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Canadian Women Aren't Striving For Top Positions In Business Anymore: Study
Women in Canada are increasingly finding senior positions in companies unattractive, and in some cases, have stopped vying for them altogether. In a study released by recruitment firm Randstad Canada...
View ArticleHarper Government Wants Better Use Of Secret Intelligence In Court
OTTAWA - The Harper government is looking for ways to better use secret intelligence in court proceedings as a means of countering homegrown terrorism, says a senior federal official.The goal is to...
View ArticleDx3: How To Build Engines Of Loyalty With A Consumer
Brands today have the ability to develop a direct relationship with customers like never before, says Twist Image President Mitch Joel. It's this growing opportunity that can help major brands develop...
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Vancouver Man Dressed As Rooster Offers Free Rides (TWEETS)
Need a ride? A Vancouver man is dressing up like a rooster and driving around the city offering strangers free cab rides anywhere they want to go. Kyle MacDonald, 34, offers rides in his Toyota Matrix...
View ArticleCanadian Dollar Forecast: Watchers See Further Declines, Opportunity To Invest
MONTREAL - Canadian investors who have yet to diversify into the U.S. market still have time, according to investment specialists who predict a further decline in the value of the loonie against the...
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Alberta Flat Tax Could Be Coming To An End
Are Alberta's days of a 10 per cent flat tax coming to an end? Premier Jim Prentice says while the province won't consider a sales tax, he hasn't ruled out changes to the flat tax on income in the face...
View ArticleOilsands Firms Not Guily In Deaths Of 196 Waterfowl
CALGARY - The Alberta Energy Regulator says three oilsands corporations did nothing wrong when 196 birds died after landing in wastewater tailings ponds earlier this month.The regulator says Canadian...
View ArticleCyberbullying Bill Raises Alarm For Privacy Commissioner
Privacy Commissioner Daniel Therrien warned senators today that the increased police powers proposed in the government's cyberbullying and internet surveillance bill need to be matched with ways of...
View ArticleHere's Proof That Thousands Of Wiretaps Are Secretly Conducted By Canadian Cops
Very few law enforcement and government agencies in Canada openly detail the number of times they are legally authorized to eavesdrop on the communications of Canadians, making the true extent of...
View ArticleRCMP Dropped Investigations After Supreme Court Ruled Warrants Needed For...
OTTAWA - An internal government memo says the RCMP has abandoned some cases following a landmark Supreme Court ruling that said police require a warrant or other legal tool to obtain basic Internet...
View ArticleForeign Affairs Lets $125M In Aid To Poor Countries Lapse
OTTAWA - Almost 14 per cent of the money that Canada's newly amalgamated Foreign Affairs Department planned to spend alleviating poverty in poor countries in the last year has been returned, unspent,...
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B.C. Group Blames Traffic Jams On Too Many Immigrants (VIDEO)
A small group of protesters are blaming Vancouver-area traffic jams on immigration. About half a dozen men stood on the Blundell overpass in Richmond on Wednesday morning and held up a bright yellow...
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Masterchef Canada's Alvin Leung, Eric Chong To Open R&D Restaurant In Toronto
It wasn't long ago that "MasterChef Canada's" Alvin Leung was judging eventual winner Eric Chong in the heat of the kitchen. Now, the two are preparing to open R&D, a restaurant to be located on...
View ArticleExpress Entry Immigration System Starts Jan. 1, Leaving Employers Uncertain
The federal government is preparing to launch a new immigration system that gives skilled workers "express entry" into Canada starting Jan. 1, but first it's consulting business people involved —...
View ArticleKinder Morgan Begins Survey Work On Burnaby Mountain As Protests Continue
BURNABY, B.C. - First Nations vowed to stand in unity with protesters as police kept up arrests Friday in a Metro Vancouver conservation area where crews resumed survey work for the proposed Trans...
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Canada's 'Ultra-High Net Worth' Population Getting Larger And Richer Faster...
Canada is seeing its population of super-rich grow faster than the U.S., and Canada’s super-rich are getting faster than their American counterparts as well, at least this year. That's according to the...
View ArticleOntario, Quebec Vow 'Competitive Low-Carbon Economy,' Form United Front On...
TORONTO - Ontario and Quebec are promising to co-operate on trade, alcohol sales, climate change and TransCanada's Energy East pipeline following a joint meeting of the two provinces' Liberal cabinets...
View Article#StrongFamilies: Public Servants Asked To Promote Tory Tax Cuts On Twitter
OTTAWA - Public servants were asked to use official government Twitter feeds to promote Prime Minister Stephen Harper's recently announced tax measures, using the slogan "Strong Families."A senior...
View ArticleFourth Corner Credit Union About To Become Legal Marijuana Industry's First Bank
DENVER — Colorado has granted a charter for the first financial institution to serve its cash-only marijuana industry. However, before it can open permanently for business, action is also required by...
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Tofino Restaurants Heat Up Flourishing Food Culture
Bamfield seafood salad from Wolf In The Fog (Christopher Pouget Photography) The town of Tofino, population 1,800, has been causing quite a stir in Canada with its flourishing food culture. Tofino...
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