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Canada

Banks warn of ‘worse than recession’

Economists from Canada’s Big Five banks say they expect little or no growth in the near future and they warned today that the domestic economy’s current gloom will likely deepen into something worse than a recession.

TSX down 4.3% at close

North American stock markets plunged again Monday, driven by economic doubts and concern about the $700-billion US bailout of the American financial system. In both New York and Toronto, indexes fell through the 10,000 level in...

Report calls on feds, provinces to crack down on for-profit clinics

TORONTO - Ottawa and the provinces are largely turning a blind eye to for-profit health clinics, allowing the country to begin the slide into U.S.-style private health care, said a report released Mon...

Leafs' Hollweg gets two-game suspension

Maple Leafs left wing Ryan Hollweg received an automatic two-game suspension Monday after collecting his third boarding or checking from behind major in a 41-game span. The third penalty came in last Wednesday's 7-3 preseason...

BellwetherReport.com Analyst Opinions on FLEX, OSIP, DNDN and SLXP (Marketwire)

Monday October 6, 11:49 am ET NOTE TO EDITORS: The Following Is an Investment Opinion Being Issued by The Bellwether Report. TORONTO--(MARKET WIRE)--Oct 6, 2008 -- BellwetherReport.com is the leading online financial newsletter...

Manitoba to form unit to investigate police following inquiry into fatal crash

WINNIPEG - Manitoba is promising to create an independent unit to review criminal allegations involving police after a damning report into a fatal car crash caused by an off-duty officer. The inqui...

Canadian building permits fall in August

Published: Oct. 6, 2008 at 4:13 PM OTTAWA, Oct. 6 (UPI) -- Canadian housing permits issued in August fell 13.5 percent in value in August to $5.6 billion, Statistics Canada reported Monday. Permits issued for residential...

Murder trial in prison guard slaying begins for Hells Angel in Montreal

MONTREAL - The Crown is describing it as a Hells Angels conspiracy hatched to create anarchy within Quebec's justice system while ensuring that biker gang underlings shied away from becoming police in...

Toronto stock index tumbles 7.4 pct on oil's slide

TORONTO, Oct 6 (Reuters) - The Toronto Stock Exchange's main index tumbled 800 points on Monday morning, led by a drop in energy stocks as crude oil prices slid, and hurt by a Bank of Nova Scotia forecast of a recession in...

Economists warn Canadian economy heading for recession

OTTAWA, Oct. 6 (Xinhua) -- Canada is heading into a worse recession than anyone expected, one that could last until almost 2010, said economists from the country's big five banks on Monday. The word "recession" would not...