierre Soucy as a judge of the Superior Court of Quebec, an Oct. 15 news release announced.
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October 16, 2024
Lightening the land: Restoring balance and the case for Indigenous fire management
Canada faces an escalating wildfire crisis. Year after year, uncontrolled flames consume vast landscapes and jeopardize the livelihoods of countless people and their communities. In 2023, 2.84 million hectares of forest and land burned in British Columbia alone — the worst in the province’s recorded history. This growing threat stands in stark contrast to the period before colonial disruption when Indigenous peoples expertly managed the land through cultural burning. These deliberate, small-scale fires effectively cleared underbrush, nurtured biodiversity and ultimately fortified ecosystems against larger, more destructive wildfires.