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Aboriginal word on stop signs in Kamloops stopped by B.C. legislation
Sens top Leafs in ‘scuffle’ of Ontario
Ottawa Senators' Jared Cowan, right, gives Toronto Maple Leafs' Matt Frattin a shove during third period NHL hockey action in Ottawa on Wednesday, Jan 21, 2015.
Bieksa out of Canucks lineup indefinitely with broken hand, will require surgery
Vancouver Canucks' goalie Ryan Miller (30) is congratulated by Kevin Bieksa (3) after the Canucks' victory 4-1 victory over the St. Louis Blues in an NHL hockey game in St. Louis on Oct. 23, 2014. Kevin Bieksa will be out of the Vancouver Canucks' lineup indefinitely as he recovers from surgery on a broken hand.The club announced Wednesday night that Bieksa will require surgery. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP, Bill Boyce
Prentice says austerity will start at top in bid to balance budget amid low oil
Different housing markets, politics, multiple bond markets all complicate ECB stimulus effort
Television ratings for Obama's State of the Union address drop to 15-year low
Embattled Saanich, B.C., mayor wants to get on with city business
Former Bloc MP Maria Mourani to run for New Democrats in Montreal riding
NDP leader Thomas Mulcair raises the hand of Maria Mourani in Montreal, Wednesday, January 21, 2015, where he announced that she would run as an NDP candidate in the riding of Ahuntsic-Cartierville in the upcoming federal election. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graham Hughes
Tracking software installed on Saanich mayor’s computer ‘atypical’
Richard Atwell the Mayor of Saanich
Some questions and answers about spills of briny wastewater from oil and gas production
Official: Nearly 3 million gallons of saltwater spills in ND, largest since oil boom began
In this photo taken Jan. 12, 2015, crews dig up land at a saltwater spill site near Blacktail Creek outside Williston, N.D. A North Dakota health official called the 70,000 barrel spill the state's largest during the state's current oil boom. (AP Photo/Williston Herald, Zack Nelson)
Aboriginal word on stop signs in Kamloops stopped by B.C. legislation
B.C dog walker awaits sentence for canine deaths
Mourners watch as blankets with photos of deceased dogs are raised during a memorial in Langley, B.C., on Sunday June 22, 2014. Charges have been laid against a dog walker from Langley, B.C., who is accused of leaving six dogs to die in a hot truck.
Provincial loan to balance budget is ‘financially responsible,’ says Tory
Anne Hathaway heading to the stage this spring in 1-woman play 'Grounded' led by Julie Taymor
Actress Anne Hathaway attends the premiere of "Song One" hosted by The Cinema Society and Tod's at the Landmark Sunshine Cinema on Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2015, in New York. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)
Scarborough teen’s death prompts TTC to test new bus safety measures
Toronto’s transit agency is looking at a range of safety measures, including a small-scale test of dashboard camera technology, in the wake of a girl being killed by a bus.
BC Hydro chief vows contentious Site C dam will be built
BC Hydro president and CEO Jessica McDonald addresses a Vancouver Board of Trade luncheon in Vancouver, B.C., on Wednesday January 21, 2015.
Obama taps Brian Deese, longtime economic and budget aide, to replace Podesta in senior role
ESPN sues Notre Dame over police records involving athletes; says school violated records law
Prentice says austerity will start at top in bid to balance budget amid low oil
Alberta Premier Jim Prentice gives a state-of-the-province address in Edmonton, Alberta on December 9, 2014. The aftershocks of Alberta's collapsing petro-economy will shake up homes and businesses from coast to coast to coast, Premier Jim Prentice said Wednesday.
NHL loses Arizona Coyotes bankruptcy decision
Phoenix Coyotes owner Jerry Moyes leaves U.S. Federal Bankruptcy Court in Phoenix, Arizona September 23, 2009.
Seattle mulls sanctioned tent cities to address homeless crisis
A homeless man in Abbotsford, B.C., in 2013, near where chicken manure was unloaded to drive off a camp’s residents.
Two decades after apartheid ended, racial tensions rattling South Africa
Zelda la Grange, a former assistant to Nelson Mandela, said in a tweet that President Jacob Zuma ‘brutalized’ whites.
Rainn Wilson is reinvented on 'Backstrom,' backed by Canadian showrunner
Following Mark McMorris’s journey to becoming a snowboarding superstar
Canadian snowboarder Mark McMorris celebrates after winning bronze in the slopestyle event and Canada's first medal of the Sochi Winter Olympic games at the Rosa Khutor Exterme Park February 8, 2014.
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Film Review: A deglamorized Jennifer Aniston in the drab indie 'Cake'
This image released by Cinelou Films shows Jennifer Aniston, left, and Sam Worthington in a scene from "Cake." (AP Photo/Cinelou Films, Tony Rivetti Jr.)
RCMP brass launch review of B.C. officer's shooting; corporal still recovering
Heated debate on transit tax referendum highlights Langley divide
A man exits a Canada Line train car at the Oakridge-41st Avenue Station in Vancouver in April, 2014. Critics of the proposed tax say most of it will go toward subway improvement in Vancouver, while supporters say other regions need more funds for their own transit.
Pegida UK marches will test racial tensions in Britain
Police separate a demonstration of Leipzig's Europeans against the Islamization of the West (LEGIDA), a group linked with the Pegida movement, from a counter demonstration, top, in Leipzig, Germany, on Wednesday.
Former Bloc MP Maria Mourani to run for New Democrats in Montreal riding
Maria Mourani salutes supporters in Montreal, Wednesday, January 21, 2015, where it was announced that she would run as an NDP candidate for the riding of Ahuntsic-Cartierville in the upcoming federal election.
Taking stock after Canada's retail shake-up
Dollarama is the only retailer that passes all of our criteria.
Saskatchewan RCMP officer charged with drug trafficking in greater Toronto area
Police crime tape.
Fund manager alleges Dragons’ Den star owes $1.3-million, seeks bankruptcy declaration
Michael Wekerle, chief executive officer of Difference Capital Financial Inc., speaks during an interview in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on Monday, Dec. 1, 2014.
The Bay Street veteran going head to head with Wekerle
Clarke Fraser made pioneering discoveries in McGill’s ‘mouse room’
Clarke Fraser in his mouse lab from 1976.
Top financial regulators back proposals to revamp process for picking big firms for oversight
The roller-coaster ride of Talisman shares
Rosenberg: Why defensive stocks can retain their shine
David Rosenberg
Other provinces to gain from Alberta’s oil price pain
Honda employees work at the Honda plant in Alliston, Ontario, Thursday, November 6, 2014. Honda Motor Co. Ltd. announced that it plans to invest $857-million at its manufacturing plants in Alliston.
Judge: Polygamous leader's brothers must answer certain questions in child labour investigation
Lyle Jeffs leaves the federal courthouse in Salt Lake City, Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2015. A federal judge says two brothers of polygamous sect leader Warren Jeffs can cite their religion in refusing to answer questions about suspected child labor violations on a Utah pecan farm. Nephi and Lyle Jeffs, who are considered high-ranking members of the secretive sect, testified in a Salt Lake City courtroom that their church doctrine bars them from talking about the group's dealings. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)
Kelly: The NFL deflation scandal is a boon for a beleaguered league
Cathal Kelly
UnitedHealth, IBM, Netflix, Advanced Micro Devices and Acacia are big market movers
Obama visit to GOP strongholds of Idaho, Kansas no accident, White House says
President Barack Obama, accompanied by Col. John Millard, Commander of the 89th Airlift Wing, walks from Marine One to board Air Force One, Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2015, at Andrews Air Force Base, Md., en route to Boise State University where he will discuss the themes in his State of the Union address. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
BC Hydro CEO says Site C dam will be built, marks a 'new era' for utility
Sunken canal boats from mid-1800s found in Lake Ontario
This image taken from video shows diver Andrew Driver swimming over part of a 19th-century canal boat that lies on the floor of Lake Ontario's eastern end near Oswego, N.Y.
American Express to cut more than 4,000 jobs this year
In Fort McMurray, it’s almost business as usual despite oil plunge
The Suncor tar sands processing plant near the Athabasca River is shown at their mining operations near Fort McMurray, Alberta, in this September 17, 2014 file photo. Despite the drop in oil prices, the impact on local businesses isn’t expected to be severe as long as production continues.
The Scout List: Post Secret, Human Library and Hot Chocolate Festival
Frame grab from Hot Chocolate festival promo video.
Uber raises $1.6 billion in financing from Goldman Sachs wealth clients
Baird declines invite for special Syria meeting at Davos that includes Iran
Foreign Minister John Baird returns to Canada on Sunday after nearly two weeks out of the country, on a trip that has also taken him to Egypt and Israel.
One more headwind for Bombardier: underfunded pension plans
David Milstead
Hot Ticket: PuSh Festival
Tim Watts’s The Adventures of Alvin Sputnik is one of PuSh Festival artistic and executive director Norman Armour’s top picks at this year’s festival.
Oil's threat vs. household debt: Poloz's delicate balancing act
Realtors' signs are hung outside a newly sold property in a Vancouver neighbourhood where houses regularly sell for $3-$4 million, September 9, 2014. The Bank of Canada’s surprise move to cut interest rates reflects a tricky balancing act: Protect the economy from the oil slump, without fuelling household debt that’s already near record levels.
Discover Financial posts lower 4Q profit as one-time charges offset growth in card lending
A sign for Discover is displayed in the window of a New York business, Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2015. Discover Financial Services reports quarterly financial results after the market closes on Wednesday. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)
Federal messaging on unpaid interns changed with NDP’s private member’s bill
Bill C-636, to be debated in the coming weeks, would also extend all workplace standards and safety provisions to interns.
ESPN sues Notre Dame over police records involving athletes; says school violated records law
Ouellette, Wickenheiser headline Canadian women's hockey camp roster
Central bank action around the world spurs global rally
David Berman
Crown defends hockey legend Guy Lafleur’s 2008 arrest warrant
Montreal Canadiens hockey legend Guy Lafleur leaves the courtroom for the lunch break in his lawsuit against the Montreal police and Quebec's attorney-general on Monday, January 12, 2015, in Montreal. The Crown maintains the warrant issued for the arrest of Lafleur in 2008 was justified considering the seriousness of the crime.
Target Canada owes billions to long list of creditors
A Canadian flag flies on the car of a customer's car parked in front of a Target store in in Guelph, Ont. on March 5, 2013.
Crown wants 25 years for former Arctic priest convicted of sexual abuse
Eric Dejaeger leaves an Iqaluit, Nunavut courtroom Jan. 20, 2011. Prosecutors are asking an Arctic court to send a defrocked priest convicted of sexually abusing dozens of Inuit children to jail for 25 years.
How the Dow Jones industrial average and other major indexes fared on Wednesday
Supreme Court landfill case could clip Competition Bureau’s wings
IKEA monkey’s former owner has two new macaques
Yasmin Nakhuda is shown with one of her two new Japanese macaques in a post on a Facebook page run by her supporters.
Lab tests suggest some e-cigarette use may release high levels of cancer-causing formaldehyde
Microsoft pushes multi-platform Windows 10, for free
Joe Belfiore, vice-president of Microsoft’s Operating Systems Group, was part of a media event where the company trumpeted how Windows 10 has been designed to work on all platforms – notably mobile.
Three top picks from Shaunessy Investment’s Terry Shaunessy
Terry Shaunessy.
Men charged in Barrie, Ont., allegedly tried to recruit women into sex trade
Ontario court won’t hear Aberdeen case until after vote
A stock photo of a corporate boardroom.
Jan. 22: Politicians’ hands – and other letters to the editor
At Westminster show, 2 new breeds and a bigger roster of agility dogs will have their day
Karen Profenna, from New City, N.Y., gets down hands and knees to allow Hailey, her mixed breed all American dog, to get onto her back to show tricks, during a press preview for the 139th Annual Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show, Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2015, in New York. Hailey will compete in the 2nd Annual Masters Agility Championship at Westminster Feb. 16-17. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)
Italy unveils record haul of rare antiquities found in raids on Swiss warehouses of dealer
Antiquities recovered by Italian Carabinieri, military police, are displayed at Terme di Diocleziano museum during a press conference in Rome, Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2015. Italian authorities have unveiled what they said was a record haul of rare antiquities illegally looted from Italy and discovered during raids on Swiss warehouses belonging to an accused Sicilian art dealer. The carabinieri police's art squad estimated the value of the 5,361 vases, kraters, bronze statues and frescoes at some 50 million euros. The works, from the 8th century B.C. to the 3rd century A.D., were laid out Wednesday at the National Roman Museum and may go on public display. Carabineri Gen. Mariano Mossa said it was "by a long shot the biggest recovery in history in terms of the quantity and quality of archaeological treasures." They were found during an investigation into Basel-based art dealer Gianfranco Becchina, accused by prosecutors of being part of a huge trafficking network. (AP Photo/Claudio Peri, Ansa)
Despite high cost, independent ISP Distributel expands IPTV service
Matt Stein, CEO of Distributel Communications Ltd., says being able to offer television to customers who already have Internet and home phone services is “the next logical step,” adding that all independent ISPs will eventually need to do the same despite the expense.
Most actively traded companies on the TSX
Supreme Court won't take up fight over ownership of looted art at Norton Simon Museum
Bank of Canada’s element of surprise may be short-lived
David Parkinson
Home decor trends of 2015: shades of gold, mixing metallics, statement pieces
The Puzzle collection (left to right) chandelier, mirror and table lamp by Jonathan Adler are shown in a handout photo. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Jonathan Adler
Infographic: Cloud-computing companies
Bank of Canada is right. Now’s a good time to ‘take out some insurance’
Bank of Canada Governor Stephen Poloz holds a news conference on the Bank of Canada's decision to reduce interest rates, Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2015.
Obama, GOP clash over income tax rates, but some see hope for a breakthrough on business taxes
American Express posts 11 per cent rise in 4Q profit as card member spending increases
A sign for American Express hangs outside a New York business, Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2015. American Express reports quarterly financial results after the market closes on Wednesday. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)
EBay plans to cut 2,400 jobs, may spin off or sell enterprise unit; adds Icahn exec to board
RBC alleges theft of $200,000 from Vancouver branch was an inside job
Workers at Nova Scotia agricultural campus vote to strike in contract dispute
Canada’s job market not immune to oil price shock, Poloz says
Governor of the Bank of Canada, Stephen Poloz speaks with media during a news conference Thursday June 12, 2014 in Ottawa.
Police in Windsor, Ont., asking for DNA sample from anyone who knew slain woman
As gold rebounds, producers use chance to replenish coffers
Gold bars are stacked at a safe deposit room of the ProAurum gold house in Munich in this March 6, 2014 file picture. Gold companies in North America, where more than half of the industry is based, have announced or completed at least $808.3-million (U.S.) of stock sales since the start of January, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.
EBay beats 4Q earnings expectations, misses revenue forecasts
Vancouver Whitecaps bolster defence by signing centre back Pa-Modou Kah
More high-skilled jobs or low-wage work? Either way, there will be losers
Carl Mortished
To build or not to build? Key issues and updates in the Keystone XL oil pipeline debate
Sen. Al Franken, D-Minn., center, joined by Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., left, and Sen. Edward J. Markey, D-Mass., gestures during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2015, to talk about the Keystone XL Pipeline bill being debated on the Senate floor. Despite President Barack Obama's veto threat, the Republican-controlled Senate is moving ahead on the bill to construct a pipeline that would carry oil from Canada to refineries on the U.S. Gulf Coast. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
Blackbird Infrastructure tabbed as preferred builder for Highway 407 East Phase 2
Colby Rasmus excited to sign with Houston after years in Toronto
Toronto Blue Jays center fielder Colby Rasmus makes a catch on a ball hit by Los Angeles Angels' Chris Nelson during the fifth inning of their baseball game, Thursday, Aug. 1, 2013, in Anaheim, Calif.
World leaders need to tackle rise of extremism, Hillary Clinton says
Former U.S. secretary of state Hillary Clinton speaks at a Winnipeg Chamber of Commerce luncheon on Wednesday. She later spoke on Saskatoon.
Alzheimer's drug Aricept linked to rare but serious side effects: Health Canada
Coal miner is a speculative pick
Canada is betting big on higher coal exports to China, which is a key customer of metallurgical coal, a vital ingredient in the making of steel.
Nova Scotia Utility and Review Board approves dissolution of town of Springhill
Politics and pipelines: House passes bill on gas pipelines, as Senate considers Keystone XL
Ray Whitney retires after 22-season NHL career
Dallas Stars left wing Ray Whitney laughs as he warms up before his opening game against the Phoenix Coyotes on Jan. 19, 2013.
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