Ontario gives cities $156 million from gas tax this year for ...
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MISSISSAUGA, Ont. (CP) - More than 100 Ontario towns and cities will share in $156 million in revenue from the provincial gasoline tax this year, Premier Dalton McGuinty confirmed Friday.
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The Ontario government plans to ban cigarettes from public display and raise the taxes it levies on them as the province seeks to make its anti-smoking laws the toughest in Canada, the Globe and Mail reported.
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TORONTO (CP) - Ontario residents will likely have to pay more for their televisions, computers and electronic gadgets under a recycling plan now under development.
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Ford Motor Co. of Canada Ltd. will announce a massive $1 billion redevelopment of its Oakville site next Friday. Industry sources confirmed yesterday the auto giant has finally decided to build a flexible
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Greater Boston businesses and homeowners buckling under soaring gasoline and heating costs could get socked with up to $800 million a year in new electric costs under a proposed federal policy change, Massachusetts Attorney General Thomas F. Reilly warned yesterday.
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A federal judge on Wednesday ordered three Islamic charities and a man accused of raising money for the Palestinian militant group Hamas to pay $156 million to the parents
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By Hillary Borrud, Daily Press, Victorville, Calif.  Mar. 9--SAN BERNARDINO -- Victor Valley transportation projects will receive an injection of state money under a decision by the San Bernardino Associated Governments.
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VICTORIA - A stunning surprise for BC consumers: the provincial sales tax is going back to seven per cent from 7.5 per cent. Finance Minister Gary Collins made the announcement Wednesday in the legislature.
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The District government has achieved a budget surplus of more than $300 million for the third year in a row, thanks to higher-than-expected revenues and lower-than-expected spending last year, city officials announced this morning.
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OTTAWA (CP) - It will cost taxpayers more than &#36;20 million to get to the bottom of the sponsorship scandal, according to a budget estimate drawn up by the commission of inquiry into the affair.
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Toronto -- Prime Minister Paul Martin gained a major victory for his flagging government early Thursday by reaching an agreement with provincial and territorial leaders that would substantially increase federal spending for Canada&#39;s ailing $60 billion
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OTTAWA (CP) - Tuesday's throne speech reaffirmed the government's  intention to give cities a share of gas tax revenue but left them in the dark about how much money they can expect in the next few years.
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The annual report by the Canadian Institute for Health Information on health spending shows that health spending in the country is expected to reach $130.3 billion in 2004, a 5.9% increase over last year and the lowest annual increase in the last seven
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SHERBROOKE, Que. (CP) - Prime Minister Stephen Harper has announced the $1.5-billion Canada Eco-Trust and Clean Air Fund.  The fund will distribute money to the provinces and territories, which will decide on their major projects to reduce pollution and greenhouse gases.
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A plan to make Ontario gas more ecologically friendly by containing at least five per cent ethanol won&#39;t mean all pumps provincewide are serving up cleaner gas, Premier Dalton McGuinty admitted Friday.
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Albany -- Next year you will be able to deduct three more cents per mile for business mileage in your personal car. This is the largest one year rate hike for business mileage ever by the Internal Revenue Service.
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The Ontario government approved 10 electricity-generating projects that will power about 100,000 homes and generate C$700 million ($593 million) in new investment in the province.