Ontario civil service managers get $4,500 payments, but don't call them bonuses
TORONTO - Nearly half of Ontario's civil service managers will receive lump-sum payments worth a total of $17.5 million this week, but the province's cash-strapped government insists it was not handing...
View ArticleGM Canada Lawsuit: Company 'Ambushed' Dealers With Wind-Down Plan, Lawyer Says
TORONTO - A lawyer for former GM Canada dealers says the automaker deliberately ambushed and misled them in 2009 when it downsized its retail network in the wake of the financial crisis and...
View ArticleWith polls tight on Scottish independence, rest of UK worries about risks of...
BERWICK-UPON-TWEED, England - All Gavin Jones has to do is scan the shelves of his impossibly quaint shop on England's border with Scotland to know he'll have a big problem if the Scots declare...
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B.C. Teachers' Strike Efforts May Get $100,000 Boost From BC Hydro Union
VANCOUVER - Striking B.C. school teachers off the job since mid-June may soon get some financial help from another union.The union representing about 1,800 BC Hydro workers is voting this week on...
View ArticleNike is among companies to end business relationships with ex-Baltimore...
Ray Rice's indefinite suspension from the NFL for domestic violence will cost him income from endorsements in addition to his $4 million in salary.Nike and Electronic Arts are among the businesses that...
View ArticleQuickList: Some unusual items purchased with Canadian Tire money
TORONTO - Some of the more unusual items customers have purchased with Canadian Tire money:— In 2013, Toronto folksinger Corin Raymond used $7,333.75 in donated Canadian Tire money to fund his 20-song...
View ArticleMark Carney Says Scottish Independence 'Incompatible' With Keeping Pound
Mark Carney says the idea that an independent Scotland would be able to use the British pound as its currency is "incompatible with sovereignty." Speaking to reporters and banking officials in...
View ArticleAPPLE LIVE: 2 Larger iPhones, wearable devices expected at Apple show
CUPERTINO, Calif. - Apple's larger iPhones won't just have bigger screens. They'll have a new, horizontal viewing mode to take advantage of the larger display.The iPhone 6 will have a screen measuring...
View ArticleBlackBerry Reminds Us It Still Exists, As Apple Launches iPhone 6
Rumor has it we’ll hear about #iOS8 today…but #BlackBerry10 remains the winning choice for #enterprise: http://t.co/B8Zw5qw8Gn #BBFactCheck— BlackBerry (@BlackBerry) September 9, 2014
View ArticleHouse Price Gap Grows, Making Dream Home A Fantasy: CIBC
If you’ve bought a condo and are hoping to upgrade to a single-family home someday, you may end up waiting longer than you expected. According to a report from CIBC World Markets, the long run-up in...
View ArticleUtah author says woman plagiarized her Christian romance novel, added sex scenes
SALT LAKE CITY - A Utah author says a schoolteacher plagiarized her Christian romance novel, added graphic sex scenes and passed it off as her own.In a case she says brings to light plagiarism in the...
View ArticleHouse GOP to unveil temporary spending bill; leaders determined to avert...
WASHINGTON - Republicans controlling the House are set to unveil a short-term spending bill on Tuesday with new funds to battle the Ebola outbreak but no additional funding to cope with the crisis of...
View ArticleNBC flattens its competition with the return of pro football
NEW YORK, N.Y. - NBC is certainly ready for some football, given how the NFL's return enabled the network to flatten its competition last week.The Nielsen company said NFL games on Thursday and Sunday...
View ArticleTrial into alleged Ponzi scheme delayed until next week to pick new jurors
CALGARY - The trial of two Calgary men accused in a massive Ponzi scheme has been delayed while new jurors are selected.By the trial's second day, four of 16 jurors had already been dismissed.Given the...
View ArticleNew York City condo building to offer $1 million parking spots; that's $6,666...
NEW YORK, N.Y. - A condo development in New York City's pricy SoHo neighbourhood is charging for a parking spot as much as it would cost to buy a nice house in Dallas or Seattle — $1 million.The New...
View ArticleNew currency for a new country? Scotland faces range of options, risks if it...
LONDON - In for a penny, in for a pound.There'll be no going back if Scotland votes for independence from the United Kingdom on Sept. 18.Opinion polls showing that may happen have prompted investors to...
View ArticleIn-N-Out Burger Coming To Toronto For One Day Only
Toronto burger fans, cancel all your plans for tomorrow: the great, beloved In-N-Out Burger is coming to town, but for one day only. In an ad published in Metro papers this morning, the burger chain...
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Alberta Will Soon Be Building More Houses Than All Of Canada East Of Ontario
Here’s some more data to highlight just how ridiculous the gap between Alberta’s economy and the rest of the country has grown. Combined, Quebec and the Maritime provinces have more than 10.5 million...
View ArticleGM went to great lengths to keep dealers informed, dealer lawsuit trial told
TORONTO - General Motors of Canada went to extraordinary lengths to keep its dealers informed about its restructuring plans in the aftermath of the financial crisis, a lawyer for the automaker told a...
View ArticleA Canadian Running Iconic Ferrari? Marchionne Takes The Wheel
The brand most closely identified with Italian flair, passion and beauty – Ferrari – is about to be run by a Canadian. Enzo Ferrari, the founder of the sports car maker and racing empire, might be...
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