Month: November 2006

It’s been called black gold. It’s addictive. And it’s sold at almost every street corner in Canada. It’s coffee, the beverage of night hawks and early risers everywhere. Whether it’s an executive trying to wake up before the workday, or a student up late cramming for an exam, Canadians love their coffee.

As the accumulated surplus of employment insurance (EI) funds grows to $53 billion next year, Ottawa’s business owners – as well as their employees – will see less tax taken off their pay stubs and balance sheets. But for many of them, the cut will not be enough to make a difference.

Bar owners say they’re fed up with bylaw officers’ heavy-handed enforcement of the city’s poster bylaw.