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Increase in EI

Oct 20, 2011 / 5:58 am

The number of people receiving regular Employment Insurance benefits increased by 6.6 per cent to 568,600 in August. Statistics Canada reports the number of...

Gearing up for Bush

Oct 20, 2011 / 5:39 am

Protesters are painting their signs and police are fine tuning crowd control strategies as they each prepare for today's arrival of former U.S. president...

No shock as Hydro boss jumps ship

Oct 19, 2011 / 1:36 pm

B.C. Hydro's president and CEO has quit, a little more than a year after taking the job, as the Crown-owned utility works toward a cost-cutting...

The release of Vox

Oct 19, 2011 / 9:00 am

The Canadian ebook company Kobo is getting into the crowded tablet market and beating a major competitor to the punch. Orders are now being taken for the Kobo...

Redford wants to outlaw Keystone XL

Oct 19, 2011 / 6:07 am

One of Hollywood's most iconic screen cowboys is calling TransCanada's Keystone XL pipeline a threat to the splendour of America's heartland. In a...

Let's just stay home

Oct 19, 2011 / 5:57 am

Residents from abroad took two million trips to Canada in August, down one per cent from July, while Canadian residents took five million trips outside the...

Galaxy Nexus smartphone unveiled

Oct 18, 2011 / 10:25 pm

Samsung Electronics unveiled the latest version of its Galaxy Nexus smartphone Wednesday, the first to use the latest version of Google's Android operating...

Bombardier builds for World Cup 2022

Oct 18, 2011 / 4:09 pm

Bombardier (TSX:BBD.B) is poised to set up a plant in Qatar to fill a major railway contract launched by the Middle East emirate as it prepares to host...

Secrecy shrouds shipyard contracts

Oct 18, 2011 / 4:08 pm

Canada's long-suffering shipbuilders are expected to find out Wednesday how $35 billion in federal contracts will be divvied up. The decision follows an...

The Blackberry blues

The Blackberry blues

Oct 18, 2011 / 2:03 pm

With the recent troubles affecting Research in Motion and their popular Blackberry phone, the company is scrambling to ensure customers that both the phone and...

Bad news brings dollar down

Oct 18, 2011 / 6:12 am

The Canadian dollar was lower Tuesday as commodity prices eased and traders digested signs of slower Chinese economic growth. The loonie lost 0.28 of a cent to...

Seeing better with lasers

Seeing better with lasers

Oct 17, 2011 / 10:00 am

Vivid Laser Centre has invested in one of the most advanced laser technology platforms available in Canada. “It is truly remarkable the recovery time we...

Canadian dollar backs off

Oct 17, 2011 / 6:07 am

The Canadian dollar was lower Monday while the U.S. dollar strengthened after Germany tried to contain hopes that a comprehensive plan for solving Europe's...

A $621 million loss

Oct 17, 2011 / 5:31 am

Sun Life Financial Inc. (TSX:SLF) expects to book a loss of $621 million in the third quarter due to "substantial declines" in both equity markets and...

Outage has little effect on RIM shares

Oct 14, 2011 / 9:29 pm

When a company suffers a very public stumble, like Research in Motion did this week when its BlackBerry services went down around the world, its stock usually...

Canadians line up for new iPhone 4S

Oct 14, 2011 / 12:09 pm

Canadians lined up in droves to get their hands on the new iPhone 4S which went on sale today. Hundreds of people camped out at Toronto's Eaton Centre,...

Loonie takes flight amid good news

Oct 14, 2011 / 5:55 am

The Canadian dollar advanced Friday morning amid rising commodity prices with traders inclined to take on more risk as G20 finance ministers and central bankers...

Weak job market

Oct 13, 2011 / 6:02 am

The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits was mostly unchanged last week. A slight dip in applications suggests the job market isn't...

Spotty service

Oct 13, 2011 / 5:53 am

BlackBerry email and texting services are returning to normal, but the co-CEO of the company behind the smartphone device says it's too soon to say whether...

Air Canada strike blocked

Oct 13, 2011 / 5:45 am

Air Canada passengers are breathing a sigh of relief that a day of uncertainty has ended with the blocking of a planned strike by flight attendants just hours...

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