The 13 Most Important Charts Of 2013
This post originally appeared on EPI.org As we say goodbye to 2013, the economy is still failing ordinary workers. What is being done to make it better? Not enough. Public spending and public...
View ArticleEdgar Bronfman Sr. Dead: Seagram Co. Billionaire, Longtime Head Of World...
NEW YORK, N.Y. - Edgar M. Bronfman Sr., the Canadian-born billionaire and longtime president of the World Jewish Congress, which lobbied the Soviets to allow Jews to emigrate and helped spearhead the...
View ArticleTraders set for quiet Christmas trading amid latest economic growth data
TORONTO - Stock markets are set to go into the year's second-last week of trading on an up note. And if past years are any indication it will be a quiet week for investors with the TSX closed both...
View ArticleNo plans to close loophole in taxpayer-funded government advertising
TORONTO - Despite promises of a more open and transparent government, Ontario's Liberals have no plans to close what's becoming a gaping loophole for partisan advertising.Online advertising has...
View ArticleNewfoundland and Labrador broadcasting icon Geoff Stirling dead at 92
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - Newfoundland and Labrador broadcasting icon Geoff Stirling was being remembered Sunday as a trailblazer who instilled confidence in the province's residents with his larger-than-life...
View ArticleAlberta Rental Apartment Vacancy Rates Lowest In Canada: CMHC
As Alberta's population booms, the province's rental apartment vacancy rates have become the tightest in Canada. In October of this year, major centres with the lowest vacancy rates for apartment...
View ArticleApple reaches deal to bring iPhone to China Mobile, world's biggest phone...
BEIJING, China - Apple and China Mobile announced a long-anticipated agreement Monday to bring the iPhone to the world's biggest phone company.The deal might help to boost iPhone sales in a market...
View ArticleFormer tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky: Will devote life to freeing Russia's...
BERLIN - Mikhail Khodorkovsky, the Russian oligarch who crossed President Vladimir Putin and ended up in jail for a decade, says he plans to devote his life to securing the freedom of the country's...
View ArticleLoonie climbs, Statistics Canada reports economy grew by 0.3 per cent in October
TORONTO - The Canadian dollar rose Monday as Statistics Canada reported that the economy grew for the fourth consecutive month.The loonie jumped 0.33 of a cent to 94.24 cents US.The federal agency said...
View ArticleRocks And Gems Robbery Results In Stolen Ammolite (PHOTO)
VANCOUVER - It's not a sparkly diamond or a precious sapphire, but police in Vancouver still want to find a stolen gemstone that, in Canadian terms, could rank right up there with the Hope...
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12 Questions Hanging Over Canada's Economy As We Move Into 2014
There are known unknowns, and there are unknown unknowns, Donald Rumsfeld once famously (and confusingly) said. If he'd been clearer about it, he might have said something like, In any given situation...
View ArticleCanadian Economy: 2014 May Be Year Things Finally Get Better. Again.
OTTAWA - Wait until next year.It's a familiar refrain for sports teams, but the premise is getting old for Canadians awaiting the return of an economy that can be counted on for jobs, solid incomes and...
View ArticleBoxing Day Sales Are Already Here
Boxing Day just isn’t what it used to be — and that’s good news for shoppers. The traditional day for post-Christmas sales morphed into “Boxing Week” at many retailers in recent years, and now the...
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McDonald's Tells Workers To Avoid Fast Food
CNBC Oops, it happened again. McDonald's employee resources website is giving out even more odd advice for workers. This time, it's about the industry it helped make ubiquitous—fast food. "Fast foods...
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The Best Ways To Find Santa Online
In the past, kids waiting for presents could only imagine where Santa Claus was at any moment on Christmas Eve. Today, they don't need that kind of patience. A bevy of websites offer minute-by-minute...
View ArticleIce Storm 2013: Economic Impact Could Hit Retailers
As central Canada struggles to get back to normal following this weekend’s ice storm, some are already turning their attention to that burning question: What will this cost? It’s too early to say for...
View ArticleCrude oil slips below US$99 a barrel after rising almost 3% last week
NEW YORK, N.Y. - The price of oil slipped a bit Monday after gaining more than $2 last week.Benchmark West Texas Intermediate crude for February delivery dropped 41 cents to close at US$98.91 a barrel...
View Article75 Alberta Environment Regulators Now Paid By Oil Industry
More than 75 environment officers who watched over oil industry activities left the provincial environment department this fall, to take higher paying jobs with the new industry-funded Alberta Energy...
View ArticleMost actively traded companies on the TSX, TSX Venture Exchange markets
TORONTO - Some of the most active companies traded Monday on the Toronto Stock Exchange and the TSX Venture Exchange:Toronto Stock Exchange (13,447.70 up 48.10 points):Colossus Minerals Inc. (TSX:CSI)....
View ArticleRetailers also hit by winter ice storm that disrupted power, holiday shopping
TORONTO - A business group says the nasty winter ice storm that walloped parts of Ontario through to Atlantic Canada has also hit retail stores hard during a prime shopping season.The Retail Council of...
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