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Restructuring vote sought for Lawrence fund Monday, January 5, 2009 @ 4:09PMHedge fund has lost 67 per cent of its value; proposal seeks to give new life to some of its assets
Financials, energy power TSX up; U.S. stocks cautious after last week?s rally Monday, January 5, 2009 @ 4:05PMTORONTO - The Toronto stock market extended its winning streak to five sessions Monday thanks to strong gains in energy, base metals and financial
Bank of America Says Bet on Loonie Drop Versus Swiss Franc Monday, January 5, 2009 @ 4:03PMJan. 5 (Bloomberg) -- Bank of America Corp. recommended that investors bet that the Canadian dollar will weaken against the Swiss franc as the commodity boom falters.
Canadian dollar makes strong gains against greenback Monday, January 5, 2009 @ 4:03PMTORONTO - The Canadian dollar put in a strong showing Monday, reflecting a advances in oil prices and increased optimism on stock
Toronto Stocks Finish At Multi-Week High, But Pare Much Of Rally - Canadian Commentary Monday, January 5, 2009 @ 4:01PM(RTTNews) - Bay Street stocks surrendered much of their daily gains late in the day but still posted a 7 1/2-week closing high. The S&P/TSX Composite Index added 51.40 points or 0.56% to 9,285.51.
Sand mine, plant raise controversy during 2008 Sunday, January 4, 2009 @ 7:38AMA proposal for a sand mine in the town of Howard and a sand processing plant in Chippewa Falls mined controversy for the better part of 2008.
Somali kidnappers release Western journalists Sunday, January 4, 2009 @ 7:37AMBOSASSO, Somalia (Reuters) - Somali kidnappers have freed two foreign journalists abducted last November in the northern port of Bosasso, local officials said on Sunday.
Somali kidnappers release two Western journalists Sunday, January 4, 2009 @ 7:36AM Source: Reuters (Adds quotes and background) BOSASSO, Somalia, Jan 4 (Reuters) - Somali kidnappers have freed two foreign journalists abducted last November in the northern port of Bosasso, local officials said on ...
SA firm offers 33.5% stake to GMR Energy Saturday, January 3, 2009 @ 7:45AMGMR Energy, the subsidiary of GMR Infrastructure, has been offered a 33.53 per cent stake in South Africa-based Homeland Energy Group after the Indian firm decided to exit from the latter’s subsidiary.
Liquidation World Announces Fiscal 2008 Results Friday, January 2, 2009 @ 5:51PM BRANTFORD, ONTARIO-- - Liquidation World Inc. today announces the results of the 2008 fiscal year, representing the 52-week period ended October 5, 2008.
Avalanches kill 2 at Whistler Friday, January 2, 2009 @ 5:50PMA skier and a snowboarder were killed in separate avalanches at Whistler resort in British Columbia.
Final national security certificate suspect released Friday, January 2, 2009 @ 5:49PMA Federal Court judge ruled Friday that the last terrorism suspect being held on a national security certificate be released
Most actively traded companies on Canadian stock markets Friday, January 2, 2009 @ 5:48PMTORONTO - Some of the most active companies traded Friday on the Toronto Stock Exchange and the TSX Venture Exchange:Toronto Stock Exchange
Slovakia shocks United States with 5-3 win in world junior quarter-finals (The Canadian Press) Friday, January 2, 2009 @ 5:47PMOTTAWA - Slovakia pulled off the first big upset of the world junior hockey championship with three first-period goals and 46 saves from Jaroslav Janus to defeat the United States 5-3 in the quarter-finals on Friday at Scotiabank Place.
Ski runs closed because of avalanche risk Friday, January 2, 2009 @ 5:45PMA ski resort in western Canada where two skiers were killed by avalanches closed more of its runs Friday because of growing danger.
Canadian soldier charged with 2nd degree murder charge Friday, January 2, 2009 @ 10:41AMCaptain Robert Semrau faces prosecution in connection with the shooting death of an unarmed Afghan man last fall, military police said
What should I eat and drink after working out? Friday, January 2, 2009 @ 10:41AMA postexercise nutrition tip: Chug chocolate milk with caution
Assembling The Great Canadian Songbook Friday, January 2, 2009 @ 10:41AMCBC Radio 2 is asking its listeners to submit candidates for a collection of " 49 songs from north of the 49th parallel that best represent" the Great White North as an offering for Barack Obama iPod.
Boxing: Lewis backing Johnson and Haye Friday, January 2, 2009 @ 10:39AM Lennox Lewis, like nearly all great fighters, is obsessed with his legacy. He wants to be remembered as the best of his era, and he should certainly be regarded among the all-time top 10 heavyweights of his calling. But, five years after he retired, his occasional references to his contribution to boxing, sometimes in the third person, are still misread as ego-driven. For instance, his ...
50 Years of Revolution, and Cubans Still Fleeing Friday, January 2, 2009 @ 10:37AMFour months after they appeared in the waters between Havana and Miami, the four dead men remain nameless. At a morgue in the Florida Keys, they lie on stretchers stacked like bunk beds, their bodies chewed by sharks, their faces too putrified to be recognized.
Canadian Dollar Climbs as Oil Pares Drop, U.S. Greenback Falls Friday, January 2, 2009 @ 10:36AMJan. 2 (Bloomberg) -- The Canadian dollar gained for the first time in three days as crude oil pared an earlier loss and the U.S. greenback weakened after a report showed manufacturing shrank at the fastest pace in three decades.
Sponsored Listing Friday, January 2, 2009 @ 10:36AMWestern Canadian Coal intends to provide a $36 million (£25.8 million) loan facility to potential bid target Cambrian Mining.
Peabody Energy Faces Potent Headwinds in 2009 Friday, January 2, 2009 @ 10:35AMThis article observes that stocks in the coal sector have been hit hard by plunging commodity prices...( Read More )
2 skiers killed in Canadian avalanches Thursday, January 1, 2009 @ 10:00PM WHISTLER, British Columbia, Jan. 1 (UPI) -- Two skiers were killed at a resort in the Canadian Rockies in areas that were off limits because of the risk of avalanches, authorities said Thursday.
Buddy Holly documentarian still seeks Capitol Theatre pictures Thursday, January 1, 2009 @ 9:57PMThis month marks the 50th anniversary of Buddy Holly’s concert at the Capitol Theatre in Davenport, part of a tour which ended tragically with the deaths of the rock ’n’ roll pioneer, as well as Ritchie Valens and the Big Bopper, in a plane crash after a show in Clear Lake, Iowa.
Community Happenings Thursday, January 1, 2009 @ 9:51PMFRIdaY Community blood pressure clinic At the Medicine Shop, Central Street (Summerside Valu-Foods) 1-3 p.
Junior rivalry renewed Thursday, January 1, 2009 @ 9:48PMThe fire that burns whenever Canada and the U.S. play each other at the world junior hockey championship had a few more logs thrown on it in Wednesday.
Baby on board: mother gives birth over Canada Thursday, January 1, 2009 @ 9:43PMA Ugandan woman has given birth to a healthy baby girl on a plane from Amsterdam to Boston while flying over Canadian airspace, making the child eligible for Canadian citizenship, US media has reported.
Snowboarder rescued in Canada Thursday, January 1, 2009 @ 4:15PMVANCOUVER, BC (AP) - A Canadian snow boarder pulled from the side of a Vancouver, BC mountain says he never gave up. Jamie Martin spent three nights in freezing temperatures. His family thought he was dead.
Two Canadians in stable condition after Mexican strip-club shooting Thursday, January 1, 2009 @ 4:11PMTwo Canadian tourists are in stable condition in hospital after they were injured in a shooting at a nightclub in the Mexican tourist destination of Cabo San Lucas.
2 Canadians injured in Mexican nightclub shooting Thursday, January 1, 2009 @ 4:09PMTwo Canadians have been shot in a nightclub in the Mexican resort destination of Cabo San Lucas.
Two Canadians shot in Mexico strip club Thursday, January 1, 2009 @ 4:09PMVancouver tourists in stable condition in hospital
Ugandan gives birth to baby girl over Canadian air space Thursday, January 1, 2009 @ 4:07PM A Ugandan woman gave birth to a healthy baby girl on a plane from Amsterdam to Boston while flying over Canadian airspace, making the child eligible for Canadian citizenship, US media reported Thursday.
Big changes on the energy front Thursday, January 1, 2009 @ 3:59PMWorried about “peak oil”?
65 ambassadors present their seasonal wishes to Lebanon and its people Thursday, January 1, 2009 @ 3:58PMMany thanks indeed to Monday Morning, which, at the end of the year 2008, has offered me the chance,to express to all the Lebanese my warmest and most sincere good wishes. May 2009 see the fulfillment of all their aspirations in a Lebanon at peace, reconciled with itself and prosperous.
Mardi Gras on the water Thursday, January 1, 2009 @ 6:59AMThe lights are strung across the bow of the Endeavor, a 120-foot party boat docked in Newport Harbor in preparation for what promoter Alan Freeman hopes will be the largest party on the water for the Newport Beach Christmas Boat Parade.
Baby girl born on US-bound flight Thursday, January 1, 2009 @ 6:40AMA Ugandan woman gives birth to a baby girl in a rare mid-flight delivery on board a Northwest Airlines flight to Boston.
HIGH SCHOOL ROUNDUP Thursday, January 1, 2009 @ 6:32AMWRESTLING Brute Invitational CHINO HILLS — Costa Mesa senior David Garcia beat a wrestler from Bonita, 9-8, to win the 140-pound championship at Chino Hills High Saturday.
Salvation Army kettle campaign misses goal Wednesday, December 31, 2008 @ 8:19PMBLOOMINGTON -- A short season and rough weather kept The Salvation Army’s Red Kettle Campaign from reaching its $210,000 goal this year.
Man gets what he always wanted -- his very own train Wednesday, December 31, 2008 @ 8:19PMDECATUR -- Nothing says Christmas for boys like a train set under the tree.
Baby born during trans-Atlantic flight Wednesday, December 31, 2008 @ 8:12PMThere were 124 passengers when the plane left, but 125 when it landed.
Striking transit workers to vote on pact Wednesday, December 31, 2008 @ 8:10PM OTTAWA, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- Striking transit workers in Ottawa were ordered by a federal official Wednesday to vote on a labor contract offer their leaders rejected.
Toronto filmmaker plans to use prosthetic eye camera for documentary Wednesday, December 31, 2008 @ 8:02PMBig Brother is watching - and so is Little Brother.
TD Canada Trust bank machines face nationwide glitch Wednesday, December 31, 2008 @ 2:45PMTD Bank (TSX:TD) says a computer glitch is causing outages of its customer banking and investor services across the country.
Baby born during trans-Atlantic flight to Boston Wednesday, December 31, 2008 @ 2:44PM There were 124 passengers on Northwest Airlines Flight 59 when it left the Netherlands. There were 125 when it landed in Boston. Phil Orlandella, a spokesman for Logan International Airport, says a woman went into labor and gave birth to an apparently healthy baby girl over the Atlantic Ocean on Wednesday during the eight-hour flight from Amsterdam.
Woman goes into labor, gives birth to baby girl on transatlantic flight to Boston Wednesday, December 31, 2008 @ 2:44PMBOSTON - There were 124 passengers on Northwest Airlines Flight 59 when it left Amsterdam. There were 125 when it landed in Boston.
Angels sign Fuentes to fill reliever spot Wednesday, December 31, 2008 @ 2:40PMThe Los Angeles Angels announced on Wednesday the signing of free agent closer Brian Fuentes to a two-year deal.
Top 10 television programs in Canada for the week of Dec. 15-21 Wednesday, December 31, 2008 @ 2:39PMTORONTO - Here are the top 10 television programs in Canada, with viewer numbers, for the week of Dec. 15-21:
Puget Ventures Inc. Closes Private Placement with MineralFields and Others for Follow Up Funds on High Grade Trout Bay ... Wednesday, December 31, 2008 @ 2:38PM VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA-- - Puget Ventures Inc. is pleased to announce it has closed a non-brokered private placement financing of 1.4 Million units at a price of $0.20 per unit, for total proceeds of up to C$280,000.
Suspect charged with a beheading that shocked the world to go on trial in 2009 Wednesday, December 31, 2008 @ 2:36PMWINNIPEG - He was an easygoing 22-year-old carnival worker who enjoyed hanging out with friends, playing video games and listening to the hard-core, hip-hop group Insane Clown Posse.