With $36.4 million in second week, 'Transformers' edges 'Tammy' on weak July...
NEW YORK, N.Y. - "Transformers: Age of Extinction" beat out Melissa McCarthy's "Tammy" on a weak July 4th weekend at the box office.According to studio estimates Sunday, the fourth "Transformers" film...
View ArticleTransCanada's Contract With Mattawa Requires Town To Stay Silent About Company
The mayor of a small northern Ontario town along the route of the planned Energy East pipeline is defending a contract with pipeline builder TransCanada that critics say amounts to a “gag order” in...
View ArticleEugenie Bouchard's Wimbledon Loss May Have Cost Her Millions In Sponsorships:...
TORONTO - Eugenie Bouchard's loss to Czech Republic's Petra Kvitova in the Wimbledon women's final on Saturday may have cost her millions in sponsorship income, according to experts who say the...
View Article$80-Million Cham Shan Buddhist Retreat Temple Coming To Ontario (PHOTOS)
A massive $80-million Cham Shan Buddhist retreat temple is currently under construction just south of Peterborough, Ont. The temple will be on Ski Hill Road near Bethany, Ont. and is being built by the...
View ArticleOntario Liberals Will Hike Takes Or Cut Jobs To Balance Books: Opposition...
TORONTO - Ontario's Liberals may have won a majority June 12, but they have no plan to eliminate a $12.5 billion deficit without cutting jobs or raising taxes, the opposition parties charged Monday.In...
View ArticleJeffrey Baldwin Memorial: DC Entertainment Says No To Superman Logo
TORONTO - DC Entertainment is refusing to allow the Superman logo to adorn a memorial statue of a Toronto boy who loved the superhero during his short life before his grandparents starved him to...
View ArticleYou May Soon Be Able To Take WestJet To More Countries
CALGARY - WestJet Airlines Ltd. said Monday it aims to have its own wide-body aircraft in the sky next year, setting the stage for a possible international expansion.The bigger planes will offer...
View ArticleWashington State Shops Now Have Licenses To Sell Recreational Marijuana
SEATTLE - Washington state issued its first retail marijuana licenses Monday with a middle-of-the-night email alerting bleary-eyed pot-shop proprietors that they'll finally be able to open for...
View ArticleLabrador Food Shortage: Stores Down To Last Items In Some Towns
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - There's no excuse for bare grocery shelves in remote Labrador communities still waiting for spring food shipments delayed by ferry issues, says provincial Transportation Minister...
View ArticleNortel's former European operations may be near a settlement in bankruptcy trial
TORONTO - A settlement over how to divide up a portion of the US$7.3 billion made from the sale of certain Nortel Networks assets may be nearing completion.Two sources familiar with the negotiations...
View ArticlePershing files documents for special meeting aimed at ousting Allergan directors
NEW YORK, N.Y. - Pershing Square Capital Management has formally asked Allergan shareholders to support its bid for a special meeting to remove six directors and allow Valeant to proceed with its...
View ArticleTPP Talks' Last-Minute Venue Shift Marks 'A New Low In Transparency'
Negotiations over the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) have long been a guarded secret, but critics say the Harper government went the extra mile to keep the latest round of talks out of the public eye....
View ArticleFirst Nations Report: Heavy Metals From Oilsands Contaminating Food
EDMONTON - A new study by two Alberta First Nations and University of Manitoba scientists says there is a link between oilsands pollutants and higher levels of heavy metals in wildlife, and higher...
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5 Things About Marc Emery's Release From U.S. Prison
Marc Emery, the so-called Prince of Pot, is due to be released from a U.S. prison this week. Many of his supporters criticized the American prosecution of the high-profile, Vancouver-based activist...
View ArticleLibya expects to increase il exports; crude slips below US$104 a barrel
The price of oil slipped below US$104 a barrel Monday on expectations that Libya will soon boost its exports of crude.Benchmark West Texas Intermediate crude for August delivery fell 53 cents to close...
View ArticleStocks pull back, bringing the Dow Jones industrial average back near 17,000;...
NEW YORK, N.Y. - After pushing stocks to records last week, investors turned cautious on Monday ahead of a batch of corporate earnings reports.The Dow Jones industrial average ended almost 50 points...
View ArticleBox Office Top 20: 'Transformers' holds at No. 1 with $37.1 million
NEW YORK, N.Y. - "Transformers: Age of Extinction" did something no other film has done this summer: It topped the weekend box office for two straight weeks.The Michael Bay sequel earned $37.1 million...
View ArticleUnifor to hold meeting Wednesday in effort to unionize junior hockey players
MONTREAL - Canada's largest private sector union plans to hold an organizing meeting Wednesday in an attempt to begin the process of representing major junior hockey players from around the...
View ArticleMoody's Changes Canadian Banking Outlook To 'Negative' From 'Stable'
TORONTO _ Moody's Investor Services is lowering its outlook for the Canadian banking system to negative from stable due to lower government support for the sector, which remains among the highest-rated...
View ArticleAlberta Greenhouse Gas Reduction Plan Failing: Auditor General
EDMONTON - Six years after Alberta announced targets for cutting greenhouse gas emissions it has yet to present an effective plan or report on making it happen, the auditor general said Tuesday."This...
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