Campaign Donor Lists Released By Vision Vancouver And NPA
Vision Vancouver and the NPA have finally released lists of their campaign donors, with just over a week to go before the municipal election. This includes Vision Vancouver and the NPA, which both said...
View ArticleMexico Is Going To Have High-Speed Rail Before Canada, And Bombardier May...
MONTREAL - Mexico has cancelled a high-speed rail contract granted earlier this week to a Chinese-led consortium, opening the door for a possible bid from Bombardier, the Canadian transportation...
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Kinder Morgan Protesters Launch Online Face Assault (TWEETS)
Assulting y'all with my #KMface pic.twitter.com/MeyRP6UiV1— Cori Yule (@corrior) November 7, 2014 Anti-pipeline protesters in B.C. are having a good laugh over energy giant Kinder Morgan's latest court...
View ArticleNAFTA's Commission On Environmental Cooperation 'Dying A Slow Death':...
Attempts by NAFTA's environmental watchdog to look into the Harper government's record on salmon farming and the oilsands are at an impasse after deadlines passed for member countries to vote on the...
View ArticleMeet OSSIA, The Start-Up That Wants To Bring Wireless Power To The Masses
Can you imagine never having to plug your phone in to charge it? Engineering phenom Hatem Zeine spent over a decade creating a piece of technology that could revolutionize not only electronics, but how...
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B.C. Islands For Sale Are Surprisingly Affordable (PHOTOS)
Owning a private island seems to belong in the realm of the extremely wealthy — or does it? We were surprised to find that many islands for sale in B.C. are selling for under $1 million. No, you can't...
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Uber Launches Petition To Gain Vancouver Support
Uber has upped the ante in the fight to bring its ride-share app to Vancouver, launching an online petition in the hopes to gain support among locals. The petition was launched on the Uber website...
View ArticleCanada, China Sign Trade Deal Worth As Much As $2.5 Billion
BEIJING, China - Stephen Harper and Chinese officials signed a flurry of trade and currency deals on Saturday worth as much as $2.5 billion while tensions seemingly remained between the two countries...
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UBC's Vantage College: Canadians Need Not Apply
The University of British Columbia is building an exclusive new college at a cost of more than $127 million, but Canadian students need not apply. The college will house only high-paying international...
View ArticleSNC-Lavalin Loses Federal Contract Worth Up To $22.8B
The federal government is not renewing a major public works contract with Quebec engineering giant SNC-Lavalin. The news comes on the heels of the company's announcement that 4,000 employees worldwide...
View ArticleEconomic Opportunity May Be the Antidote to Radicalism
The recent killing of two Canadian soldiers by self-professed, radicalized young men who became enamoured with a violent interpretation of Islam will bring up multiple assertions about the "root cause"...
View ArticleThe Wrong Lesson We Learned From the Fall of the Berlin Wall
On November 9, 1989, the embattled communist government of East Germany announced that, for the first time in three decades, its citizens were free to visit West Germany. That night, millions of people...
View ArticleWhen Will Canada Revenue Agency Start Dealing With Legal Issues Properly?
In a recent piece I pointed out that CRA's charity audits frequently turn on administrative issues rather than on substantive issues such as political activities. I discussed a current audit in which...
View ArticleHarper Meets With Chinese President Xi Jinping
BEIJING, China - Prime Minister Stephen Harper said Sunday he's raised a litany of concerns with the Chinese in his meetings with the Communist country's leadership over the past few days, insisting...
View ArticleRBC Tests Nymi Wristband, In Hopes You'll Tap Your Wrist To Pay
TORONTO - You've heard of paying retailers with the tap of a smartphone, but Royal Bank thinks shoppers are ready to take another big step: wearing payment options on their wrist.The bank has paired...
View ArticleHome Insurance Dispute Over Value Of Contents Follows Christmas Fire
You pay the premiums every year, but if your home was damaged or destroyed, would you get the amount you're insured for? Not necessarily. Stuart and Annie Brown of Markham, Ont., are fighting that...
View ArticleKinder Morgan Overplaying Economic Benefits, Downplaying Costs: Report
CALGARY - A new report says Kinder Morgan is overplaying the economic benefits, and downplaying the costs of its proposed Trans Mountain pipeline expansion.Simon Fraser University's Centre for Public...
View ArticlePizza Hut's New Menu Unleashed: Overhaul Comes Amid Sales Slide
NEW YORK, N.Y. - Pizza Hut is letting customers play mad scientist, giving them the freedom to make pies with honey Sriracha sauce or add curry flavour to the crusts.The atypical flavours and new...
View ArticleInstagram Canada Rolls Out Ads.. From Just 6 Companies So Far
TORONTO - In 2012, Mark Zuckerberg's Facebook shrewdly signed a US$1 billion deal to acquire the booming free photo sharing app Instagram.Now, after doubling Instagram's user base to more than 200...
View ArticleMcDonald's Global Sales Fall In October, Hurt By Food-Safety Scandal In China
OAK BROOK, Ill. - McDonald's Corp. says that a key global sales figure slipped 0.5 per cent in October, with weakness in the U.S. and ongoing difficulties from a food-safety scandal in China weighing...
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