FortisBC says its two-tiered billing rate for residential electricity users will soon be a thing of the past. On Thursday, Fortis announced that its request to return to a single, flat electricity rate for residential users was approved by the B.C. Utilities Commission. Fortis says the elimination process will take five years, and that the […]

A parliamentary group is drafting revised rules and recommendations to change existing inheritance laws. When Tunisia’s president proposed last year that the country’s inheritance laws should be revised, women’s rights activists applauded the move. But the issue remains controversial for the government and public.   Al Jazeera’s Mohammed Jamjoom reports from Tunis. Source: Read Full […]

Anti-establishment party projected to win most votes, but no one expected to win enough seats to form government. Italy is facing a hung parliament with the early count in Sunday’s general election suggesting no party has won a majority. With ballots still being counted on Monday, a bloc of right-wing parties was projected to emerge […]

TORONTO – Ontario’s education ministry is recommending school boards freeze hiring as it consults on class sizes and hiring practices. Deputy minister Nancy Naylor sent boards a memo Thursday noting that the government implemented a hiring freeze in June and that school boards may wish to institute similar measures. When that public service hiring freeze […]

Logan Boulet was in his third season as a defenceman with the Humboldt Broncos when he died following a collision on April 6, 2018. Sixteen players and staff were killed in the crash and 13 others were injured. Just weeks prior to the crash, Logan told his parents of his desire to donate his organs. […]

After 40 years with the Toronto Police Service, homicide Det. Gary Giroux has decided it’s time to retire. Giroux’s said one of his most memorable case was one he took on early in his career as a homicide detective. It was gruesome case about a serial rapist who was preying on women and targeted two […]

London police say a shooting in the area of Florence Street and Kellogg Lane began as an armed robbery and a total of four suspects are involved. Initially, police said that a citizen reported hearing gunshots at roughly 1:15 a.m. Monday and that emergency crews found a man suffering from multiple gunshot wounds in the […]

Millions are already feeling the effects of water shortages because of what critics say is poor planning and uncontrolled urbanisation. About 200 million Pakistanis face running out of water within the next 10 years. Government leaders are being urged to build more reservoirs and dams, and improve an extensive network of irrigation canals built more […]

In response to last spring’s devastating flood in New Brunswick, an independent consultant group has been contracted to prepare a review of the provincial government’s response to the crisis. It was a flood that impacted thousands of people from Fredericton to Saint John and small communities peppered in between. The outside expert review will determine […]

The annexation of Crimea is an important feather in Russian President Vladimir Putin’s cap and Crimean Tartars say they are being pressured to not boycott the election. Russians are to vote for their next president on Sunday. And as election fever grows, authorities in Crimea have reportedly been tasked with producing an overwhelming vote for […]