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Drunk cop flashed badge after crashing truck on QEW | Toronto Star
Judge lambastes six officers, including OPP cop who offered a range of “professional courtesies” after the Peel officer tried to cover up his crime. Air Canada adopts new boarding policy, with five zones | Toronto Star
For years, airlines have struggled to figure out best way to board a plane. Air Canada is adopting a new five-zone policy designed to simplify process.Russia plans alternative version of 'Wikipedia'
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia plans to create its own Wikipedia to ensure its citizens have access to more detailed and reliable information about their country, the presidential library said on Friday.Citing
Business | 206877 hits | 12:49 AM on Saturday | posted by N_Fiddledog
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia plans to create its own Wikipedia to ensure its citizens have access to more detailed and reliable information about their country, the presidential library said on Friday.Citing Club Coffee takes Keurig pod fight to Competition Bureau
The biggest seller of off-brand coffee in Canada has lodged a formal complaint with the Competition Bureau, alleging Keurig is unfairly prohibiting other companies from making single-serve pods for their ubiquitous coffee machines and driving up prices fo Why your taxes pay to make climate change worse: Don Pittis
Governments now agree that they must act to stop climate change, but whether rich or poor, some estimates say countries around the globe spend up to a trillion dollars a year to counteract the market forces that would discourage greenhouse gas production. Fiscal update: Surpluses despite lower oil prices, tax cutsBusiness | 206832 hits | 12:49 AM on Thursday | posted by N_Fiddledog
Federal revenue will take a hit from falling oil prices but a return to surpluses is still expected next year – and possibly sooner – according to the fall economic and fiscal update A tale of two tax cutsBusiness | 206701 hits | 12:42 AM on Thursday | posted by N_Fiddledog
Stephen Gordon explains why it's pointless to talk about raising corporate income taxes Keystone XL vote in U.S. Senate scheduled for Thursday
U.S. Democratic Senator Mary Landrieu said she will propose debate later on Wednesday and a vote on Thursday to approve the controversial Keystone XL oil pipeline from Canada.RBS, HSBC, JPMorgan Chase, UBS and Citibank fined for rigging foreign exchange markets
Bankers, who called themselves as the 'A-Team', 'Three Musketeers' and 'The Players', colluded online by sharing sensitive information to make "free money".
Business | 206855 hits | 11:21 AM on Wednesday | posted by N_Fiddledog
Bankers, who called themselves as the 'A-Team', 'Three Musketeers' and 'The Players', colluded online by sharing sensitive information to make "free money".Citibank, JPMorgan, Royal Bank of Scotland, HSBC & UBS fined for rigging forex market
U.S., British and Swiss regulators have fined five global banks $3.4 billion for attempting to manipulate foreign exchange markets — the latest penalties for an industry previously criticized for rigging interest rates and for their role in triggering the
U.S., British and Swiss regulators have fined five global banks $3.4 billion for attempting to manipulate foreign exchange markets — the latest penalties for an industry previously criticized for rigging interest rates and for their role in triggering the Alberta's oil boom had strong impact on Canada's wealth
Many Canadians have a love-hate relationship with the energy sector. We love it for the jobs but hate the fact that Canada is often seen as a climate change villain, whether the description is fair or not. CRTC bans 30-day notice for cancelling TV, phone, internet
Canadians no longer have to give a 30-day notice to cancel or change their television, internet or landline telephone service, the CRTC says. Those scam phone calls from 'WestJet''Business | 206924 hits | 12:45 AM on Thursday | posted by N_Fiddledog
WestJet is encouraging the public to report unwanted telephone calls from scammers claiming to represent the Calgary-based airline. Brett Wilson fights against Christmas decorations before Remembrance Day
Calgary financier Brett Wilson is calling on businesses to hold off putting up Christmas decorations until Remembrance Day. He says early Christmas displays show a lack of respect for war veterans. Visa, MasterCard agree to hold interchange fees at 1.5% for 5 years
Canada's largest credit card companies have agreed to limit the amount they charge retailers to process transactions, to an average 1.5 per cent of the value of what's being sold for the next five years. Prosperity index ranks Canada 5th in world
Canada ranks No. 5 on an international prosperity index produced by the Legatum Institute of London that combines measures of economic progress, health, opportunity and personal freedom. John Forzani, ex-Stampeder and business tycoon, dead at 67
Former football star and businessman John Forzani, who opened the Forzani Locker Room in 1974 and later acquired the Sport Chek chain, has died in a California hospital, his family confirms. Banks, credit card firms agree to cut fees charged to retailers
Canada's major banks and credit card companies have reached a deal with the federal government to cut the fees charged to merchants for credit transactions, sources familiar with the negotiations say. Air Canada service agents call carry-on crackdown too unpleasant
A number of Air Canada ground staff find the airline's new crackdown on oversized carry-on bags so unpleasant that they don't want to do it, a representative from the airline's union told CBC News. Remedy or ripoff' 5 things to watch out for
Hundreds of natural treatments on store shelves bring in billions of dollars in sales every year in Canada. CBC's Marketplace looks at how can you tell what's a cure-all and what's a cash grab.100,000 Hungarians march against 'internet tax'
World's first internet levy fuels accusations Hungarian government of Viktor Orban is undermining democracy
Business | 208171 hits | 12:29 AM on Thursday | posted by N_Fiddledog
World's first internet levy fuels accusations Hungarian government of Viktor Orban is undermining democracy Business | 208248 hits | 3:43 PM on Tuesday | posted by N_Fiddledog
The family of a man whose leg was amputated after he was run over by a piece of construction equipment while shopping is suing West Edmonton Mall and a local drywall company for $1.4 million. Oil price will fall to $70 US a barrel in 2015, Goldman Sachs saysBusiness | 208547 hits | 1:12 PM on Monday | posted by ShepherdsDog
One of the world's leading investment banks says the price of the North American oil benchmark is going to fall even further, to $70 US a barrel by next spring.Hitler coffee cream pot company faces closure
The company that designed the coffee cream pot lids featuring images of Hitler and Mussolini is facing bankruptcy after Swiss supermarket chain Migros said it planned to terminate its contract
Business | 208146 hits | 1:43 PM on Sunday | posted by N_Fiddledog
The company that designed the coffee cream pot lids featuring images of Hitler and Mussolini is facing bankruptcy after Swiss supermarket chain Migros said it planned to terminate its contract How a (Canadian-founded) company you�ve never heard of took control of the porn industry | National Post
Video sites are by far the biggest consumers of bandwidth on the web: Netflix, YouTube, Twitch � MindGeek. Or maybe that last one doesn�t ring a bell? Suspicious yellow powder sent to Canadian, Belgian, German, U.S. consulates in Istanbul
ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Packets of an unidentified yellow powder were sent to the Canadian, U.S., Belgian and German consulates in Istanbul on Friday, prompting security alerts following two militant attacks Squamish Nation councillors stripped of powers after $1.5 million of emergency fund largely unaccounted forBusiness | 206739 hits | 2:28 PM on Thursday | posted by N_Fiddledog
Two members of the Squamish Nation's elected council have been stripped of their authority over financial matters after an independent investigation revealed a significant portion of $1.5 million from the band's "emergency fund" was not properly accounted Honda president, executives take pay cut over recall issues
Honda Motor Co. took the rare step of imposing pay cuts on its president and 12 other executives after the fifth recall in a year of its new Fit hybrid model.Maker of Camel cigarettes bans smoking in the workplace | Toronto Star
Beginning next year, the use of cigarettes, cigars or pipes will no longer be permitted in the company’s offices, conference rooms and elevators.
Beginning next year, the use of cigarettes, cigars or pipes will no longer be permitted in the company’s offices, conference rooms and elevators.Taxi firm in Rochdale offers white drivers on demand
Rochdale minicab firm Car 2000 is offering the choice after two taxi drivers of Pakistani origin were jailed for their part in the sex trafficking and rape of young white girls in the town.
Business | 206775 hits | 1:00 AM on Wednesday | posted by N_Fiddledog
Rochdale minicab firm Car 2000 is offering the choice after two taxi drivers of Pakistani origin were jailed for their part in the sex trafficking and rape of young white girls in the town. 
There’s a fun observation in the Moody’s annual report on Canada: It might be difficult to tell the difference between a Conservative and a Liberal where economic and fiscal policies are concerned. Canada wins round in meat-labelling battle with U.S. | Toronto Star
World Trade Organization rules that U.S. country-of-origin labelling rules discriminate against exports from Canada and Mexico. How foreign online streaming will upset Bell and Rogers apple carts
Canadians who want to view specialty channels and watch their favourite shows must now go through their cable providers, like Bell and Rogers. But some industry experts say that may change. It's already happening south of the border. Business | 206676 hits | 9:33 AM on Saturday | posted by N_Fiddledog
Ontario should force the multinational cartel that owns the Beer Store to pay the province more money in exchange for its lucrative monopoly, a government panel is set to recommendArmy vet to knife-wielding man at Pathmark: 'I don't want to shoot you'
WILLIAM LAWLER didn't want to shoot the man who threatened his girlfriend and him with a 13-inch knife Sunday outside a Pathmark store near his Northeast Philadelphia home. But even after Lawler,
Business | 206691 hits | 7:16 AM on Saturday | posted by N_Fiddledog
WILLIAM LAWLER didn't want to shoot the man who threatened his girlfriend and him with a 13-inch knife Sunday outside a Pathmark store near his Northeast Philadelphia home. But even after Lawler, 5 outrageous fees consumers are being charged
Marketplace scouted the country for frustrating fees; here are some of the most ridiculousHow the law follows the wealth gap in modern-day America
Americans are taught that everyone is equal before the law. But that is increasingly not the case in a country divided by wealth and crime, Neil Macdonald writes.
Americans are taught that everyone is equal before the law. But that is increasingly not the case in a country divided by wealth and crime, Neil Macdonald writes. Surrey animal activist pleads guilty to taking dogs from outside people's homesBusiness | 206766 hits | 12:40 AM on Thursday | posted by N_Fiddledog
A Surrey woman accused of stealing dogs has pleaded guilty to four criminal charges. Telus speed claims not based on real-world experience
A recent Telus press release trumpeting how Canadian wireless data speeds are much faster than those in other countries is based on a report that tested advertised speeds — not what cellphone users actually experience, CBC News has learned. End of subsidies to buyers of electric vehicles could mean B.C. is falling behindBusiness | 206765 hits | 1:26 AM on Tuesday | posted by N_Fiddledog
B.C. plugged into the electric vehicle market two years ago and accelerated fairly quickly, going from zero to 1,400 cars now on the road. But the rate of electric vehicle (EV) adoption has slowed dramatically after a popular rebate program ended this spr Heads up, hipsters. Here comes MujiBusiness | 206737 hits | 1:10 AM on Tuesday | posted by N_Fiddledog
Muji, which has 270-plus stores worldwide and is opening its first Canadian location in Toronto later this year, is renowned for its innovative no-brand, no-logo strategy — its products have been called “quiet” — which makes it uber cool and thus a magnetAustralian supermarket Woolworths removes 'racist' top
A singlet bearing a slogan seen by many as racist is removed from Woolworths shelves in Australia after it was "inadvertently" stocked.
Business | 206980 hits | 12:59 AM on Tuesday | posted by N_Fiddledog
A singlet bearing a slogan seen by many as racist is removed from Woolworths shelves in Australia after it was "inadvertently" stocked. Business | 206807 hits | 1:52 AM on Sunday | posted by N_Fiddledog
In 2010, Washington State Ferries looked at how it compared to its Canadian cousin — and found that it beat BC Ferries on virtually every possible indicator Canada Finds Oil Route Around ObamaBusiness | 206838 hits | 1:37 AM on Sunday | posted by N_Fiddledog
With one project Energy East will give Alberta’s oil sands not only an outlet to eastern Canadian markets but to global marketsMuslim Woman Barred From Colorado Pool Over Dress
A Colorado city is standing by its decision to turn away a Muslim woman from its recreation center pool for wearing an Islamic dress over a shirt and pants.
Business | 206816 hits | 1:31 AM on Sunday | posted by N_Fiddledog
A Colorado city is standing by its decision to turn away a Muslim woman from its recreation center pool for wearing an Islamic dress over a shirt and pants. Oil price at $85 costing provinces and economy billionsBusiness | 206641 hits | 6:10 PM on Friday | posted by wildrosegirl
The sudden new reality of $85 US a barrel oil is a jarring wake-up to Canada's economy, especially governments in Alberta, Saskatchewan and Newfoundland and Labrador that depend on oil money.Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella apologizes for comment on women, pay
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella apologized Thursday night and said he was wrong for saying that women don't need to ask for a raise and should just trust the system to pay them well.
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella apologized Thursday night and said he was wrong for saying that women don't need to ask for a raise and should just trust the system to pay them well.Red Bull ordered to pay $13m settlement because it doesn't really give drinkers 'wings'
The energy drink company is offering anyone who has bought the drink in the last 12 years, either a $10 cash payment or $15 worth of Red Bull products.
Business | 206775 hits | 12:28 AM on Friday | posted by N_Fiddledog
The energy drink company is offering anyone who has bought the drink in the last 12 years, either a $10 cash payment or $15 worth of Red Bull products.Back to Canada News
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