Crude oil slips back below US$94 a barrel after Wednesday's big run-up
NEW YORK, N.Y. - The price of oil edged lower Thursday, a day after recording its biggest gain of the new year.Benchmark West Texas Intermediate crude oil for February delivery slipped 21 cents to...
View ArticleWal-Mart joins initiative to improve pay of Florida's tomato pickers
NAPLES, Fla. - Wal-Mart Stores Inc. on Thursday joined an initiative that will require its Florida tomato suppliers to increase farmworker pay and protect workers from forced labour and sexual assault,...
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Republicans Love Canadian Booze, Research Finds
Republicans may talk about Canada as some sort of socialist reserve where universal health care runs wild, but they seem to like Canadian booze much more than Democrats do. That’s according to a study...
View ArticleNorthern Gateway Lawsuit: Enbridge Pipeline Block Sought By Environmentalists
VANCOUVER - The Northern Gateway pipeline project is headed to court, after several environmental groups and at least two First Nations filed lawsuits in the Federal Court of Appeal.Four separate...
View ArticleMcDonald's Can Afford To Pay More: Bloomberg View
Bloomberg View: The restaurant industry, which employs one in 10 Americans, many of them earning low wages, says it can't afford an increase in the federal minimum wage. On closer inspection, that...
View ArticleSupreme Court will weigh police power to search arrestees' cellphones without...
WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court agreed Friday to decide whether police need a warrant to search the cellphones of people they have arrested.The court will hear two cases in which criminal defendants...
View ArticleStephen Harper: Temporary Foreign Worker Program Has Been Abused
Canada has “overextended” its controversial temporary foreign worker (TFW) program, while some businesses have abused it, Prime Minister Stephen Harper told a closed-door meeting of journalists last...
View ArticleCanadian Auto Sector In 11th-Hour Push To Stave Off S. Korean Trade Deal
Auto makers are waging a last-ditch fight to kill an “imminent” Canada-South Korea free trade deal, warning that it would damage the Canadian auto industry and the wider economy. Dianne Craig, Ford...
View ArticleSnowden Leaks Sparked Major CSEC Review, Declassified Memo Reveals
OTTAWA - The massive intelligence leak by former U.S. spy contractor Edward Snowden prompted Canada's secret eavesdropping agency to review its policies on sharing information with the Americans and...
View ArticleCompany blamed for chemical spill that tainted drinking water in W.Va. files...
CHARLESTON, W.Va. - The company blamed for a chemical spill that left 300,000 West Virginians without safe drinking water filed for bankruptcy Friday.Freedom Industries Inc., facing at least 31...
View ArticleUS stocks end mostly lower after UPS, GE and others issue disappointing results
NEW YORK, N.Y. - Weak earnings from big U.S. companies are nudging the stock market lower.United Parcel Service, General Electric and others issued disappointing results or forecasts.The Standard &...
View ArticleAldo Group to invest $363 million to improve digital platform for online sales
MONTREAL - The Aldo Group plans to invest $363 million with the help of the Quebec government to create at least 400 jobs within five years by modernizing its headquarters and improving its online...
View ArticleSuper Bowl 2014 Kickoff Time And Where To Watch In Canada
Super Bowl 2014 is almost here, that day when those commercials, half-time show and game become Monday water-cooler talk. So where to watch? The contest for the Vince Lombardi Trophy takes place with a...
View ArticleGoogle Develops 'Smart' Contact Lens, Future Officially Arrives (VIDEO)
Google is officially developing a futuristic new contact lens that will reportedly measure blood glucose levels. This technological breakthrough could be a huge boon for people suffering from diabetes.
View ArticleCrude up 2% for the week on rising demand from improving US economy
The price of oil rose slightly Friday, finishing the week two per cent higher on signs of rising demand in the U.S., the world's biggest oil consumer.Benchmark West Texas Intermediate crude for...
View ArticleOil Train Safety Issues Were Known Before Recent Crashes, NBC Investigation...
Several recent deadly and destructive derailments have drawn greater attention to using railroads to ship crude oil, but a new NBC News investigation found that federal regulators have known about the...
View ArticleFederated Co-Op refinery in Regina ups production weeks after fire, explosion
REGINA - Federated Co-Operatives Ltd.'s refinery in Regina has boosted production by 30,000 barrels per day.It follows a fire and explosion on Dec. 24 that rattled the city.No one was injured.The...
View ArticleNeil Young's Anti-Oilsands Tour Hits Calgary Sunday
Neil Young, who has been touring across Canada with an anti-oilsands message, will be in Calgary this weekend. "If the treaties are broken, all hell will break loose, and the blood will be on modern...
View ArticleQuantum Properties Accepts Bitcoin For Condo Deposits
A Fraser Valley-based developer is tapping into digital currency to provide more options for buyers. Quantum Properties in Abbotsford is B.C.'s first real estate developer to accept Bitcoin for...
View ArticleMedical Marijuana Production In Canada Set For Dramatic Change
VANCOUVER — Brendan Kennedy doesn’t fit the stereotypical image of a marijuana grower. Neither do his two partners at Privateer Holdings Inc., a Seattle-based venture capital firm. They are former...
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