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Vast mineral deposits found in Afghanistan
WASHINGTON - The United States has discovered nearly $1 trillion in untapped mineral deposits in Afghanistan, far beyond any previously known reserves and enough to fundamentally alter the Afghan economy and perhaps the Afghan war itself, according to sen
Business | 207117 hits | 6:04 AM on Monday | posted by commanderkai
WASHINGTON - The United States has discovered nearly $1 trillion in untapped mineral deposits in Afghanistan, far beyond any previously known reserves and enough to fundamentally alter the Afghan economy and perhaps the Afghan war itself, according to sen
Stars to fall into Canadian hands
The next owner of the Dallas Stars will be a Canadian, according to an NHL source familiar with the sale negotiations. Cigarette industry hit with novel claim for compensationBusiness | 206820 hits | 7:53 PM on Sunday | posted by wildrosegirl
The cigarette industry is facing a novel new claim for compensation over its 1990s smuggling spree, which has already led to heavy civil and criminal penalties against four tobacco companies. Chocolate conspiracy charge prompts dealBusiness | 206925 hits | 8:01 AM on Sunday | posted by wildrosegirl
The B.C. Supreme Court has issued a ruling that could bring Canadian chocolate lovers a step closer to compensation from the country's major candy manufacturers. Gulf spill creates distrust of industry: TransCanadaBusiness | 206802 hits | 7:51 AM on Sunday | posted by wildrosegirl
Sandy Barnick's land near Glendive, Mont., is a long way from the vast and growing oil slick now staining the Gulf of Mexico. But these days, she feels as if it's just over the horizon. Jazz Air pilots still in talks, no strike yetBusiness | 206770 hits | 7:47 AM on Sunday | posted by wildrosegirl
Jazz Air pilots still in talks, no strike yetObama to demand that BP set up escrow account
President Barack Obama meets with BP's chairman on Wednesday and will demand that the oil company create a special reserve account to pay claims for damages caused by the Gulf of Mexico spill.
Business | 206783 hits | 7:40 AM on Sunday | posted by wildrosegirl
President Barack Obama meets with BP's chairman on Wednesday and will demand that the oil company create a special reserve account to pay claims for damages caused by the Gulf of Mexico spill.
AECL requests hearing to restart leaky isotope reactorBusiness | 206835 hits | 8:18 AM on Saturday | posted by wildrosegirl
Canada's nuclear watchdog is fast-tracking a request for a hearing to consider reopening the country's aging medical isotope-producing reactor. Pension proposals meet resistance ahead of ministers' meeting
The federal government and Ontario, which are leading the charge to reform the retirement income system across the country, are running into resistance from other provinces and small businesses. Commandos prepare for summits in the shadows
OTTAWA – The Canadian military’s premiere special forces soldiers are ready to spring into action if terrorists target the G8 meetings in Huntsville or the G20 summit that follows immediately in downtown Toronto.The numbers get worse with each look at oil flow
The mind-boggling news that the oil leak at the bottom of the sea may be twice as big as previously thought could have major repercussions for both the environment and BP's financial health, killing more marine life and dramatically increasing the amount
Business | 206747 hits | 5:04 PM on Friday | posted by wildrosegirl
The mind-boggling news that the oil leak at the bottom of the sea may be twice as big as previously thought could have major repercussions for both the environment and BP's financial health, killing more marine life and dramatically increasing the amount 
Security firm hired for G8 not yet licensed in OntarioBusiness | 206796 hits | 2:42 PM on Tuesday | posted by wildrosegirl
Officials in Ontario are scrambling to get a security company hired for the G8 and G20 summits a licence to operate in the province. Chrysler recalls nearly 600,000 vehicles
As many as 284,831 Chrysler Town and Country minivans and Dodge Grand Caravan minivans for model years 2008 and 2009 could develop a problem in the electrical system that could cause a short circuit in the latch for the sliding door, which could cause a f Van Loan, Flaherty sell Canada in China
Two of Canada’s top ministers were in China Thursday to sell Canada as a place to invest and to continue to press the Asian economic superpower to let its currency float freely. James Cameron says BP turned down his offer to help on spill
Canadian-born director says �those morons don�t know what they�re doing� Ford kills Mercury. So what?
Sometime this afternoon Ford Motor is expected to kill the Mercury brand. This has been rumoured for quite a while, and it's evoked no end of hand-wringing among the American cognoscenti who believe nothing ever should change in the car business. Ever. Some Quebec wildfire evacuees returnBusiness | 208405 hits | 8:34 PM on Sunday | posted by wildrosegirl
About 1,000 people forced from the First Nations community of Manawan because of a forest fire were told Saturday they could go home, but the danger from wildfires persists elsewhere in central and northern Quebec. Divers to recover bodies from B.C. float plane crashBusiness | 208686 hits | 8:09 AM on Sunday | posted by wildrosegirl
RCMP divers are expected to begin a grim search Sunday, looking for the bodies of four people thought to be still inside the wreckage of a small float plane that crashed and sank in shallow waters near the B.C. native community of Ahousat. Maddox Returns HomeBusiness | 208680 hits | 9:37 PM on Saturday | posted by wildrosegirl
A two-and-a-half year old who has captured hearts around the world is back in his home city after returning from New York late Friday night. Layton blasts corporate tax breaks
NDP Leader Jack Layton says his party will oppose the Conservative government's budget legislation. Provinces resist move to create national regulator
Finance Minister Jim Flaherty has outlined his plan for the formation of a national securities regulator and there are strong winds blowing against him from Alberta and Quebec - which might put a few kinks in the scheme but are not likely to scuttle it, a Company vies to turn trash into energy goldBusiness | 208339 hits | 7:21 PM on Thursday | posted by wildrosegirl
A company in Richmond, B.C., that transforms kitchen scraps into high-quality compost is hoping to cash in on our energy-hungry society – and turn that organic waste into valuable fuel. OECD urges Canada to raise ratesBusiness | 206893 hits | 9:00 AM on Wednesday | posted by wildrosegirl
Canada should raise interest rates "without delay" and let economic stimulus measures expire to avoid inflation, the OECD said in its annual forecast Wednesday.Nissan's new Leaf sells out in US, Japan: Ghosn
The first year of production of Nissan's new electric car Leaf has been sold out, the head of the Japanese automaker, Carlos Ghosn, said Tuesday.
Business | 207026 hits | 5:05 PM on Tuesday | posted by wildrosegirl
The first year of production of Nissan's new electric car Leaf has been sold out, the head of the Japanese automaker, Carlos Ghosn, said Tuesday. Google buys Toronto touch-screen company
In the multi-billion dollar high-stakes world of mobile computing, Google Inc. appears to be betting that cool little gestures like the scrunch will help it compete with Apple Inc.’s iPad and other mobile devices. Murder charge laid in 1981 slaying of cab driverBusiness | 206894 hits | 8:53 AM on Sunday | posted by wildrosegirl
A 50-year-old Edmonton man has been charged with first-degree murder in the slaying of city cab driver Gerdina Kruidbos in 1981. 'Made in Canada' rules under review
Canadian consumer groups are urging the government not to alter its new "product of Canada" and "made in Canada" food labelling rules as Ottawa considers exempting some ingredients Long weekend gas prices defy expectations
Trying to figure out when and where to get the best deal on gas prices this long holiday weekend?
Rogers dials new phone deal for soldier
TORONTO - Rogers announced Friday that it not only will amend the cellphone contract of a soldier in Afghanistan but will also devise a new policy for those serving abroad. Deployed soldier hounded by phone bill
TORONTO - Did you hear the one about the Canadian soldier who can't get out of his cellphone contract despite being shipped off to war? Ontario bans Dan Aykroyd�s skull-shaped vodka
Are you afraid of this vodka? The LCBO thinks so, as it decides to ban the actor's Crystal Head Vodka that�ll be readily available outside the province HST to make Vancouver parking tax highest in North America
Back in January, TransLink tripled the tax on parking to help pay for roads and transit. Starting July 1, the HST will be applied to parking in Vancouver in what proves to be a tax on a tax.Google mapping cars inadvertently collected personal data in Canada
Google Inc. said its fleet of cars responsible for photographing streets around the world have for several years accidentally collected personal information — which a security expert said could include e-mail messages and passwords — sent by consumers ove
Business | 207100 hits | 8:46 PM on Tuesday | posted by wildrosegirl
Google Inc. said its fleet of cars responsible for photographing streets around the world have for several years accidentally collected personal information — which a security expert said could include e-mail messages and passwords — sent by consumers ove Oilsands could supply one-third of U.S. oil within 20 years: reportBusiness | 206953 hits | 8:29 PM on Tuesday | posted by wildrosegirl
Despite environmental and economic challenges, Canada’s oilsands could account for more than one-third of U.S. oil supply within two decades, says a new report from U.S.-based Cambridge Energy Research Associates. Online travel site sells unavailable flightsBusiness | 206937 hits | 8:55 AM on Tuesday | posted by wildrosegirl
A Vancouver couple who booked flights through a discount online travel site had to pay $2,300 extra to get home from vacation, because some of their "confirmed" tickets had actually not been issued. Convenience stores want governments to butt out contraband cigarettesBusiness | 206979 hits | 6:46 PM on Monday | posted by wildrosegirl
Contraband cigarettes are so easy to find in Eastern Canada that illegal tobacco now corners about half the market in Ontario, according to the Canadian Convenience Stores Association.Volcanic ash shuts down airporst across Britain and Ireland
Europe�s busiest airport was set to close early Monday morning as a dense crowd of volcanic ash drifts across England from Iceland, aviation authorities said.
Europe�s busiest airport was set to close early Monday morning as a dense crowd of volcanic ash drifts across England from Iceland, aviation authorities said.Venezuela's Chavez orders takeover of iron-makers
Business | 207024 hits | 2:03 AM on Monday | posted by commanderkai
Farmers' net income to nosedive in 2010Business | 206876 hits | 8:16 PM on Sunday | posted by wildrosegirl
By his own description, Norm Nordgulen is "just a poor cowboy" trying to adapt and survive on the farm. B.C. Zellers, Superstores taxed exempt itemsBusiness | 206997 hits | 9:11 PM on Saturday | posted by wildrosegirl
More major B.C. retailers have been collecting provincial sales tax on goods that should have been PST-exempt, a CBC News investigation has found. Small beer, big battle
Size matters for an Ontario town and the iconic microbrewery that put it on the map The shady side of the green building industry
Mike Preston was everything his environmentally friendly customers wanted in a contractor. Complete HST list released by B.C. governmentBusiness | 207085 hits | 8:49 PM on Friday | posted by wildrosegirl
The B.C. government has released a complete list of items that will be taxed under the Harmonized Sales Tax (HST). The new list comes after criticism over the government's lack of transparency over the HST. Tim Hortons considering plan to expand globallyBusiness | 206993 hits | 8:37 PM on Friday | posted by wildrosegirl
Canadians' patriotic love of double doubles, timbits and rolling up the rim could find its way to the four corners of the world under a global expansion plan being considered by Tim Hortons. Mobilicity wireless service set to launchBusiness | 207074 hits | 7:54 AM on Friday | posted by wildrosegirl
New wireless carrier Mobilicity is announcing details Friday of its launch in Toronto, offering consumers no contracts for cellphone service. Vancouver daycare may close for First Nations-only facilityBusiness | 207056 hits | 9:12 PM on Thursday | posted by wildrosegirl
The operators of the Phil Bouvier Family Centre in Strathcona have said that Vancouver Native Health is evicting them on July 31 to make room for a First Nations-only daycare. China firm to pump $1 billion-plus into Penn West, Alberta oilsands project
Canada's Penn West Energy Trust said it agreed with a wholly owned unit of China Investment Corporation (CIC) to form a joint venture to develop the trust's bitumen assets at the Peace River area of northern Alberta.Back to Canada News
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