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Taxation of legalized marijuana won't be a government cash cow, Trudeau says
There's potential for 'a bit of revenue' from legalizing marijuana, but the federal government isn't looking for a financial windfall, the prime minister says.
Business | 206673 hits | 3:16 PM on Thursday | posted by N_Fiddledog
There's potential for 'a bit of revenue' from legalizing marijuana, but the federal government isn't looking for a financial windfall, the prime minister says.'I started the Arab Spring. Now death is everywhere, and extremism blooming'
Faida Hamdy confiscated a vegetable stall in Tunisia five years ago today.
Neither she nor the rest of the world could have imagined the consequences
Business | 206800 hits | 3:02 PM on Thursday | posted by N_Fiddledog
Faida Hamdy confiscated a vegetable stall in Tunisia five years ago today.
Neither she nor the rest of the world could have imagined the consequences
Employment Insurance claims in Alberta up a massive 101.3% as oil-price crash hits home | National Post
The federal agency said it was the 14th consecutive month of increases for AlbertaTuring Pharma CEO Martin Shkreli arrested in securities probe, reports say
Pharmaceutical entrepreneur Martin Shkreli, vilified for buying up drug companies and dramatically boosting the prices of some medications, has been arrested by the FBI on securities fraud charges related to his former hedge fund and a drug company he onc
Pharmaceutical entrepreneur Martin Shkreli, vilified for buying up drug companies and dramatically boosting the prices of some medications, has been arrested by the FBI on securities fraud charges related to his former hedge fund and a drug company he oncHilcorp, Houston-Based Oil Company, Gives Every Employee A $100,000 Bonus
Happy holidays, employees of Hilcorp, you’ve just gotten a bonus most of us will only ever dream of.
Jeff Hildebrand, the billionaire CEO of Houston-based Hilcorp, has given each of his 1,381 employees a US$100,000 (C$137,000) bonus, according to local
Happy holidays, employees of Hilcorp, you’ve just gotten a bonus most of us will only ever dream of.
Jeff Hildebrand, the billionaire CEO of Houston-based Hilcorp, has given each of his 1,381 employees a US$100,000 (C$137,000) bonus, according to local Pre-Employment Credit Checks Hurt Those 'Just Trying To Survive'
An aspiring administrator in Ontario says she’s “completely stuck” in a vicious catch-22 because of pre-hiring credit checks that are required by some employers.
Amanda* wants to land a full-time job, but knows it’s futile to even apply for some positiVirginia Care sells 'fake hymens' to Muslim women in Germany
The massive influx of refugees from mainly-Muslim countries into Germany has helped to boost sales.
Business | 206702 hits | 10:24 AM on Tuesday | posted by N_Fiddledog
The massive influx of refugees from mainly-Muslim countries into Germany has helped to boost sales. Slavery in shrimp industry uncovered in major retailers and supermarkets
Poor migrant workers and children are being sold to factories in Thailand and forced to peel shrimp that ends up in global supply chains, including those of Wal-Mart and Red Lobster, the world's largest retailer and the world's largest seafood restaurant Alberta, the rest of Canada feels your pain
As migration patterns and productivity studies show, the province’s economic woes reverberate across the countryRussia plans $40 a barrel oil for next seven years as Saudi showdown intensifies
'We will live in a different reality,' said a top Kremlin official. The message is aimed squarely at Saudi Arabia in a war for market share
Business | 206853 hits | 12:52 PM on Saturday | posted by N_Fiddledog
'We will live in a different reality,' said a top Kremlin official. The message is aimed squarely at Saudi Arabia in a war for market share Ikea Canada offers $180,000 in furniture to help refugees feel at homeBusiness | 206769 hits | 12:46 PM on Saturday | posted by N_Fiddledog
As a second planeload of Syrian refugees arrive in Montreal on Saturday, an Ikea Canada initiative is aiming to help the newcomers feel a little more at home. Ottawa announces new minimum down payments for homes over $500KBusiness | 206767 hits | 1:01 AM on Saturday | posted by N_Fiddledog
The federal government is increasing the minimum down payment required to buy a home for more than $500,000 in an effort to cool the red-hot housing markets in Toronto and Vancouver.RUPERT MURDOCH'S UK PAPERS WON'T FACE PHONE HACKING CHARGES
LONDON (AP) -- More than four years after revelations of tabloid phone hacking shocked Britain, prosecutors said Friday that the criminal investigation is over, ruling out corporate prosecution of Rupert Murdoch's British newspapers or charges against ind
Business | 206663 hits | 12:37 AM on Saturday | posted by N_Fiddledog
LONDON (AP) -- More than four years after revelations of tabloid phone hacking shocked Britain, prosecutors said Friday that the criminal investigation is over, ruling out corporate prosecution of Rupert Murdoch's British newspapers or charges against indVolkswagen admits 'chain of errors'
The chairman of embattled carmaker Volkswagen says a chain of errors led to the emissions scandal and that its top priority is winning back trust.
The chairman of embattled carmaker Volkswagen says a chain of errors led to the emissions scandal and that its top priority is winning back trust. Business | 207036 hits | 1:04 AM on Wednesday | posted by N_Fiddledog
A Vancouver artisanal grocery store and café is removing its tables inside and outside the shop, after a dispute with a neighbour caught the eye of city regulators. Calls for Trump Towers in Vancouver, Toronto to be re-namedBusiness | 206810 hits | 12:47 AM on Wednesday | posted by N_Fiddledog
Following a proposal from Donald Trump to ban Muslims from entering the U.S., there are calls to remove the business magnate's name from buildings in Toronto and Vancouver. Negative interest rates an option in Canada, Stephen Poloz says
Canada could theoretically follow the lead of other countries that have recently gone to negative interest rates in order to stimulate the economy, Stephen Poloz told a business audience today after yet another drop in the loonie. Anglo American to slash 85,000 jobs as commodity rout gathers speed
Mining company unveils far-reaching restructuring in face of commodity rout; spokesman says too early to comment on impact in Canada Canada awarded right to $1B in WTO trade sanctions against U.S. over meat-labelling rules
Canada has been awarded the right to seek $1 billion in trade sanctions against the United States by a World Trade Organization panel in a dispute over American meat-labelling rules that single out foreign beef and pork. Canadian dollar falls to lowest level since 2004 as oil slips below $40 again
The Canadian dollar dropped to its lowest level compared to the U.S. dollar since June 2004, as a fresh low for oil pushed the loonie deeper under water. Why the Northern Gateway project is unlikely to be builtBusiness | 207309 hits | 1:09 AM on Monday | posted by N_Fiddledog
With climbing costs as well as aboriginal and environmental opposition, the future of the pipeline is up in the air B.C. environment ministry mum about their spending at the Paris Climate Change ConferenceBusiness | 206662 hits | 12:04 PM on Sunday | posted by N_Fiddledog
British Columbia’s environment ministry has yet to clear the air on its spending for the United Nations’ Climate Change Conference hosted in Paris this month. Business | 206672 hits | 11:57 AM on Sunday | posted by N_Fiddledog
The ballots were barely counted on federal election night when British Columbia’s largest union began planning its pitch to sell legal marijuana in B.C. liquor stores. Revenue neutral: Does the promised middle class tax cut really add up'Business | 206835 hits | 10:38 AM on Saturday | posted by N_Fiddledog
After a short throne speech to kick off the Liberal government’s first session of parliament, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s first order of business will be to introduce tax cuts for the middle class. Construction, not oil, is king in Alberta's economy
The downturn in the energy industry has been underway for more than a year, but so far Alberta's economy has proven resilient. Unemployment remains below the national average, and despite tens of thousands of layoffs in the oil and gas sector there are st Ontario Hydro Auditor's Report Finds Consumers Overcharged By $37 Billion
TORONTO -- Auditor general Bonnie Lysyk says electricity customers in Ontario have paid billions of dollars for the Liberal government's decisions to ignore its own planning process for new power gene Vancouver firm brews up $1,000-a-bottle beerBusiness | 206712 hits | 12:39 AM on Wednesday | posted by N_Fiddledog
A local brewery is selling what’s believed to be Canada’s most expensive beer at $1,000 a bottle.Islamic State is building a 'retreat zone' in Libya with 3000 fighters, say UN experts
As British MPs prepare to vote on bombing Syria, fresh evidence is emerging of chaos in Libya where Isil is establishing a new stronghold for recruits
unable to reach the Middle East
Business | 206694 hits | 12:33 AM on Wednesday | posted by N_Fiddledog
As British MPs prepare to vote on bombing Syria, fresh evidence is emerging of chaos in Libya where Isil is establishing a new stronghold for recruits
unable to reach the Middle East 
They should have worked. Maybe they could have worked. But they didn’t.
Corporate tax cuts were supposed to spur economic growth and job creation, but a new study looking at more than 90 years of data argues those cuts have done nothing to help growth TD Visa customers' browsing activities open to 'surveillance' by bank
Canada's second-biggest bank is being criticized for part of its Visa cardholder agreement that allows TD Canada Trust to access and collect information on all of its customers' online activities, even those that aren't banking-related. Why business loves carbon pricingBusiness | 208334 hits | 3:23 PM on Sunday | posted by N_Fiddledog
One of the myths about carbon pricing that politicians like to tell us is that it pits the government against big polluters on behalf of the public. ​Should your turkey be taxed for climate change'Business | 208346 hits | 9:23 AM on Sunday | posted by N_Fiddledog
Demand for meat is growing worldwide, but it's coming at a cost to the environmentBlack Friday brawls and bargains: chaos and calm on opposite sides of the Pond
There were plenty of lines to stand in, bargains to be had and people to shove/wrestle/punch out at Black Friday events this year, although the Canadian experience was much more calm, when compared to the frenzies in the U.S.
Business | 207939 hits | 11:16 AM on Friday | posted by N_Fiddledog
There were plenty of lines to stand in, bargains to be had and people to shove/wrestle/punch out at Black Friday events this year, although the Canadian experience was much more calm, when compared to the frenzies in the U.S. TPP and Canada's misunderstood dairy industry: Don Pittis
The economics of free trade in dairy sounds good for Canadian consumers. But experience in other countries shows that a well-run supply management system may be better than the pure market alternative. Buy-Low Foods removes all 'red-listed' seafood from shelves
Buy-Low Foods has become the first major grocer in North America to stop selling "red-listed" seafood, says sustainable seafood program SeaChoice. The Case For A Meat Tax
A lot of the talk around fighting climate change is focused on big business and the auto industry. But what about meat?
The livestock sector generates nearly 15 percent of the world's greenhouse gas emissions, according to a 2013 report by the United Business | 208039 hits | 12:27 AM on Tuesday | posted by N_Fiddledog
About 66% of Canadians make too little to qualify for the Liberal's proposed 'middle income' tax cut, while the country's top earners get stuck with a whopping hike to pay for it Business | 208003 hits | 2:19 PM on Monday | posted by N_Fiddledog
Sugar-sweetened drinks are blamed for rising rates of obesity and diabetes. One recent study even blamed sugary drinks for tens of thousands of premature deaths around the world every year. And it’s all happening under the indifferent nose of the B.C. taxBillionaire buys $170.4M painting on credit, reaps millions of reward points
Liu was the winning bidder for Amedeo Modigliani's "Reclining Nude" at a Christie's auction this month -- offering $170.4 million -- and when the sale closes he'll be putting it on his American Express card.
Business | 207937 hits | 1:55 PM on Monday | posted by N_Fiddledog
Liu was the winning bidder for Amedeo Modigliani's "Reclining Nude" at a Christie's auction this month -- offering $170.4 million -- and when the sale closes he'll be putting it on his American Express card. The Liberals' deficit claim doesn't add upBusiness | 208460 hits | 1:45 PM on Monday | posted by N_Fiddledog
It will be easier for the Liberals to run on their plan of deficits if they can credibly claim they inherited one from the Conservatives. They can't.Rare pieces of meteor spark gold rush in Turkish village
Villagers are cashing in on the rare pieces of meteor that have sold for as much as $60 per gram
Business | 206190 hits | 1:33 AM on Sunday | posted by N_Fiddledog
Villagers are cashing in on the rare pieces of meteor that have sold for as much as $60 per gram Canada sees rise in suspected terrorism financing casesBusiness | 206710 hits | 12:48 AM on Sunday | posted by N_Fiddledog
Canada’s financial intelligence unit reported 337 potential terrorism funding cases to law enforcement in 2014-2015, up from 234 a year earlier. $25 basic cable package must be in place by March 1
Cable and satellite providers must provide skinny basic packages priced at $25 a month to every consumer by March 1, 2016, the CRTC says. Carbon taxes could hit oilpatch hardest
Certain sectors of Canada's economy are at risk of losing their competitive edge if provinces miscalculate their adoption of carbon taxes. Business | 206698 hits | 12:59 AM on Thursday | posted by N_Fiddledog
A Vancouver-based diamond company has retrieved the world’s second largest gem-quality diamond from one of its mines in Botswana. Coal power plant shutdown could hit Alberta taxpayers
It's pretty clear that Alberta is moving away from coal. But how quickly? And who will pay? Cheap oil and climate change spell opportunity for energy giants: Don Pittis
Predictions that the global oil glut will persist, plus a revival of stalled climate change action sounds like bad news for Canada's energy industry. It's just not so, says Don Pittis. Instead, Canadian oil companies must drum out the dinosaurs and turn sBack to Canada News
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