Canadian Dollar Plunges To 5-Year Low Of 86.69 US
The Canadian dollar plunged to 86 cents today in the wake of turmoil in oil and stock markets. The loonie was trading at a 5½-year low of 86.69 cents US. Oil prices seemed to pause in the steep descent...
View ArticleCBC Announces Changes To Local Supper-Hour Newscasts
The CBC is shortening all its regional supper-hour newscasts beginning in the fall of 2015, the broadcaster announced today. The news comes after CBC president and CEO Hubert T. Lacroix said in June...
View ArticleCBC Shortens Local Newscasts To 60 Or 30 Minutes
TORONTO - CBC will shorten all local supper-hour newscasts to 30 or 60 minutes and will broadcast Radio One morning shows on TV beginning next fall.The changes will save the public broadcaster at least...
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Stop Procrastinating And Get Sh*t Done With These 15 Tips
We get it. Your to-do list is waging a war against your instinct to put off everything until the last minute, and that Christmas clock just keeps on counting down the days until you're officially the...
View ArticleCompetition Bureau Of Canada Investigating Allegations Apple Used...
TORONTO - The Competition Bureau is investigating allegations that Apple uses anti-competitive clauses in its contracts with Canadian wireless carriers.The contracts relate to the supply of...
View ArticleHere's What Greg Selkoe And NFLer Joe Haden Can Teach You About Winning
Cleveland Browns Pro Bowl cornerback Joe Haden of travels to Boston to meet Greg Selkoe, whose company Karmaloop is one of the leading online retailers of sneakers and urban street apparel. Selkoe...
View ArticleMissing B.C. Truck Driver Found In Mill's Wood-Chip Container
VICTORIA - The body of a truck driver who disappeared while delivering wood chips to a mill in Crofton, B.C., has been found in a storage container at the facility.The BC Coroners Service says workers...
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B.C. Rent Control Hike Would Hurt Tenants: NDP
The B.C. NDP is criticizing the province's Liberal party for a proposal that would hike the percentage by which landlords can increase their tenants' rent each year. “Rent control in B.C. is there to...
View ArticleDefence Department To Buy $1.7-billion Boeing C-17 Plane
The Defence Department intends to purchase a Boeing C-17 Globemaster III, a large military transport plane that comes with a $1.7 billion price tag, CTV News has learned.
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Vancouver Building Permit Violation Brings Down City Bureaucrat
The city official in charge of enforcing Vancouver's building bylaws has resigned after doing renovations on her own home without a proper permit. Carli Edwards, the deputy chief building official,...
View ArticlePotluck Ideas: 32 Easy Recipes You Have To Try
Potluck season is already here and as we head right into the holidays, chances are you'll be attending a potluck or two soon. Potlucks are designed for those of us who love to eat and try different...
View ArticleTSX, Dow Jones Plunge As Oil Hits New Lows, Worries Grow About China's Economy
TORONTO — The Toronto stock market closed sharply lower as oil retreated well below the US$60-a-barrel level following another indication of weakness in the world's second-biggest economy and a revised...
View ArticleTom Gaglardi, Dallas Stars Owner, Fined $140K For Damaging B.C. Fish Habitat
KAMLOOPS, B.C. - The owner of two hockey teams including the Dallas Stars has been fined $140,000 for polluting a lake during renovations of his vacation property in Kamloops, B.C. Tom Gaglardi, 47,...
View ArticleDarwin The Ikea Monkey Now Starring In Fundraising Campaign
SUNDERLAND, Ont. - The Ikea monkey has shed his shearling coat and may soon be moving to a new home.Darwin has now been at Story Book Farm Primate Sanctuary for two years, ever since he was scooped up...
View Article'Nut Rage': Korean Air Exec Apologizes For Shaming Flight Attendant, Dad...
SEOUL, South Korea - A Korean Air flight attendant described being insulted and shamed by the airline's executive who ordered him removed and the plane returned over macadamia nuts, and then being...
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Vancouver-Area Christmas Tree Sales Foster Hope For 'Aged-Out' Kids
Aunt Leah’s Christmas tree lots have the similar strings of twinkling lights and the familiar smell of fresh trees as other stands in B.C.'s Lower Mainland during the holidays. But their beneficiaries...
View ArticleWhy Women Are Hardest Hit By Quebec's 'Plan Nord' Strategy
SEPT-ÎLES, Que. — The scenario is common: The men leave to work on a job site, and the women stay home with the kids. The men return after a few days or a few weeks, completely exhausted, but so are...
View ArticleGovernment Documents Reveal Telecom Providers Envision Surveillance-Ready...
Internet providers have tried to convince the government that they will voluntarily build surveillance capabilities into their networks. A 2013 memorandum prepared for the public safety minister...
View ArticleMicrosoft Gets Green Light From Ottawa For Foreign Worker Trainees
The federal government has granted an exemption to Microsoft Canada that will allow the company to bring in an unspecified number of temporary foreign workers to British Columbia as trainees without...
View ArticlePirate Bay: Why Illegal Downloading Will Continue With Or Without It
Pirate Bay, the notorious file-sharing site that has been in the crosshairs of entertainment lawyers for the better part of the last decade, has been down for several days now, fuelling speculation...
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