Canadian Lobster Demand In Asia On The Rise, Prices Not So Much: Fisherman
HALIFAX - Canadian lobster exports to Asia are growing but one lobster fisherman says that hasn't had much impact on Maritime shore prices.Bernie Berry of the Coldwater Lobster Association said prices...
View ArticleOntario Anti-Turbine Farm Families Fight Whopping Legal Bill From Wind-Farm...
TORONTO - A demand that four Ontario families pay hundreds of thousands of dollars in legal costs to billion-dollar companies is a thinly disguised warning to anyone pondering a challenge to industrial...
View ArticleBlackBerry Bulks Up Samsung Partnership In Attempt To Attract Business Customers
TORONTO - BlackBerry Ltd. (TSX:BB) is bulking up its security partnership with Samsung Electronics in an effort to attract more business customers.The Waterloo, Ont.,-based smartphone company says it...
View ArticleFederal, Ontario Governments To Spend More Than $785,000 On Ring Of Fire Study
TORONTO - Some of Canada's most remote and impoverished First Nations communities isolated within northern Ontario's so called Ring of Fire region are getting funding to conduct a study on how to open...
View ArticleGas Prices Take Sharp Increase With More Coming Say Industry Watchers
Gas prices across B.C have taken a sharp increase and will continue to rise according to industry watchers. "Bottom line, the party is over," said Dan McTeague a former member of parliament who now...
View ArticleConservatives Appoint New Corporate Social Responsibility Watchdog For Mining...
TORONTO - The Conservative government has named its new corporate social responsibility counsellor for the mining sector.It says the watchdog will have a more pro-active approach for dealing with...
View Article8 Things You Need To Know Before Claiming New Family Tax Cut
Call it income splitting-lite. The version of the family tax credit announced by Prime Minister Stephen Harper last October was a tweaked version of a family income-splitting announcement he'd first...
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'The Wedge,' A 47-Inch-Wide House, Goes On Sale In Scotland
The tiny condo phenomenon is taking hold in Toronto and Vancouver, but in many parts of Europe, they’ve been making an art out of living in tiny spaces for generations. Take, for instance, this house...
View ArticleGoogle Cellular Plans To Be Announced In 'Coming Months'
BARCELONA, Spain — Google will soon be offering cellular network plans. Vice-President Sundar Pichai says Google, the leading Internet search engine and mobile software provider, is working with...
View ArticleWarren Buffett Backs Keystone XL, Says U.S. 'Thumbing Nose' At Canada
WASHINGTON — The Keystone XL pipeline got an emphatic endorsement Monday from a powerful backer of President Barack Obama who questioned the handling of the file. To billionaire investor Warren...
View ArticleNasdaq Hits Above 5,000 For The First Time In 15 Years
NEW YORK, N.Y. - The Nasdaq composite index is closing above 5,000 for the first time since the dot-com bubble peaked 15 years ago.The index, which is heavily focused on technology companies, gained 44...
View ArticleRogers Security Breach Blamed On 'Human Error'
TORONTO - Rogers Communications Inc. (TSX:RCI.B) says some its business clients have had their privacy compromised in a security breach.Spokeswoman Patricia Trott says a third party gained access last...
View ArticleZoocasa To Stop Publishing In-Depth Housing Data, Amid Industry Attempts To...
Zoocasa, one of Canada’s only real estate brokers that has opened up property data to the public in an online database, says it will stop publishing deeper housing data at the request of the Toronto...
View ArticleNew Ikea Furniture Will Have Built-In Wireless Chargers
STOCKHOLM - Lost that charger again for your cellphone or tablet? Hate sorting heaps of wires to charge various devices?Swedish retailer IKEA might just have the answer — furniture with built-in...
View ArticleRed Chris Tailings Pond 'Totally Different' From Mount Polley: Bill Bennett
B.C.'s Minister of Energy and Mines Bill Bennett said he's confident the tailings pond at the proposed Red Chris mine won't fall to the same fate as the one at the Mount Polley mine. "It's a totally...
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Canadians' Mood On Economy Worst Since Great Recession: Report
The collapse in oil prices has evidently shaken Canadians’ faith in the economy, and public attitudes are the most sour they have been since the Great Recession, a new survey says. The survey carried...
View ArticleCanadian Consumer Debt Rose 7.7% Last Year, Equifax Says
TORONTO — Consumers are continuing to pile on debt despite economic uncertainty created by the sharp drop in oil prices. Credit monitoring agency Equifax says consumer debt, including mortgage debt,...
View ArticleCanada Post Home Delivery Cancellation Is Unconstitutional, Union Says
MONTREAL - The union representing Canada's postal workers wants the Federal Court to declare the cancellation of home mail delivery unconstitutional and a violation of the federal Charter of Rights and...
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Porn Interrupts CTV Atlantic Broadcast For 48 Seconds
A minute can be a long time in broadcasting. So just imagine how CTV Atlantic staffers felt when almost 60 seconds of air time was filled with pornographic content. Barb Kaiser of Lake Echo, N.S. was...
View ArticleBastien Poulain Launches New Quebec-Inspired Cola, '1642'
An entrepreneur who concocted a cola using materials from Quebec is hoping the city of Montreal will use the new drink during its 375th anniversary celebrations. The creator of the cola, Bastien...
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