Lululemon Just Sold Sheer Pants Again
It's been almost a year since Lululemon recalled 17% of its bottoms for being see-through. Once again, the yoga retailer's customers are complaining about sheerness, this time after an online warehouse...
View ArticleTD Bank CEO Ed Clark: Soaring Debt Loads Making Canada's Economy 'Fragile'
TD Bank CEO Ed Clark has always been more forthcoming with his opinions than some of his colleagues, but his recent comments on Canada’s economy are pretty strong, even by his standards. In a recent...
View ArticleSNC Lavalin Former Executives Charged With Fraud, Bribery
MONTREAL - The RCMP has filed criminal charges against two former senior SNC-Lavalin executives.The Mounties say former executive vice-president Sami Abdallah Bebawi has been charged with fraud over...
View ArticleAmerica's Fastest Growing (and Shrinking) Economies: 24/7 Wall St.
24/7 Wall St.: It’s been a slow recovery, but according to a recent report, U.S. economic growth is expected to pick up in the coming years. The nation’s economy grew by 1.9% in 2013. This year, the...
View ArticleThe Week In Review: Keystone's Safe, But It'll Still Have to Wait
This week, the U.S. State Department gave the Keystone XL pipeline an environmental thumbs up. In its latest report on the project, issued Friday, the department stated that Keystone wouldn't have a...
View ArticleTraders to watch energy, airline earnings; look for improvement in job creation
TORONTO - Traders have plenty to focus on this week, including the latest employment data from Canada and the United States, following a disappointing January on stock markets.It is also a heavy...
View ArticleGE, Suncor form dust-busting partnership for oilsands access roads
CALGARY - The dust clouds made it difficult to see and breathe as the big trucks rumbled along access roads at Suncor Energy Inc.'s MacKay River oilsands site.Suncor's traditional dust control strategy...
View ArticleBell Customer Info Breached In Hacking Attack
TORONTO - Bell Canada says 22,400 of its small business customers have had their account information compromised by hackers.Bell says in a release the breach of usernames and passwords occurred when an...
View ArticleNDP ATM Fees Battle Renewed, Party Calls On Tories To Tackle Issue
OTTAWA - The NDP is stepping up its battle against bank machine fees, urging the government to make good on its pledge to do something about the charges that vex some Canadian consumers.A motion...
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Tim Hortons 50th Anniversary: A Look Back At This Slice Of Canadiana
Tim Hortons has rolled out new packaging and a new motto -- “50 Years Fresh” -- to celebrate its 50th anniversary coming up on May 17. The coffee and donuts chain that launched with one little location...
View Article'Ride Along' No. 1 film for third straight week
LOS ANGELES, Calif. - With Super Bowl XLVII weekend in full swing, "Ride Along" remained strong, steering Universal Pictures into the No. 1 slot in a surprising three-week takeover at the box...
View ArticleFort McMurray's Million Dollar Houses Complement Oil Boom
Alberta's oilsands hub is home to an oil boom and soaring real estate prices and has seen many luxurious, million dollar homes being built in recent years. The oil and gas industry is also the number...
View ArticleCorrection: Super Bowl Ads-Top 10 story
NEW YORK, N.Y. - In a story on Jan. 31 about Super Bowl ads, The Associated Press reported erroneously that SodaStream operates in Israeli settlements in the West Bank of Palestine. The story should...
View ArticleGoldieBlox Super Bowl Commercial Sets Girls' Sights High (VIDEO)
It's time for some girls to take over the Super Bowl. At least, that seemed to be the message behind toy company GoldieBlox's Super Bowl ad, which featured a mass of girls and their toys, all working...
View ArticleSuper Bowl ads tread lightly so as not to offend millions of viewers
NEW YORK, N.Y. - What Super Bowl ads will people discuss over the water cooler a day after the big game?There were no crude jokes. Sexual innuendo was kept to a minimum. And uncomfortable scenes were...
View ArticleAlberta Oilsands Environmental Health Risks Probably Underestimated: Study
EDMONTON - A new study suggests the environmental health risks of oilsands operations in Alberta's Athabasca region have probably been underestimated.Researchers say emissions of potentially hazardous...
View ArticleCanada Job Grant: Provinces To Make Jason Kenney Counter-Offer
OTTAWA - The provinces are poised to present federal Employment Minister Jason Kenney with a counter-offer to his Canada Job Grant proposals on Tuesday, but there's scant indication that any deal with...
View ArticleBoeing 787 Dreamliner Makes Vancouver Airport Debut
RICHMOND, B.C. - A Boeing 787 plane touted as the future of air travel has made its first scheduled landing at Vancouver's airport.The Dreamliner arrived from Tokyo's Narita Airport at about 10 a.m. on...
View ArticleDon't look to us for a timeline on Keystone XL, White House tells Canada
WASHINGTON - The Canadian government is asking Barack Obama not to "rag the puck" on a Keystone XL decision. But to hear the U.S. administration tell it, the president doesn't have the puck on his...
View ArticleUS stocks dive on concerns about global growth; Dow drops more than 320 points
NEW YORK, N.Y. - The U.S. stock market had its worst day in more than seven months, and the Dow Jones industrial average plunged more than 320 points, as reports of sluggish U.S. growth added to...
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