Unifor escalates drive to unionize 3 Toyota plants in southwestern Ontario
KITCHENER, Ont. - Unifor says it is escalating its drive to represent workers at three Toyota plants in southwestern Ontario.Toyota provided its employee list to Unifor and the Ontario Labour Relations...
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This Is How Many Arts Grads Are Overqualified For Their Jobs
Arts graduates spend years dissecting texts like "Waiting for Godot." And like the characters in Samuel Beckett's absurdist play, generations of them have been stuck in one place, unable to find jobs...
View ArticleSafeway eliminates Club Card program, passes on savings automatically
CALGARY - Safeway is getting rid of its Club Card effective Friday.Spokeswoman Betty Kelsey says customers have told them that they want to reduce the amount of cards in their wallets.In the past,...
View ArticleDigital Canada 150: Tories' Strategy To Include A 'Digital Privacy Act'
WATERLOO, Ont. — The federal government has outlined its digital strategy for Canadians, with one of its main initiatives to ensure access to secure and competitive Internet and wireless services....
View ArticleQuality Meat Packers In Creditor Protection: Toronto Slaughterhouse To Close...
A major pork processor has filed for creditor protection -- a move that could impact one of Toronto's most notorious slaughterhouses. According to BlackburnNews.com, the Quality Meat Packers, along...
View ArticleUS stocks turn lower as technology sector declines; CarMax skids on profit slump
NEW YORK, N.Y. - Stocks are turning lower on Wall Street in midday trading, erasing an early gain.The Standard & Poor's 500 index fell seven points, or 0.4 per cent, to 1,881 as of noon (1600 GMT)...
View ArticleJennifer Lopez-backed company buys Fuse music network for $226 million
NEW YORK, N.Y. - The Jennifer Lopez-backed company that owns NUVOtv, an English-language cable entertainment network aimed at Latinos, has bought the Fuse music network.SiTV Media said Friday it had...
View ArticleAlbertans To Have Their Say On ATCO Power Plant
FORT SASKATCHEWAN, Alta. - A federal agency is deciding whether there should be an environmental review of a plan by ATCO to build a gas-fired power plant northeast of Edmonton.The Canadian...
View ArticleLululemon Lawsuit Over Sheer Pants On Verge Of Being Dismissed
NEW YORK, N.Y. - Lululemon Athletica Inc. appeared poised to defeat a class action lawsuit filed against the company over a recall of its black Luon pants last year because they were too sheer.U.S....
View ArticleBrittany Murphy's final movie opening in Oregon city before going on limited run
EUGENE, Ore. - Brittany Murphy's final movie opens Friday in Eugene before going on a limited run.The actress died at age 32 in December 2009. That year she worked on a psychological thriller called...
View ArticleWhere Are Canadian Women Working These Days?
More women in Canada are graduating from universities than ever before, and now a new report is shedding light on what they do with their degrees. According to a Statistics Canada report on...
View ArticleLafarge, Holcim in talks to merge the world's two largest cement companies
The world's two largest cement companies, Lafarge and Holcim, say they are in advanced discussions on a "merger of equals" to create a global powerhouse with $47 billion of annual sales."Holcim and...
View ArticleTraders dump technology stocks, leading to a broad market decline; Nasdaq...
NEW YORK, N.Y. - Technology stocks are sharply lower as traders dump big-name companies that had made huge gains.Facebook, Google and Netflix — all big winners over the past year — fell sharply,...
View ArticleOnex and CPPIB selling Gates Corp. for $5.4 billion to Blackstone
TORONTO - Onex Corp. (TSX:OCX) and Canada Pension Plan Investment Board has signed a deal to sell Gates Corp. for US$5.4 billion to private equity firm Blackstone.Gates is a manufacturer of power...
View ArticleEvict McDonald's From Russia, Vladimir Zhirinovsky Urges - And Pepsi Too
The opening of Russia’s first McDonald’s restaurant in Moscow 24 years ago was seen as a powerful symbol of the end of the Cold War, and the ascendance of a global free market economy. Now, the world...
View ArticleRob Ford's Foggy Dew Visit Results In Citations For B.C. Pub
VANCOUVER - British Columbia's liquor regulator says a Vancouver-area pub that was apparently visited by Rob Ford during the Toronto Mayor's brief trip to the West Coast was cited for serving patrons...
View ArticleMedical Marijuana Stocks Active On TSX Venture As Tweed Inc. Debuts
Friday was an unusually active day for fans of marijuana — at least on the stock market. Tweed Marijuana Inc. became Canada’s first licensed provider of medical marijuana to go public and investors...
View ArticleProposed cobalt plant in Saskatchewan passes environmental study
LANGHAM, Sask. - A cobalt plant proposed by Fortune Minerals near Langham northwest of Saskatoon has passed an environmental study.CEO Robin Goad says the review showed there wouldn't be any impact on...
View ArticleGovernments, scientists to debate future of fossil fuels at climate meeting
BERLIN - After concluding that global warming almost certainly is man-made and poses a grave threat to humanity, the U.N.-sponsored expert panel on climate change is moving on to the next phase: what...
View ArticleDanielle Martin's Political Offers Pour In After Viral Healthcare Defence
WASHINGTON - Political offers have been pouring in for a doctor who enthusiastically defended the reputation of Canada's medicare system during some tense exchanges in the U.S. Congress.Dr. Danielle...
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