Gitxsan First Nation Evicts CN Rail, Logging Companies From Its Land
VANCOUVER - British Columbia First Nations are wasting no time in enforcing their claim on traditional lands in light of a landmark Supreme Court of Canada decision recognizing aboriginal land...
View ArticleCSEC Staff Levels Hit Record High, As Other Agencies Suffer Through Austerity
The Harper government is working to slash the size of the public service, but at least one agency is exempt from the austerity push. Staff levels at Canada’s electronic spy agency hit a record high...
View ArticleCrude up for first time in 2 weeks; analysts don't rule out further price drops
The price of oil rose for the first time in two weeks Thursday despite analyst concern that the bottom has yet to be reached amid ample and increasing supplies on world markets.Benchmark West Texas...
View Article10 Brands That Will Disappear In 2015: 24/7 Wall St.
Two internationally renowned Canadian brands have made 24/7 Wall St.'s list of brands that will disappear in 2015. The financial news site says Vancouver-based yogawear maker Lululemon is among a...
View ArticleThe Restoration of King James: LeBron leaves Miami to return home and hold...
CLEVELAND - If LeBron James was going to win another NBA title, heal broken hearts and continue building his legacy, he knew there was only one place to go.To Ohio. Home.Four years after he left for...
View ArticleNortheast B.C. blaze causing trouble for shale gas producers in area
CALGARY - A wildfire burning in northeastern British Columbia is causing trouble for some natural gas operations in the region, but it's business as usual for many others.The blaze southeast of Tumbler...
View ArticleU.S. Posts Huge Surplus In June, Annual Deficit Projected To Be Smallest In...
WASHINGTON - The U.S. government ran a monthly budget surplus in June, putting it on course to record the lowest annual deficit since 2008.The Treasury Department said Friday that its June surplus...
View ArticleSouth Portland's Oilsands Ban On Verge Of Becoming Permanent
The city that houses the third-largest oil port on the U.S.’s eastern seaboard has preliminarily voted in favour of a permanent ban on oilsands shipments. The city council in South Portland, Maine,...
View ArticleFormer head of nation's largest public pension fund pleads guilty to bribery,...
SAN FRANCISCO - The former head of the nation's largest pension fund admitted Friday that he took bribes, including hundreds of thousands of dollars stuffed in paper bags and a shoe box, and helped an...
View ArticleNEB says it will weigh Imperial, Chevron's Arctic spill response plans
CALGARY - Two big energy players aiming to drill in the Beaufort Sea will get clarity from the National Energy Board as to whether their proposals to deal with a potential undersea blowout are...
View ArticleReport says hiking Quebec energy exports to Ontario would benefit both provinces
MONTREAL - Hiking energy exports from Quebec to Ontario would help both cash-strapped provinces, says a report released Friday by two environmental groups.The study says increasing energy trade between...
View ArticleKenney: Regional Temporary Foreign Workers Program Exemptions To Be Considered
CHARLOTTETOWN - Employment Minister Jason Kenney says he's willing to consider regional exemptions to his recent overhaul of the temporary foreign worker program.Kenney says he will consider changes in...
View ArticleAP names Vaughn Morrison to lead US video production
WASHINGTON - The Associated Press has named Vaughn Morrison as its new head of US video production.Morrison, who will be based in Washington, will focus on domestic video output for Associated Press...
View ArticleWomen's clothing retailers face tough year, more bankruptcies: analysts
MONTREAL - Canadian women's clothing retailers are bracing for a difficult year as the entry of more international brands into the marketplace raises the possibility that once steadfast domestic...
View ArticleCrude oil resumes slide, plunges 2% to US10083 in biggest drop since April
The price of oil plunged two per cent Friday, the largest one-day drop since April, as Libyan oil appeared poised to return to the market in the face of muted global demand.Benchmark West Texas...
View ArticleTwo legal challenges filed over federal approval of Northern Gateway
VANCOUVER - Two legal challenges were filed Friday against the federal cabinet's approval of the Northern Gateway pipeline.The Gitxaala (git-HAT'-lah) First Nations, who hail from the North Coast of...
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Co-op Housing In Vancouver Is The Affordable Option You Didn't Know About
For all the attention on Vancouver as one of the most expensive places to live on the face of the Earth, it's actually possible to rent a bright, one-bedroom apartment in a modern downtown building for...
View ArticleCourt approves First Nation challenge of Trans Mountain pipeline review
VANCOUVER - A Federal Court judge will let a British Columbia First Nation challenge the review process into the expansion of Kinder Morgan's Trans Mountain oil pipeline.The Tsleil-Waututh...
View ArticleChina's financial news magazine says celebrity TV reporter taken away by...
BEIJING, China - A top business journalist at China's state broadcaster was taken away by prosecutors, abruptly absent from his nightly newscast he was anchoring, China's financial news magazine Caixin...
View ArticleOwners of Trump Plaza casino in Atlantic City say they expect to shut it down...
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. - Atlantic City's crumbling casino market disintegrated even further Saturday as the owners of the Trump Plaza casino said they expect to shut down in mid-September.Trump...
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