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Canada Loses Haven Status as Loonie Drop Fails to Spark Exports Canada was the envy of developed economies following the global recession, boasting the world’s soundest banks and a robust housing market that helped push its currency above parity with the U.S. Those days are gone. The dollar...

Bombardier lays off 1,700 employees Bombardier is slashing six per cent of its workforce in the Aerospace division. The Montreal-based company told employees on Tuesday that the cuts are required due to delays in the launch of new planes and tough market conditions. It said it needs to...

Guess who's number 1... Seven countries responsible for two-thirds of climate change, research shows New research has found that just seven countries, including the UK, account for 63% of climate change. Relative to population size, the UK has pumped the most greenhouse gases into the...

No improvement to healthcare since Harper came into power. Canada ranks last in international study on doctor access Canada ranked last for doctor access among 11 countries surveyed, according to a new report. The US ranked second last. The 2013 health policy survey by the Commonwealth Fund...

Conservative ideologues incoming.. No room for nuance in Harper's Mideast Ever since 1947, when Canada voted at the United Nations in favour of the partition of Palestine to create the state of Israel, every Canadian government has supported that state. Liberals and Progressive Conservatives...

I heard he turned down a co-hosting opportunity with Levant.. Chris Hadfield, retired Canadian astronaut, lands CBC gig Canada's most famous astronaut has a new gig. CBC says Chris Hadfield will be a recurring contributor on its nightly news show The National and on CBC Radio One, starting...

Media Advisory - Canada's Natural Resources: Blessing or Curse to the Canadian Economy? CALGARY, Jan. 17, 2014 /CNW/ - There is no question that Canada has a rich and varied resource portfolio. Many people would assume this abundance of natural resources is an economic boon - but is it really...

Falling loonie tied to underperforming economy The Conference Board of Canada is calling the decline in the Canadian dollar the economic story of the year so far, predicting further declines as the Canadian economy underperforms. The loonie began the day stronger on Thursday, rising to 91.48...

Baird: Even a 'no' on Keystone XL is better than silence Even a “no” would be better than no decision on the long-delayed Keystone XL pipeline, Foreign Minister John Baird told a Washington business audience Thursday. “The time for a decision on Keystone is now, even if it’s not the right...

She's coming..... Olivia Chow ‘seriously considering’ run for mayor as she calls on Harper to give Toronto storm relief funding Olivia Chow — who announced she’s “seriously considering” running for mayor of Toronto — is urging the Conservative government to work with Ontario to provide...

Wynne refuses to meet with Ford to discuss ice-storm funds A meeting between Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne and Toronto Mayor Rob Ford appears increasingly unlikely after the Premier refused to sit down with the troubled mayor and Mr. Ford backed away from his desire for a face-to-face meeting...

Former Conservative campaign worker given immunity in exchange for robocalls testimony Former Guelph Conservative campaign worker Andrew Prescott has agreed to give evidence to Elections Canada in the investigation of a robocall that sent hundreds of opposition supporters to the wrong polling...

Shiny Pony strikes again! First pot, now prostitution: Liberal party to debate legalization First it was pot; now it's prostitution. Liberals broke new ground at their last national policy convention, becoming the first federal party to advocate legalizing, regulating and taxing marijuana...

Actually it's jet streams that influence heat waves.

Cooler oceans are not a forcing, they're a feedback mechanism. You have to go further back and look at what causes the ocean's temperature to be what it is and that should also play a significant factor in atmospheric temperature.

All those articles identify it as a hypothesis that doesn't explicitly make the causal connection yet.

And the duration of the heat wave compared to this one?

Do you know how widespread that heat wave was? Australia's pretty big.

As the Rob Ford scandal gripped Toronto, unemployment quietly surged According to Statistics Canada, the city’s jobless rate has climbed steadily from a three-month moving average of 7.8 per cent in the summer, through 8 per cent to 8.2 per cent in November, and, finally, 8.4 per cent last...

I was talking about our winter, not Australia. And of course the same thing happened then, but far less bats died. No one's pinning it on global warming.