Blackberry's Passport For An iPhone Trade-in Deal A Marketing Ploy?
BlackBerry made international headlines recently when it offered Apple users up to a whopping $600 to trade in their iPhone for a new BlackBerry Passport device. But one month into the program, you may...
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Nimmo Bay Resort Chosen As A National Geographic Unique World Lodge
A family-owned and operated resort in B.C.'s Great Bear Rainforest has been chosen by National Geographic as one of its unique lodges of the world. The Nimmo Bay Wilderness Resort is one of only two...
View ArticleJim Prentice Plans Washington Trip To Lobby For Keystone XL
EDMONTON - Alberta's premier remains hopeful about the Keystone XL pipeline despite word that U.S. President Barack Obama may veto the project.Jim Prentice says there is broad public and political...
View ArticleGM Canada's Steve Carlisle Concerned About Competitiveness In Canada
GM Canada's president says his company is talking with its partners about its long-term future in Canada, but stopped short of giving a commitment to continue manufacturing in Ontario. Steve Carlisle...
View ArticleDr. Dre, Jimmy Iovine depicted as scam artists in lawsuit triggered by...
SAN FRANCISCO - Rapper Dr. Dre and record producer Jimmy Iovine are being vilified as scam artists in a lawsuit that alleges the duo duped one of their former partners in Beat Electronics before...
View ArticleNetflix geoblocking in Canada 'a game of whack-a-mole'
Looking for Louie? Seeking more Scandal? If you're among the estimated 1.92 million Canadians who may be illegally streaming TV shows meant solely for the U.S. Netflix market, rest easy. For the most...
View ArticleSales of homes worth over $1 million grew in 2014: Sotheby's report
TORONTO - Sales of homes worth over $1 million increased in four major Canadian real estate markets last year, according to a report released by Sotheby's International Realty on Wednesday.The Toronto...
View ArticleInterest Rate Hike: Why The Bank Of Canada May Hold Off
Analysts have predicted this will be the year that the Bank of Canada raises its benchmark interest rate. And it could very well be the year it does. Unless of course, it doesn't. "I think it’s a...
View ArticleAir Canada says it's evaluating future at Toronto's Billy Bishop island airport
MONTREAL - Air Canada (TSX:AC) says it's evaluating the viability of flying from the Billy Bishop airport, located on one of Toronto's lakeshore islands.The Montreal-based airline's main Toronto hub is...
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Cornwall Family's Hockey Rink Torn Down At City's Order
A Cornwall, Ontario family has had to take down a popular home hockey rink at the city's order. But as the city tells it, the structure broke an important bylaw. On Monday night, Laura Vincent and her...
View ArticleOntario's Foreign-Owned Beer Store Says Will Open Up Ownership To All Ontario...
TORONTO - The foreign-owned Beer Store consortium says it is opening up ownership to all Ontario-based brewers.The group says the move is effective immediately and that both large and small-sized...
View ArticleRussian Mortgage Payments Now Larger Than Salaries For Some As Ruble Collapses
ST. PETERSBURG, Russia (AP) -- When they took out a mortgage on a small two-room apartment seven years ago, Oksana Li and her husband hoped to make a new home for themselves and their young son. Now,...
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Granted Clothing, B.C. Store, Says Forever 21 Stole Its Designs
A B.C. clothing company is outraged at style giant Forever 21 for what it says are "blatant copies" of its sweater designs. Richmond-based Granted Clothing said in a message on its social media pages...
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NHL Players Try Sledge Hockey For Gatorade Ad
"They're going to slow us all down!" That was one Cruisers sledge hockey player's reaction when he found out he'd be sharing the ice with some NHL superstars last August. Gatorade arranged the game for...
View ArticleNewfoundland And Labrador Faces $65-Billion Health Bill Over Next 50 Years:...
TORONTO - A new report says Newfoundland and Labrador faces a $65 billion burden to cover increased health care costs over the next half century because of its aging population.The C.D. Howe Institute...
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Canadian Cartoonists Offer Moving Takes On The Charlie Hebdo Shootings
Shots fired an ocean away touched a personal note for cartoonists at Canadian newspapers on Wednesday. The shootings at the offices of Charlie Hebdo, a satirical publication in Paris, made a...
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Leslie Roberts Suspended: Global Television Anchor Was Buzz PR's Part Owner,...
TORONTO - Global Television says it has suspended one of its main Toronto news anchors after a media report that he was part-owner of a public relations firm.A statement from Global said Leslie Roberts...
View ArticleCanada's Unemployment Rate Steady At 6.6% As Economy Loses 4,300 Jobs
Canada lost 4,300 jobs in December, adding to the more than 10,000 lost in November, Statistics Canada reported Friday. The unemployment rate stood pat at 6.6 per cent, with employment little changed...
View ArticleKeystone XL Pipeline Decision In Obama's Hands After Nebraska Court Decision
LINCOLN, Neb. - Nebraska's highest court has tossed a lawsuit challenging a proposed route for the Keystone XL oil pipeline, saying the landowners who sued didn't have legal standing to do so.The state...
View ArticleU.S. Denies Responsibility For North Korea Cyberattack, But Plays Cards Close...
WASHINGTON - The U.S. government was not responsible for crippling North Korea's Internet infrastructure after President Barack Obama blamed the country for hacking Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc.,...
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