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Unions fight to represent potash workers at Saskatchewan mine
Kelly: German juggernaut spoils samba party
Cathal Kelly
Review: At off-Broadway's 'Wayra,' old tricks and a new name somehow still amaze
Tommy Wingels eager to commit to San Jose’s ‘rebuilding’ plan
San Jose Sharks centre Tommy Wingels attempts to move the puck past Los Angeles Kings center Jeff Carter during the first period in game four of the first round of the 2014 Stanley Cup Playoffs at Staples Center.
B.C. Lions staying calm despite 0-2 start to CFL season
B.C. Lions' quarterback Kevin Glenn, right, is sacked by Montreal Alouettes' Alan-Michael Cash (91) during first half CFL football action in Montreal, Friday, July 4, 2014.
Canadian senators, MPs in Israel go to bomb shelter amid air raid sirens: trip organizer
Brazil experiences the agony of the beautiful game
Brazil soccer fans cry as they watch their team get beat during a live telecast of the semi-finals World Cup soccer match between Brazil and Germany, inside the FIFA Fan Fest area on Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Tuesday, July 08, 2014.
Donald Sterling gives testy testimony in Los Angeles Clippers sale trial
Shelly Sterling, the estranged wife of Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling, leaves a Los Angeles courthouse Monday, July 7, 2014. A jurisdictional issue delayed Monday's scheduled start of a trial focusing on whether Donald Sterling's estranged wife had the authority under terms of a family trust to unilaterally negotiate a $2 billion sale of the Los Angeles Clippers. (AP Photo/Nick Ut)
Alberta nurses, government support contract that mediator recommends
Iraq says ‘terrorists’ seize former chemical weapons facility where deadly sarin is stored
Shi'ite volunteers, who have joined the Iraqi army to fight against militants of the Islamic State which was formerly known as the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), march in the city of Kerbala, southwest of Baghdad, July 7, 2014. Picture taken July 7, 2014.
Restoring power a painstaking process in Maritimes after Arthur’s damage
A large uprooted tree rests against a house in Oakland, N.S. on Saturday, July 5, 2014. Thousands of homes and businesses were without power as heavy rains and high winds from tropical storm Arthur buffeted the region.
Breaking down Toronto’s midseason tailspin
Toronto Blue Jays' Edwin Encarnacion, centre, is assisted off the field after tripping while running to first base in the first inning of a baseball game against the Oakland Athletics on Saturday, July 5, 2014, in Oakland, Calif.
No Panic: B.C. Lions staying calm despite 0-2 start to CFL season
Tiny hedgehogs roamed B.C. 50 million years ago
Paleontologists work on fossil-bearing sediments at the "North Face" fossil site in Driftwood Canyon Provincial Park, British Columbia, where the extinct hedgehog fossils were collected, in 2010.
Doyle: This wasn’t about a Brazilian collapse… It was all about German engineering
John Doyle
Forestry groups warns of climate change impact on B.C.'s ecosystems
Joint declaration comes not from scientists but from a collection of professional associations who work in the field managing forests.
Driver hurt, horse dies in chuckwagon training runs
Outriders are seen during the chuckwagon races at the 101st Calgary Stampede in Calgary , Alberta Sunday, July 7, 2013.
Wildfire leads to evacuation order for 200 workers in oil and gas camps in B.C.
An aerial view of the Red Deer Creek wildfire near the B.C./Alberta boundary is shown in a government of British Columbia handout photo. A raging wildfire has now burned through twenty-square kilometres of northeastern B.C. brush as the Red Deer Creek blaze is fanned by strong winds. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO
Surrey Six trial defence calls former gang leader 'one of the worst witnesses'
Lawyer describes ex-Red Scorpions gang leader Michael Le, who has testified at the Surrey Six trial, as one of the most unreliable witnesses he’d ever encountered.
An operating room 'black box' the future of surgical procedure
St Michael’s Hospital’s Dr. Teodor Grantcharov (centre) believes new technology can provide a “black box” recording of what goes on in the operating room, similar to the recording devices found in airliners today.
Quebec MNA under fire for taking new patient bonuses during 18-month stint as doctor
Quebec Education Minister Yves Bolduc reacts in news conference at the Quebec legislature in Quebec City on Tuesday, July 8, 2014.
A look at the all-time World Cup goal leaders
Germany's Miroslav Klose celebrates after scoring his team's second goal against Brazil during their 2014 World Cup semi-finals at the Mineirao stadium in Belo Horizonte July 8, 2014.
Mayoral candidates divided on plan to make Eglinton more cyclist, pedestrian friendly
Workers are seen at the Eglinton Crosstown West Launch Shaft in Toronto. New payroll data from Statscan shows that Canada’s labour market is making modest gains.
The best pictures from July 8
A Brazil fan cries as she watches the 2014 World Cup semi-final between Brazil and Germany at a fan area in Brasilia. Germany scored five goals in 18 astonishing first-half minutes on their way to a 7-1 semi-final mauling of Brazil on Tuesday which shattered the host nation's hopes of winning their sixth World Cup. It was the most shocking result in the tournament's history, Brazil's record World Cup defeat and their first at home in 64 competitive matches since 1975.
Pospisil savours Wimbledon title that has reinvigorated his game
Vasek Pospisil of Canada, right, and Jack Sock of the U.S. hold their winners trophies after defeating Bob Bryan of the U.S. and Mike Bryan of the U.S. in their men's doubles final tennis match at the Wimbledon Tennis Championships, in London July 5, 2014.
A diversified portfolio for a bull market that's long in the tooth
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Carlos Slim's telecom giant America Movil will sell assets to avoid limits of Mexico reform
Cenovus boss says company needs all the transportation it can get
On Northern Gateway, CEO Brian Ferguson said potential shippers such as Cenovus are still behind the project.
Three top stock picks from Avenue Investment’s Paul Gardner
Fans flood in to Craven Country Jamboree site in southern Saskatchewan
Al Jazeera America nears 1st birthday voicing confidence, building 'for the long run'
Transcript: Are your co-workers giving you bad ideas?
Does work stress cause you to overeat?
Bill Howatt
What to do when it’s lonely at the top
It can be lonely at the top, so it helps if CEOs turn to peer groups for support.
Our boss harasses us. What can we do?
Daniel Lublin
Home Depot raises warning flag on a pesticide tied to bee deaths
A garden centre is seen at a Home Depot in Toronto, Wednesday July 2, 2014
Does anyone really know what strategy means?
Harvey Schachter
LeBron James holds meetings in Las Vegas hotel, offers no insight on future
FILE - In this March 1, 2012 file photo, Miami Heat's LeBron James (6) throws powder in the air at the start of their NBA basketball game with the Portland Trail Blazers, in Portland, Ore.
Five things your dividend ETF isn’t telling you
John Heinzl
Peterborough MP Dean Del Mastro to take stand in own defence Wednesday
MP Dean Del Mastro arrives at court in Peterborough, Ont., on Monday June 23, 2014.
Vancouver Mayor's separation announcement strategy is a mystery
Gary Mason
Is Egypt getting ready to free Canadian Mohamed Fahmy?
FILE - In this Thursday, May 5, 2014 file photo, Mohammed Fahmy, Canadian-Egyptian acting bureau chief of Al-Jazeera, appears in a defendant's cage at a courtroom in Cairo, Egypt. An Egyptian court on Monday, June 23, 2014, convicted three Al-Jazeera journalists and sentenced them to seven years in prison on terrorism-related charges after a trial dismissed by rights groups as a politically motivated sham. The verdict brought a landslide of international condemnation and calls for Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi to intervene. El-Sissi, on Tuesday said he will not interfere in court rulings, sparking an international outcry. (AP Photo/Hamada Elrasam, File)
What to do about the shocking number of deaths from opioid addiction
Prescription pill bottle containing oxycodone and acetaminophen are shown in this June 20, 2012 photo. The rate of fatal overdoses from opioids such as oxycodone and morphine has soared over the last 20 years as prescriptions for the addictive and highly potent painkillers have continued to rise, an Ontario study has found. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graeme Roy
General Electric wants to clean up oil sands, CEO Jeff Immelt says
General Electric CEO and Chairman Jeff Immelt addresses the media after GE and Suncor Energy announced the signing of two agreements, in Calgary, Alberta July 8, 2014.
Steve Nicks joining upcoming season of NBC's 'The Voice' as adviser to Adam Levine's team
FILE - This May 13, 2014 file photo shows Stevie Nicks, winner of the BMI Icon Award, at the 62nd Annual BMI Pop Awards in Beverly Hills, Calif. Nicks has come on board The Voice this season as Adam Levine’s adviser to his team. She and Adam have been filming in Burbank, Calif., with his team of 12, working with each of his artists as they assign songs and rehearse with them, preparing for the Battle Rounds. Season 7 of The Voice started production last month and will premiere on September 22 on NBC. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP, File)
All 3 commercial plane bodies hoisted from Montana riverbank after train derailment
This Saturday, July 5, 2014 photo by Brock Sarbeck provided by Wiley E. Waters Whitewater Rafting shows a freight train that derailed near Alberton in western Montana, sending three cars carrying aircraft components down a steep embankment and into the Clark Fork River on Thursday, July 3. Montana Rail Link spokeswoman Lynda Frost says 19 cars from a westbound train derailed. No injuries were reported, and the cause of the derailment is under investigation. (AP Photo/Wiley E. Waters Whitewater Rafting, Brock Sarbeck)
Bail set at $1.1M each for twin brothers charged with killing Good Samaritan in California
The agony and ecstasy of the World Cup semis
A fan of Brazil reacts while watching a broadcast of the 2014 World Cup semi-final against Germany at the Fan Fest in Brasilia, July 8, 2014.
Samsung feeling the heat as cheaper competition catches up
A man using his mobile phone walks past a Samsung Electronics shop in the company's main office building in central Seoul July 23, 2013.
Business Highlights
Vending machine industry lures back customers with healthier offerings
Vending machines in the main hallway of the Trinity Community Recreation Complex in Toronto on Oct. 12, 2011.
Jerry Sandusky's son describes abuse allegations to Oprah Winfrey; interview to air next week
This June 27, 2014 image released by OWN shows Matt Sandusky, the adopted son of former Penn State University assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky, during an interview with Oprah Winfrey, airing on OWN on Thursday, July 17. The network says Matt Sandusky describes grooming, methodical control and manipulation by his father. He's one of six children Jerry and Dottie Sandusky adopted. Matt Sandusky settled a civil claim against Penn State. His allegations weren't part of the criminal case that ended two years ago with a 45-count conviction for Jerry Sandusky, who is serving a lengthy prison sentence. (AP Photo/Harpo, Inc., George Burns) MANDATORY CREDIT: GEORGE BURNS
Saskatchewan RCMP hope for tips in case of Estevan girl missing since 2004
Betting against Canadian banks is always a bad idea
Brian Milner
Sobeys to sell former Safeway dairy operation to Agropur co-op for $356 million
Lawyers spar in Yukon court over Peel River watershed protection
Sean Hayes joining cast of CBS sitcom 'The Millers' for its second season
In this April 7, 2012 file photo, Bleu, a French bulldog owned by Maria Catania, watches DogTV in her apartment in San Diego, Calif. One million subscribers with two cable companies have access to DogTV in San Diego. The 2-year-old television network for dogs asked Grammy winning musician Andrew Dost of the indie rock band Fun to write some psychoacoustic music for the network. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull, File)
Discovery Fit & Health to get new format and name, Discovery Life Channel, in January
StatsCan requests SIN data for survey test run
The Statistics Canada offices in Ottawa are seen on Tuesday, May 1, 2013.
Third North Dakota saltwater storage facility destroyed by lightning in recent weeks
In this Monday, July 7, 2014 photo, firefighters battle a blaze caused by a lightning strike at a saltwater disposal facility near Alexander, N.D. In just over a month, lightning strikes have destroyed three of the state's more than 440 saltwater disposal facilities. Saltwater is a byproduct of oil production. (AP Photo/Josh Wood)
Hundreds of dockworkers briefly walk off jobs at ports of Los Angeles, Long Beach
Truck drivers and supporters picket outside the offices of Green Fleet Systems in Carson, Calif., on Monday, July 7, 2014. The truckers say the companies have prevented them from unionizing and improperly classified them as contractors, rather than full-time employees, to minimize wages and benefits. (AP Photo/Matt Hamilton)
Forwards Scott Kosmachuk and Nic Petan could add scoring power to Jets
Winnipeg Jets' Scott Kosmachuk (72) takes a shot on the third day of NHL hockey training camp Friday, Sept. 13, 2013 in Winnipeg. Hope and hard work are the cards for young prospects eager to make the Winnipeg Jets, but some are a lot closer to playing that hand in the NHL than others.Forwards Kosmachuk and Nic Petan look slated to cash in sooner rather than later. THE CANADIAN PRESS/John Woods
Oil prices little changed ahead of key US crude and refined stockpile information
Senate Democrats promise legislation to try to override Supreme Court ruling on contraception
Gunman fatally shoots wife, self at Washington medical complex where she worked
Sara Lavigne, right, and her mother, cancer patient Jana Lavigne, leave Deaconess Health and Education Center after witnessing a shooting in the Rockwood Cancer Treatment Center, Tuesday, July 8, 2014, in Spokane, Wash. Police say a gunman fatally shot his wife Tuesday morning before turning the weapon on himself at a downtown Spokane medical center. Spokane police said a man went to his wife's workplace in the Deaconess Medical Center complex and opened fire. Police said no one else was injured in the shooting. (AP Photo/The Spokesman-Review, Colin Mulvany)
Canada looks to India’s Modi to follow through on treaty protecting investors
India's next prime minister and Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Narendra Modi, center, meets employees of Gujarat state government during a function in Gandhinagar, India, Wednesday, May 21, 2014. Modi resigned as Gujarat state Chief Minister Wednesday after being elected as India’s new prime minister. Anandiben Patel, Indian politician and member of BJP will succeed him.
Wildrose promises to clean up tailings ponds, end carbon capture and storage
Saskatchewan, New Brunswick to join national securities regulator
Sources say Saskatchewan and New Brunswick will sign on to Cooperative Capital Markets Regulator Wednesday in a ceremony in Ottawa with federal Finance Minister Joe Oliver, embracing a plan backed by Ontario and British Columbia last September.
Energizer Holdings to close Montreal feminine care plant, affecting 430 workers
Now Trending: Katie Holmes surprises with racy photo in next month’s Glamour magazine
Katie Holmes on the cover of Glamour magazine.
Most actively traded companies on the TSX, TSX Venture Exchange
Pink, Kate Hudson, Jared Leto make Armani couture a celebrity circus, as Chanel targets Asia
Italian fashion designer Giorgio Armani acknowledges applause, following the presentation of the Giorgio Armani Prive Fall Winter 2014-15 fashion collection, in Paris, Tuesday, July 8, 2014. (Francois Mori)
Chronology: A look at the long legal odyssey of Canadian-born Omar Khadr
Omar Khadr is seen in Guantanamo Bay's Camp 4 on October 23, 2010. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Colin Perkel
Hundreds line up at Washington pot shops as state begins legal marijuana sales
Cale Holdsworth, of Abeline, Kan., holds up his purchase after being the first in line to buy legal recreational marijuana at Top Shelf Cannabis, Tuesday, July 8, 2014, in Bellingham, Wash. Holdsworth had been in line since 4:00 a.m. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)
Next-level BBQ: Have you tried these five ingredients on the grill?
NY attorney general reaches deal with car service Uber to limit rider prices in emergencies
Aluminum maker Alcoa posts $138 million profit in 2Q on strong products business
Headed for splitsville? Jeweller has a ring for you
Mike Pinkesz, co-founder of Break Up Gems, based in Montreal.
Hard-to-read drug labels cause more than eye strain, could lead to dosage errors
Instructions on an over-the-counter pill bottle are shown in Toronto on Monday, July 7, 2014. Trying to decipher dose instructions written in small print on prescription medication labels can be a daunting task for people with vision impairment or dimming eyesight due to age, and the tiny font size used on many over-the-counter drugs can be even more squint-producing, say experts, who warn that labels with poor legibility could lead to potentially serious medication errors among patients. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graeme Roy
Real Housewives cast member from Atlanta sentenced to 8 years in prison in federal fraud case
This 2014 image released by Bravo shows Apollo Nida, left, and his wife Phaedra Parks, cast members on "The Real Housewives of Atlanta," during the taping of a reunion special in Atlanta. Federal prosecutors said Tuesday, July 8, 2014, that 35-year-old Nida has been sentenced to eight years in prison after pleading guilty to federal fraud charges. He was also ordered to pay restitution to victims of a $2.3 million scheme during his sentencing hearing in U.S. District Court in Atlanta. Nida is the husband of Phaedra Parks, one of the reality show's stars. He pleaded guilty May 6 to conspiring to commit mail, wire and bank fraud. (AP Photo/Bravo, Wilford Harewood)
Ottawa to announce progress on securities regulator, new converts
Calgary police say there are other leads in case of missing boy, grandparents
Police investigators prepare to search a hay field north of Airdrie, Alta., Monday, July 7, 2014, looking for clues to the disappearance of five-year-old Nathan O'Brien and his grandparents. Calgary police say the man taken in for questioning in the case is not the only person of interest in their investigation. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
Failure of Crumbs shows dangers of rapid expansion, tying business to a single product
Ohio man raises thousands of dollars in crowdfunding for potato salad
'Free the weed'; scenes from the first legal Washington pot sales
Dale Brown, left, and John Hultberg protest the opening of Altitude, a marijuana store as customers wait for the shop to open in Prosser, Wash., Tuesday, July 8, 2014. It was the first day marijuana could be sold legally in Washington state. Crawford, of Benton City, was purchasing the marijuana for recreational use. (AP Photo/Yakima Herald-Republic, Gordon King)
Potash Corp. CEO vows to resist price reductions
Potash Corp’s new CEO, Jochen Tilk
Guess, Shire, Delta, Ford and Zogenix are big market movers
COSIA 'very close' to establishing GHG targets, Suncor boss says
Images from the World Cup semi-final
Brazil's David Luiz and goalkeeper Julio Cesar hold jersey of their teammate Neymar as they sing the national anthem before their 2014 World Cup semi-finals against Germany at the Mineirao stadium in Belo Horizonte July 8, 2014.
World Cup daily briefing: July 9
Argentine and Dutch soccer fans watch their respective teams at the 2014 World Cup in Brazil.
Fossil finds show B.C. once a home where ancient hedgehogs roamed
Paleontologists work on fossil-bearing sediments at the "North Face" fossil site in Driftwood Canyon Provincial Park, British Columbia, where the extinct hedgehog fossils were collected, in 2010. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO, Dave Greenwood
Wheelchair-licensed cab drivers protest wage reduction in contract
Senate panel probing GM recall to hear from switch maker CEO, compensation expert Feinberg
Saskatchewan man charged after snowmobilers confronted by man with a shotgun
Uber goes after the nation's taxis with temporary price cuts in major US cities
FILE - In this Thursday, Feb. 27, 2014 file photo, New York City taxis drive through New York's Times Square. The car-hailing service Uber is taking on New York City's taxis, temporarily dropping some of its prices by 20 percent starting Monday, July 7, 2014. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
Ontario NDP must return to left-wing roots, two MPPs say
New Democratic Party MPP Peter Tabuns answers questions from the media following the announcement that additional documents were uncovered by the OPA related to the controversial cancellation of gas plants in Toronto on Thursday, February 21, 2013.
As Indonesia heads to the polls, new blood goes up against old elite
A tricycle driver transports ballot boxes that are being distributed to polling stations in Yogyakarta, Indonesia, Tuesday, July 8, 2014. As the world's third-largest democracy prepares to elect a new president Wednesday, Indonesians are divided between two very different choices: a former furniture maker, Jakarta Governor Joko Widodo and a wealthy ex-army general with close links to former dictator Suharto, Prabowo Subianto.
How to know when to sell the Big Six banks
First Canadian Place at right and TD Bank Towers centre and left.
The Time of Your Life: Shot over 12 years, Richard Linklater's 'Boyhood' depicts growing up
This image released by IFC Films shows Ellar Coltrane at age eighteen in a scene from the film,"Boyhood." (AP Photo/IFC Films)
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