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Samsung, Apple agree to drop all patent lawsuits outside US
A woman walks by advertisement posters of Samsung Electronics' Galaxy S5, Apple's iPhone 5s and iPad Air at a mobile phone shop in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, Aug. 6, 2014. Samsung and Apple Inc. have agreed to end all patent lawsuits between each other outside the U.S. in a step back from three years of legal hostilities between the world's two largest smartphone makers. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
Forensic audit renews controversy over Brampton mayor’s spending
Brampton Mayor Susan Fennell is shown in May, 2013. Her expenses are under the microscope in the wake of a forensic audit.
San Diego man charged with biting off man's fingertip at Jay-Z and Beyonce concert
Beyonce and Jay Z perform on Tuesday, Aug. 5, 2014, in San Francisco. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP, Mason Poole/Invision for Parkwood Entertainment
TSB investigates near miss involving two WestJet flights at Winnipeg airport
Union urges guards to press charges against inmates after assaults
Doyle: Under-20 Women's World Cup is real, raucous and intense
John Doyle
Take a deep breath, Jays fans – it’s a long road to October
Cathal Kelly
SaskPower CEO apologizes for smart meters, says bills won’t go up
Gary Murphy, Chief Project Officer for Smart Metering at BC Hydro, opens a box containing smart meter units which will be installed in homes around BC in the coming months July 5, 2011. In Saskatchewan, smart meter customers are getting a personal apology from the president and CEO of SaskPower, who admits the smart meters did not meet the expectations of its customers.
Canadian forced to leave Myanmar over leg tattoos
Jason S. Polley, an English professor in Hong Kong, originally of Russell, Ont., says he was vacationing in Myanmar when he was forced to leave because his tattoos supposedly caused offence.
SaskPower CEO apologizes for smart meters, says bills won't go up
Toronto may part ways with City Hall café operator
The City of Toronto is at odds with the company operating the City Hall cafeteria fronting on Nathan Philips Square.
U.S. neutralizes about 60 per cent of Syria’s most toxic chemicals: report
A UN chemical weapons expert, wearing a gas mask, holds a plastic bag containing samples from one of the sites of an alleged chemical weapons attack in the Ain Tarma neighbourhood of Damascus in this August 29, 2013 file photo.
From Vancouver to Brazil: World Cup Bus on charity mission
The World Cup Bus drove 19,000 kilometres form Vancouver to Brazil, reaching its final home at a small soccer school.
Lishchyna pulls out of Tory contest after MP Adams drops out
Natalia Lishchyna was seeking a nomination for the Conservative Candidate for Oakville – North Burlington federal riding. Ms. Lishchyna says she’s backing out, just days after her rival, Mississauga-Brampton South MP Eve Adams, called it quits. In a letter to Conservative members in the riding, Ms. Lishchyna says she believes it’s in the party’s best interest to restart the nomination process from scratch.
Ottawa mum over Canadian couple’s detention in China
A boy looks up as he walks past the closed coffee shop owned by Canadian couple Kevin Garratt and Julia Dawn Garratt in Dandong, Liaoning province, August 5, 2014.
Au revoir, Eugenie: Bouchard’s star rising despite Rogers Cup loss
Eugenie Bouchard backhands a ball to Shelby Rogers, ranked 113th in the world, during their second-round match on Tuesday. Bouchard lost in a shocker, 0-6, 6-2, 0-6.
B.C. First Nation chief’s lavish pay prompts call for ouster
Chief Ron Giesbrecht
Green Party president resigns amid controversy over Gaza comments
A Green Party sign sits at the foot of a podium in Vancouver on March 30, 2011, before leader Elizabeth May discusses her exclusion from the televised election debates.
Police officers in Mexico in missing Liknes family case
Douglas Garland is escorted into a Calgary police station in connection with the disappearance of Nathan O'Brien and his grandparents in Calgary, Alta., on July 14, 2014. The Crown has stayed identity theft charges against a man accused of murder in the deaths of a five-year-old Calgary boy and his grandparents. Garland was initially charged with identity theft in a matter unrelated to the disappearance of Nathan O'Brien and Alvin and Kathy Liknes in June.
Liberal labour deal keeps bureaucrats’ salaries down
Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne speaks at a press conference after passing of the 2014 Budget at Queen's Park in Toronto, Thursday July 24, 2014. The Ontario majority government’s first negotiated labour deal appears to hold the line on bureaucrats’ salaries, setting a tempo that could help Kathleen Wynne make good on the Liberals’ pledge to keep salaries flat.
Bouchard cites pressures of stardom in shocking Rogers Cup tennis ouster
Eugenie Bouchard, from Montreal, reacts during her match against Shelby Rogers, of the United States, during first-round play at the Rogers Cup tennis tournament Tuesday August 5, 2014 in Montreal.
Canadian Eugenie Bouchard ousted from Rogers Cup by American qualifier
Eugenie Bouchard, from Montreal, reacts during her match against Shelby Rogers, of the United States, during first round play at the Rogers Cup tennis tournament Tuesday August 5, 2014 in Montreal. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Paul Chiasson
NBA rookies get crash course on the life of a pro athlete
Nik Stauskas is attending the NBA’s rookie camp this year with fellow Canadians Tyler Ennis and Andrew Wiggins.
Ukraine’s Ruslana, the voice of the people
Ruslana Lyzhychko received the U.S. Secretary of State’s Woman of Courage Award from Michelle Obama.
Pospisil falls in first-round matchup at Rogers Cup
Vasek Pospisil receives treatment during an injury time out in match against Richard Gasquet of France on day two of the Rogers Cup tennis tournament at Rexall Centre.
Foster parents are urged not to share bed with infants
Officials in Alberta recommend that foster parents stop letting babies sleep with them in bed, due to risks associated with falling or suffocation.
Prospective Bills buyer Pegula closes on $1.75 billion deal to sell drilling rights
More testing needed to determine effectiveness of experimental Ebola drug
Nancy Writebol, a missionary who contracted Ebola at a Liberian hospital, is wheeled into Emory University Hospital in Atlanta on Tuesday. Ms. Writebol is the second American with Ebola transported to the country for treatment. She has agreed to take an experiment drug.
Transit officials defend SkyTrain’s reliability
Sun Fang, VP, Maintenance at SkyTrain's operations and maintenance centre in Burnaby looks over the new tack switch controllers during a tour of the facility August 5, 2014.
TSB investigates near miss involving two WestJet flights at Winnipeg airport
Privacy breached for patients in Kamloops, B.C., when cabinet donated
The best images from August 5
A NATO soldier opens fire in an apparent warning shot in the vicinity of journalists near the main gate of Camp Qargha, west of Kabul, Afghanistan. Earlier in the day, a man dressed in an Afghan army uniform opened fire on foreign troops at the military base, killing a U.S. two-star general and wounding others, among them a German brigadier general and a number of Americans troops.
Shares drop after Sprint reportedly drops T-Mobile bid, citing regulatory concerns
'Big Bang Theory' to begin season 8 production after cast agrees to new contract deals
This publicity image released by CBS shows, from left, Kunal Nayyar, Johnny Galecki, Jim Parsons and Simon Helberg in a scene from "The Big Bang Theory." The studio that produces “The Big Bang Theory” said it has reached contract deals with the sitcom’s cast and the show will begin production Wednesday, Aug. 6, 2014, for the new season. (AP Photo/CBS, Monty Brinton, FIle)
B.C. teachers’ union and employer head back to table with full bargaining teams
Hundreds of B.C. teachers, parents and other union supporters rallied on the lawn of the B.C. Legislature on June 16, 2014 in Victoria in support of unionized teachers.
Canada announces roster for upcoming U-18 Ivan Hlinka Memorial Cup
Five worthy Canadian stocks with growing dividends
John Heinzl
Riders GM says Smith accused of visiting a bar, violating condition of release
6-week trial begins in 2011 Amtrak train-truck crash in rural Nevada that killed 6
Vancouver housing prices rise to new highs
Potential buyers arrive at an open house in the Strathcona neighbourhood of Vancouver, British Columbia
Hydrogenics leads the charge in fuel cells
A Hydrogenics production line is seen in this file photo. The company may be in the black by the fourth quarter.
2nd Conservative candidate quits bitter nomination race for Toronto-area riding
Report warns that Ontario’s hydro pensions are ‘not sustainable’
Rich pensions for employees of provincial electricity agencies are “not sustainable” and Ontarians may be forced to pay higher hydro prices to subsidize them, a government-commissioned report warns. The review, by pension expert Jim Leech, found that the vast majority of provincial hydro employees contribute less than a quarter of the cost of their defined benefit pensions.
Begrudgingly, NY judge obeys higher court and approves $285M Citigroup settlement with SEC
National wildlife refuges phasing out GMO crops, some pesticides across US to help bees
A winning approach to dealing with failure
Pay a fine, do no time
Formula One Chief Executive Bernie Ecclestone arrives back in the courtroom after an ajournment, at the regional court in Munich August 5, 2014. Ecclestone has offered to make a $100 million payment to end his trial on bribery charges, a district court in Munich said on Tuesday, with state prosecutors saying they would accept his offer that would save his job. Ecclestone, 83, went on trial in Munich in April over allegations he bribed a former German banker as part of the sale of a major stake in the motor sport business eight years ago. REUTERS/Michael Dalder (GERMANY - Tags: CRIME LAW BUSINESS SPORT MOTORSPORT F1 HEADSHOT)
A 100 per cent, genuine, unredacted billet-doux from Canada’s spies
Communications Security Establishment Canada (CSEC) chief John Forster waits to testify before the Senate national security and defence committee in Ottawa February 3, 2014. REUTERS/Chris Wattie (CANADA - Tags: POLITICS)
Three top stock picks from Baskin’s Barry Schwartz
Barry Schwartz, vice president and portfolio manager with Baskin Financial Services
Four principles of operational excellence
Harvey Schachter
Transcript: The socially responsible corporation? It’s a myth
Sears Canada recalls Joe Boxer branded boys pyjama sets for safety reasons
Report: Russian hackers steal 1.2 billion user names, passwords in massive Internet heist
Donald Trump sues to get Atlantic City company to drop his name from 2 casinos
This July 24, 2014 photo shows several lights burned out in the illuminated facade of the Trump Plaza Hotel Casino in Atlantic City, N.J. On Tuesday Aug. 5, 2014, Donald Trump sued Trump Entertainment Resorts, seeking to force the company to remove his name from its two Atlantic City casinos, Trump Plaza and the Trump Taj Mahal, alleging the company had allowed the casinos to fall into disrepair and tarnish the real estate mogul's personal brand. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry)
Cerner inks deal to buy Seimens' health information technology unit for $1.3 billion
As crews clear sandbars, backed-up barges may sail down Mississippi River by weekend
Canadians can vote online for favourite restaurant in enRoute magazine's poll
Alberta Mountie receives conditional discharge for shooting driver
StubHub launched music app nationwide in move to take on Live Nation in concert tickets
This product image provided by StubHub shows the company's StubHub Music app. The app, currently only for Apple iPhones, launched in San Francisco in June and expands to major cities nationwide Thursday, Aug. 7, 2014. The app scans your music library and recommends upcoming shows by your favorite artist. (AP Photo/StubHub)
Scottish independence campaign leader falters in TV debate
Scotland's First Minister Alex Salmond, left, and Britain's former treasury chief and leader of the pro-Union Better Together campaign Alistair Darling are shown during a televised debate Aug. 5 ahead of the referendum on Scottish independence, in Glasgow, Scotland. A second televised debate is to take place on August 25.
Historic Lancaster bomber departs for England
Business Highlights
Infographic: Your retirement bucket list
hands, old age, cash, money, bills, savings
A list of the top 20 prime-time programs in the Nielsen ratings for July 28-Aug. 3
United Refining, Enbridge strike cost-sharing deal for crude pipeline
Canada and EU free-trade deal clears major hurdle with deal on final text
Rob Ford musical casts Sheldon Bergstrom of Saskatchewan as lead
Actor Sheldon Bergstrom poses for a photo in Toronto on Tuesday August 5, 2014, as he prepares for the role of Rob Ford in the upcoming musical "Rob Ford the Musical: Birth of A Ford Nation" . THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young
Correction: Box Office story
Big week for 'Sharknado' but bad week for Fox in television ratings
Walgreen shares fall on media reports that it will not reorganize overseas to lower tax bill
Quit Yellen at Janet
U.S. Federal Reserve chair Janet Yellen weighed in on stocks in the biotech and social media sectors.
Anthem, Blue Shield start California medical information portal to reduce waste, improve care
Most actively traded companies on the TSX
Alberta RCMP issue arrest warrant for man suspected in abduction
Fifteen retailers that can stand up to online competition
Crowdfunding ‘is no silver bullet’
Adam Dunn and his co-owners at Monster Factory turned to Kickstarter when they wanted to raise money for a new product line.
Cracks in Russian economy begin to appear as tour companies collapse
Clients of the "Neva" tourism company stand in a line to get into its office while attempting to get back their money for paid vacation packages after the announcement of the bankruptcy of the company in St. Petersburg on July 16, 2014. Low-cost carrier Dobrolyot, operated by Aeroflot, suspended all flights last week after its airline leasing agreement was cancelled under European Union sanctions because it flies to Crimea, a region Russia annexed from Ukraine in March.
Judge: Disbarred attorney Stanley Chesley owes $42 million to former clients in diet drug case
US regulators tell biggest banks their plans in case of failure are inadequate
Canadians waste seven billion kilograms of food a year
The average Canadian household wastes between 500 to 750 grams of food per person a day, or about $1,500 a year, an Ivey Business School study found.
Man accused of throwing chair, assaulting guards on Woody Allen movie set
21st Century Fox drops attempt to buy Time Warner; Approves $6B for buying back stock
FILE - In this July 17, 2014 photo, Rupert Murdoch, executive chairman of News Corporation, listens to a question during a panel discussion at the B20 meeting of company CEOs in Sydney, Australia. Murdoch’s 21st Century Fox on Tuesday, Aug. 5, 2014 said it is abandoning its attempt to take over Time Warner in a proposed deal that would have combined two of the world’s biggest media companies. (AP Photo/Jason Reed, Pool, File)
MGM Resorts International posts a profit for 2nd quarter, strong results in Las Vegas
Dates for Newfoundland offshore bids changed as environmental study complete
Facing logjam in Congress, Obama seeks steps to curb tax breaks for firms moving overseas
President Barack Obama speaks at the US Africa Business Forum during the US Africa Leaders Summit, in Washington, Tuesday, Aug. 5, 2014. Aiming to sidestep a logjam in Congress, the Obama administration is looking for steps it could take on its own to prevent American companies from reincorporating overseas to shirk U.S. taxes, officials said. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
Recipes: Spice up your burger grilling routine with three exotic flavour profiles
A Lucy Waverman food dish photographed in Toronto, Ontario on July 3, 2014. Three types of burgers, Malaysian, at left with lettuce; Peruvian, centre, with egg and roasted pepper; and Korean, topped with kimchi, top.
The close: Selloff in U.S. stocks resumes
In this June 20, 2014 file photo, trader James Doherty works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange.
Teen charged after laser aimed at police helicopter in Richmond Hill
Bill Milne: Taking the road less toxic
Bill Milne’s eco-friendly products include everything from boat cleaners to horse barn dust controllers. ‘I would see what the industry needed … and then I would produce it.’
'Frozen' helps Disney 3Q profit increase 22 per cent, beating estimates
FILE - This file image released by Disney shows Kristoff, voiced by Jonathan Groff, left, and Anna, voiced by Kristen Bell, in a scene from the animated feature film, "Frozen." Disney reports quarterly financial results on Tuesday, Aug. 5, 2014. (AP Photo/Disney, File)
Teens’ bagpipes seized at Canada-US border because of ivory
You don’t have to major in bagpipes – but student skills and activities can lead to often overlooked scholarships and bursaries.
Police recover pills linked to VELD music festival drug-related deaths
Last weekend, a man and woman both died after ingesting what police are calling “party drugs” at VELD music festival.
Peruvian-style burger
Three types of burgers, Malaysian, at left with lettuce; Peruvian, centre, with egg and roasted pepper; and Korean, topped with kimchi, top.
Malaysian-style burger
A Lucy Waverman food dish photographed in Toronto, Ontario on July 3, 2014. Three types of burgers, Malaysian, at left with lettuce; Peruvian, centre, with egg and roasted pepper; and Korean, topped with kimchi, top.
Korean-style burger
Three types of burgers, Malaysian, at left with lettuce; Peruvian, centre, with egg and roasted pepper; and Korean, topped with kimchi, top.
How the Dow Jones industrial average and other major indexes fared on Tuesday
Taste Canada announces short list for culinary book awards set for October
A summertime treat: Pink Lemonade Bars
Canadian professor made to leave Myanmar over Buddha tattoos on right leg
Jason S. Polley, an English professor in Hong Kong, originally of Russell, Ont., says he was vacationing in Myanmar when he was forced to leave because his tattoos supposedly caused offence. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO - Jason S. Polley
OVO got bigger, but did it get better?
This year the question surrounding OVO Fest was whether Drake could top last year’s version. Drake performing during his OVO show at the Molson Amphitheatre in Toronto, Ontario on August 4, 2014.
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