Quebec's Lassonde buys U.S. juice brand Apple & Eve for US$150 million
Fruit juice maker Lassonde Industries may introduce some of its popular Canadian brands to the large American market after acquiring Apple & Eve, a leading U.S. independent branded juice company...
View ArticlePuerto Rico cuts entertainment perks, free tickets for elderly
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - A night at the theatre — or an afternoon of baseball — will now take a bigger chunk of cash from the pockets of Puerto Rico's elderly.Gov. Alejandro Garcia Padilla on Thursday...
View ArticleKinder Morgan Skirting Questions About Trans Mountain: City Of Vancouver
VANCOUVER - Kinder Morgan has failed to answer many of the questions put to the company about its proposed Trans Mountain pipeline through the regulatory review process, charge a chorus of critics that...
View ArticleNew Poll: Canadians Think Oilsands Contribute Way More to the Economy Than...
A new poll released Friday shows the majority of Canadians assume development in the Alberta oilsands has a much larger impact on nation's economy than it actually does. According to the poll,...
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The Fight Against Cancer Just Took an Innovative Turn
At an important conference in Chicago last June, over 25,000 doctors and researchers from around the world gathered to hear about several new breakthroughs in targeted therapies that will soon play a...
View ArticleCrude oil slips for seventh straight session as supplies set to increase
The price of crude oil slipped below $104 a barrel Friday, extending its drop to seven straight days, as expectations of increased supply offset strong U.S. employment growth.Benchmark West Texas...
View ArticleCBC: Netflix Should Pay Tax To Subsidize CanCon
The CBC and Netflix have found themselves on opposite sides in a battle over the future of funding for Canadian content. The CBC wants the CRTC, Canada’s telecom regulator, to require Netflix to...
View ArticleHealth Canada inspection raises concerns about GSK flu vaccine plant
TORONTO - Health Canada has advised pharmaceutical giant GSK it wants to see an action plan for fixing problems at the country's only flu vaccine production facility.GSK was given 30 days in which to...
View Article'Transformers' earns almost as much in China as in US after record number of...
BEIJING, China - The latest "Transformers" movie, which features Chinese locations, actors and products, has so far earned almost as much in China as in the United States, driven by a record number of...
View ArticleOverheated U.S. market to force Couche-Tard into overseas acquisitions: analysts
MONTREAL - Alimentation Couche-Tard is expected to focus on growing its overseas convenience store network because of the high cost of expanding in an overheated acquisition market in the United...
View ArticleTraders cautious ahead of a flood of U.S. second- quarter earnings reports
TORONTO - Traders will likely be cautious heading into this week, looking for reassurance about U.S. economic strength from a flood of American corporate earnings coming out this month.Resource company...
View ArticleLoonie's Strength Spoiling Bank of Canada's Plans For Economy
OTTAWA - With the resurgent loonie spoiling the Bank of Canada's best laid plans, has the time come for governor Stephen Poloz to take off the kid gloves?The re-emergence of a muscular Canadian...
View ArticleWith $36.4 million in second week, 'Transformers' edges 'Tammy' on weak July...
NEW YORK, N.Y. - "Transformers: Age of Extinction" beat out Melissa McCarthy's "Tammy" on a weak July 4th weekend at the box office.According to studio estimates Sunday, the fourth "Transformers" film...
View ArticleWhy Europe's Airfares are a Bargain Compared to Canada's
"Nothing so liberalizes a man and expands the kindly instincts that nature put in him as travel and contact with many kinds of people," wrote Mark Twain in an 1867 letter to a San Francisco newspaper....
View ArticleTransCanada's Contract With Mattawa Requires Town To Stay Silent About Company
The mayor of a small northern Ontario town along the route of the planned Energy East pipeline is defending a contract with pipeline builder TransCanada that critics say amounts to a “gag order” in...
View ArticleEugenie Bouchard's Wimbledon Loss May Have Cost Her Millions In Sponsorships:...
TORONTO - Eugenie Bouchard's loss to Czech Republic's Petra Kvitova in the Wimbledon women's final on Saturday may have cost her millions in sponsorship income, according to experts who say the...
View ArticleCanadians Shouldn't Copy Silicon Valley, We Should Make Our Own
Silicon Valley: the global centre for technological innovation. Every year thousands of individuals from all over the world flock to Silicon Valley to become the next Whatsapp inventors. Sensing an...
View ArticleYou May Soon Be Able To Take WestJet To More Countries
CALGARY - WestJet Airlines Ltd. said Monday it aims to have its own wide-body aircraft in the sky next year, setting the stage for a possible international expansion.The bigger planes will offer...
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Canada's Shocking Waste Of A Billion Grams Of Medical Cannabis Resin
You won't believe the shocking waste of medical cannabis resin in Canada! When you think of cannabis resin, you probably think of sticky marijuana buds, or chunks of fine hashish. But did you know that...
View ArticleWashington State Shops Now Have Licenses To Sell Recreational Marijuana
SEATTLE - Washington state issued its first retail marijuana licenses Monday with a middle-of-the-night email alerting bleary-eyed pot-shop proprietors that they'll finally be able to open for...
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