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Granted Clothing, B.C. Store, Says Forever 21 Stole Its Designs
A B.C. clothing company is outraged at style giant Forever 21 for what it says are "blatant copies" of its sweater designs. Richmond-based Granted Clothing said in a message on its social media pages...
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NHL Players Try Sledge Hockey For Gatorade Ad
"They're going to slow us all down!" That was one Cruisers sledge hockey player's reaction when he found out he'd be sharing the ice with some NHL superstars last August. Gatorade arranged the game for...
View ArticleNewfoundland And Labrador Faces $65-Billion Health Bill Over Next 50 Years:...
TORONTO - A new report says Newfoundland and Labrador faces a $65 billion burden to cover increased health care costs over the next half century because of its aging population.The C.D. Howe Institute...
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Canadian Cartoonists Offer Moving Takes On The Charlie Hebdo Shootings
Shots fired an ocean away touched a personal note for cartoonists at Canadian newspapers on Wednesday. The shootings at the offices of Charlie Hebdo, a satirical publication in Paris, made a...
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'Canada Is In Serious Trouble' As Debt, House Prices Climb, Deutsche Bank...
It was little more than a year ago that Deutsche Bank declared Canada’s housing market to be the most overvalued in the world, and on Thursday the German-based bank doubled down on its bearish...
View ArticleCN Rail, CP Rail Fined Total Of $150,000 For Not Carrying Enough Grain
MONTREAL - Canada's two largest railways have been fined a total of $150,000 for failing to transport the minimum required grain volumes last year, Transport Minister Lisa Raitt said Thursday.Canadian...
View ArticleMichael Kydd, Halifax Instructor, Resigns After Admitting He Had Sex With...
HALIFAX - A lecturer at a Halifax university issued a public apology and resigned from his position Thursday after saying he had sex with a student and exchanged explicit images with her.Michael Kydd,...
View ArticleWhat the Arab Spring Taught Us About the Right to Earn a Living
Things seem to be looking up for the small North African nation of Tunisia. The Arab Spring ignited there four years ago when a desperate street vendor set himself on fire has been a brutal...
View ArticleWhy A Guaranteed Annual Income Is Unlikely to Solve Poverty
An idea that would fundamentally change the way governments provide income support has received renewed attention in Canada and around the world. The idea: replace the current complex tangle of...
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Coyote Kill Contest In Alberta Provokes Environmentalists' Anger
An annual contest to kill as many coyotes as possible in a single day has drawn the ire of environmentalists, who call its cash prizes "reckless" and unnecessary. The fourth annual DKD Coyote...
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Snorting Chocolate Is Now Something You Can Do In Vancouver
Next time you're in the mood for a chocolate fix, consider ingesting it through your nose. In an apparent first for Canada, Vancouver's Commercial Drive Licorice Parlour is now offering chocolate...
View ArticleGlobal TV Anchor Leslie Roberts Suspended
Global Television news anchor Leslie Roberts has been suspended after a Star investigation found he has secretly been the part owner of a small public relations firm whose clients — lawyers, small...
View ArticleMichael Geist: Rightscorp Misleading Internet Subscribers With '$150,000...
Canada’s new copyright legislation is just a week old and there is already a report of a company exploiting the system by misleading consumers into paying a fee to avoid legal woes. Michael Geist...
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Leslie Roberts Suspended: Global Television Anchor Was Buzz PR's Part Owner,...
TORONTO - Global Television says it has suspended one of its main Toronto news anchors after a media report that he was part-owner of a public relations firm.A statement from Global said Leslie Roberts...
View ArticleU.S. Denies Responsibility For North Korea Cyberattack, But Plays Cards Close...
WASHINGTON - The U.S. government was not responsible for crippling North Korea's Internet infrastructure after President Barack Obama blamed the country for hacking Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc.,...
View ArticleFederal Government Has Used Almost 1,000 Unpaid Interns Since 2008
OTTAWA - More than 30 federal government departments and agencies have employed hundreds of unpaid interns since 2008, but only a few were hired for paying jobs.In House of Commons written responses to...
View ArticleShell Canada To Cut Alberta Albian Oilsands Jobs
EDMONTON - Shell Canada Ltd. says it is reducing its workforce at its Albian Sands oilsands operations near Fort McMurray, Alta.A company spokesman says the cuts will affect less than 10 per cent of...
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Canada's Labour Force Participation Rate Hits 13-Year Low
The number of Canadians who have a job or are actively looking for work has reached a 13-year low. Canada’s labour participation rate fell to 65.9 per cent in December, according to the latest jobs...
View ArticleDo You Understand 'Employment Expenses' on Your Tax Return?
More than three quarters of Canadians whose claims for employment expenses were reviewed by the CRA were reassessed so know what qualifies before you file Employment expenses are possibly the most...
View ArticleA Few Points About Quebec's Debt
As 2014 drew to a close, one issue that was rearing its ugly head again was provincial government debt. On December 19, Fitch Ratings downgraded Ontario's debt, cutting its rating on Ontario bonds from...
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