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Alissa Afonina, Dominatrix, Awarded $1.5 Million After Brain Injury
A B.C. judge has awarded a dominatrix $1.53 million, ruling that her choice of work was a result of a "moderate brain injury" suffered in a vehicle accident. Alissa Afonina was a bright high school...
View ArticleTim Hortons Layoffs Affected 350 People This Week, Company Says
TORONTO — Tim Hortons says about 350 employees lost their jobs this week in layoffs across its organization, focused mainly at its headquarters and regional offices. A spokeswoman for the company told...
View ArticleU.S. Senate Passes Bill Approving Keystone XL Pipeline, Defying Obama Veto...
WASHINGTON - The Republican-controlled United States Senate on Thursday approved a bill to construct the Keystone XL oil pipeline, defying a presidential veto threat and setting up the first of many...
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What Your Business Can Do To Battle Cybercrime
Back from the holidays and you probably have a list of resolutions you have started for 2015. It is important to create goals for things you can control and get started. Despite news stories, the...
View ArticleWhy Has Ikea Succeeded In Canada When Others Have Failed?
While some foreign retail giants like Target are pulling out of Canada, Ikea continues to increase its sales. Ikea Canada president Stefan Sjöstrand says the company is careful not to enter new markets...
View ArticleStop Referring to Female Entrepreneurs as "Risk-Averse"
It's time to challenge the label that women are risk averse. TD bank of Canada published a report this week called "Canadian Women Leading The Charge Into Entrepreneurship" emphasizing the increased...
View ArticleMount Polley Tailings Spill Blamed On Inadequate Design
VICTORIA - The construction of a mine tailings pond on top of a sloped glacial lake weakened the foundation and was akin to loading a gun and then pulling the trigger, a report on the disaster says.A...
View ArticleMaple Leafs Should Think Twice About Chasing Mike Babcock
By W. Glenn Rowe Earlier this year, following a road trip in which the Toronto Maple Leafs lost five of seven games, team management fired coach Randy Carlyle, who was hired to replace Ron Wilson in...
View ArticleFist Fight Over Waitress Breaks Out At TD Bank Mining Conference: Reports
We knew things had been getting tense in Canada’s resource sector lately, what with that whole price collapse thing, but it’s time to call officially for everyone to take a chill pill — before more...
View ArticleTarget Canada Liquidation Sales Expected To Begin Early February (TWEETS)
One of the few silver linings to Target's withdrawal from Canada are the liquidation sales many customers are eagerly awaiting. The corporation, which is shutting down its 133 stores across Canada,...
View ArticleB.C. Clinical Trials Oversight Shows Need For Health Sheriffs
Imagine, if you will, being enrolled in a clinical trial and researchers failing to inform you that you had a higher risk of death depending upon which of the two groups in the trial you were assigned...
View ArticleFCC's New Broadband Internet Target Leaves Canada Behind
Internet speed now has to be a lot faster in order to qualify as advanced broadband in the U.S. — five times faster than high-speed broadband in Canada. The U.S. telecommunications regulator announced...
View ArticleRoll Up The Rim 2015 Prizes To Include TVs, Cars And A Bonus Roll
Don’t flip your lids, Tim Hortons fans. Roll Up The Rim comes early for 2015, giving coffee drinkers the chance to win prizes starting on Monday, Feb. 2. And just like last year, the contest will...
View ArticleDisability and Debt: When One Happens to Canadians, the Other Follows
Phil Stewart-Burgoyne was earning great money in a highly specialized job: Driving a stand-up order-picker. He had a nice house and a strong credit rating -- life was good. But he couldn't sleep. He...
View Article‘There Will Be Blood' In Canada From Oil Price Collapse, JPMorgan Warns
A major U.S. bank is warning Canadians what to expect from the rout in the oil market: “There will be blood.” That warning from JPMorgan Chase & Co. is largely aimed at the province of Alberta,...
View ArticleChris Pratt, Chris Evans Super Bowl 49 Bet Continues With Day-Of Trash Talk
Two of Marvel Studios' most popular leading men are facing off in a heated Super Bowl bet for charity, and the stakes keep getting higher. Chris Pratt and Chris Evans — "Guardians of the Galaxy"'s...
View ArticleChevy's Super Bowl 2015 Ad Is A Lesson In Masterclass Trolling
When it comes to televised sporting events, few generate as much tension as the Super Bowl. So, naturally, when you start to mess with viewers' Super Bowl's feeds, you're going to anger plenty of...
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Game Of War's Super Bowl Ad Is Pretty Much Kate Upton In 'Game Of Thrones'
We've seen Kate Upton dazzle in denim shorts and a T-shirt. We've seen the 22-year-old model rock a sheer dress like nobody's business. But body armour? That's definitely a new look for the model. The...
View ArticleNationwide's Super Bowl 2015 Kid Killing Ad Got Real Dark, Real Quick
Did a U.S. insurance firm "kill a kid" during the Super Bowl just to make a point? Well, yes and no. The ad in question is by Nationwide, a firm that usually deals with car, life and home insurance....
View Article'Welcome Signs Of Cooling' In Canada's Overvalued Housing Markets: IMF
Mortgage markets growing riskier Toronto in for a ‘cooling’ this year Canada’s housing markets will cool this year, leading to a more “balanced” economy -- one that is not as dependent on growing...
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