Category: cross border

Budget Watchdog Reviewing Underused Housing Tax Again as US Critics Push for Relief

July 20, 2023
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Canada’s budget watchdog is taking a second look at Ottawa’s new tax on underused housing that critics hope will lead to a last-minute reprieve for U.S. cottage owners. A spokesman for Niagara Falls MP Tony Baldinelli says the Parliamentary Budget Office has agreed to review its initial 2022 analysis of the measure. New York congressman…

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42 Arrested, 173 Guns Seized in Disruption of Cross-Border Firearms Trafficking: Toronto Police

April 11, 2023
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The Toronto police said 42 individuals have been arrested and over 400 criminal charges were laid as a result of a yearlong investigation into a major cross-border firearms trafficking scheme. The police operation, dubbed Project Moneypenny, saw the seizure of 173 firearms, alongside ammunition and roughly $184,000 in proceeds of crime, from Canada and the United…

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Bodies of Family That Froze to Death Trying to Cross Border May Not Return to India

January 29, 2022
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A relative of a family that froze to death in southern Manitoba while trying to cross the United States border says it’s expected the bodies will not be flown home to India for a funeral. Amritbhai Vakil said family members have decided it would be emotionally difficult to see the couple and their two children…

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