Canada Post To Turn Profit In 2014
Despite more people still choosing email over snail mail, the Canada Post Group of Companies says it's on track to earn a profit this year despite an earlier forecast for a multimillion-dollar loss.The...
View ArticleIMF: Uninsured Mortgages Booming In Canada, Pose Risk To Economy
There are signs of overvaluation in Canada’s housing market, and the government may need to tighten rules on uninsured mortgages to keep things from getting out of hand, the International Monetary Fund...
View ArticleTransCanada No Longer Working With Edelman, After Claims PR Firm Urged Smear...
A Canadian pipeline company is cutting its ties with a controversial U.S. public relations firm after leaked documents raised concerns about suggested tactics to promote a planned pipeline.TransCanada...
View ArticleKinder Morgan Protest Joined By Clayoquot Sound Activists
BURNABY, B.C. - A group of activists who were part of the Clayoquot Sound protests in the early 1990s, which saw thousands blockade logging trucks in a remote area of Vancouver Island, were arrested...
View ArticleFuture Starts Here: Why New Tech Makes For Complicated Parenting
A new challenge faces Tiffany’s family: cell phones for their 5th grader? Seriously? This episode explores how every generation faces new questions of how technologies are shaping our children, and...
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The Most Epic Ski Homes For Sale In Canada (PICTURES)
It’s that time of year again, when Canadians head to the ski hills, passing along the way some fancy mountain homes they wished they owned. Anyone who’s fought winter traffic on Autoroute 15 or the...
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Calgary's Real Estate Market Buoyant Amid Plunging Oil Prices
A recent slip in oil prices hasn’t bucked Alberta’s housing market from being one of the country’s most affordable, according to a report released by RBC Economic Research on Wednesday. Considered part...
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'How To Be A Skier' (VIDEO) Shows It's OK To Blame Everything On Snowboarders
Just in time for ski season kicking off across Canada comes "How To Be A Skier" and proof it's OK to blame everything on snowboarders. The video comes from IFHT (I F*cking Hate That), the same...
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Edmonton's Whimsical Cake Studio Transforms Fantasies Into Real-Life Creations
Few businesses are named as accurately as Whimsical Cake Studio. The Edmonton bakery creates cakes that are born from its clients' wildest confectionery fantasies. Owner Darcy Scott hand-crafts her...
View ArticleTop 10 Worst Cars That Should've Never Been Made
While there are plenty of "worst cars lists" floating around the Internet, this time around we're going beyond just bad cars or poor sales. We're talking about cars considered to be so bad, that we...
View ArticleTSX, Loonie Dive Amid Oil Price Rout; BMO Warns Of Economic Damage
Oil prices will shave $15 billion to $20 billion from Canada’s economy annually if they stay at current, lower levels, the Bank of Montreal says. But oil prices could still fall further; analysts warn...
View ArticleCanada 'Disappointed' By U.S. Appeal Of WTO Ruling On Country-Of-Origin...
The World Trade Organization says the United States has filed an appeal of a ruling that found the country's meat-labelling laws discriminate against Canadian beef and pork exports.The ruling last...
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Cities With Best Reputations: Vancouver, Montreal In Top 10 As Toronto Drops Out
Sorry, Toronto, you no longer rank with the best. That's the message from new rankings by the New York-based Reputation Institute, which placed Toronto second among the world's most reputable cities...
View ArticleNetflix CEO Reed Hastings Says Broadcast TV Will Be Dead By 2030
The current model of TV programming distribution will be broken and non-existent within the next decade and a half, the CEO of streaming media company Netflix says. Speaking at an industry event in...
View ArticleBroadcast TV Dead By 2030, Netflix CEO Reed Hastings Says
Broadcast TV is like a horse, says Netflix CEO Reed Hastings, and “the horse was good until we had the car.” “The car,” today, is non-linear digital TV, and Netflix’s chief executive says it will...
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Leona Aglukkaq Reacts To APTN's Northern Food Crisis Story, Calls Claims...
Environment Minister Leona Aglukkaq says she is reviewing legal options over comments a Nunavut politician made about her and the Harper government. Rankin Inlet deputy mayor Sam Tutanuak was openly...
View ArticleApolo Ohno And Susan Kellogg Share Their Tips For Succeeding In Life
Eight-time Olympic medalist and budding businessman Apolo Ohno heads to downtown Los Angeles to talk fashion with Susan Kellogg, who oversees several iconic apparel brands - including Seven for All...
View ArticleEnvironmental Group Mails 'Heavy Oil' To B.C. Homes As Stunt
An environmental group is sending mini packages of black simulated oil to hundreds of random homes in B.C. to show the risks of shipping bitumen in the province. The Dogwood Initiative, based in...
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These Are B.C.'s Best Real Estate Developments, According To The Pros (PHOTOS)
We can praise and critique B.C.'s buildings as well as the next untrained set of eyes, but what do the professionals think? The 2014 Urban Development Institute Awards, which honour the province's best...
View ArticleBurnaby Mountain Survey Equipment Being Pulled By Kinder Morgan
BURNABY, B.C. — Kinder Morgan is pulling its equipment out early from Burnaby Mountain — the area at the centre of anti-pipeline protests in Metro Vancouver. Lisa Clement, with Trans Mountain media...
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