Quebec Premier Philippe Couillard Rejects Shale Gas Exploitation On Fracking...
MONTREAL - Quebec Premier Philippe Couillard says he is not interested in exploiting the province's shale gas reserves.He tells the CBC's French-language service that Quebecers are largely against...
View ArticleTony Clement Argues Lapsed Funds Mean Good Management
OTTAWA - Billions in federal funding left unspent each year is a sign of good financial management, says the minister who controls the government's purse strings.There's no reason departments need to...
View ArticleShaw Cutting Internet Speeds? Wrong, Telecom Says, But Prices Are Rising
The internet is in an uproar over reports that Shaw Communications will be ringing in the New Year with higher prices and slower internet speeds, but the western Canadian telecom giant says it’s all a...
View ArticleSite C Dam Project Approved By B.C. Liberals
VICTORIA - The British Columbia government has approved its most expensive mega project with the construction of an $8.8 billion dam on the Peace River that Premier Christy Clark says marks a historic...
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This Video Shows Canadians Treating The Homeless Better Than Americans Do
The holidays are a time for giving and for helping the less fortunate. In this context, Toronto-based actor Rupan Bal posted a video to YouTube Tuesday to show how Canadians and Americans treat the...
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Radio Host Poses 'Eff, Kill, Or Marry' Question For Justin Trudeau
Vancouver radio station CKNW has apologized for broadcasting an offensive question involving the prime minister's wife, the health minister, and a former governor general. The incident happened Tuesday...
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THE 4,000 KILOMETRE COMMUTEHow the struggle for a living wage gave rise to...
Mark English draws out every sip of coffee, savouring the last few hours at home before a six-hour commute to work. His life straddles two provinces, three time zones apart. But his heart remains...
View ArticleGo Behind The Scenes At GQ Magazine With Jim Nelson And Matt Harvey
GQ’s Editor-In-Chief Jim Nelson takes Matt Harvey, the New York Mets All-Star pitcher, around the magazine's Times Square office to show him what it takes to produce a publication from start to finish....
View ArticleCineplex Postpones 'The Interview' Screenings
Screenings of "The Interview" in Cineplex theatres have been postponed after hackers threatened to unleash 9/11-style attacks on cinemas that show the film. "Cineplex takes seriously its commitment to...
View ArticleWarmer U.S.-Cuba Relations An Opportunity And A Threat To Canadian Interests
OTTAWA - Experts believe closer ties between the United States and Cuba will eventually make economic waves for Canadian business.But as the U.S. moves to rebuild broken diplomatic relations with Cuba,...
View ArticleIs The Shopping Mall Dead? Not So Fast...
TORONTO - The rise in online shopping may have raised concerns for retail property owners, but the chief executive at First Capital Realty (TSX:FCR) says he doesn't foresee the day brick-and-mortar...
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Victoria Willis Point House For Sale Has Its Own Helipad (PHOTOS, VIDEO)
Gary Anderson is someone who likes to get things done right. So when the former Alberta rancher and businessman decided to build a home on Vancouver Island, he went all out. Way out. Anderson, 55, and...
View ArticleWireless Spectrum Auction: 60 Per Cent Reserved For New Carriers
VANCOUVER - The federal government confirmed Thursday that a forthcoming wireless auction will reserve more than half of the new spectrum for carriers other than the Big Three.Industry Minister James...
View ArticleCanada's Average Gas Price Falls Below $1 For First Time Since 2010
OTTAWA -- The average cost of a litre of gasoline in Canada has dropped below $1 for the first time in nearly four and a half years, according to price monitoring website GasBuddy.com. While many...
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Best Cities To Work In B.C. List Topped By Fort St. John
The best city for work in British Columbia may surprise you, according to the first such ranking of the province's job market, conducted by BC Business magazine. Based on a comparison of 36 B.C....
View ArticleGoogle Is Now Worth More Than The Entire Russian Stock Market
Google is now more valuable than the entire Russian stock market. Russia’s stock market is now worth $325 billion while Google is valued at more than $340 billion, according to Bloomberg. The news...
View ArticleObama Takes A Swing At 'Tar Sands' And Keystone Pipeline
WASHINGTON - U.S. President Barack Obama spent five minutes disparaging the potential benefits of the Keystone XL pipeline Friday.He then kept it alive with five words.At a wide-ranging year-end news...
View ArticleShaw Rate Hikes Provoke Online Backlash
Shaw customers who did not read the small print on their December bill may be surprised to find a 10 per cent hike on their Internet service from Jan. 1. The company added the rate increase under the...
View ArticleTSX Has Best Week in 3 Years As Oil Prices Show Signs Of Life
The Toronto Stock Exchange had its best week in three years, closing the day up 121.51 points, at 14,468.26. It was the fourth straight day of gains for the TSX, which until this week had been...
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Toronto Raptors' New Logo Draws Mixed Reviews, Brooklyn Nets Comparison
The Toronto Raptors unveiled their new logo on Friday to replace their longstanding dinosaur. We The North is our battle cry... And this... this is our shield. A photo posted by Toronto Raptors...
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