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Here Are The Countries The FAA Doesn't Want Jets To Fly Over

When a Malaysia Airlines plane was shot down over Ukranian airspace Thursday, many questions were raised about why it was flying over a conflict zone in the first place. The U.S. Federal Aviation...

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LeBron Can Teach Business Execs a Thing or Two

Turns out you can go home again. When basketball superstar LeBron James packed his bags and left Cleveland for Miami in 2010, he did more than just burn bridges. Retreating armies have left less...

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Toyota's 'Driver Speak Easy' Lets You Yell At Your Kids From Front Seat

DETROIT - Toyota wants to help you scream at your unruly kids.The latest version of the company's Sienna minivan has a feature called "Driver Easy Speak." It uses a built-in microphone to amplify a...

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Bacon Prices Soar, Again, In June: StatsCan

Bacon prices in Canada are nearly 27 per cent higher today than they were a year ago, as a crisis in the industry continues to push costs into the stratosphere. Bloomberg reporter and former Bank of...

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Florida jury slams tobacco company with $23.6B in punitive damages in widow's...

MIAMI - A Florida jury has slammed the R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. with $23.6 billion in punitive damages in a lawsuit filed by the widow of a longtime smoker who died of lung cancer in 1996.The case is...

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International monitors try to secure sprawling Ukraine plane crash site for...

HRABOVE, Ukraine - International monitors moved gingerly Saturday through fields reeking of the decomposing corpses that fell from a Malaysian airliner shot down over rebel-held eastern Ukraine, trying...

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Florida Tobacco Lawsuit Ends With $23.6 Billion In Damages Against R.J. Reynolds

MIAMI - A Florida jury has slammed the R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. with $23.6 billion in punitive damages in a lawsuit filed by the widow of a longtime smoker who died of lung cancer in 1996.The case is...

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Ontario aviation fuel tax hike will put province at disadvantage: industry

MONTREAL - At a time when other provinces are moving to encourage airline traffic by decreasing or eliminating aviation fuel taxes, Ontario's decision to hike them will likely boost air fares and put...

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Stock markets to be guided by heavy slate of corporate earnings reports

TORONTO - Earnings will be front and centre on North American stock markets this week.Geopolitical concerns will also continue to cast a shadow after a Malaysian Airlines plane was shot down by a...

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Canadian Beef: Mechanically Tenderized Beef Label Rules Will Change Next Month

EDMONTON - Canadian shoppers will be able to see next month if the beef they're buying has been mechanically tenderized.Labelling regulations to take effect Aug. 21 are designed to protect consumers...

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'Dawn of the Planet of the Apes' outmuscles 'The Purge: Anarchy' at weekend...

NEW YORK, N.Y. - "Dawn of the Planet of the Apes" outmuscled a trio of new films, as the science fiction sequel topped the box office for the second-straight week with an estimated $36...

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Big Lake Ontario shark hoax shows risks posed by viral marketing, experts say

TORONTO - An online video hoax of a shark in Lake Ontario that caused real-world consternation this past week demonstrates the attention-grabbing risks marketers are taking in an increasingly...

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Bodies from downed jetliner piled in boxcars in Ukraine; West condemns crash...

TOREZ, Ukraine - Pro-Moscow rebels piled nearly 200 bodies from the downed Malaysian jetliner into four refrigerated boxcars Sunday in eastern Ukraine, and cranes at the crash scene moved big chunks of...

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Canada Needs to Reject Radical Right Thinking

First we were invaded by U.S.-style hard ball election tactics, largely thanks to the Harper government. Do we now have to put up with nutbar economic baloney from the radical U.S. right as as well?...

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GO Transit service not affected by pay hike for Metrolinx employees: Matthews

TORONTO - The governing Liberals are reassuring commuters that GO Transit services won't be reduced by increased spending on employee wages.About 1,850 staff, including bus drivers and ticket sellers...

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Entrepreneurs can help create much-needed youth jobs if barriers addressed

TORONTO - Entrepreneurs could help create 10 million youth jobs across the G20 countries but they must be given the right support to grow and finance their businesses, according to a new report by...

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Canada's Real Wealth Gap Is Old Versus Young, And The Young Can't Keep Up

The boom in stocks, bonds and the housing market over the past 30 years has made Canadian seniors far richer than they have ever been, but younger generations aren’t sharing in that wealth to nearly...

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Oil rises above US$104 a barrel for 1st time since July 3; natural gas falls

The price of oil rose more than a $1 for the third time in the last four trading days, closing above $104 on Monday for the first time since July 3.Benchmark West Texas Intermediate crude for August...

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Jacob Given Last Chance To Save Some Stores

MONTREAL — Insolvent womenswear retailer Jacob Inc. has been given another month to develop a restructuring plan that could keep some of its stores open. The Quebec Superior Court extended creditor...

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CN moves record grain in second-quarter, anticipates growth into next year

MONTREAL - Canadian National Railway is predicting continuing strong results in 2014 after delivering second-quarter earnings Monday that beat expectations amid higher freight volumes generated by a...

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