Tag: cross border

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

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…


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

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…


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

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…