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I could really use this for shoe shopping days. A Toronto-area mall has given up on enticing men to shop this Christmas season and is letting them embrace their guyness with a new "Ultimate Men's Holiday Lounge." Plush leather recliners. Flat-screen TVs. A spot to practice their golf swing...

TORONTO - Resources will continue to drive the economies of Saskatchewan, Alberta and Newfoundland and Labrador forward next year, leading Canadian economic growth. That's according to the latest provincial forecast from the Royal Bank of Canada. In a report released early Monday, Canada's...

Will Iceland Switch to the Canadian Dollar? A push is underway for Iceland to switch its currency from the oft-troubled krona to the Canadian dollar, according to a report in Canadian Business. Despite bouncing back considerably from the financial crisis of 2008, Iceland is considering new...

Bronies are allegedly grown men who collect and watch My Little Pony. I'm not impressed. Each day, out-of-work computer programmer Luke Allen self-medicates by watching animated ponies have magical adventures. The 32-year-old, who lives in Albuquerque, New Mexico, loves his daily fix of...

The Japanese government apologized Thursday for the mistreatment of captured Canadian soldiers during the Second World War. Veterans Affairs Minister Steven Blaney acknowledged the apology while leading a delegation of veterans to Japan. It was delivered by Toshiyuki Kato, Japan’s parliamentary...

WASHINGTON — Undercover American narcotics agents have laundered or smuggled millions of dollars in drug proceeds as part of Washington’s expanding role in Mexico’s fight against drug cartels, according to current and former federal law enforcement officials. The agents, primarily with...

Let's get this straight....citizens need to use their nations borrowing power to borrow money from banks to lend back to the bank so the banks can lend money to the people? It all makes perfect sense. 9:01PM GMT 30 Nov 2011 The interwoven banking and sovereign debt crisis in the eurozone has...

#1 According to U.S. Representative Betty Sutton, America has lost an average of 15 manufacturing facilities a day over the last 10 years. #2 Sadly, it looks like this trend is picking up momentum. During 2010, an average of 23 manufacturing facilities a day were shut down in the United...

Russian warships are due to arrive at Syrian territorial waters, a Syrian news agency said on Thursday, indicating that the move represented a clear message to the West that Moscow would resist any foreign intervention in the country's civil unrest. Also on Friday, a Syrian official...

An unelected dictatorial technocracy.. What a great idea! ROME (AP) — Italian Premier Mario Monti urged lawmakers Friday to not "pull the plug" on his government before elections in 2013, no matter how politically painful the measures in his plan to save Italy from its debt crisis. Monti...

ROME — As dubious European bond markets looked on, a former member of the European Commission and well-respected economist, Mario Monti, was sworn in as prime minister and finance minister on Wednesday, unveiling a cabinet of technocrats charged with repairing Italy’s ailing economy to help keep...

Flaherty warns Canada's finance minister issued a dire warning today, saying the euro debt crisis could take the world to the brink of another recession. In a speech in Tokyo, Jim Flaherty urged the 17-member euro zone to take "concrete actions" to deal with the dual debt and banking crises...

Mounties are investigating three B.C. teenage boys who posed as underage girls online, lured men to meet them for sex then confronted the accused sexual predators dressed as superheroes. The shenanigans were videotaped and posted in recent weeks on YouTube, under the title To Troll a...

Wait for it, Tony Clement says. In one of the most anticipated events on the Hill, the Treasury Board President will testify before a Commons committee Wednesday afternoon. This, after weeks and weeks of questions in the House – led by the tenacious NDP MP Charlie Angus – about millions of...

The CBSA investigates the dumping and subsidizing of certain stainless steel sinks Ottawa, Ontario, October 27, 2011 – The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) announced today that it is initiating investigations into the alleged injurious dumping and subsidizing of certain stainless steel...

The world’s population touched another milestone on Monday as India and the Philippines welcomed “symbolic” seven billionth babies. A baby girl, born to 23-year-old Vinita and Ajay at a local community health centre at 7.20 am at Mall in Uttar Pradesh, was welcomed as the seven billionth baby...

PERTH, Australia - Commonwealth leaders have ignored warnings that their decaying association will die without urgent reforms and have failed to reach significant agreement on how to ensure its member nations abide by human rights principles and the rule of law. The development came...

Fantastic! Who would want their rights to go to the dogs? PERTH, Australia — Commonwealth leaders on Saturday failed to establish a human rights watchdog for their 54-nation bloc, but insisted that progress had been made during their summit to promote democratic values. Australian Prime...

WINNIPEG — Calling Prime Minister Stephen Harper and his government bullies, the chairman of the Canadian Wheat Board has made good on a promise to take the government to court over legislation to strip the board of its monopoly. "This Harper government has acted illegally and unethically in...