Alberta Government Not Doing Enough About High Oilsands Emissions: Critics
EDMONTON - Opposition politicians and environmental groups are criticizing the Alberta government for what they call a lack of response to data showing two air pollutants have exceeded trigger levels...
View ArticleWashington police ask citizen journalists to not help bad guys get away from...
SEATTLE - Police in Washington state are asking the public to stop tweeting during shootings and manhunts to avoid accidentally telling the bad guys what officers are doing.The "TweetSmart" campaign...
View ArticleMount Polley: Watchdog Probes If B.C. Had Duty To Warn About Potential Risk
VICTORIA - B.C.'s information and privacy commissioner plans to investigate whether the provincial government should have notified the public about potential risk connected to the Mount Polley tailings...
View ArticleArbutus Corridor Bulldozing By CP Rail Begins
VANCOUVER - A bulldozer is mowing down mature trees and tearing up gardens along a stretch of abandoned Canadian Pacific Rail line that runs through the middle of Vancouver.The once-abandoned...
View ArticleGilles Proulx Slammed For Radio Rant Against Jews
A Quebec media personality is at the centre of a controversy after accusations he made anti-Semitic remarks on a Montreal radio show last week. Gilles Proulx was invited to appear on Radio X last...
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Saks Fifth Avenue Sends Snaks 5th Avenchew Cease And Desist Letter
Saks Fifth Avenue appears to be barking up the wrong tree in a case against a woman whose brand is a pun on the clothing giant's name. Carrie Sarabella, the proprietor of Snaks 5th Avenchew, a New...
View ArticleForeign holdings of US Treasury debt rise to record high, topping $6 trillion
WASHINGTON - Foreign buyers of U.S. Treasury securities increased their holdings in June, topping $6 trillion for the first time.Total foreign holdings rose 0.6 per cent to $6.01 trillion, up from...
View ArticleUS factory output jumps 1 per cent in July; autos, furniture, textiles and...
WASHINGTON - U.S. factory output rose for the sixth consecutive month in July, led by a jump in the production of motor vehicles, furniture, textiles and metals.Manufacturing production rose 1 per cent...
View ArticleCanadian home sales up almost one per cent in July from June: CREA
OTTAWA - The Canadian Real Estate Association says home sales in July rose almost one per cent from the previous month, marking the sixth consecutive monthly increase and the highest level for sales...
View ArticleReports of renewed conflict in Ukraine wipe out US stock market gain
NEW YORK, N.Y. - Reports of renewed fighting in Ukraine are sending stocks lower in midday trading.Major U.S. indexes are still headed for a solid gain for the week.Stocks opened higher but turned...
View ArticleToronto Condo Rental Demand Hits All-Time High
Rental demand in Canada's largest condo market surged to a record level in the last three months, according to new data from market research firm Urbanation. The report shows a trifecta of broken...
View ArticleSeaWorld says it will expand killer whale environments; 'Blackfish' film has...
NEW YORK, N.Y. - Stung by criticism of its treatment of killer whales, SeaWorld said Friday that it will build new, larger environments at its theme parks and will fund additional research on the...
View ArticleOilsands, Deepwater Among Riskiest Oil Projects In The World: Report
CALGARY - Some of the world's costliest energy projects are in Alberta's oilsands and some could be cancelled without higher oil prices, according to a new report by a London-based financial think-tank...
View ArticleQuebec's Caisse de depot posts 6.7% return on investment, total assets up
MONTREAL - The head of Quebec's pension-fund manager is following the situation at Bombardier Inc. (TSX:BBD.B), although he doesn't appear unduly worried about the recent turbulence buffeting the...
View ArticleAl Gore sues Al Jazeera America for unpaid millions in sale of Current TV
LOS ANGELES, Calif. - Former Vice-President Al Gore is suing Al Jazeera America, saying the news network is withholding tens of millions of dollars that it owes for buying Current TV from him and other...
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Winnipeg Man Posts EPIC Roommate Ad (PHOTOS)
After a friend fell in love with an "aggravating" waitress, "Matt" had to find a new roommate for his Winnipeg apartment. In doing so, he put on a clinic for anyone who advertises for a roommate on...
View ArticleCalifornia poised to sweeten film tax credits to keep productions from leaving
LOS ANGELES, Calif. - Hoping to keep film production in California, lawmakers have moved to quadruple tax subsidies for location shoots.The state Senate Appropriations Committee approved a bill...
View ArticleMount Polley Tailings Pond Spill Could Affect Fish: First Nations
WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. - For the first time in eight years, British Columbia's Quesnel River salmon stocks are expected to return in large enough numbers that First Nations in the area will be able to...
View ArticleWhistler Medical Marijuana Corp. Issues Recall Over Mouldy Pot
A mouldy batch of White Widow pot is the target of the latest medical marijuana recall by Health Canada. Whistler Medical Marijuana Corp. is voluntarily recalling the lot after tests showed the product...
View ArticleStocks end little changed after recovering from a midday swoon on latest...
NEW YORK, N.Y. - The stock market recovered from a midday swoon caused by the latest worries over Ukraine and ended little changed.The Standard & Poor's 500 index ended pretty much where it started...
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