How To Avoid Getting Stung By Tax-Time Scams
How to avoid misrepresentations that will cost you money -- or ruin your credit rating A client came into my office last season with an e-mail message from the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA). It claimed...
View ArticleKeystone XL Pipeline Bill, Debate To Heat Up Washington
WASHINGTON - As the long-running saga over the Keystone XL pipeline enters a critical phase, U.S. President Barack Obama is allowing suspense to linger for at least a few more days.A spokesman wouldn't...
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Vancouver Real Estate: Benchmark Price Of Detached Home Reaches $1 Million
The benchmark price for a detached Greater Vancouver home hit $1 million in December 2014, attesting to the area's seemingly ever-rising real estate market The price for detached properties was...
View ArticleKeystone Pipeline Legislation Will Be Vetoed By Obama If It Passes: White House
WASHINGTON - It took less than a day to dent the hopes of Canadian oilsands proponents that a new, Republican-dominated U.S. Congress might finally carry their coveted Keystone XL pipeline project to...
View ArticleCanadian Employees Burning Out As Businesses Grow Without Hiring: Report
Canadian business are anticipating growth in the coming year, but few are actually planning to do any hiring, according to a new survey from recruitment agency Hays Canada. With businesses increasingly...
View ArticleB.C. LNG Pipelines Won't Carry Oil, Bitumen: Province
VICTORIA - A proposed network of pipelines from natural gas fields in British Columbia's northeast to liquefied natural gas export plants in the northwest will not be permitted to pump oil and diluted...
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Namu, B.C. Is An Environmental Disaster Waiting To Happen: Activists
Once home to a buoyant fish processing industry, the abandoned coastal town of Namu, B.C. is now a ticking time bomb of pollution, according to an environmental advocacy group. In a new video shot in...
View ArticleDanielle Graham The New Co-Anchor Of 'eTalk,' Replacing Tanya Kim
New year, new "eTalk." CTV has announced that Danielle Graham is the new co-anchor of "eTalk," replacing recently laid-off co-anchor Tanya Kim. Kim was let go from the entertainment show in...
View ArticleVenezuela McDonald's Franchises Run Out Of French Fries
CARACAS, Venezuela - Forget the French fries. How about a side of yuca with that Big Mac?Venezuela's more than 100 McDonald's franchises have run out of potatoes and are now serving alternatives like...
View ArticleShould Doctors Charge a "No Show" Fee?
Co-authored by Paul Taylor, Personal Health Navigator at Sunnybrook. QUESTION: My doctor's office recently posted a sign that says patients will be charged $60 if they miss an appointment or fail to...
View ArticleBrad Wall 'Disappointed' By Obama's Keystone XL Veto Threat
REGINA - Saskatchewan's premier says he's disappointed that legislation to approve construction of the Keystone XL oil pipeline may be vetoed by U.S. President Barack Obama.White House press secretary...
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Nimmo Bay Resort Chosen As A National Geographic Unique World Lodge
A family-owned and operated resort in B.C.'s Great Bear Rainforest has been chosen by National Geographic as one of its unique lodges of the world. The Nimmo Bay Wilderness Resort is one of only two...
View ArticleAwesome Shit Club Is Giving Away Money To Hear Great Ideas
A few years ago at an ideas meeting in Victoria, a young women was telling us how she'd had an idea for years, but never did anything about it. When we (a group of critical thinkers who meet regularly)...
View ArticleJim Prentice Plans Washington Trip To Lobby For Keystone XL
EDMONTON - Alberta's premier remains hopeful about the Keystone XL pipeline despite word that U.S. President Barack Obama may veto the project.Jim Prentice says there is broad public and political...
View ArticleFrank Magazine Runs Charlie Hebdo's Muhammad Cartoons
An Ottawa satirical magazine has replaced its website’s banner with that of Charlie Hebdo, the French publication whose offices came under attack on Wednesday. Frank Magazine posted a cartoon from...
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Tim Hortons Totally Tricks Out Its Oldest Location (PHOTOS)
Tim Hortons officially celebrated its 50th birthday on May 17, 2014, but really the chain has spent the past year celebrating its half-century-long rise to dominance in Canadian fast food. The chain...
View ArticleClimate Change Study Says Most Of Canada's Oil Reserves 'Unburnable'
Most of the Earth's fossil fuels will have to be left in the ground if the world is to avoid catastrophic global warming, according to a new study published in the scientific journal Nature. And...
View ArticleIf You Put it on the Internet, It's Content
What is content? I have had many conversations where content has been the focus of discussion. Content is often discussed as a project. These conversations usually take on the format of creating a...
View ArticleThe Future of Work and How Millennials are Changing the World
Freelancer.com believes that every time a project is posted and subsequently delivered that lives are changed. In some cases, it's as simple as making a project budget go a little further, getting a...
View ArticleWhy the New Generation Is Turning Away From Facebook
It seems like every week there's a new headline decrying the fact that teens are flocking from traditionally older social networks like Facebook to new apps that don't run the risk of mom liking...
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