U.S. investors warming up to Air Canada's promise, says New York analyst
MONTREAL - Air Canada's financial promise is piquing the interest of U.S. institutional investors seeking a way to profit from the turnaround of another North American carrier, according to a New York...
View ArticleCanada's Apprenticeships Should Be Boosted, U.S. Expert Says
OTTAWA - A respected American labour specialist says governments, educators and employers should work together to boost the number of apprenticeships for young Canadians in a collaborative approach...
View ArticleMarijuana: Canada Falls Behind As Burgeoning Industry Hits New Highs
B.C. bud was once the green standard of marijuana. It was so well-regarded in the early 2000s that dealers in the U.S. tried to pass off other varieties as Canadian to fetch premium prices. Weed from...
View ArticleMiners push Toronto stock market lower ahead of busy corporate earnings week
TORONTO - Falling mining stocks pushed the Toronto stock market slightly lower Monday as traders looked to a heavy slate of earnings news coming out this week.The S&P/TSX composite index declined...
View ArticleLoonie little changed, commodity prices mixed; traders look to retail data
TORONTO - The Canadian dollar closed slightly lower Monday amid a dearth of market-moving data and mixed commodity prices.The loonie was down 0.01 a cent to 90.79 cents US.It's a light week for...
View ArticleFarmers Dating Website FarmersOnly Set To Increase Love In Canada
Daniel Seitz was at home on his family's farm in southeastern Saskatchewan, watching a TV agriculture report, when an ad popped up on the screen and tugged at his lonely heart.An online dating site...
View ArticleMorrissey Seal Hunt Rant Takes Shocking Aim At Fisheries Minister Gail Shea
Although his last concert here was October 12, 2004, that hasn't stopped Morrissey from taking aim at Canada's annual seal hunt and describing the country as "fashionably dead." On the weekend the...
View ArticleKillings Continue At A Canadian-Owned Mine In Tanzania
Kibwabwa Ghati was herding cattle when he was shot to death.
View ArticleReal Estate Bidding Wars Heating Up In Toronto
Toronto's real estate bidding wars are reaching a fever pitch. Some of Canada's largest banks are offering low mortgage lending rates, and many people looking to move from condos and rentals into...
View ArticleUS stocks most higher at the start of another major week for corporate earnings
NEW YORK, N.Y. - U.S. stocks are moving higher at the beginning of another big week for company earnings.Halliburton rose 3 per cent after the oil exploration company posted a profit for the first...
View ArticleRogers faces tough first quarter as soft wireless results hurt profits, revenues
TORONTO - A combination of fewer wireless customers switching carriers and a lack of flashy new smartphones were a drag on the wireless division of Rogers Communications Inc. (TSX:RCI.B), helping to...
View ArticleAir Canada Baggage Tossing Video: Handlers To Be Fired Pending Investigation
TORONTO - Two Air Canada baggage handlers set to lose their jobs over a video showing bags being dropped several metres into a bin on the ground were working under intense pressure to move the items...
View ArticleUS weighs curbing deportations of people without serious criminal records
WASHINGTON - Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson is weighing limiting deportations of immigrants living in the U.S. illegally who don't have serious criminal records, according to two people with...
View ArticleWaitresses In Saskatchewan Lose Jobs To Foreign Workers
Sandy Nelson can't fight back the tears as she talks about losing her long-term serving job to temporary foreign workers. "How can that be right, that they're not Canadians? I'm a Canadian," said...
View ArticleLower gold prices fuelling Barrick's latest merger proposal with Newmont:...
Barrick Gold's long courtship with another of North America's largest gold producers is reportedly on the rocks despite the attractiveness of a merger fuelled by lower precious metal prices, industry...
View ArticleBrothers Classic Grill Under Investigation After Waitresses Lose Jobs To...
OTTAWA - The federal government said Monday it is investigating a Saskatchewan restaurant where two long-serving waitresses say they and two others recently lost their jobs to temporary foreign...
View ArticlePrice of crude oil rises and stays above US$104 a barrel amid Ukraine jitters
The price of oil edged higher Monday and stayed above US$104 per barrel as investors watched the simmering tensions in Ukraine.West Texas Intermediate crude for May delivery rose seven cents to...
View ArticleValeant joins activist investor Ackman in bid for Botox maker Allergan
Shares in Valeant Pharmaceutical International Inc. (TSX:VRX) (NYSE:VRX) soared in after-hours trading in New York on Monday after the Quebec-based company announced it had teamed with activist...
View ArticleIn latest round of change in pharmaceuticals industry, Novartis inks deals...
GENEVA - Swiss pharmaceutical firm Novartis AG launched a major overhaul of its business Tuesday, unveiling a series of multibillion-dollar deals with Britain's GlaxoSmithKline PLC and the U.S.'s Eli...
View ArticleFormer head of U.S. Fed Reserve says U.S. economy on path to recovery
TORONTO - Former Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke says he believes the U.S. economy is heading towards a recovery from the crippling downturn of the 2008-09 financial crisis."We are making...
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