Oil briefly rises above $100 as demand for fuel rises, US job sentiment improves
NEW YORK, N.Y. - The price of oil briefly rose above US$100 a barrel for the first time this year on Friday on rising demand for fuel and some positive sentiment about the U.S. job market.Benchmark...
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Telus Outage Hits Central Canada, Alberta, B.C.
Telus says it has restored service to customers experiencing a wireless voice outage. Service was affected by a "technical issue," the telecom giant said Friday afternoon, a couple hours after...
View ArticleUS stock indexes end the week slightly higher, shaking off an early stumble;...
NEW YORK, N.Y. - The U.S. stock market is ending the week with a modest gain after investors found bright spots in the government's monthly employment survey.Higher earnings from several U.S. companies...
View ArticleLisa Raitt: Rail Safety Changes Will Curb Accidents At Crossings
OTTAWA - The federal government is proposing new safety regulations for level railway crossings.The proposed rules will reduce the number of accidents at so-called grade crossings where railway tracks...
View ArticleUnifor targets Resolute Forest Products to set pattern in contract talks
MONTREAL - The head of Canada's largest private-sector union wants to incite a debate about the future of the forestry sector and regain ground lost by workers during the recession in its first major...
View ArticleKeystone XL Pipeline Delay Won't Stop Alberta Oil Exports, Says Doer
EDMONTON - Canada's ambassador to the United States says stopping the Keystone XL pipeline won't stop an increasing amount of Alberta oil from getting to the Gulf Coast.Gary Doer says shipping oil by...
View ArticleWe're One Step Closer to Mining Transparency in Canada
It's hard to have a conversation about Canada's economy these days without it touching on our natural resource wealth, and the global reach of our mining companies. But there's one part of this...
View ArticleOilsands Employees Rehired After Losing Jobs To Foreign Workers
FORT MCMURRAY, Alta. - The federal government says dozens of workers laid off in Alberta's oilpatch have jobs again, but a labour group says that's not the case and it points to a broken temporary...
View ArticleWe Are All 'Directly Affected' By Kinder Morgan Pipeline
The story of why we all have a stake in Kinder Morgan's proposal to build a mega-pipeline through our communities begins in 2011, with strategy documents exchanged between federal agencies, the...
View ArticleCrack Pipe Vending Machines Aim To Curb Spread Of Disease In Vancouver
Two brightly decorated vending machines are the first in Canada to dispense crack pipes as part of a campaign to reduce the spread of disease among drug users in Vancouver. Run by the non-profit...
View ArticleDuncan House Can Be Yours For $1, But You Have To Move It (PHOTOS)
Why does it seem like people are just giving away B.C. real estate these days? Just last month, two heritage homes near Boston Bar were put up for $1 each. Then a 122-year-old property in Vernon went...
View ArticleJustin Trudeau's Economic Agenda Fleshed Out In Caucus Proposals
OTTAWA - Justin Trudeau's economic agenda is coming into clearer focus through policy resolutions developed by Liberal MPs for their party's convention later this month.The caucus resolutions also...
View ArticlePolar Vortex Claims Another Victim: Ontario Grapes
For Ontario grape grower Hank Hunse, 2014 will be remembered as “the year of the grape-killer cold.” In a newsletter to his customers last week, Hunse, who owns the winery Small Talk Vineyards, said he...
View ArticleEliminate The Nickel, Launch A $5 Coin: Desjardins
The elimination of the Canadian penny was such a success the country should look at eliminating the nickel next, and replacing the $5 bill with a coin, says one of the country’s largest financial...
View ArticleQuebec's 14% Gas Price Hike Steeper Than Rise In Crude Oil Cost
A boost in gas prices to the tune of 14 per cent in 2013 despite stable per-barrel crude oil prices has the Quebec arm of the Canadian Automobile Association crying foul. Philippe St-Pierre of...
View ArticleStephen Harper Marks Chinese New Year By Announcing China Trade Boost
TORONTO - Prime Minister Stephen Harper has marked the start of Chinese New Year by saying his government is putting a big emphasis on boosting trade ties with the Asian economic powerhouse.Harper...
View ArticleWhy Hasn't the Working Mom Dialogue Evolved Yet?
I have two friends in different cities. They don't know each other but they represent opposite sides of the working-mother conundrum. One is a successful women's and social activist and entrepreneur...
View ArticleStocks could be in for more volatility, U.S. jobs data fails to provide clarity
TORONTO - It could be another volatile week on stock markets as traders are again forced to weigh the distorting effects of harsh winter weather on U.S. employment data."They’re having huge problems...
View ArticleBangladesh garment factory owners facing homicide charges in deaths of 112...
DHAKA, Bangladesh - The two owners of a Bangladesh garment factory who are facing homicide charges for a 2012 fire that killed 112 workers surrendered to a court Sunday and were denied bail.The factory...
View ArticleAmtrak in North Dakota disrupted due to oil, freight shipments; detours to...
BISMARCK, N.D. - The ice fishing in northeast North Dakota is the best it's been in two decades, but some anglers can't make it because trains handling freight and crude from the state's oil patch are...
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