Big Oil vs. Beautiful Orca: Which Side Are You On?
Everyone in the Vancouver area was thrilled to see or hear about the pods of dolphins and orcas showing up in English Bay and False Creek this weekend. Probably the only people not happy about it were...
View ArticleJoe Fresh's Mimran reaffirms commitment to helping victims of Bangladesh tragedy
TORONTO - As the one-year anniversary of the fatal factory collapse in Bangladesh approaches, the creative director of Joe Fresh said the brand's parent company remains committed to helping victims and...
View ArticleUruguay's Idea To Import Canadian Weed Probably Just A Pipe Dream
Uruguay’s government is about to start selling marijuana as a source of revenue, and some officials are hoping Canada’s medical marijuana producers will be able to provide them with a supply — because...
View ArticleWhere Have All the Female Lawyers Gone?
For more than a decade, women have been entering the legal profession in record numbers. In Canada and the U.S., women constitute approximately 50 per cent of law school students, and according to the...
View ArticleCanadian Dollar's Tumble Good For Exports, Bad For Everyone Else: Report
OTTAWA - The weak loonie will almost certainly do more harm than good to the Canadian economy, argues a paper from a respected former Statistics Canada analyst that stands on its head conventional...
View ArticleIndependent Quebec Keeping The Loonie? Bad Idea, Says Report
Parti Quebecois leader Pauline Marois recently suggested that an independent Quebec would keep the Canadian dollar, and would try to keep a seat on the Bank of Canada. It was seen as a move designed to...
View ArticleDo Canadians Living Abroad Have To Pay Taxes In Canada? That's Tricky
MONTREAL - Globalization is luring Canadians every year to work, travel or retire in low- or tax-free countries with the mistaken belief that they can shed their tax obligations at home.But experts in...
View ArticleNational Post Editor-In-Chief Steve Meurice Leaving: Reports
The editors-in-chief of Canada’s print news media seem to be disappearing at a record pace. One day after the Globe and Mail announced the departure of its senior-most editor, reports are coming in...
View ArticleSearch for 1980s 'E.T.' video games in New Mexico landfill put on hold
ALAMOGORDO, N.M. - New Mexico environmental regulators are blocking two companies from digging up an Alamogordo landfill in search of a rumoured cache of what some consider the worst Atari video game...
View ArticleNearly all major US banks pass annual Fed 'stress tests;' Zions Bancorp falls...
WASHINGTON - More than five years after the financial crisis struck, the biggest U.S. banks are better able to withstand a severe recession than at any time since the meltdown, the Federal Reserve has...
View ArticleObama's BlackBerry May Be History As White House Tests New Phones
Getting to keep his BlackBerry was one of Barack Obama’s first battles when he became president, and those pictures of the president tapping away at his phone were certainly a boost to the struggling...
View ArticleBombardier says unrest in Ukraine could delay Russian deal to build Q400s
The international crises over events in Crimea could affect Bombardier's efforts to finalize negotiations for a joint venture to build Q-400 turboprops in Russia, the manufacturer said Thursday."With...
View ArticleIs the Rogers Deal the CBC's Last-Ditch Effort To Save Itself?
The CBC continues to make news, but not in a good away. This week it's the cancellation of the television network's flagship dramatic series Arctic Air, and the departure for the Globe and Mail of CBC...
View ArticleWest Coast Leads Push for Drug Reform in Canada
While Toronto has been consumed by, and much of the world amused by, the antics of Mayor-in-name-only Rob Ford, a global movement is emerging that advocates alternative approaches for dealing with...
View ArticleCredit Card Scam Busted By Vancouver Police
A major credit card scam that goes after users' reward points has been uncovered by Vancouver police. Daniel Adam Suchecki, 34, and Christa Dawn Hucal, 25, the alleged ring leaders, have been charged...
View ArticleCalifornia regulators propose $24.5M penalty against Edison for 2011 outages,...
LOS ANGELES, Calif. - One of California's largest utilities has agreed to pay a $24.5 million penalty for safety violations uncovered after a 2011 windstorm left more than 400,000 customers without...
View ArticleCN Rail Workers Reject Second Contract Proposal
MONTREAL - Three-thousand workers at CN Rail (TSX:CNR) have rejected a second tentative contract, prompting the company to suggest the talks go to binding arbitration.CN issued a statement Thursday...
View ArticleAutopsy: Sedation drugs given to 3-year-old during dental procedure likely...
HONOLULU, Hawaii - A 3-year-old Hawaii girl who suffered a heart attack during a dentist visit likely died because of the drugs given to sedate her, according to a medical examiner's autopsy...
View ArticleNothing spotted in search for missing Malaysian jet in remote patch of Indian...
PERTH, Australia - Search planes scoured a remote patch of the Indian Ocean but came back empty-handed Friday after a 10-hour mission looking for any sign of the missing Malaysia Airlines jet, another...
View ArticleKoch Brothers Are Largest U.S. Lease-Holders In Oilsands
The Koch brothers, owners of the U.S.’s largest privately held company and major supporters of the Tea Party movement, are the single largest U.S. leaseholders in Alberta’s oilsands, controlling an...
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