CBC Sochi 2014 Olympics Ratings Can't Smash Vancouver Records
TORONTO - More than 28 million Canadians have tuned in to coverage of the Sochi Olympics so far and while some of the ratings numbers have been lower than the records set during the 2010 Vancouver...
View ArticleCanada Budget 2014 Reaction: Politicians, Interest Groups Weigh In (PHOTOS,...
It was expected to be a "do-nothing" budget. And some predicted Canadians wouldn't be paying attention anyway since the budget was going to be released during the Olympics. Yet the spending plan...
View ArticleCanada Budget 2014: Ontario Finance Minister Feels 'Ripped Off'
TORONTO - The Harper government is balancing its books at Ontario's expense, making itself "look good" before the 2015 election while putting the province's economic recovery at risk, Finance Minister...
View ArticleUS Retail Price Gap Could Be A Thing Of The Past In Canada
There will no longer be two prices on the back of your favourite novel, if a federal budget 2014 plan to close the price gap between goods sold in the United States and Canada is passed. Finance...
View ArticleVancouver Fountainhead Pub's 'To Russia With Love' Campaign Shows Support For...
Coming out in support of Russia's LGBT community as the world descends on Sochi, a pub in Vancouver's gay village has launched a campaign called To Russia With Love. For the month of February, patrons...
View ArticleStrange collection it was: Rodarte uses Yoda, Luke Skywalker on its designer...
NEW YORK, N.Y. - If you were going to buy a silk charmeuse designer gown for thousands and thousands of dollars, would you want it to be emblazoned with the image of Luke Skywalker, C-3PO or Yoda?If...
View ArticleBudget 2014: New Beer Rules To Make Life Easier For Craft Brewers
The 2014 federal budget is giving craft beer makers a break. The Conservative government pledged to remove red tape for the beer industry as part of what many called a “do-nothing” budget because it...
View ArticleFederal prosecutors in San Diego drop fraud charges against former Border...
SAN DIEGO - Federal prosecutors on Tuesday dropped corruption charges against the longtime former head of the union representing Border Patrol agents, 18 months after accusing him of defrauding the...
View ArticleAirbus seals deal during Singapore Airshow for 20 of its superjumbo A380s
SINGAPORE - Airbus announced its second major aircraft order of the Singapore Airshow with a deal to deliver 20 of its superjumbo A380s to leasing company Amedeo.The 20 planes are worth about $8.3...
View ArticleCanada Budget 2014: Wynne Says Ontario Shortchanged By $641 Million
TORONTO - Finance Minister Jim Flaherty made a deliberate decision to unfairly shortchange Ontario to the tune of $641 million in the federal budget, Premier Kathleen Wynne charged Wednesday."We're...
View ArticleJim Flaherty Fires Back At Provinces On Canada Job Grant Deadline
OTTAWA - Employment Minister Jason Kenney says the federal government is "very close" to implementing the contentious Canada Job Grant on its own, but insists the provinces and territories are not...
View ArticleJim Prentice: Canada Needs To Look Beyond The Obama Era
OTTAWA - It's high time Canada started looking beyond the Obama era if it wants to push economic integration with the United States to a new level, says former Conservative cabinet minister Jim...
View ArticleBP Oil Spill: Dolphins Plagued By Death, Disease Years After Rig Explosion
Missing teeth. Lung disease. Extreme hormone levels. Four years after BP's Deepwater Horizon rig exploded, gushing some 4.9 million barrels of oil into the Gulf of Mexico, the region is rife with death...
View ArticleCanadian Oilsands Workers Not Rehired After Temporary Foreign Workers Fired,...
The Alberta Federation of Labour is calling out a job contractor for backing out on its promise to rehire workers from an oilsands site. In a press release, the union claims contractor Pacer-Promec...
View ArticleSinkhole swallows 8 classic cars at National Corvette Museum in Ky.; salvage...
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. - It was a sight to make a classic car lover weep: A gaping sinkhole opened beneath the National Corvette Museum in Kentucky and swallowed eight prized cars like they were toys,...
View ArticleToronto's Huge House Price Spikes Starting To Alarm Economists
Less than two years after Finance Minister Jim Flaherty implemented yet another round of mortgage rule tightening to cool off an overheating housing market, some of those markets are back to their...
View ArticleJim Flaherty's Income-Splitting Remarks Open Rift Among Tory Cabinet
OTTAWA - Finance Minister Jim Flaherty opened a rift within the Conservative cabinet on Wednesday by casting doubt on the wisdom of using next year's expected budget surplus to expand income-splitting...
View ArticleCanadian Oilsands Made Massive Contributions To Economy In 2012: Study...
Canadian oilsands production made an economic contribution to the country in 2012 that was far greater than the entire province of Saskatchewan, a new study has found. As well, the oilsands will...
View ArticleOreo cookie maker Mondelez reports profit, revenue shy of Wall Street...
NEW YORK, N.Y. - Mondelez reported a fourth-quarter profit Wednesday that fell short of Wall Street expectations as the Oreo maker struggled with cookie sales in China.The company, which also makes...
View ArticleSun Life Financial improves fourth-quarter results helps by premiums, deposits
TORONTO - Sun Life Financial Inc. (TSX:SLF) improved its results in the fourth quarter, helped by an increase in premiums and deposits.The Toronto-based insurer reported Wednesday that quarterly net...
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