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How Co-Ops Are Making a Difference in Nicaragua
The scenery is breathtaking; the poverty is heartbreaking. Below the swaying palm trees, men and women struggle to survive. I wrote those words in December 2010 to describe my first impressions of...
View ArticleDigging into the Ring of Fire
Oh the gnashing of teeth and pulling of hair that has occurred in various media outlets and around the province since news broke that Cliffs will suspend indefinitely its Chromite Project in northern...
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Be a Changemaker Not a Rockstar
I'm a simple small town Canadian guy. I graduated from McGill University, moved to the US for law school, and then moved back to Montreal where I worked at a venture capital fund. While working in...
View ArticleFive things you should know about potash, PotashCorp and Saskatchewan
REGINA - Five things to know about potash and Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan:— Potash is mined and used primarily as an ingredient in fertilizer. Saskatchewan is the largest producer in the world,...
View ArticleJudge orders file-sharing site Hotfile to pay $80M in copyright battle with...
WASHINGTON - Hollywood studios have won a copyright case against Hotfile Corp. after a Florida judge on Tuesday ordered the file-hosting website to pay $80 million in damages.The court also ordered...
View ArticlePotashCorp cuts shock Saskatchewan community as hundreds lose jobs
REGINA - There was shock Tuesday in a small town east of Saskatoon after Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan (TSX:POT) cut hundreds of jobs at a mill.The Saskatoon-based company is slashing its workforce by...
View ArticleRunaway Train Incidents 'Shocking,' Olivia Chow Says
NDP transport critic Olivia Chow says tougher regulations are needed for railway companies, following a CBC News report revealing that the number of runaway train incidents in Canada is nearly triple...
View ArticleCanada's CEOs Are Among the Fattest Cats
Last week in Switzerland big money staved off an important challenge to big paychecks. But the sentiment that spurred a Swiss effort to tie executive compensation to common workers' wages will not be...
View ArticleToronto House Prices, Sales Soar In October: TREB
It’s either a sign that the housing market is healthy and resilient, or a sign of irrational exuberance along the way to a housing bubble. Either way, Greater Toronto home sales and prices soared in...
View ArticleNetflix sets Season 2 release of 'House of Cards' on Feb. 14
LOS ANGELES, Calif. - The second season of Netflix's political thriller, "House of Cards," will debut on Valentine's Day next year.All 13 episodes will be available immediately Feb. 14.The Los Gatos,...
View ArticleBill C-28, Anti-Spam Law, In Force Next Summer: Moore
OTTAWA - It will be another six months before Canada's new anti-spam law begins to come into force, following its passage three years ago.Industry Minister James Moore says most of Bill C-28 will be...
View ArticleNielsen: Football and other fancy footwork ruled in prime time last week
NEW YORK, N.Y. - Fancy footwork ruled in the ratings last week, both on the gridiron and on the dance floor.The Nielsen company says NBC's Thanksgiving Day NFL clash between Pittsburgh and Baltimore...
View ArticleBest Canadian Albums of 2013
In 2013, more than ever before, Canadian music didn't just follow what was going on in the rest of the world — a world where "pop" continues to be the key part of "pop culture" — it mirrored it. For...
View ArticleNetflix Canada, CBC Make A Deal: 'Murdoch Mysteries' Set To Stream, Among...
Bring on the CanCon, Netflix Canada! Netflix Canada announced today that it has extended and expanded its licensing agreement with CBC. The expanded licensing agreement includes new seasons of...
View ArticleThings Got Ugly At This Victoria's Secret On Black Friday
These Victoria's Secret shoppers were no angels. Two women are being sought by police after allegedly attacking a 17-year-old at a Victoria's Secret in the Westfield Annapolis (Md.) Mall on Black...
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There's Bullying, And Then There's War
In December, our union will be releasing the second issue of our magazine, Your Voice. In that issue will be an article providing a month-by-month account of the Redford government's ten biggest...
View ArticleHeadphone maker's digital music spinoff Beats Music - formerly MOG - set to...
LOS ANGELES, Calif. - Beats Music, the digital music spinoff of headphone maker Beats Electronics LLC, is set to launch in January.Beats Music is based on the platform of MOG, the subscription music...
View ArticleRailroads say they'll offer health care benefits to same-sex spouses, 1 day...
SEATTLE - The nation's largest freight rail carriers announced Wednesday they will provide health care benefits to the same-sex spouses of their employees, one day after legally married, gay engineers...
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Looking Back At The Top 2013 Marketing Trends [Infographic]
Looking back can be a great way to gain insight into the direction we're currently headed. Despite all of the changes in the marketing landscape over the last decade, the past 12 months alone indicate...
View ArticleA CBC Without Don Cherry Isn't Worth Watching
For 60 years CBC (English) TV had an iron grip on the venerable institution of " Hockey Night in Canada." Throughout the hockey season and the playoffs, CBC was the go-to Canadian television station...
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