BlackBerry looks to get money from its BBM chat service with new offerings
TORONTO - BlackBerry is about to launch an update to its popular BlackBerry Messenger chat service that it hopes will rake in some extra coin.The Waterloo, Ont.-based technology firm is looking to...
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Kitimat Hunters Fear Possible Enbridge Oil Spill Would 'Wipe Out' Wild Game
Mike Langegger recalls the autumn moment two years ago when he, his son Adam, and daughter Hannah spotted a moose a stone’s throw away in a valley just outside Kitimat in northwest B.C. The rutting...
View ArticleCanadian railways to replace or fix DOT-111 tank cars used for internal use
MONTREAL - Canada's two largest railways say they are phasing out or retrofitting their own small fleets of older DOT-111 tank cars — the kind involved in the horrific explosion and fire in...
View ArticleChristine Day, Ex-Lululemon CEO, Has New Healthy Lifestyle Gig
While she may no longer be practising her asanas, ex-Lululemon CEO Christine Day's new gig still has a main focus on healthy living. Day has been the CEO of Luvo Inc., a Vancouver-based food company...
View ArticleEven with move to Thursday, viewer fatigue drags 'American Idol' to ratings low
NEW YORK, N.Y. - A recent time slot switch hasn't paid dividends for Fox's lurching "American Idol," which reached a smaller audience last week than for all but one episode of its rookie season in the...
View ArticleCanada's Corporate Cash Hoard Is Nearly One-Third Of GDP: IMF
Canadian companies have been accumulating “dead money” — cash sitting idle in bank accounts — faster than companies in any other country in the G7, according to a report from the International Monetary...
View ArticleDx3: Joseph Barbieri Says Brands Are In Search Of Global Relevance (VIDEO)
Marketing, journalism, media and entertainment worlds are colliding says Joseph Barbieri, managing director, content & media partnerships at advertising firm Sid Lee. The result, he states, are...
View ArticleOttawa tables legislation aimed at clearing grain transportation backlog
OTTAWA - The federal government has tabled legislation aimed at increasing the movement of grain that has been left sitting in bins across the Prairies due to a transportation bottleneck.The...
View ArticleLiberals defend $81M security contract to U.S. firm for Toronto's Pan Am Games
TORONTO - Ontario's governing Liberals are standing by a decision to award an $81-million private security contract for Toronto's 2015 Pan Am Games to an American company.They say the Ontario...
View Article'22 Minutes' Air Canada Legroom Parody Shows You The Pros To Cramped Seats
If the idea of even less leg room on your flight seem incomprehensible, "This Hour Has 22 Minutes" might just change your mind. The comedy show put together a simulation and the results look kind of...
View ArticleDeal to end strike at Vancouver's port appears close: truckers' group
VICTORIA - Officials attempting to negotiate an end to a prolonged strike at Canada's largest port were close to reaching an agreement Wednesday, said representatives for unionized and non-unionized...
View ArticleInterac says fraud in Canada with Interac debit cards dropped 62% in 2013
MONTREAL - Interac debit card fraud has hit a record low in Canada, down 62 per cent in 2013 due to better technology, according to the group responsible for the payment network.The Interac Association...
View ArticleH&M Pulls Controversial Star Of David Shirt From Shelves
Swedish retailer H&M pulled a shirt which featured a skull over a Star of David from their store shelves after receiving complaints about it. A spokesperson for the company said, "Please accept our...
View ArticleCanada's Telecoms Have Built Databases For Police Spying: Geist
Canada’s telecoms appear to be building databases of subscriber information that law enforcement agencies can access without a warrant, according to documents released under access to information laws....
View ArticleHow Kijiji's Data Threw Off Ottawa's Math On Skills Shortages
Economists have been scratching their heads for weeks as to how the Conservative government could claim on budget day that Canada’s job vacancy rate was on the rise when Statistics Canada said it was...
View ArticleCheesemaker Saputo closing two plants in Alberta and two in the U.S.
MONTREAL - Cheesemaker Saputo is eagerly pursuing growth opportunities around the world while again downsizing North American operations by closing four plants — two in Alberta and two in the United...
View ArticleLittle to fear, much to gain from Chinese investment in oil patch: report
OTTAWA - A new report is taking the Harper government to task over its treatment of Chinese state-owned enterprises interested in investing in Canada.The paper, by Wendy Dobson of the Rotman Institute...
View ArticleNorthwestern football players can unionize, federal agency says in...
CHICAGO - In a stunning ruling that could revolutionize college sports, a federal agency said Wednesday that football players at Northwestern University can create the nation's first union of college...
View ArticleRing Of Fire Agreement Places Northern Ontario Project Step Closer To Reality
Ontario and Matawa First Nations have reached a momentous agreement that paves the way for progress in developing the lucrative but lumbering Ring of Fire mining project. The province’s Ministry of...
View ArticleSuncor Drug Testing: Oil Giant Loses Another Bid To Randomly Test Workers
FORT MCMURRAY, Alta. - Oilsands giant Suncor Energy has lost another battle in its attempt to randomly test thousands of union workers in northern Alberta for drugs and alcohol.A court-ordered...
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