German court says Ecclestone has made $100 million payment, meaning bribery...
MUNICH - A German court says Bernie Ecclestone has made the $100 million payment he agreed to last week, meaning the bribery case against the Formula One boss is formally closed.The Munich state court...
View ArticleNew Canadian-backed .club web domains getting snapped up by 50 Cent, Demi Lovato
TORONTO - Guessing a website address used to be so simple. Stick a .com or .ca at the end of a company or organization's name and most of the time, that would do it.But there's a flood of new generic...
View ArticleSeaWorld Stock Tumbles On Bad Earnings, After Some Seriously Bad PR
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Shares of SeaWorld Entertainment Inc. (SEAS) fell Wednesday after the theme park operator reported second-quarter profit and sales that missed Wall Street expectations and cut its...
View ArticleB.C. to boost lumber trade with China with agreement on wood-frame construction
VICTORIA - British Columbia and a Chinese jurisdiction have signed a memorandum of understanding to use more of the province's lumber for wood-frame construction.Cement construction is much more common...
View ArticleEI Claims Suspended While StatsCan Investigates Job Numbers 'Error'
OTTAWA - An error in the jobs report issued last week by Statistics Canada has resulted in a freeze on new employment insurance claims.A government official says the processing of new EI claims is...
View ArticleIJustine Shows Us How To Travel In Style With These High-Tech Gadgets
Smartphones might be a modern-day traveller's best friend, but sometimes there are situations that can't be remedied by an app or a camera. Sometimes the art of travelling requires a few more tools to...
View Article'Disturbing' SkyTrain Game Depicts Massacre Of Passengers
Transit Police in Vancouver are investigating a "disturbing" online game that allows players to shoot SkyTrain commuters. Players in "Main Street Massacre" act as Mack, a working class guy who gets...
View ArticleEbola in talks about using experimental Ebola drug in infected patients
VANCOUVER - Tekmira Pharmaceuticals Corp. (TSX:TKM) is in discussions about making its experimental Ebola drug available to infected patients, but says there is no guarantee the treatment can be used...
View ArticleCanada-EU Trade Deal Text Leaked By German TV
A German news show has published what it says is the full text of the Canada-EU free trade deal. The 521 pages of the 1,500-page document was posted to the website of German TV network ARD’s news show...
View ArticleFleet of six new Bitcoin ATMs arrive in shopping centres across Toronto
TORONTO - A Calgary company is looking to boost the profile of the world's newest, and most controversial, currency with the launch of six more teller machines in Toronto that deal in the virtual...
View ArticleFlight simulator company CAE posts lower Q1 profit; hikes dividend
MONTREAL - CAE says it plans to divest itself of its mining division to concentrate on its core business of providing simulation and training in aviation, defence and security.The global flight...
View ArticleCanada-U.S. Price Gap Measures Coming In The Fall
The federal government is poised to introduce legislation in the fall to try to narrow the consumer price gap between Canada and the U.S. The proposal was a key part of the consumer-first agenda set...
View ArticleBack To School Expenses Can Add Up; Here's How You Can Cut Down
TORONTO — There are a lot of things Basma Hakem wished she had done to save money when she first moved away from home to attend university. "I had an idea it was going to cost a lot but I didn't really...
View ArticleBrookfield Office Properties Under Fire For Confiscating Bikes
A Toronto woman who thought her bike was stolen only to discover security guards from a nearby building had confiscated it has launched a social media campaign to warn other cyclists with missing...
View ArticleVancouver Airport Baggage Carts Get High-Performance Upgrade (VIDEO)
VANCOUVER - Vancouver International Airport has rolled out a fleet of "new and improved" baggage carts — and a slick video to promote them.Sporting a "sleek, upright, ergonomic design," the 3,000 carts...
View ArticleDoublespeak? Orwell literary estate says Amazon.com distorts words of '1984'...
NEW YORK, N.Y. - The literary executor of George Orwell's estate is accusing Amazon.com of committing an Orwellian crime: doublespeak.In a letter published this week in The New York Times, Bill...
View ArticleRed Chris Mine Blockade Will End With New Offer: Minister
TERRACE, B.C. - Mines Minister Bill Bennet hopes a new offer will end a First Nations blockade of a northwestern B.C. mine owned by the same company involved in a tailings pond breach in the...
View ArticleAverage US rate on 30-year mortgage slips to 4.12 per cent; rate on 15-year...
WASHINGTON - Average long-term U.S. mortgage rates declined this week, approaching their lows for the year.Mortgage company Freddie Mac said Thursday the nationwide average for a 30-year loan slipped...
View ArticleGE confirms talks with Electrolux, others for sale of appliance division
NEW YORK, N.Y. - General Electric confirmed that it is considering the sale of its historic appliance division, part of its effort to focus on selling more complex and profitable industrial...
View ArticleMedical Marijuana Edibles Green-Lighted By B.C. Court
VANCOUVER - British Columbia's highest court is green-lighting medical marijuana in everything from oils and cookies to teas in a ruling that finds federal health laws limiting weed consumption to the...
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