Courier giant DHL padded own pockets with ‘hidden fees,’ class action alleges
A Vancouver law firm is going to court against DHL, alleging the courier giant profited by misrepresenting some of the fees it charges customers.According to a proposed…
Toronto mom spent her severance pay on car insurance, but ended up uninsured
Yasmine Sharaf thought she had scored a great deal on car insurance.The 48-year-old Toronto mother of three needed a lucky break; she had been laid off from…
CRA has found 35 cases of tax dodging in the Panama Papers leak, 5 years later
Five years after one of the world's biggest leaks of financial records exposed the tax-haven dealings of politicians, athletes, celebrities and mobsters, the Canada Revenue Agency has…
Federal Court approves class-action lawsuit claiming RCMP doctors sexually assaulted recruits
Sylvie Corriveau has spent decades trying to sound the alarm over reports that some of the RCMP's designated doctors have sexually abused patients.She said she felt a…
Federal carbon-offset proposal will likely give illusion of progress, even as it increases emissions
This column is an opinion by Nicholas Rivers, Mark Jaccard and Kathryn Harrison. Rivers is the Canada Research Chair in Climate and Energy Policy at the University…
Prince Edward makes royal visit to Canada — pandemic-style
Hello, royal watchers. This is your regular dose of royal news and analysis. Reading this online? Sign up here to get this delivered to your inbox. Royal…
Supreme Court to rule today on whether the federal carbon tax is constitutional
The Supreme Court of Canada will release its decision today on whether the federal Liberal government's carbon pricing regime is constitutional — a ruling that could derail…
Ontario moving Sarnia-Lambton into lockdown; N.B. reveals vaccine rollout details
The latest:Ontario will move the southwestern region of Sarnia-Lambton into lockdown on Monday after a recent spike in COVID-19 cases, making it the fifth region to be…
Canada Revenue Agency accused of blaming victims as ‘gross negligence’ cases drag on
Dozens of clients of a disgraced B.C. tax consultant who tried to bilk the Canada Revenue Agency out of millions of dollars are facing the possibility of…
COVID-era school design takes lessons from Indigenous educators
A Saskatoon-based architect is already applying lessons learnt from the pandemic to the schools he is designing, and said the First Nations clients he works with are…
How the pandemic could create the flexible workplaces parents need
For Tendai Dongo, the stress and anxiety was just too much at times. A project manager at a digital education company based in Calgary, she has spent…