GeneralDefence department loses 1,100 jobs; more cuts expected WednesdayYou can bet that the water-cooler talk among federal bureaucrats Wednesday will be about which jobs will go, and which will...
GeneralCanada see ’biggest increase’ in gas prices since Hurricane Katrina—and there’s no end in sightGas prices are too high—it’s a complaint as commonplace in our society as bad weather, and its being heard across Canada as...
GeneralToo many people and businesses are cheating the tax system and getting away with itThe AG says the CRA needs to do a better job
GeneralOctogenarian woman lands airplane moments after her pilot husband dies in the cockpitAn 80-year-old woman from Wisconsin pulled off a death-defying airplane landing moments after her pilot husband died from a heart...
CanadaStudies say: Ice age humans feasted on ancient gargantuan slothsOur semi-regular roundup of findings from the world of academia
GeneralConservatives to re-think F-35 purchase in response to damning Auditor General reportFor months, opposition parties in Ottawa have been slamming the Conservatives for their insistence that Canada must replace its...
GeneralU.S. places $10-million bounty on radical Islamist blamed for 2008 terrorist attacks in MumbaiThe United States has placed a $10-million bounty on the head of Hafiz Saeed, the leader of the Islamist group in Pakistan...
GeneralScheduled pipeline hearings shortened after protests in Bella Bella, including a student hunger strikePart of the Northern Gateway pipeline hearings scheduled in the B.C. coastal town of Bella Bella have been cancelled after some...
GeneralProvincial election takes a satirical turn with the creation of Alberta’s Wild Boar Party—led by Smith DanielsIt’s safe to say that Albertans will choose between the Progressive Conservatives of Alison Redford and the libertarian-leaning...
GeneralCarney and Harper play up importance of emerging markets for Canadian exportsBank of Canada Governor Mark Carney told a Waterloo, Ont., audience Monday that Canada’s ability to trade with markets in...