A year ago, members of the Hadhad family were Syrian refugees in Lebanon — but now they're running a chocolate business in Nova Scotia with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau telling their story at the United Nations.
The maximum allowable charge for a payday loan in B.C. will drop from $23 to $17 for every $100 borrowed, starting Jan. 1, 2017.
Health Minister Terry Lake and Public Safety Minister Mike Morris make the announcement this afternoon in Vancouver.
Peter Schilling, who saw the shooting from his second-floor office on Tuesday afternoon, said he was on the phone with a colleague staring out the window when he saw J. Randall Barrs get out of his car in the driveway of his Yorkville law office.
Const. Matthew MacGillivray, a former police sergeant, was demoted in January after a Halifax Regional Police disciplinary officer found he had used unnecessary force and engaged in discreditable conduct.
Taxpayers forked out $1.1 million to move some four dozen political staffers to Ottawa after Justin Trudeau's Liberals won power last fall.