Canadian Broadcasters Find Clever, Nasty Way To Slow Down Digital TV Revolution
Here’s some bad news for cable TV cord-cutters: You likely won’t be able to watch your favourite TV shows (legally) online for much longer. Canadian broadcasters are moving to a new model for online...
View ArticleMonths-Long Moving Saga Ends Happily For Canadian Couple
Two people who said their furniture was held as ransom by a moving company have been reunited with their belongings — more than six months after a move to Ontario from Nova Scotia. Kim and Dave Lague...
View ArticleLoblaws Vows Responsibly Farmed Salmon
TORONTO — Grocery giant Loblaws will be the first retailer in North America to sell a new type of responsibly-farmed salmon, an offering it hopes will differentiate itself amid intense competition from...
View ArticleTravel agents questioned on stolen passports linked to missing Malaysia...
PATTAYA, Thailand - Authorities questioned travel agents Monday at a beach resort in Thailand about two men who boarded the vanished Malaysia Airlines plane with stolen passports, part of a growing...
View ArticleMcDonald's sales decline as chain looks to adapt to changing tastes
NEW YORK, N.Y. - McDonald's is fighting to hold onto customers in the U.S. — and all that snow didn't help.The world's biggest hamburger chain said Monday that sales fell 1.4 per cent at established...
View ArticleEdward Snowden At SXSW: The NSA Is 'Setting Fire To The Future Of The Internet'
Edward Snowden held an (admittedly ironic) Google hangout at the SXSW interactive conference today, piping his video through seven proxy servers from Russia, where he's in hiding from U.S. prosecutors...
View Article3 things to watch for as McDonald's fights to boost US sales
NEW YORK, N.Y. - McDonald's is fighting to hold onto customers amid intensifying competition.On Monday, the world's biggest hamburger chain said an important sales figure fell again in the U.S. The...
View ArticleHBO's streaming service hit by glitches with 'True Detective' finale
NEW YORK, N.Y. - HBO says its streaming service is running again, although disappointingly late for many anxious fans of the "True Detective" series.Most fans who tried to log onto the "HBO GO" stream...
View ArticleVideotron Boycott? Pierre Karl Peladeau's Politics Prove Controversial
MONTREAL - It seems Pierre Karl Peladeau's jump into politics for the sovereigntist Parti Quebecois is sparking an unexpected backlash against one of his companies.The target of the consumer wrath is...
View ArticleCNRL pulls application to resume steaming near site of Primrose bitumen leak
CALGARY - Canadian Natural Resources Ltd. (TSX:CNQ) has pulled an application to resume steaming at its Primrose oilsands site in eastern Alberta, as questions into a months-long bitumen spill there...
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Priyanka Chopra Looks Sexy In Coral And Burgundy 'Backless' Dress
Spring is definitely here — in Priyanka Chopra's world, at least. The Bollywood actress/singer/model strutted the red carpet of HT Mumbai's Most Stylish Awards 2014 this past weekend in a warm...
View ArticleSouth Korea Free Trade Talks Spur Mixed Reactions From Ontario, Alberta
Canada's pending free-trade deal with South Korea is shaping up to be a tale of two provincial solitudes.Ontario is worried the deal will unleash a flood of Korean-made automobiles and imperil the jobs...
View ArticlePeladeau guided Quebecor into media, cable, cellphone powerhouse
MONTREAL - Pierre Karl Peladeau is making the leap into politics more than 16 years after he inherited a printing and media conglomerate from his father and transformed Quebecor into a cable and...
View ArticleColorado officials report roughly $2M in recreational pot taxes in January,...
DENVER - Colorado made roughly $2 million in marijuana taxes in January, state revenue officials reported Monday in the world's first accounting of the recreational pot business.The tax total reported...
View ArticleSouth By Southwest: Secrets, surveillance, IBM's Watson helps chefs cook
AUSTIN, Texas - FOMO —or the fear of missing out— is a common complaint at the South By Southwest Interactive festival in Austin, Texas each year.It's here, after all, that "Girls" creator Lena Dunham...
View ArticleMontreal Bus Shelter Warms Up When You Hold Hands (VIDEO)
Talk about an ingenious way to warm up a city! Duracell set up a bus shelter on Avenue Atwater in Montreal earlier this winter that heated up when commuters touched the sides and held hands. The...
View ArticleWhat To Do In The Morning: 9 Ways To Be Super Productive By Lunch
If your daily morning routine includes constant yawning and a strong cup of coffee, getting through that morning chunk before lunch can feel like a chore. On top of morning emails, reading the news and...
View ArticleOttawa Couple Sues Feds For $6.5 Million Over Medical Marijuana Changes
An Ottawa couple is suing the federal government for $6.5 million ahead of Health Canada’s tightening of medical marijuana laws March 31. According to the Ottawa Citizen, medical marijuana users...
View ArticleHappy Birthday World Wide Web -- Looking Good At 25
Most of us use the web so many times in a day that we hardly give it a second thought. But as the web turns 25, we thought it deserved some appreciation. According to Pew Research Institute, on March...
View ArticleGone phishing! Internet and social media scams rampant, says Competition Bureau
OTTAWA - Canada's competition watchdog is warning Canadians to be ever watchful for online scams that try to take advantage of the uninformed and the soft-hearted.The Competition Bureau says scammers...
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