Amazon Is Now Bigger Than Walmart, At Least According To The Stock Market
Maybe it was inevitable: Retail’s online giant has just unseated retail’s brick-and-mortar giant on the stock market. Based on market value, Amazon is now bigger than Walmart. Amazon shares surged more...
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Person Caught Feeding Bear On Video In Banff Fined $1,000
If they've told us once, they've told us a million times: Stop feeding the animals in our national parks. Parks Canada released a video Thursday that shows a visitor feeding a black bear from a car on...
View ArticleAlberta Murderers, Convicts Look For Online Love Matches
The mostly muscular men on Canadian Inmates Connect describe themselves as "loyal" and "shy at times," simply looking for a "special girl." The earnest profiles contrast sharply with the crimes they're...
View ArticleMusic Tastes Are Related To How Your Brain Works: Study
While temperament, personality and values are some of the things that shape our musical preferences, cognitive style may be an even more accurate predictor. Such is the theory posited by a team of...
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Kim Kardashian Has Cornrows For Hype Energy Drink Ad Campaign
Just a week after younger sister Kylie Jenner was called out for appropriating black culture, new photos of Kim Kardashian's latest ad campaign for Hype Energy drinks have been released, with the...
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NDP, Liberals Want Joe Oliver To Appear Before House Finance Committee
OTTAWA — The opposition parties want to call Finance Minister Joe Oliver before a parliamentary committee for an emergency meeting to discuss the weakening of the Canadian economy and the government’s...
View ArticleBeetroot Benefits: 10 Things You Should Know
Before we confuse anyone, let's just get the facts straight: beetroot is the root portion of the beet plant — a.k.a. the beets you're already cooking and eating for your health. "Beetroot and beet...
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Canada's Most Expensive Homes, July 2015
It's incredible to think of the homes you can afford with deep pockets in Canada. You can buy a mansion. An island. Or an estate once owned by Henry Ford's family. Those are just three properties...
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Alberta Photographer Of The Month: Jamieson Caskenette (PHOTOS)
When we first came across Jamieson Caskenette's photography, we asked ourselves: "is there anywhere in Alberta this guy hasn't seen?!?" He travels far and wide, often leaving the beaten path or trail...
View ArticleUber And The 'Sharing Economy' Divides The Political Left, Giving The Right...
DENVER - The debate over ride-hailing firm Uber is laying bare divides in the Democratic Party and on the left about how to handle the new "sharing'' economy. Republicans are hungry to exploit that...
View ArticleTransLink CEO Job Posting Reveals Generous Pay Package
Less than a month after cutting two top manager positions, TransLink has posted a job opening for its CEO — with an eye-popping compensation package. According to the online ad, the new CEO of the...
View ArticleMorinville Girl Drowns In Pond: Alberta RCMP
MORINVILLE, Alta. — Police near Edmonton say they are investigating a drowning of a two-year-old girl. RCMP in Morinville say the girl was reported missing on Saturday morning after she had been...
View ArticlePetronas LNG Deal Subject Of B.C. Finance Minister's Malaysia Trip
VICTORIA — British Columbia's finance minister is travelling to Malaysia to discuss a $36 billion liquefied natural gas project in the province's northwest. Michael de Jong will meet with officials...
View ArticleKanye West, Pitbull To Perform At Toronto's Pan Am Games Closing Ceremony
TORONTO — The Pan Am Games come to an end tonight, with a closing ceremony set to feature Kanye West. The Chicago hip-hop artist will be joined by Serena Ryder of Millbrook, Ont., and Miami pop-rapper...
View ArticleTory Defector Eve Adams Fights For Liberal Nomination In Toronto
TORONTO — Liberals in a Toronto riding decide today whether former Conservative MP Eve Adams will represent them in the coming federal election. Adams is up against lawyer Marco Mendicino in...
View ArticleHead Of Canadian Olympic Committee Wants Toronto To Host 2024 Summer Games
TORONTO — The head of the Canadian Olympic Committee is leading the charge for Toronto to bid for the 2024 Olympic Games. A spokesman says Marcel Aubut will "use the full power of his office" to push...
View ArticleOrganizers Hope Excitement For Pan Am Games Carries Over To Parapan Am Games
TORONTO — As the Pan Am Games enter their final weekend, organizers say they hope excitement for the international competition carries over to the Parapan Am Games. More than 1,600 athletes are set to...
View ArticleMohamed Fahmy, Canadian Journalist Detained In Egypt, Braces For Verdict
Mohamed Fahmy's long-running legal battle is about to hit its climax. A Cairo court is expected to deliver a verdict Thursday for the Canadian journalist being tried on widely denounced terror charges...
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Kate Middleton Goes Sporty Chic At The America's Cup World Series
Kate Middleton sure does sporty chic well! On Sunday, the Duchess of Cambridge attended The America's Cup World Series event in Portsmouth, England, marking her first public appearance since the birth...
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Alberta Golf Course Goes To The Dogs This Season.. Literally
An Alberta golf course is hoping to keep it in the "ruff" this season, by allowing dogs on the course for the first time ever. Billed as “Alberta’s first pet-friendly course,” the Woodside Golf Course...
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