Blacklock’s Reporter today received accreditation in the Canadian Parliamentary Press Gallery following earlier legal notice. The company’s board voted a motion of thanks, noting the name of Blacklock now rejoins Gallery rolls for the first time since 1934.
More cash registers are falling silent this fall despite deep discounting by retailers and historic low interest rates. New federal figure show that, with the exception of two provinces, retail sales year-over-year grew by a dismal 0.4 percent.
A bill before Parliament that would compensate air travelers up to $1,000 for cancelled flights and other nuisances may have little practical benefit for consumers, analysts tell Blacklock's.
The nation's patent system is so slow it has become an "incentive" to leave Canada, an industry group has told MPs. The testimony came amid House committee hearings that have heard expert witnesses describe federal intellectual property management as costly, inefficient and dysfunctional.
A federal ban on a carcinogenic chemical additive in infants' foam products comes decades after concerns were first raised by researchers. Random testing by Health Canada found the chemical in 7 of 40 children's items, from pillows to toys.
VIA Rail says it is close to breaking even on its busiest central route where subsidies average $12 per 100 hundred miles, a fraction of subsidies needed on other services in the crown-owned passenger rail system.
Blacklock’s Reporter today served legal notice it will challenge a gag ruling that disqualifies the online publisher from the Ottawa Press Gallery unless management divulges proprietary information. “If this precedent stands independent journalism is dead on Parliament Hill,” said Blacklock’s board. The gallery rejected a routine application for press credentials unless Blacklock’s discloses details of its payroll and corporate structure. “In the event the Gallery or its president insist on probing the confidential information of Blacklock’s, my client will be obliged to take legal steps,” wrote Yavar Hameed, counsel for the company.
A Saskatchewan case has redefined deductible medical expenses after a tax court judge ruled a husband could legally deduct thousands in travel bills to see his ill wife, though Canada Revenue argued the visits were not medically necessary.
An acronym trademarked by a Canadian public relations group resembles a shorthand term for Korean Communists, though the volunteer agency says the similarity is purely coincidental.
A federal labour relations referee is gaining greater powers to expedite settlements in the first major revision to regulations since 2001. "This looks like a good-faith effort to modernize the rules," said one labour lawyer; "I don't see monkey business."
Weight Watchers Canada is lobbying Parliament for "consideration" in the next budget that Blacklock's sources indicate would include tax credits for diet programs and supplements. The government already offers a fitness tax credit for children's hockey and other sports. Federal data show Canada is the fourth fattest nation on earth.
Nearly three quarters of federal guards on the Canada-US border speak English only, documents show. But managers in the transport industry call the unilingual trend an economic fact of life. “To ship across the border you must comprehend the national language of the United States – which is English,” said one trucking executive.
More than a quarter-million jobs grew from canola last year, the nation's most valuable crop. New federal data show nationwide, food processing is now the country's biggest manufacturing sector.
Builders are bypassing more than half a dozen federal laws and scores of regulations in planning a new bridge from Windsor, Ont. to Detroit, the busiest border crossing in the country.
Industry Canada is reviewing a patent from a Nova Scotia firm for tap 'n' go electronic parking meters that promise speedier service. “This may be ‘whiz-bang’ for older drivers," said the device's co-inventor, "but certainly young people are embracing tap ‘n go technology."
