Vancouver Real Estate Prices Hold Steady: Report
Following a solid 2013, Vancouver housing prices appear to have stalled, according to an annual city study. The Bing Thom Architects report, which focuses on single family homes, shows only a minimal...
View ArticleJean Chretien Hints Neil Young Should Stick To Music, Says 'We're Not About...
Jean Chretien apparently thinks Neil Young should stick to music. The former prime minister recently sat down with George Stroumboulopoulos and, in an interview that will air Monday night, he compared...
View ArticleVenture Capitalist Compares 'Progressive War On 1 Percent' To Nazi Anti-Semitism
Venture capitalist Thomas Perkins wrote a letter to the editors at the Wall Street Journal, comparing the plight of the rich to the Holocaust, called "Progressive Kristallnacht Coming?"... and the WSJ...
View ArticleMichaels Arts Supply Store Warns Of Possible Data Breach
By Jim Finkle BOSTON, Jan 25 (Reuters) - Michaels Companies Inc, the biggest U.S. arts and crafts retailer, said it is investigating a possible security breach on its payment card network and advised...
View ArticleNaheed Nenshi Discusses Resilience To Flood At Davos Forum
Calgary's Mayor Naheed Nenshi took part in a panel discussion on building resilience to natural disasters at the World Economic Forum annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland, on Saturday. Along with...
View ArticleOilsands Product Shipment Has Risks And Unknowns, Study Warns
VANCOUVER - U.S. scientists are warning that there are environmental risks, regulatory holes and serious unknowns regarding the shipment of Alberta oilsands products by pipeline, rail and tanker.The...
View ArticleMore Cdn businesses accepting Bitcoin digital currency, despite reservations
MONTREAL - Will that be cash, credit card or Bitcoin?A small number of Canadian businesses now accept Bitcoin, the digital currency that made its debut five years ago, and has been gaining momentum...
View ArticleStock Market Slide Expected To Continue This Week
TORONTO - Stock markets look set to extend a sell-off rooted in concerns about emerging markets and about corporate earnings deemed not quite good enough to extend last year's powerful equity rally.At...
View ArticleMetro expected to hike dividend despite feeling pinch from weather, competition
MONTREAL - Metro is expected to increase its dividend for a 20th consecutive year this week despite facing ongoing challenges from intense competition, weather-related disruptions and slowing earnings...
View ArticleEmerging Markets Change CEOs' Perspectives In Davos
By Paul Carrel and Ben Hirschler DAVOS, Switzerland, Jan 26 (Reuters) - Just as they were getting their swagger back, the global elite stumbled last week on an emerging market sell-off that served as a...
View ArticleGerman TV: Snowden says NSA also practices industrial espionage
BERLIN - Former NSA contractor Edward Snowden claimed in a new interview that the U.S. agency is involved in industrial espionage.In the interview aired Sunday night on German public television...
View ArticleKeystone-Resisting Landowners See Cash Offers Skyrocket
PAGE, Neb. - Cash offers have been skyrocketing, as much as seven-fold, for holdout Nebraska landowners who are willing to sign quickly to allow the Keystone XL pipeline onto their property.The...
View Article'Ride Along' cruises again with $21.2 million, 'I, Frankenstein' flops
NEW YORK, N.Y. - The Kevin Hart, Ice Cube police comedy "Ride Along" cruised to the top of the box office again, taking in $21.2 million in its second weekend.On the football-free weekend, no new...
View ArticleManitoba Pipeline Explosion: TransCanada Says Safety In The Spotlight In...
CALGARY - A natural gas pipeline explosion south of Winnipeg came at a bad time for not only the thousands unable to heat their homes during a frigid Prairie winter, but for a company that has been...
View ArticleDeadly pig virus could cost industry millions if allowed to spread, group warns
TORONTO - A deadly pig virus that has infected at least two Ontario farms could cost the Canadian pork industry tens of millions of dollars if it spreads across provincial borders, a group representing...
View ArticleHarper Cast As Villain In Anti-Keystone Ad To Air In U.S.
WASHINGTON - Prime Minister Stephen Harper will make a cameo appearance on an international stage Tuesday night — though it's hardly one he would have chosen.The prime minister will be cast in the...
View ArticleBell's Tracking Of Customers Is 'Wrong,' Consumer Groups Say
Consumer rights groups are petitioning the federal telecommunications watchdog to stop Bell Canada from using its customer data to send them targeted advertising and marketing. The Public Interest...
View ArticleHarper Defends Chuck Strahl, Ex-Spy Watchdog, As Man Of Integrity
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Stephen Harper delivered a rousing defence Friday of former Conservative MP Chuck Strahl, the latest chairman of Canada's spy watchdog to step down under a cloud of...
View ArticleCourt Fines B.C. Government Over Teachers' Contract
VANCOUVER - The B.C. government has been ordered to pay public school teachers $2 million in damages in a court decision that slammed the province for playing politics at teachers' expense.The 115-page...
View ArticleApple Sells Record Number Of iPhones, Still Disappoints People
(Reuters) - Apple Inc sold a record number of iPhones over the holiday shopping season but failed to meet Wall Street's target, reflecting intense competition from arch-foe Samsung Electronics during...
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