May 12, 2005
- Statistics Canada releases a report that illustrates family incomes across Canada in 2003. Among the highlights:
- average after-tax income fell from $60,400 in 2002 to $59,900 in 2003
- Ontario, followed by Alberta, had the highest average after-tax income at $66,500 and $64,900 respectively
- Newfoundland and Labrador had the lowest average after-tax income at $47,100
- Prince Edward Island had the lowest rate of low-income families at 3.7%
- British Columbia had the highest rate of low-income families at 11.6%
(Globe&Mail) (StatCan-TheDaily)
- An Ontario man is sentenced to 15 years in prison and a lifetime driving prohibition after killing two people in two separate drunk driving accidents. He becomes the first Canadian to be twice convicted of impaired driving causing death in separate collisions. (CTV)
- A study published in the Canadian Journal of Public Health finds that the better the access to fast food restaurants in a neighbourhood the higher the levels of hospital admissions and coronary disease in that neighbourhood. (CTV)
Read more about this topic: May 2005 In Canada