Gunman kills 1, self in attack at southwest Washington business park
VANCOUVER, Wash. - A gunman killed another person and himself at a business park Monday in an attack that briefly prompted a lockdown at a nearby school in this southwestern Washington city.The...
View ArticleOil below US$97 a barrel after reports show weaker manufacturing in US, China
NEW YORK, N.Y. - The price of crude oil dropped Monday in the wake of reports showing weaker manufacturing activity in the United States and China.Benchmark West Texas Intermediate crude for March...
View ArticleCanadian Retailers Turn To Technology To Fight Their Online Rivals
TORONTO - Canadian retailers are taking steps to counteract what they see as the ultimate betrayal — customers who browse and inspect items in their stores before they buy online from a competitor for...
View ArticleWhy a Higher Minimum Wage Won't Reduce Bankruptcy Rates
The government of Ontario has announced that the minimum wage will increase to $11 per hour on June 1, 2014. Putting more money in the pockets of the working man or woman should reduce the bankruptcy...
View Article'Ride Along' tops box office for third week, 'Frozen' singalong gives Disney...
LOS ANGELES, Calif. - Post Super Bowl XLVIII, its clear Universal Pictures has something in common with victors the Seattle Seahawks — a clean sweep. "Ride Along" remains the No. 1 film for the third...
View ArticleLululemon Flagship Store To Open On Vancouver's Robson Street
Lululemon is set to open a new flagship store in Vancouver, further cementing Robson Street as a retail hub. The store will be located at the southeast corner of Robson and Burrard Streets, across from...
View ArticleBell Canada still looking into information hack of some small business clients
MONTREAL - Bell Canada (TSX:BCE) says has it contacted all of it small business customers whose email accounts were compromised by hackers.Bell spokesman Paolo Pasquini said Monday that, as a...
View ArticleCN, Teamsters union meet after workers reject tentative agreement
MONTREAL - Canadian National Railway and union negotiators representing about 3,000 of its employees resumed contract talks Monday after the workers rejected a collective agreement negotiated last...
View ArticleCalifornia educator accused on YouTube arrested shortly after sexual abuse...
RIVERSIDE, Calif. - A California school administrator charged with felony sexual abuse after a former student aired allegations in a YouTube video has been arrested.Riverside County district attorney's...
View ArticleSuncor hikes quarterly dividend again, posts slight dip in operating earnings
CALGARY - Suncor Energy Inc. (TSX:SU) has hiked its dividend by 15 per cent to 23 cents per share — nine months after a 54-per-cent bump its quarterly payout.Its board of directors has also approved...
View ArticlePrice of US oil rises as stock market stabilizes; natural gas soars
The price of oil rose nearly one per cent Tuesday on hopes that demand for U.S. crude would remain on track even as some emerging market economies falter.Benchmark West Texas Intermediate crude for...
View ArticleS&P downgrades Puerto Rico debt, says it would have been worse without...
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - Credit-rating agency Standard & Poor's downgraded Puerto Rico's debt to junk status Tuesday, a decision that frustrated island officials who said they had taken at times...
View ArticleCut Spending -- Don't Just Slow Its Growth
With federal Finance Minister Jim Flaherty poised to unveil his 2014 budget on February 11, early signs point to a business-as-usual budget with his government staying focused on eliminating the...
View ArticleSNC-Lavalin consortium wins US$764-million sulphuric acid project in Saudi
MONTREAL - SNC-Lavalin and a consortium partner have signed a US$754-million contract to build a large sulphuric acid plant and power station in Saudi Arabia, a development analysts expect to go over...
View ArticleCanadian Ambassador Gary Doer, U.S. Lawmakers Push Keystone Pipeline Approval
WASHINGTON (AP) — An unusual coalition of lawmakers from both parties, labor and business leaders, veterans groups and Canada's ambassador to the United States joined forces Tuesday to push for quick...
View ArticleCBC's Hubert Lacroix: 'Dark Clouds' On Broadcaster's Horizon
As backers of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) struggled on Tuesday to convince a Senate committee that public backing of the broadcaster is crucial to the country, an internal memo from the...
View ArticleHockey games will be inescapable under NHL broadcast deal with Rogers
TORONTO - Clear your schedule sports fans, there's about to be a lot more hockey on television.A whopping 500 regular season games will air in Canada starting next season as part of the blockbuster...
View ArticleWhy Canada Needs To Stop Embracing Corporatocracy
Canada is in denial of her true self. We have been co-opted by a globalized corporatocracy. This chosen self-negation is exacting a heavy toll. We have arguably lost our democracy, and our much of our...
View ArticleMTS's business division Allstream to open a technical support centre in Montreal
MONTREAL - The business division of Manitoba Telecom Services is expanding its Quebec operations and will open a technical support centre in Montreal, adding 50 new jobs.The Allstream division, which...
View Article'Fast & Furious' star Paul Walker's estate worth an estimated $25m; father...
SANTA BARBARA, Calif. - Paul Walker's teenage daughter is the sole beneficiary of the actor's estate, which is valued at an estimated $25 million, court records show.The star's final will and testament...
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