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CBC-Quebecor conflict ends Canadian Broadcasting Corp. and Quebecor appear to have reached a truce in their long-running public battle. In an agreement announced Monday, the public broadcaster will now buy advertising in Quebecor media outlets, such as the Sun newspaper chain and the...

Another month of fiscal conservatism and economic prosperity. Thanks jebus we're axing student employment centers and keeping corporate tax cuts!! Canadian economy sheds 2,800 jobs in February Canadians continued to find work hard to come by in February as 2,800 jobs were lost across the...

Where's Ezra?!? Victory for Sun News: CBC pulls porno Call it a victory for common sense. Radio-Canada, CBC's French wing, has pulled its soft-porn web-TV series, Hard, from its Tou.tv website. "This show is no longer available on Tou.tv," says a notice on the series' page. "Visit our...

Economic equality an ongoing battle for women, prof says "The reality is: even though there are nearly as many women in paid work as there are men these days, women really exist as second-class economic citizens," says Lahey, a Queen's University professor specializing in fiscal policy...

It's been shown for a while now that warming in the last 40-50 has significantly increased, even in periods where solar cycles are at their lowest and when cooling climate factors, like La Nina are at their peak. It's a shame that the policy needed to help reduce anthropogenic influence in...

Climate change could make Canada's traditional ice hockey extinct Milder winters with shorter ice season and unfrozen lakes could render much loved winter sport unplayable, study claims A quintessentially Canadian winter tradition – outdoor ice hockey – could be facing extinction...

Mayor loses as TTC board restructured City councillors have taken the wheel from Toronto’s mayor on the crucial transit file, removing five of his allies from the TTC board and returning Karen Stintz as its chair. The defeat, which played out over a dramatic day-long council debate, sends...

Taxpayers cough up $12-million for ads touting Flaherty’s budget When Finance Minister Jim Flaherty announced this week that March 29 will be federal budget day, the very first words out of his mouth heralded the coming “Jobs and Growth Budget.” If the phrase sounds vaguely familiar, it...

Canada Economy: Dollar Soared, Job Losses Piled Up OTTAWA - A new paper on the impact the strong Canadian dollar has had on the economy puts into sharp focus why Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty is not the oilsands' best friend. The analysis by Bank of Montreal economist Douglas Porter...

Human Resources Minister quietly axes student job centres The employment centres for students that have opened every spring for more than four decades in communities across Canada have been cancelled by the federal Human Resources department, which says it can offer the same services...

Gas prices to rise by 10 per cent, expert predicts Closing refineries, problems in Europe and in the Arab world, and moody markets mean Canadian motorists can expect to pay high prices right into the summer, says one expert. This week Montreal drivers were unexpectedly walloped, with prices...

Canada to lose its 'PEARL' of Arctic research Canada's most northerly research station is ceasing year-round operation, a "draconian" move decried by scientists both nationally and internationally. "Its closure shows a stunning lack of interest on the part of the Canadian government in...

Budget watchdog contradicts Tories on cost of sentencing crackdown New restrictions on the use of conditional sentences will lead to higher costs for Ottawa – and especially the provinces – according to a new analysis by the Parliamentary Budget Officer. The report by Kevin Page directly...

Taxpayers footing the bill for Redford blitz As a Progressive Conservative bus rolls around Alberta with Alison Redford’s face on it, you’d be forgiven for assuming an election campaign is formally under way. Or that this month’s budget – ads for which run regularly on radio stations – has...

French election: Hollande wants 75% tax on top earners The Socialist favourite in France's presidential election, Francois Hollande, has said top earners should pay 75% of their income in tax. "Above 1m euros [£847,000; $1.3m], the tax rate should be 75% because it's not possible to have...

Canada’s economic growth rate slows while U.S. gains speed More Americans are getting jobs, buying houses and feeling generally optimistic while Canada’s economic recovery appears about to stall. Consider this tale of two economies: • The U.S. created 243,000 jobs in January, twice the...

McGuinty dismisses Alberta premier call to defend oilsands development TORONTO - Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty is rejecting calls from his Alberta counterpart to do more to publicly defend the oilsands. Alberta Premier Alison Redford wants the premiers of Ontario and Quebec to speak out...

GOP scientists? rofl

Renowned Scientist Confesses to Stealing Heartland Institute Documents In a startling disclosure, world renowned scientist, Peter Gleick, co-founder and president of the Pacific Institute for Studies in Development, Environment, and Security and the chair of the American Geophysical Union’s...

Military did damage control in wake of Peter MacKay’s helicopter flight OTTAWA—Military personnel were asked to dig up dirt on an opposition MP in the wake of revelations Defence Minister Peter MacKay was picked up in a search-and-rescue helicopter from a 2010 fishing trip, defence...