John Baird: Canada Will Give $220M To Stabilize Ukraine's Finances
OTTAWA - Canada will contribute $220 million to an international effort to bail out the government of Ukraine, Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird said Thursday.But beyond some rhetorical condemnation,...
View ArticleSenate passes bill to impose background checks, better training for child...
WASHINGTON - The Senate has passed legislation to require child care providers who care for children from low-income families through a government voucher program to undergo criminal background checks,...
View ArticleAmericans line up for blocks to attend Denver's marijuana industry job fair
DENVER - When Tim Cullen was opening his first marijuana business four years ago, the high school biology teacher turned pot entrepreneur struggled to get resumes and references from job...
View ArticleOttawa Lifts Requirement That Railways Report Small Spills
The federal transport safety agency is scrapping a requirement for railways to report on smaller spills involving hazardous materials, raising questions about the quality of the accident data Ottawa...
View ArticleFour Reasons Commercial Real Estate Will Change For Good
There has been lots of discussion in the last few years about new options for residential home sellers. People who want to sell their homes privately without an agent now have access to things like...
View ArticleCrude oil back above US$98 a barrel; natural gas falls near two-month low
The price of oil got a slight boost from positive U.S. economic data Thursday, while natural gas hit a nearly two-month low.Benchmark U.S. crude for April delivery rose 21 cents to US$98.20 a barrel on...
View Article3 Strategies Businesses Can Take From Our Olympic Hockey Teams
In the final days of the Sochi 2014 Olympics, millions of Canadians (we are known for our love of hockey) wondered and worried if the country could pull it off -- that is, win two back to back hockey...
View ArticleUS official: Malaysia plane sent signals to satellite for 4 hours after it...
WASHINGTON - A Malaysia Airlines plane was sending signals to a satellite for four hours after the aircraft went missing, an indication that it was still flying, said a U.S. official briefed on the...
View ArticleBP, federal government agree to once again do business after Gulf oil spill
WASHINGTON - The oil company behind the largest offshore oil spill in U.S. history can once again perform work for the federal government.Under an agreement reached Thursday with the U.S. Environmental...
View ArticleIMF team in Ukraine will begin negotiations with government on financial help
WASHINGTON - The head of the International Monetary Fund says an IMF fact-finding team in Ukraine will begin negotiations with authorities to develop an economic reform program that could lead to...
View Article$100 Million In Lotto Max Prizes As Main Jackpot Unclaimed Another Week
Week after week, no one seems to be winning the Lotto Max jackpot, and the money’s beginning to pile up. This week’s prizes are up to $100 million -- a $50 million jackpot and 50 MaxMillions prizes...
View ArticleAmsterdam 3D-Printed House Points To A Whole New Way Of Making Stuff
AMSTERDAM, Netherlands (AP) — Hundreds of years after wealthy merchants began building the tall, narrow brick houses that have come to define Amsterdam's skyline, Dutch architects are updating the...
View ArticleCanadian Bitcoin Exchange Lawsuit Seeks $500 Million From Mt. Gox
TORONTO - A proposed class action will seek $500 million in compensation for Canadians with deposits in what was once the largest bitcoin digital-currency exchange in the world, according to a court...
View ArticleDaryl Hannah Talks Keystone Pipeline, Getting Arrested, Her New Doc And...
Daryl Hannah hasn't made much of a splash in film lately, focusing her efforts instead on environmental activism, specifically in fighting the Keystone XL pipeline that TransCanada Corporation is...
View ArticleVancouver Rentals: Closets For Rent, March 2014
Some people in Vancouver are advertising a tempting way to cut down high housing costs: small rooms for rent. Like really small. Like 100 square-feet small. So more like really pricey closets. We can...
View ArticleIdaho Hockey Arena Sued Over 'Big' Beer That Holds As Much As Small
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A handful of Idaho hockey fans are suing a Boise arena, saying they were duped into thinking a $7 beer contains more brew than a $4 beer. The lawsuit says the home arena of the...
View ArticleAlberta Housing Market Set To Surge: BMO Report
Alberta's housing market is set to surge in 2014, making it a rare bright spot in a country where markets have generally stagnated, says a new report. A new study released by BMO Capital Markets Friday...
View ArticleDo you support Northern Gateway recommendations, Kitimat to ask residents
KITIMAT, B.C. - The district of Kitimat has released the wording of a question that will be asked of residents in an upcoming referendum on the Northern Gateway pipeline.The municipal ballot will ask...
View Article'Goosebuster' Drone Scares Geese Off Beaches (VIDEO, PHOTOS)
When there's something fowl On your local beach Who you gonna call? GOOSEBUSTER! The "buster" in this case is a drone that uses lights and sounds to chase geese away from an area they're trying to...
View ArticleUS sues 16 big banks, including Royal Bank, that set key global interest rate
WASHINGTON - The U.S. Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. has sued 16 big banks, including the Royal Bank of Canada (TSX:RY), for alleged rigging of a key global interest rate.The banks, among the world's...
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