Postmedia's Monopoly On News Will Kill Diversity
One of Canada's newspaper giants, Postmedia, has announced plans to purchase 175 English language newspapers and their associated online assets from telecom and media giant Quebecor. But late last...
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Uber Vancouver: Does It Have A Future In The City?
The future of Uber in Vancouver is once again uncertain. The ride share service has been put under a six-month moratorium by the City of Vancouver, reports Global News. City council will use that time...
View ArticleWhy Accountability Is Important and How To Get It
I've met with hundreds of people who have the same problem as you...and me. Accountability. It is fair to say I have an on-again off-again thing going with a very important part of maintaining success....
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I Made A Gardening App For That
Two years ago, I bought a house and the while the inside was freshly renovated, the outside was a disaster, revealing its former secret life as a rental property. Little did I know, that this house and...
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Alberta Elk Running Roughshod Over Farmers' Property (TWEET)
This is how elk say, "na-na na-na boo-boo." First they trespass on Alberta farms, break fences and eat the crops. Then, when farmers confront them, they run away to the relative safety of Canadian...
View ArticleU.S. Broadcasters May Leave Canadian Airwaves, And Some Say That's Fine
U.S. broadcasters are so concerned by the possibility Canada will switch to a pick-and-pay system for cable TV channels that several of them have threatened to pull themselves off Canadian airwaves...
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Shell Canada Offers 1984 Prices At Alberta Gas Stations (TWEETS)
Remember when the price of gas was actually affordable? LOL. Neither do we. But Shell Canada tried to jog our memories this morning, when they dropped gas prices at to a mere 39.9 cents a litre — or...
View ArticleSNC-Lavalin Chief Warns Criminal Charges Could Force Closing Or Sale
The head of Canadian engineering giant SNC-Lavalin Group Inc. says any move by authorities to charge the company in connection with an extensive bribery scandal would immediately threaten its future...
View ArticlePorter Partners With U.S. Airline JetBlue
Toronto-based Porter Airlines has a new partnership with JetBlue Airways of the U.S. that will add dozens of destinations in the U.S. and the Caribbean. It is the first U.S. interline agreement for...
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Brazzers' Air Canada Pilot Offer Scored Its First Taker (VIDEO)
It seems Brazzers, the porn production company that offered free memberships to Air Canada pilots, has found its first taker. The company announced Wednesday a pilot had accepted its offer with a...
View ArticleEnbridge Line 9B Pipeline Delayed By NEB Over Major Water Body Concerns
Energy company Enbridge will have to take more safety measures to protect major waterways before it gets permission to start up its Line 9B oil pipeline. The order from the National Energy Board this...
View ArticleMicrosoft CEO Satya Nadella Sorry After Saying Women Need Not Ask For Raises
NEW YORK -- Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella apologized Thursday night and said he was wrong for saying that women don't need to ask for a raise and should just trust the system to pay them well. Nadella...
View ArticleCanada's Unemployment Rate Drops To 6.8% On Large Jump In Jobs
Canada's job market roared back to life in September, StatsCan says. The unemployment rate dropped to 6.8 per cent, the lowest rate since December 2008, as the economy added 74,000 jobs, nearly all of...
View ArticleMobile Now 49% Of Internet Usage In Canada, comScore Says
TORONTO - Canadians are on the verge of passing a major mobile milestone, according to measurement firm comScore.Of all the time Canadians spend online — and it's a lot, ranking second in the world at...
View ArticleMolson Coors Settles Lawsuit With Miller Over Brand Distribution In Canada
TORONTO - The Canadian subsidiary of Molson Coors Brewing Co. has settled its lawsuit with Miller Brewing Company, clearing the way for the SABMiller unit to resume distribution of its brands in Canada...
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Vancouver Architects Tackle Density Without Sacrificing Design (PHOTOS)
When you think of an attic, what do you see? Probably something like this: But what if instead, it could look something like this? This bright, airy space is the vision of Nick Sully and his team at...
View ArticleIt's Time We Ended the Gender Gap in Digital
When we hold executive meetings here at our offices, the room is split 50/50 between women and men around the table. It's not an image that's often seen in our digital technology field and one that...
View ArticleConrad Black At OSC: U.S. Government Attacked Me, 'No Alternative' But To Fight
TORONTO — Conrad Black told Canada's largest securities regulator Friday that he's had "no alternative'' but to fight to clear his name of allegations and U.S. criminal convictions that he considers...
View ArticleClimate Change Is Pushing Fish North: Study
A study has produced the strongest evidence yet that climate change is forcing hundreds of valuable fish species toward the poles.The paper, published in the ICES Journal of Marine Science on Friday,...
View ArticleDetroit House Swapped For An iPhone 6
When the wife of Austrian resident Nik Gindelhuber heard he was planning to trade a home they owned more than 7,000 kilometres away in east Detroit for an iPhone 6, she wasn't convinced it was a good...
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