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What I Learned This Week: Don't Stop Believing
I first met photographer Stephane Najman in 2009 (that's him above, with me). He came highly recommended as someone whose camera truly sees things differently, an outlook I needed given that I was in...
View ArticleGrowing Number Of Canadians Unprepared For Financial Emergency: BMO
Three out of 10 Canadians “are living paycheque to paycheque or spending more than they earn,” according to a survey from BMO. The survey found a growing number of Canadians would be unprepared in a...
View ArticleChris Christie lets casinos, racetracks offer sports betting in New Jersey,...
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. - Gov. Chris Christie's administration issued a directive Monday allowing the state's casinos and racetracks to offer sports betting, a move likely to be challenged in court by...
View ArticleLe Chateau Stock Plummets As Company Swings To A Loss
MONTREAL — Shares of clothing retailer Le Chateau plummeted nearly 19 per cent Monday in the first trading after the company reported a net loss in its second quarter on a drop in sales. On the Toronto...
View ArticleUberX Service Launches In Toronto, Promises To Undercut Cabs
Taxi and ride-share company Uber launched its low-cost car service in Toronto on Monday, even as the company battles the city over the legality of its services. UberX started taking orders at 2 p.m. ET...
View ArticleApple appears poised to stir still-slumbering market for wearable technology...
SAN FRANCISCO - Apple is poised to reveal its next big thing in a crucial attempt to prove its technological tastemakers still have the power to mesmerize the masses.The trend-setting company is...
View ArticleProsecutors join defence, ask judge to bar TV cameras from Colorado theatre...
DENVER - Prosecutors in the Colorado theatre shooting case joined defence lawyers in opposing television coverage inside the courtroom during the trial, saying it would inflict intense and hurtful...
View ArticleOntario To CRTC: Regulate Netflix Like It's A TV Channel
The government of Ontario is pushing Canada’s federal telecom regulator to regulate new media services like Netflix much the same way it regulates traditional TV, requiring the U.S.-based service to...
View ArticleHow To File A Complaint (And Win)
Nobody likes a complainer, but everyone likes to complain. Whether it's an airline screwing up a flight, a clothing store sending you the wrong order or a not-quite-as-vegetarian-as-advertised meal, we...
View ArticleAdvertising Through Smart Technologies -- How to Be Intelligent Without Being...
It wasn't long ago that the power relationship between people and technology was enormously one-sided. You hit a button and the television channel changed; you hit another button and the TV turned off....
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B.C. Teachers' Strike Efforts May Get $100,000 Boost From BC Hydro Union
VANCOUVER - Striking B.C. school teachers off the job since mid-June may soon get some financial help from another union.The union representing about 1,800 BC Hydro workers is voting this week on...
View ArticleNike is among companies to end business relationships with ex-Baltimore...
Ray Rice's indefinite suspension from the NFL for domestic violence will cost him income from endorsements in addition to his $4 million in salary.Nike and Electronic Arts are among the businesses that...
View ArticleQuickList: Some unusual items purchased with Canadian Tire money
TORONTO - Some of the more unusual items customers have purchased with Canadian Tire money:— In 2013, Toronto folksinger Corin Raymond used $7,333.75 in donated Canadian Tire money to fund his 20-song...
View ArticleMark Carney Says Scottish Independence 'Incompatible' With Keeping Pound
Mark Carney says the idea that an independent Scotland would be able to use the British pound as its currency is "incompatible with sovereignty." Speaking to reporters and banking officials in...
View ArticleAPPLE LIVE: 2 Larger iPhones, wearable devices expected at Apple show
CUPERTINO, Calif. - Apple's larger iPhones won't just have bigger screens. They'll have a new, horizontal viewing mode to take advantage of the larger display.The iPhone 6 will have a screen measuring...
View ArticleBlackBerry Reminds Us It Still Exists, As Apple Launches iPhone 6
Rumor has it we’ll hear about #iOS8 today…but #BlackBerry10 remains the winning choice for #enterprise: http://t.co/B8Zw5qw8Gn #BBFactCheck— BlackBerry (@BlackBerry) September 9, 2014
View ArticleHouse Price Gap Grows, Making Dream Home A Fantasy: CIBC
If you’ve bought a condo and are hoping to upgrade to a single-family home someday, you may end up waiting longer than you expected. According to a report from CIBC World Markets, the long run-up in...
View ArticleUtah author says woman plagiarized her Christian romance novel, added sex scenes
SALT LAKE CITY - A Utah author says a schoolteacher plagiarized her Christian romance novel, added graphic sex scenes and passed it off as her own.In a case she says brings to light plagiarism in the...
View ArticleHouse GOP to unveil temporary spending bill; leaders determined to avert...
WASHINGTON - Republicans controlling the House are set to unveil a short-term spending bill on Tuesday with new funds to battle the Ebola outbreak but no additional funding to cope with the crisis of...
View ArticleNBC flattens its competition with the return of pro football
NEW YORK, N.Y. - NBC is certainly ready for some football, given how the NFL's return enabled the network to flatten its competition last week.The Nielsen company said NFL games on Thursday and Sunday...
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