Most actively traded companies on the TSX, TSX Venture Exchange
TORONTO - Some of the most active companies traded Monday on the Toronto Stock Exchange and the TSX Venture Exchange:Toronto Stock Exchange (14,654.94, up 120.88 points):Fortis Inc. (TSX:FTS.IR)....
View ArticleAlberta securities regulator accuses 2 Wongs Make It Right of bilking investors
EDMONTON - Alberta's securities regulator is accusing a company called 2 Wongs Make It Right Enterprises of getting it wrong.The Alberta Securities Commission alleges the Edmonton-based company...
View ArticleCanadian Tire Money Is Almost Legitimate Currency: Report
Canadian Tire money is so well accepted among retailers that you could almost consider it an unofficial currency, says a report from Moody's Investors Service. The credit rating agency mentioned the...
View ArticleTim Hortons To Hand Out Birthday Cake Donuts On May 17 (TWEETS)
Everyone is invited to celebrate Tim Hortons' 50th anniversary as the chain will hand free birthday cake donuts out to customers next Saturday (May 17). Signs posted at restaurants show that certain...
View ArticleLac Megantic Charges: Three Employees Face Negligence Claims After Quebec...
TORONTO - Three employees and the railway company involved in last summer's massive explosion of a runaway oil train that incinerated much of a small town in Quebec, killing 47 people, will face...
View ArticleIndia stocks, currency buoyed by exit polls showing victory for BJP
NEW DELHI - India's stock market and currency rallied Tuesday on exit polls predicting election victory for a pro-business party and its allies.Official election results are expected on Friday, but...
View ArticleEuropean court says Google must amend some search results
AMSTERDAM - A European court, in an important test of the "right to be forgotten," ruled Tuesday that Google must amend some of its search results at the request of ordinary people when they show links...
View ArticleLawyer for Nortel pensioners say former employee face 'significant losses'
TORONTO - A lawyer for former Canadian Nortel employees says tens of thousands of pensioners have faced "significant losses" since the former technology giant folded five years ago."From the point of...
View ArticleStandard & Poor's 500 index trades above 1,900 for first time; Keurig Green...
NEW YORK, N.Y. - The Standard & Poor's 500 index traded above 1,900 points for the first time but closed just shy of that milestone.The closely watched U.S. stock market indicator traded as high as...
View Article'No Tip' Restaurant To Open On Vancouver Island
A B.C. restaurant may become the first in Canada to ban tipping, which the owner calls a "broken system." David Jones plans to pay his staff at Smoke and Water a living wage instead of depending on...
View ArticleSophie Rizavas, Lotto Max Winner, Wins $50-Million Jackpot
TORONTO - It was a Mother's Day to remember for a Toronto woman who picked up her $50-million cheque Tuesday afternoon.Sophie Rizavas is Ontario's latest multimillionaire following her jackpot win in...
View ArticleRob Lowe Really Doesn't Like Air Canada Rouge. Here's His Disdain In Tweets
Air Canada Rouge has had its share of ups and downs, but on Sunday the Canadian airline was taken to a new low, courtesy of actor Rob Lowe. The former "West Wing" star was flying aboard Air Canada's...
View ArticleCrude oil rises to almost US$102 a barrel on anticipation of U.S. supply drop
The price of oil rose Tuesday as traders anticipated a report showing another decline in U.S. supplies.Benchmark West Texas Intermediate crude for June delivery gained $1.11 to US$101.70 a barrel on...
View ArticleWSP Global hopes infrastructure spending will boost lagging Quebec business
MONTREAL - Engineering firm WSP Global (TSX:WSP) hopes infrastructure spending in Quebec will help kick-start lagging business on the company's home turf."What is encouraging now is we're seeing...
View ArticleGovernment on Right Track with Target Benefit Pension Plans
In a speech in Toronto a couple of weeks ago, Kevin Sorensen, Minister of State for Finance, introduced details of a new "hybrid" pension plan proposed for all federal workers and other corporations...
View Article'Homeless In Whistler' Film Zeroes In On Big Problem In Resort
Whistler, B.C. is a popular resort with celebrities and the wealthy, so it may be surprising to find out that homeless people struggle to find shelter there. By one homeless man's estimate, around 200...
View ArticleMedical Marijuana Lawsuits Over Canada's New Rules Continue To Pile Up
VANCOUVER - The lawsuits challenging Ottawa's attempted overhaul of the medical marijuana system continue to pile up, meaning the government will be forced to defend the new regulations in multiple...
View ArticleTim Hudak's Jobs Plan: Ontario PC Leader's 8-Year Strategy
Ontario Progressive Conservative Leader Tim Hudak has promised to help create about 1,000,000 jobs over eight years if he wins the June 12 election. More than 523,000 jobs would be created anyway if...
View ArticleWal-Mart settles with cantaloupe victims from Colorado listeria outbreak
DENVER - Wal-Mart said Tuesday that the company has agreed to settle claims from many of the families of victims who died in a 2011 listeria outbreak that killed 33 people and was traced to a Colorado...
View ArticleCBC Report On Salaries ‘looks Like Fiction,' Skeptical Senators Say
OTTAWA — Canada’s public broadcaster faces a showdown with skeptical senators who believe the CBC whitewashed a submission on the spending and salaries of some of its most notable journalists.
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