Last call for bar cars: Trains serving alcohol to New York City commuters...
STAMFORD, Conn. - Last call came Friday for the bar cars on commuter trains between Manhattan and Connecticut, a final run for rolling taverns where city workers gathered for decades to play dice, find...
View ArticleCool, wet spring delays spring seeding across most of Prairies
REGINA - A cool and wet beginning to spring has slowed the start of seeding in all three Prairie provinces.Crop reports out this week for Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta say some producers in the...
View ArticleOil slips to under US$100, remains flat for week in face of ample supplies
The price of oil slipped Friday to just under US$100 a barrel, leaving crude nearly flat for the week.Benchmark West Texas Intermediate crude for June delivery fell 27 cents to close at US$99.99 on the...
View ArticleFeds want do-over of Beanie Baby creator's sentencing, say Ty Warner should...
CHICAGO - Prosecutors say a judge erred by letting the billionaire creator of Beanie Babies off with no prison time for hiding millions from U.S. tax authorities in Swiss banks. They want the U.S. 7th...
View ArticleHusband of 'The View' co-host Sherri Shepherd files for legal separation in...
LOS ANGELES, Calif. - Court records show the husband of comedian and "The View" co-host Sherri Shepherd has filed for legal separation after nearly three years of marriage.Lamar Sally filed for...
View ArticleChrysler recalling 780,000 minivans to replace window switch that can overheat
Chrysler is recalling 780,000 minivans to replace window switches that can short-circuit and overheat if exposed to moisture.Chrysler Group said Friday that it knows of 36 incidents related to the...
View ArticleOntario Election: Hudak Says He Would Create 120,000 Jobs
COURTICE, Ont. - Progressive Conservative Leader Tim Hudak announced Saturday that if elected he would make Ontario's business taxes the lowest in North America, which would create 120,000 new jobs in...
View ArticleNintendo apologizes for lack of equality in life simulator game; promises...
Nintendo is apologizing and pledging to be more inclusive after being criticized for not recognizing same-sex relationships in English editions of a life-simulator video game. The publisher said that...
View ArticleThe 10 Things Canadian Employers Want Most
Canadian employers are a practical bunch, and — unlike employers in other countries — they value effectiveness over experience, according to research from job search index Adzuna. The company scoured...
View ArticleU.S. Tech Firms Routinely Denying Canada's Requests For Personal Data
Transparency reports from Twitter, Facebook, Microsoft, Yahoo! and Google suggest U.S. companies are being far more careful with Canadian data than Canadian telecoms. According to reports, which have...
View ArticleA Canadian Mining Company May Have Used Slaves. How Could This Happen?
The news was grim, but not surprising. Yannick Lamonde, an official within Canada’s Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT), received word in January last year of an impending...
View ArticleTraders look for direction, TSX snaps winning streak, earnings season winds up
The Toronto stock market could be in for more choppy action this week as the first-quarter earnings season winds down and investors consider what has made the TSX one of the top market performers in...
View ArticleNintendo's Lack Of Same-Sex Relationships Will Change In Future: Company
Nintendo is apologizing and pledging to be more inclusive after being criticized for not recognizing same-sex relationships in English editions of a life-simulator video game. The publisher said that...
View ArticleCanada Post Can 'Reinvent Itself,' Says Its CEO
Despite the increased costs of postage, a steady decline in the use of letter mail and continuing cuts to its workforce, Canada Post has a future, says the man who heads the Crown corporation. “This...
View ArticleSunday Times list of super-rich says London is tops when it comes to...
LONDON - A new study of the super-rich finds that London has become the capital of the world's wealthiest, with more billionaires than any other city in the world.The Sunday Times, which published the...
View ArticleLawyers prepare to battle over $7.3B in Nortel assets in cross-border trial
TORONTO - A complex trial to determine how billions of dollars in Nortel Networks Corp.'s remaining assets are to be divided begins Monday in a pricey cross-border hearing that's considered the first...
View ArticleNBC will try to extend ratings rebound with 12 new shows next season; Heigl...
NEW YORK, N.Y. - NBC, which rebounded this season from a stubborn ratings slump, will try to build on its gains with a dozen new series that include dramas starring Debra Messing and Katherine Heigl...
View ArticleVia Rail announces new CEO after Harper cabinet minister calls for a shakeup
MONTREAL - Via Rail has named a new chief executive officer a little more than a week after a senior federal cabinet minister called for new leadership at the Crown corporation.Yves...
View ArticleTemporary Foreign Worker Ban Should Be Lifted For Quebec Restaurants,...
MONTREAL - The Quebec government is calling on Ottawa to lift the ban on restaurants hiring temporary foreign workers — at least when it comes to its own province.The province's immigration minister...
View ArticleEzra Levant Wades Into Vancouver 'No Enbridge' Rally
Conservative Sun TV broadcaster Ezra Levant showed up at an anti-pipeline rally in Vancouver over the weekend, and predictably stirred things up with protesters. The "No Enbridge" rally attracted more...
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