Why Does B.C. Government So Desperately Want Grizzly Bears Dead?
We want these bears dead. This is the message the B.C. government's "reallocation policy" sends to Raincoast Conservation Foundation, British Columbians, and Canadians across the country. This policy...
View ArticleHall of Fame player, Trump, Bon Jovi among big names listed as Buffalo Bills'...
BUFFALO, N.Y. - Hall of Fame quarterback Jim Kelly is prepared to make a bid to buy the Buffalo Bills. Donald Trump's on board, too.Don't discount the family of Boston Bruins owner Jeremy Jacobs. And...
View ArticleFox executive fired after using company email to plan aid to kin of missing...
NEW YORK, N.Y. - Fox has fired a veteran executive who used her company email account to plan aid for loved ones of the missing Malaysian airplane's passengers.Darlene Tipton says she emailed a woman...
View ArticleAir Canada Apologizes After Baggage Toss Caught On Video
Air Canada is apologizing and an investigation is underway after evidence of airline workers mishandling passengers’ luggage was caught on video at Toronto’s Pearson International Airport on Thursday....
View ArticleTraders look to another heavy slate of earnings news following solid gain
Investors hope markets can build on the respectable gains chalked up last week after getting reassurance about the Chinese and U.S. economies.Traders will again focus on corporate earnings as big...
View ArticleU.S. investors warming up to Air Canada's promise, says New York analyst
MONTREAL - Air Canada's financial promise is piquing the interest of U.S. institutional investors seeking a way to profit from the turnaround of another North American carrier, according to a New York...
View ArticleCanada's Apprenticeships Should Be Boosted, U.S. Expert Says
OTTAWA - A respected American labour specialist says governments, educators and employers should work together to boost the number of apprenticeships for young Canadians in a collaborative approach...
View ArticleMarijuana: Canada Falls Behind As Burgeoning Industry Hits New Highs
B.C. bud was once the green standard of marijuana. It was so well-regarded in the early 2000s that dealers in the U.S. tried to pass off other varieties as Canadian to fetch premium prices. Weed from...
View ArticleLoonie little changed, commodity prices mixed; traders look to retail data
TORONTO - The Canadian dollar closed slightly lower Monday amid a dearth of market-moving data and mixed commodity prices.The loonie was down 0.01 a cent to 90.79 cents US.It's a light week for...
View ArticleFarmers Dating Website FarmersOnly Set To Increase Love In Canada
Daniel Seitz was at home on his family's farm in southeastern Saskatchewan, watching a TV agriculture report, when an ad popped up on the screen and tugged at his lonely heart.An online dating site...
View ArticleMorrissey Seal Hunt Rant Takes Shocking Aim At Fisheries Minister Gail Shea
Although his last concert here was October 12, 2004, that hasn't stopped Morrissey from taking aim at Canada's annual seal hunt and describing the country as "fashionably dead." On the weekend the...
View ArticleKillings Continue At A Canadian-Owned Mine In Tanzania
Kibwabwa Ghati was herding cattle when he was shot to death.
View ArticleReal Estate Bidding Wars Heating Up In Toronto
Toronto's real estate bidding wars are reaching a fever pitch. Some of Canada's largest banks are offering low mortgage lending rates, and many people looking to move from condos and rentals into...
View ArticleUS stocks most higher at the start of another major week for corporate earnings
NEW YORK, N.Y. - U.S. stocks are moving higher at the beginning of another big week for company earnings.Halliburton rose 3 per cent after the oil exploration company posted a profit for the first...
View ArticleRogers says first-quarter profits slipped to $307 million, revenues held steady
TORONTO - A combination of fewer wireless customers switching carriers and a lack of flashy new smartphones on the market were a drag on the wireless division of Rogers Communications Inc. (TSX:RCI.B),...
View ArticleStop Marketing a Great Customer Experience and Start Providing It
Currently, every established corporation and industry is facing an unprecedented level of disruption on a number of fronts including technology, globalization and business model fundamentals. The...
View ArticleAir Canada Baggage Tossing Video: Handlers To Be Fired Pending Investigation
TORONTO - Two Air Canada baggage handlers set to lose their jobs over a video showing bags being dropped several metres into a bin on the ground were working under intense pressure to move the items...
View ArticleUS weighs curbing deportations of people without serious criminal records
WASHINGTON - Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson is weighing limiting deportations of immigrants living in the U.S. illegally who don't have serious criminal records, according to two people with...
View ArticleWaitresses In Saskatchewan Lose Jobs To Foreign Workers
Sandy Nelson can't fight back the tears as she talks about losing her long-term serving job to temporary foreign workers. "How can that be right, that they're not Canadians? I'm a Canadian," said...
View ArticleLower gold prices fuelling Barrick's latest merger proposal with Newmont:...
Barrick Gold's long courtship with another of North America's largest gold producers is reportedly on the rocks despite the attractiveness of a merger fuelled by lower precious metal prices, industry...
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