Last year, the government wrote off 33,967 loans totalling $176 million.
For the second year in a row the federal government is writing off millions in student loans it will never collect, this time to the tune of $178.4 million. The money represents 32,554 loans that federal officials believe they will never be able to collect, either because a debtor may have filed for bankruptcy, the debt itself has passed a
Fadwa Alaoui is a Moroccan-born Canadian citizen. She’s travelled to the U.S. many times to visit family but on Saturday she was turned away at the border.
(REPORT) --- Fadwa Alaoui is a Moroccan-born Canadian citizen living in Brossard, Quebec. Like a lot of Quebecers, she sometimes drives down to Vermont to take advantage of the deals. But on Saturday, when her family pulled up at the border, Alaoui encountered something new. After the usual set of questions, Alaoui says she was
‘People are really using marijuana as medicine,’ researcher says.
American states that allow their residents to use marijuana for medical purposes have seen a marked decline in prescription drug use among the elderly and disabled, according to a study published Wednesday. The University of Georgia study looked at the costs of Medicare's prescription drug benefit program in 2013 — a time when 17 states and the
Top generals met to discuss possibility of fully integrating Canadian and U.S. militaries.
CBC News has learned that a Canadian military effort to formally create integrated forces with the United States for expeditionary operations included an even more ambitious option — a plan to fully integrate military forces, explored during a meeting with the top generals from the two countries. The Canadian military efforts were ultimately
George Pataki almost immediately calls on Twitter to ban Snowden from the site.
If the NSA ever wants to get in touch with famed whistleblower Edward Snowden, it can do so via direct message on Twitter — a privilege that is theirs and theirs alone. Snowden officially joined Twitter early Tuesday afternoon as a verified user with the handle @Snowden. His first tweet, sent at 12
Citizenship and Immigration doesn’t know or understand its own rules, says critic
A 99-year-old woman is going public after she was denied Canadian citizenship and a health card despite living in Canada for more than 80 years. Joan Stirling's application was rejected by Citizenship and Immigration Canada because she couldn't produce a specific piece of identification — her birth certificate from almost a century ago. Her
The medication is approved to treat two rare blood diseases that affect about one in every one million people. A 12-month treatment costs about $700,000 in Canada, while in the U.S. it costs about $669,000.
A U.S. drug company is taking the Canadian government to court for its attempt to lower the price of what has been called the world's most expensive drug. Alexion Pharmaceuticals has filed a motion in Federal Court, arguing that Canada's drug price watchdog has no authority to force the company to lower its price for Soliris. 'This is the
