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Brooklyn Townhouse Is The Area's Most Expensive Listing Of All Time
Its listing calls it a townhouse, but it's more of a mansion, fit for the one per cent of the one per cent. At US$40 million, a 16-bedroom townhouse located at 3 Pierrepoint Place in Brooklyn Heights,...
View ArticleSpy Drones A Concern As Russia Beefs Up Arctic Presence
OTTAWA - The country's chief of defence intelligence has taken an in-depth look at how Russia, or even China, could use drones to spy in Canada's Arctic in a wide-ranging report that was quietly...
View ArticlePeace Naturals Recalls Medical Marijuana For Being Too Strong
Health Canada has issued its first medical marijuana recall of 2015 as the government continues to address flaws with quality control in the nascent industry. Ontario-based Peace Naturals Project...
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'Lightsaber' Umbrellas Will Keep You Dry AND Safe, Young Jedi
May The Force be with you — when it rains, at least. H3 Group, a company in the Vancouver area, has produced an umbrella with an LED-lighted handle, making it visible in the dark. The Be Seen Brella...
View ArticleTarget Layoffs In U.S. Another Effect Of Retailer's Canadian Misadventure
Some 550 Target employees at the company’s headquarters in Minneapolis will be handed pink slips, at least partly a consequence of the retailer’s foray into Canada. Approximately 350 jobs at the...
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Air Canada Posts Record Profits As It Pockets Fuel Savings
It seems that Canadians just aren't doing enough to financially punish the airline whose customer service they love to mock. Air Canada took in a profit of $531 million last year, beating 2013 returns...
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Joan Rivers' Condo For Sale At $28 Million
Joan Rivers died last year after she went for a routine endoscopy in Manhattan. Her daughter Melissa is suing the clinic that treated her. Rivers' passing has left a big hole in the comedy world, one...
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'House Of Cards' Posts Perfect Response To Season 3 Leak
For a hot minute on Wednesday, the new season of “House of Cards” was on Netflix. Netflix just Beyonced us with #HouseOfCards. Omg. Omg. I can't breathe.— Isaac Riley Davis (@isaacrileydavis) February...
View ArticleToronto Tourism Reaches New Record In 2014, Despite (Or Thanks To) Rob Ford
All those who argue former mayor Rob Ford put Toronto on the map may have a point. The number of tourists visiting Toronto hit a new record in 2014, as the city welcomed 14.3 million overnight...
View Article'Game Of Thrones' Season 4 Blu-Ray/DVD Is Coming
While "Game Of Thrones" fans continue to wait for winter to come to Westeros, it's already arrived in Quebec City (does it ever leave?), where the "Ice Throne," a frozen replica of the show's iconic...
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Vancouver's Fairmont Pacific Rim Named World's Best Business Hotel
Downtown Vancouver's swank Fairmont Pacific Rim has been named the world's best business hotel by readers of Condé Nast Traveler. The hotel, which is the city's third and newest Fairmont, sits along...
View ArticleOttawa Should Look To Norway To Overcome Oil Woes: Reports
Two new reports are calling on Ottawa and the provinces grappling with oil-related revenue shortfalls to look to Norway for a better way to handle their finances. Provinces would be wise to follow the...
View ArticleSun News Network Shutting Down Friday
Sun News Network will go dark on Friday following a fruitless search for a buyer. With mounting financial losses, there was no alternative to closing the network, The Huffington Post Canada has...
View ArticleAngry Birds Game At GTA Target Store Contained A Baggy Of Weed, Mom Says
TORONTO - A police investigation is underway after an Ontario mother claimed she found drugs inside the box of a toy she purchased for her son at a Target store.Peel Region police say the mother...
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Vernon, B.C. Mansion For Sale Has Helipad, Stables, Picture-Perfect Views...
A gorgeous Vernon, B.C. home is on the market for $7.8 million — and don't worry, there's a place to park your helicopter. This 11,500 sq.-ft. custom home boasts a raised piano platform, high ceilings...
View ArticleInitiative To Lure Asian Companies To Vancouver Launched By B.C., Feds
VANCOUVER - Politicians and business leaders have initiated a $6.5 million plan to entice Asian companies to bring their headquarters to Vancouver.HQ Vancouver, a new partnership between the B.C. and...
View ArticleSun News' David Akin: Government Regulation, Cash Flow Problems Killed Network
OTTAWA - The first journalist hired by Sun News Network says its demise had more to do with regulatory hurdles and shrinking resources than with the size of Canada's appetite for a conservative-minded...
View ArticleCanada A Piracy ‘Haven,' Hosts Some Of World's Biggest Illegal Sites, IIPA Says
Canada has allowed itself to become a “haven” for online piracy, and the country’s inaction on the issue is forcing other countries to censor Canadian-hosted websites, says a new report from a U.S....
View ArticleEzra Levant 'Overwhelmed' By Support From Sun News Fans
TORONTO - Ezra Levant says he's grateful for the freedom he had as an outspoken host on the shuttered Sun News Network, and while he doesn't know what he'll do next, he still has "a lot of things to...
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Sun News Shuts Down With A Whimper, Not A Bang
Well, that's it then. Sun News went off the air this morning, with what can only be described as an anti-climactic sign off. Vimeo user and Vancouver Observer parliamentary correspondent D. Matthew...
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