Brookfield Office Properties Under Fire For Confiscating Bikes
A Toronto woman who thought her bike was stolen only to discover security guards from a nearby building had confiscated it has launched a social media campaign to warn other cyclists with missing...
View ArticleVancouver Airport Baggage Carts Get High-Performance Upgrade (VIDEO)
VANCOUVER - Vancouver International Airport has rolled out a fleet of "new and improved" baggage carts — and a slick video to promote them.Sporting a "sleek, upright, ergonomic design," the 3,000 carts...
View ArticleDoublespeak? Orwell literary estate says Amazon.com distorts words of '1984'...
NEW YORK, N.Y. - The literary executor of George Orwell's estate is accusing Amazon.com of committing an Orwellian crime: doublespeak.In a letter published this week in The New York Times, Bill...
View ArticleRed Chris Mine Blockade Will End With New Offer: Minister
TERRACE, B.C. - Mines Minister Bill Bennet hopes a new offer will end a First Nations blockade of a northwestern B.C. mine owned by the same company involved in a tailings pond breach in the...
View ArticleAverage US rate on 30-year mortgage slips to 4.12 per cent; rate on 15-year...
WASHINGTON - Average long-term U.S. mortgage rates declined this week, approaching their lows for the year.Mortgage company Freddie Mac said Thursday the nationwide average for a 30-year loan slipped...
View ArticleGE confirms talks with Electrolux, others for sale of appliance division
NEW YORK, N.Y. - General Electric confirmed that it is considering the sale of its historic appliance division, part of its effort to focus on selling more complex and profitable industrial...
View ArticleMedical Marijuana Edibles Green-Lighted By B.C. Court
VANCOUVER - British Columbia's highest court is green-lighting medical marijuana in everything from oils and cookies to teas in a ruling that finds federal health laws limiting weed consumption to the...
View ArticleAlberta Government Not Doing Enough About High Oilsands Emissions: Critics
EDMONTON - Opposition politicians and environmental groups are criticizing the Alberta government for what they call a lack of response to data showing two air pollutants have exceeded trigger levels...
View ArticleWashington police ask citizen journalists to not help bad guys get away from...
SEATTLE - Police in Washington state are asking the public to stop tweeting during shootings and manhunts to avoid accidentally telling the bad guys what officers are doing.The "TweetSmart" campaign...
View ArticleMount Polley: Watchdog Probes If B.C. Had Duty To Warn About Potential Risk
VICTORIA - B.C.'s information and privacy commissioner plans to investigate whether the provincial government should have notified the public about potential risk connected to the Mount Polley tailings...
View ArticleGilles Proulx Slammed For Radio Rant Against Jews
A Quebec media personality is at the centre of a controversy after accusations he made anti-Semitic remarks on a Montreal radio show last week. Gilles Proulx was invited to appear on Radio X last...
View ArticleReports of renewed conflict in Ukraine wipe out US stock market gain
NEW YORK, N.Y. - Reports of renewed fighting in Ukraine are sending stocks lower in midday trading.Major U.S. indexes are still headed for a solid gain for the week.Stocks opened higher but turned...
View ArticleToronto Condo Rental Demand Hits All-Time High
Rental demand in Canada's largest condo market surged to a record level in the last three months, according to new data from market research firm Urbanation. The report shows a trifecta of broken...
View ArticleSeaWorld says it will expand killer whale environments; 'Blackfish' film has...
NEW YORK, N.Y. - Stung by criticism of its treatment of killer whales, SeaWorld said Friday that it will build new, larger environments at its theme parks and will fund additional research on the...
View ArticleOilsands, Deepwater Among Riskiest Oil Projects In The World: Report
CALGARY - Some of the world's costliest energy projects are in Alberta's oilsands and some could be cancelled without higher oil prices, according to a new report by a London-based financial think-tank...
View ArticleI've Got Some (Nanotechnology) Explaining To Do
I'm a proud geek. Just as musicians have an uncanny way to compose, my brain is wired to understand the nuances of higher scale function resulting from matter interactions at the nano scale. I can't...
View ArticleQuebec's Caisse de depot posts 6.7% return on investment, total assets up
MONTREAL - The head of Quebec's pension-fund manager is following the situation at Bombardier Inc. (TSX:BBD.B), although he doesn't appear unduly worried about the recent turbulence buffeting the...
View ArticleAl Gore sues Al Jazeera America for unpaid millions in sale of Current TV
LOS ANGELES, Calif. - Former Vice-President Al Gore is suing Al Jazeera America, saying the news network is withholding tens of millions of dollars that it owes for buying Current TV from him and other...
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Winnipeg Man Posts EPIC Roommate Ad (PHOTOS)
After a friend fell in love with an "aggravating" waitress, "Matt" had to find a new roommate for his Winnipeg apartment. In doing so, he put on a clinic for anyone who advertises for a roommate on...
View ArticleCalifornia poised to sweeten film tax credits to keep productions from leaving
LOS ANGELES, Calif. - Hoping to keep film production in California, lawmakers have moved to quadruple tax subsidies for location shoots.The state Senate Appropriations Committee approved a bill...
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