Jacob Given Last Chance To Save Some Stores
MONTREAL — Insolvent womenswear retailer Jacob Inc. has been given another month to develop a restructuring plan that could keep some of its stores open. The Quebec Superior Court extended creditor...
View ArticleCN moves record grain in second-quarter, anticipates growth into next year
MONTREAL - Canadian National Railway is predicting continuing strong results in 2014 after delivering second-quarter earnings Monday that beat expectations amid higher freight volumes generated by a...
View Article7 Strangely Successful Kickstarters You Won't Believe People Backed
Order a man a salad and he'll eat for a day. Kickstart his campaign for a salad and he'll probably eat for months. Sure, ordering food online has been a long-time gift for those too lazy to pick up a...
View ArticleEncana spinoff PrairieSky posts $23.9-million profit in first financial report
CALGARY - PrairieSky Royalty Ltd. (TSX:PSK), the Encana Corp. spinoff that made its trading debut this spring, posted a $23.9-million profit in its first financial report.The net earnings and...
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___Microsoft makes design central to its futureBefore Ralf Groene helped devise the look and feel of Microsoft's Surface tablet, he designed food — or "food concepts," he says, such as dried noodles...
View ArticleB.C. regulator seeks sanctions against blogger who got funds from follower
VANCOUVER - The British Columbia Securities Commission is pursuing sanctions against a man who allegedly lost about $15,000 entrusted to him for investment by an unidentified follower of his financial...
View ArticleMaster T Says Give Much Back To Moses Znaimer (VIDEO, TWEETS)
A former Much personality has a compelling idea for how to help the station in the wake of massive cuts. In a video posted to Vimeo last Thursday, Tony "Master T" Young argued that the channel should...
View ArticleJason Spezza's Ottawa Mansion Sells For $1.69 Million (PHOTOS)
With former Ottawa Senators captain Jason Spezza off to the Dallas Stars, the player has to offload his gorgeous mansion, which has been placed on the market for $1.69 million. The home, located at 905...
View ArticleGander International Airport On 'Endangered' List, But Officials Say...
The Gander International Airport Authority (GIAA) is challenging its "endangered" status after Heritage Canada The National Trust put it on a top ten list of "at risk" places. Low passenger volumes...
View ArticleImax teams with Shanghai Film to open 19 more giant-screen cinemas in China
HONG KONG - Imax and China's biggest state-owned film exhibitor are teaming up to open 19 giant screen cinemas in the world's No. 2 movie market.Imax Corp. and Shanghai Film Corp. said Tuesday that a...
View ArticleDetroit says retirees and workers have approved pension cuts, a major step in...
DETROIT - Workers and retirees approved pension cuts in Detroit's bankruptcy by a landslide, the city reported Monday, a crucial step to emerging from the largest municipal insolvency in U.S....
View ArticleIs This The End Of Malaysia Airlines?
With the twin tragedies hitting Malaysia Airlines this year, and political upheaval in Thailand, southeast Asia's airlines are in turmoil. Will this latest disaster be the end for Malaysia Airlines,...
View ArticleJoe Oliver, Finance Minister, Rejects Call To Create 75,000 Jobs Through...
OTTAWA — Finance Minister Joe Oliver is rejecting a recommendation from a report issued by the C.D. Howe Institute that he focus more on creating jobs than eliminating a tiny deficit. The report by...
View ArticleCanada's Richest Neighbourhoods: The Top 10
Canadian Business magazine has released the latest edition of its annual ranking of Canada's richest neighbourhoods, and Toronto dominates. We all know Vancouver has the country's highest house prices,...
View ArticleWhat are the cheapest days to fly in Canada? Kayak.com looks at data
TORONTO - Canadians should look to fly on a Tuesday if they're travelling domestically or on a Thursday if they're leaving the country, suggests data from the travel website Kayak, which is looking...
View ArticleIMF sees US growth this year at weakest pace since recession after sharp 1Q...
WASHINGTON - U.S. economic growth this year will likely be at the weakest pace since the Great Recession ended, the International Monetary Fund said, mostly because of a sharp, weather-related...
View ArticleAir Canada Toronto-Tel Aviv Flight Cancelled Again
TORONTO - Air Canada has cancelled another scheduled flight from Toronto to Tel Aviv due to security concerns at Israel's main airport.The airline says Flight AC84, scheduled to leave this afternoon,...
View ArticleUS proposes tougher tank car rules, other standards to prevent oil train fires
WASHINGTON - Thousands of older rail tank cars that carry crude oil would be phased out within two years under U.S. regulations proposed Wednesday in response to a series of fiery train crashes over...
View ArticleDefence lawyers in Colorado theatre shootings question reliability of...
CENTENNIAL, Colo. - Defence attorneys in the Colorado theatre shootings are attacking the reliability of firearms analysis, saying it's subjective and lacks statistics to measure its accuracy.The judge...
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Hootsuite's 2nd Vancouver Office Is Just As Cool As Its 1st (PHOTOS)
As if we didn't already have office envy for the folks over at Vancouver-based social media management company Hootsuite, the company has recently opened a second location in the city. Located near...
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