Columnists London Free Press

Islam: Who wins and who loses with Canada’s holiday tax break?

5 min read

Shahidul Islam, MacEwan University and Subhadip Ghosh, MacEwan University The federal government is giving Canadians a temporary tax break by exempting GST/HST on certain items during the holiday season from Dec. 14 to Feb. 15. The tax break applies to clothing, footwear, diapers, car seats, toys for children, jigsaw puzzles, physical video games, consoles and […]

Owen Sound Sun Times

Voting period opens on South Bruce DGR referendum

10 min read

Voting has opened in the Municipality of South Bruce on a referendum that will help determine if the municipality is willing to be the site of an underground storage vault for Canada’s spent nuclear fuel.  Voters were eligible to cast their ballots either online or via telephone on the referendum question beginning at 10 a.m. on […]