Peace River Oilsands Odours Hearings To Start
PEACE RIVER, Alta. - Hearings are scheduled to begin this week on odours blamed on oilsands operations that have driven northern Alberta families off their land and at least one of the affected farmers...
View ArticleCalgary, Edmonton Home Sales Down On A Month-To-Month Basis
Home sales in Calgary and Edmonton saw an increase on a year-over-year basis but saw a decline when compared to the previous month, the Canadian Real Estate Association says. Canadian home sales also...
View ArticleSome Nebraska landowners approve of Kerry's go slow stand on Keystone
YORK, Neb. - Nebraska pipeline opponents toasted news over the weekend that the Canadian government might be kept waiting longer for a decision on the Keystone XL project.The group of anti-pipeline...
View ArticleJoe Oliver Says Neil Young Doesn't Have Oilsands Facts Right
Neil Young got a taste of his own medicine on Sunday when he was criticized by Canada's Natural Resources Minister. In an interview with CTV's Question Period, Joe Oliver said Young "does not have his...
View ArticleDeutsche Bank posts Q4 net loss of $1.3 billion as revenue drops
BERLIN - Deutsche Bank AG posted a fourth-quarter net loss of 965 million euros ($1.3 billion) Sunday, citing lower revenues, one-time expenses and losses on investments it is getting rid of.The...
View ArticleSome Doctors Refused To Treat Emission-Area Residents: Report
EDMONTON - Some Peace River area doctors are afraid to speak out about health impacts of oil and gas activity and in some cases have declined to treat area residents who wondered if their health...
View ArticleNJ mayor: Lt. gov said ultimatum tying Sandy aid to development project came...
TRENTON, N.J. - The Democratic mayor of a town severely flooded by Superstorm Sandy said Sunday that she was told an ultimatum tying recovery funds to her support for a prime real estate project came...
View ArticleWorker Found Dead At Suncor Oilsands Facility
A worker at the Suncor Energy oilsands facility near Fort McMurray, Alta., has died, the company reported Sunday. In a press release, Suncor said the male employee had gone missing early Sunday....
View ArticleChina's growth eases to 7.7 per cent in final quarter of 2013; full-year...
BEIJING, China - China's economic growth declined in the final quarter of 2013, adding to pressure on the country's communist leaders to avoid politically dangerous job losses as they carry out a...
View ArticleWhy 'Dragons' Den' is Killing Business
I'll be honest. Much as I like the intertwining of inspiring stories, witty repartee, and gong show ideas -- I don't watch "Dragons' Den" or its American equivalent "Shark Tank." These shows, in my...
View Article'Charge Rage' Afflicts Electric Car Owners
PALO ALTO, Calif. - An increasing number of electric-vehicle driving employees at Silicon Valley companies are finding it hard to access car-charging stations at work, creating incidents of "charge...
View ArticleGarth Drabinsky Granted Full Parole After Emotional Hearing
TORONTO - Disgraced theatre mogul Garth Drabinsky will serve the last two years of his fraud sentence at home with his family after the Parole Board of Canada granted him full parole Monday.The two...
View ArticleBixi Bankrupt, But Service May Still Operate This Summer
MONTREAL - Montreal's bike sharing service, Bixi, has gone bust.Bixi has filed for bankruptcy protection, but Montreal Mayor Denis Coderre says the service is still expected to operate this...
View ArticleBombardier delivered 238 aircraft in 2013, orders drop 19 per cent
MONTREAL - Bombardier Aerospace continued to feel the effects of a sluggish global economy last year as business jet deliveries missed company forecasts and net new orders fell dramatically.Bombardier...
View ArticleBlackBerry shares move higher on optimism over US Department of Defense
TORONTO - BlackBerry (TSX:BB) shares rose more than eight per cent Monday, after the smartphone company received a vote of confidence from the U.S. Department of Defense.The government agency says...
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Canadian Porn Habits Revealed, Thanks To Pornhub (NSFW)
Western Canadians like their “teen” porn, the prairies are into MILFs and central Canada is all about lesbian sex. Those are some of the sordid details of Canadians’ porn habits, as revealed by porn...
View ArticleDavid Suzuki Regrets Dire Fukushima Warning
David Suzuki has admitted that his dire warning about the potential disaster another Fukushima earthquake might precipitate was an "off-the-cuff" response and something the B.C. environmentalist now...
View ArticleAuthorites say 2 people dead in Omaha plant explosion, unclear if death toll...
OMAHA, Neb. - An explosion Monday morning that brought down part of an animal feed processing plant in Omaha left at least two people dead and 10 others seriously hurt, authorities said.It was unclear...
View ArticleRRSPs: Still Saving After All These Years
After almost six decades, this rare Canadian tax shelter is still saving Canadians money. The Canadian government first created the Registered Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP) in 1957, to promote savings...
View ArticlePhoto Of Tony Accurso Rubbing Jean Lavallée's Back Is Too Perfect
Sometimes the old expression “you scratch my back, I scratch yours” can be literal. See the picture above? The guy in the middle, smoking the cigar, is Jean Lavallée, the former head of Quebec’s most...
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