Canada In ‘Significant' Housing Bubble
The No. 1 issue on James Hodgins’ mind is the eventual rise in short-term interest rates. The chief investment officer at Toronto-based CHS Asset Management noted that the market isn’t pricing in rates...
View ArticleToronto Boutique Eton Of Sweden Under Fire For Racially Insensitive Window...
Talk about marketing gone really, really wrong. A Toronto fashion boutique has come under fire thanks to a window display that echoes slavery and has major racial implications. The display at the...
View ArticleUnpaid Internships On Their Way Out Thanks To Public Pressure: NDP's Andrew Cash
OTTAWA - Bell Mobility has at least temporarily scrapped a controversial program that recruits hundreds of interns each year to work without pay at the company, one of Canada's largest and most...
View ArticleCorrection to the Gitxsan-Evictions story
TERRACE, B.C. - A Canadian Press story published Aug. 6 said lands awarded to the Gitxsan in an earlier court ruling became part of a treaty agreement-in-principle with the neighbouring Kitsumkalum and...
View ArticleiJustine Dons Motion Caption Suit, Shows Us What Goes On In Video Games
What do "Dawn of the Planet of the Apes" and "The Last of Us" have in common? Aside from a dystopian setting where diseases ravaged humanity, they both owe their visual beauty to people in suits....
View ArticleICBC Cheques Are In The Mail To Overcharged Drivers
VANCOUVER - Four months after B.C.'s public auto insurer identified a multimillion-dollar billing error, cheques are being mailed to customers reimbursing them for the mix-up.The Insurance Corporation...
View ArticleAir Canada Flight Attendants' Union: Lower Staffing Levels A Safety Risk
TORONTO - The union representing Air Canada flight attendants is taking the federal government to court, saying that allowing the airline to fly with fewer flight attendants poses a serious safety...
View ArticlePeanut Company Of America Manager Admits Faking Lab Tests
ALBANY, Ga. - A Georgia peanut plant manager says he knew his company was submitting false lab tests to its customers before a nationwide salmonella outbreak killed nine Americans and sickened more...
View ArticleTekmira stock soars after FDA relaxes precautions on experimental Ebola drug
TORONTO - Shares of Tekmira Pharmaceuticals Corp. (TSX:TKM) shot up about 47 per cent Friday following a U.S. regulatory decision that relaxes safety precautions on the Vancouver-based company's...
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Marc Emery, Canada's 'Prince Of Pot,' Could Be Back On Canadian Soil Tuesday
Canada’s so-called “Prince of Pot” is finally coming home after serving five-year sentence in a U.S. prison. Marc Emery will “walk across [the border] a completely free man" with "no restrictions" as...
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Reports Of Skin Falling Off Salmon After Mount Polley Mine Spill
Reports of sickly salmon with skin that’s peeling off have prompted a First Nations fishing shutdown in British Columbia’s Cariboo region, which was hit by a mining waste spill this week. “We are...
View ArticlePower financial group's second-quarter profit rises
WINNIPEG - Power Corporation of Canada (TSX:POW) reports it had $314 million of net income attributable to its participating shareholders in the second quarter.The Montreal-based financial group's main...
View ArticleJudge rules against NCAA in O'Bannon antitrust case over athletes' rights to...
College football and basketball players could be in line for paydays worth thousands of dollars once they leave school after a landmark ruling Friday that may change the way the NCAA does business.A...
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Jann Arden Cuts Down Calgary's AMP Radio For Halving Songs (TWEETS)
Jann Arden sees something very insensitive about a Calgary radio station's move to cut songs in half on weekends. The Canadian singer/songwriter went on a Twitter tirade Thursday and Friday about AMP...
View ArticleOracle Corp. sues Oregon over health insurance exchange, alleging breach of...
SALEM, Ore. - Oracle Corp. has sued the state of Oregon in a fight over the state's health insurance exchange, saying government officials are using the technology company's software despite $23...
View ArticleBell Mobility Suspends Unpaid Internship Program
OTTAWA - Bell Mobility has at least temporarily scrapped a controversial program that recruits hundreds of interns each year to work without pay at the company, one of Canada's largest and most...
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Fighter Jet For Sale On Kijiji For $1,500,000 In Red Deer (VIDEO, PHOTOS)
An airplane aficionado from Red Deer, Alta. is selling a Royal Navy FA2 Sea Harrier jet on Kijiji with the hope a buyer could make it fly again. But you'll have to dig deep to make it yours: the price...
View ArticleBest Retirement Places Overseas: Where To Go Once You've Called It Quits
For some Canadians, the idea of retiring may seem like a faraway dream. But you know what else is also miles away? Malta, Thailand and several overseas destinations well suited for Canadians looking to...
View ArticleUS bots flagged Ebola outbreak in West Africa days before formal announcement...
BOSTON - The Ebola outbreak in West Africa is focusing a spotlight on an online tool run by experts in Boston that flagged a "mystery hemorrhagic fever" in forested areas of southeastern Guinea nine...
View ArticleGoogle Street View Adds Canadian Universities
Good news, parents. If you haven't taken a look at your kid's university yet, Google just saved you a whole lot of gas. Right around the time that many students are preparing to go off to school, the...
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