Best Places To Work In Canada: Google, AOL, Intuit Take Top Spots
Google retains its ranking as the best place to work in Canada in a survey from research and consulting group Great Places To Work. Not to toot our own horn too much, but The Huffington Post Canada’s...
View ArticleYellowknife Mine Sits Atop A Lethal Store Of Arsenic
A mine in the Northwest Territories sits atop a lethal store of arsenic that would be enough to kill every man, woman and child in the world, Vice reports. And a northern regulator wants to know...
View ArticleHousing Correction In Canada Could Cause Recession: BMO
OTTAWA - The Bank of Montreal says a sudden and sharp correction in the housing market could have a devastating impact on the Canadian economy overall, enough to trigger another recession.The analysis...
View ArticleOil rises past $104 a barrel as Ukraine jiggers offset large rise in US crude...
NEW YORK, N.Y. - The price of oil rose past US$104 per barrel Thursday on worries over the upheaval in Ukraine.Benchmark West Texas Intermediate crude for May delivery rose 54 cents to close at...
View ArticleRecord labels sue Internet radio provider Pandora over royalties for songs...
NEW YORK, N.Y. - Major record labels are suing Internet radio giant Pandora for copyright infringement for using songs recorded before 1972 without paying license fees.The labels, including divisions...
View ArticleVancouver Real Estate: Ultimate Girly House For Sale
One of our favourite Vancouver bloggers, Melissa Carr, at the thirties grind, loves real estate porn, just like us. She recently flagged the "ultimate girly house" for sale in East Van. As long as we...
View ArticleMobilicity Agrees To Be Acquired By Telus For $350 Million In Proposed Sale
TORONTO - Mobilicity says it has agreed to be purchased by Telus Corp. (TSX:T) for $350 million.Mobilicity says the proposed sale is subject to approval by the Ontario Superior Court of Justice, the...
View ArticleMore than 2/3 of US states had job gains in March, while unemployment rate...
WASHINGTON - More than two-thirds of the states reported job gains in March, as hiring has improved for much of the country during what has been a sluggish but sustained 4 1/2-year recovery.The Labor...
View ArticleBest Jobs In Canada, 2014
Canadian Business magazine has come out with its rankings of Canada's best jobs. And unlike last year, when oil industry jobs ranked first and third, this time the legal profession emerged as the most...
View ArticleMentors play important role in keeping entrepreneurs focused and accountable
TORONTO - It may have been a love of cats or rock climbing that first gave shape to a quirky business idea but, for many entrepreneurs, the difference between success and failure of their dream company...
View ArticleHealth Canada Medical Pot Guidelines Diss Medical Pot Repeatedly
If you’re wondering why many Canadian doctors are so reluctant to prescribe marijuana to patients, Health Canada’s information site for health-care providers might provide some clues. The government...
View ArticleAverage Price For A Single-Family Home In Toronto Passes $1 Million
Economists are coming out with warnings that Canada’s real estate juggernaut is about to come to an end (Scotiabank’s Adrienne Warren is just the latest) and others keep fretting about Canada’s...
View ArticlePizza Cake May Soon Be On Boston Pizza's Menu
In Canada, this is what we call innovation. Boston Pizza is currently carrying out "Pizza Game Changers," a spring promotion in which it comes up with new product ideas and asks the public to vote on...
View ArticleNew Keystone XL Pipeline Delay Disappoints PMO
WASHINGTON - The Canadian government demanded an answer immediately on the long-delayed Keystone XL pipeline. It has now received a reply from the United States government that amounts to: Maybe next...
View ArticleMuzik Nightclub Facing Boycott After Ban On Dance Parties At Exhibition Place
Toronto's Exhibition Place has banned all-ages dance parties from its grounds, causing a wave of online protest and a boycott against the club that requested the clamp down on the events. Muzik is the...
View ArticleObama On Keystone XL Pipeline: Administration Delays Decision, Needs More...
WASHINGTON - The Obama administration is putting off its decision on the controversial Keystone XL oil pipeline, likely until after the November elections, indefinitely extending its review of the...
View ArticleHall of Fame player, Trump, Bon Jovi among big names listed as Buffalo Bills'...
BUFFALO, N.Y. - Hall of Fame quarterback Jim Kelly is prepared to make a bid to buy the Buffalo Bills. Donald Trump's on board, too.Don't discount the family of Boston Bruins owner Jeremy Jacobs. And...
View ArticleFox executive fired after using company email to plan aid to kin of missing...
NEW YORK, N.Y. - Fox has fired a veteran executive who used her company email account to plan aid for loved ones of the missing Malaysian airplane's passengers.Darlene Tipton says she emailed a woman...
View ArticleAir Canada Apologizes After Baggage Toss Caught On Video
Air Canada is apologizing and an investigation is underway after evidence of airline workers mishandling passengers’ luggage was caught on video at Toronto’s Pearson International Airport on Thursday....
View ArticleTraders look to another heavy slate of earnings news following solid gain
Investors hope markets can build on the respectable gains chalked up last week after getting reassurance about the Chinese and U.S. economies.Traders will again focus on corporate earnings as big...
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