How To Use Mentoring As a Business Development Tool
January is mentoring month. Bet you didn't know that. For most people, mentoring is the frilliest of workplace frills. A gray-haired veteran in the office has great wisdom to impact, and may one day...
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'Timber Kings' Show Off The Potential Of Log Homes (PHOTOS)
Despite the stereotype, not all log homes have to be built in the woods. No one knows that better than Bryan Reid Sr., founder of Pioneer Log Homes and one of the stars of "Timber Kings." The HGTV...
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Students Tell Government They Won't Work For Free On Logo For Canada's 150th...
Many young Canadian designers are expressing outrage that the federal government would ask them to work for free. The Association of Registered Graphic Designers (RGD) has launched a campaign to...
View ArticleHow This Conservative Mayor Became a Champion for the Homeless
Mayor Ted Clugston of Medicine Hat, Alberta has become the reluctant spokesperson for a controversial approach to reducing homelessness. Reluctant because just a few years ago, he opposed the...
View ArticleTom Mulcair Promises To Reverse Funding Cuts To CBC
The NDP is promising to restore $115 million to the CBC. NDP Leader Tom Mulcair made the election commitment in Montreal on Thursday. Mulcair said the public broadcaster has been cut by both Liberal...
View ArticleMortgage Rates May Not Fall After Bank Of Canada Rate Cut, Experts Say
TORONTO - Homebuyers hoping for another pullback in already low mortgage rates following this week's surprise quarter-point cut in the Bank of Canada's key overnight rate are likely feeling some...
View ArticleCanadian Drilling Slowdown Threatens 23,000 Jobs; 'Companies Are Going To Die'
Some 23,000 jobs related to Canada’s oil drilling industry could potentially disappear this year thanks to the oil price collapse, an industry group says. The Canadian Association of Oilwell Drilling...
View ArticleKinder Morgan Pipeline Ruling Weakens Faith In NEB
The National Energy Board ruled in favour of Kinder Morgan Friday, allowing the company to keep its emergency response plans for the expanded Trans Mountain pipeline secret. Kinder Morgan fought...
View ArticleInterest Rate Cut Gives You Breathing Room, Just Don't Borrow More: Experts
MONTREAL — The Bank of Canada's surprise interest rate cut may provide some financial relief for borrowers, but experts say the main focus of Canadians should be getting their debts under control....
View ArticleRejecting TransLink Referendum Won't Make Problems Disappear
Depending upon your point of view, TransLink is either a wasteful, marginally competent transit authority or it's a wasteful, marginally competent transit authority. At least both sides in Metro...
View ArticleWhy the Hysteria Over Oil Prices Is Overblown
Wild stormy weather stops us in our tracks. Factories close. Offices are abandoned. School is cancelled. After the rush to stock up, stores are shuttered. And when the storm hits, it's all we can think...
View ArticleDo You Know Where Your Money Really Goes?
If you are like most of us, each and every day is full of work and family commitments that consume most of our calories. We are busy living and enjoying our lifestyle. Besides, who do you know that...
View ArticleNavigating Taxes in the Senior Years
Older Canadians have many tools available to reduce their tax burden, but choosing how to use them can be complicated Your golden years are about striking a balance between enjoying the free time you...
View ArticleCBC Bans Paid Appearances By On-Air Journalists
CBC is barring all on-air journalists from doing paid appearances in the wake of a scandal concerning host Amanda Lang's ties to big business. CBC Radio's Matt Galloway broke the news on Twitter. Via...
View Article$80 Oil? $200 Oil? Insiders Talk Up Market With Dire Predictions Of Shortages
With oil prices down 60 per cent since last summer, some industry insiders are trying to talk up the market by predicting wild price spikes to come, brought on by insufficient investment in oil...
View ArticleExpedia Buys Travelocity In $280-Million Deal
NEW YORK (AP) — Expedia has acquired travel booking site Travelocity from the Sabre Corp. for $280 million in cash. The deal adds to Expedia's growing portfolio of websites. The Bellevue,...
View ArticleJoe Oliver Says He Won't Meddle With Banks' Decisions On Rates
OTTAWA - Federal Finance Minister Joe Oliver says he has no intention of pushing Canadian banks to follow the Bank of Canada's lead and drop their rates.The central bank unexpectedly cut its...
View ArticleCancelling Cable, Internet And Home Phone Service Just Got Easier
Rejoice, cord-cutters and service-switchers: As of today, you are no longer required to give your telecom provider 30 days’ notice to cancel internet, cable or home phone services. That’s thanks to a...
View ArticleWhen Mother Earth Has Nothing Left To Give, We Must Slow Down
When Kinder Morgan's Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project review began in April 2014, it was on a fas track to approval. The 2012 changes to the National Energy Board Act established a truncated...
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Deadmau5 Visits Tim Hortons Kitchen, Makes Very Deadmau5 Doughnuts
Tim Hortons must have known what they were getting into when they allowed Canadian EDM superstar Deadmau5 into its test kitchen. The producer and DJ looked like he had a delectable time as he created...
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