Canadian Broadcasters Find Clever, Nasty Way To Slow Down Digital TV Revolution
Here’s some bad news for cable TV cord-cutters: You likely won’t be able to watch your favourite TV shows (legally) online for much longer. Canadian broadcasters are moving to a new model for online...
View ArticleHamilton company hedging bets on new kind of gamepad
Hamilton-area tech startup Tivitas is trying to do the impossible – bridge the gap between console gamers and PC gaming die-hards. At least that’s what they’re hoping to do with Sinister, the company’s...
View ArticleWoman dead after being hit by semi in downtown Vancouver
A pedestrian died after being struck by a semi truck in downtown Vancouver this morning. The Vancouver Police Department's Sgt. Randy Fincham issued a statement just after 9 a.m. PT, saying the...
View ArticleMalaysia Airlines: Former Montreal resident, wife on missing plane
A former Montreal resident and his wife are listed as the two Canadians passengers on a missing Malaysia Airlines flight from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing. Muktesh Mukherjee, 42, was living in Beijing with...
View ArticleDaylight saving: lose sleep, up risk with spring forward
It's the time of year again when most clocks in B.C. "spring forward" by an hour, and safety experts say it's also the week when the province sees a spike in the number of accidents. John Dickinson,...
View ArticleU.S. Government Is The Evil Empire As SXSW Interactive Exposes Tech's Dark Side
Technology doesn’t occur in a vacuum, as the heart-wrenching documentary “The Internet’s Own Boy” about the late information activist Aaron Swartz reminds us. And so the darkness that has enveloped the...
View ArticleParti Quebecois Election Platform Highlights Values Charter And French Language
LAVAL, Que. - The Parti Quebecois has released an election platform today that puts the proposed charter of values and protecting the French language at the top of its list of priorities.The platform...
View ArticleWestJet's #IWD2014 Tribute Reminds You Why Women In Aviation Are Awesome (VIDEO)
WestJet is making news again with one of its online videos but rather than celebrating a fat man in a red — er, blue suit — the airline is celebrating women in the aviation industry for International...
View ArticleFace Of Today Gala Draws Vancouver's Finest For A Good Cause
Surrounded by the philanthropic legacy of her mother Jacqui Cohen while growing up, it's no surprise that Kasondra Cohen-Herrendorf, heir to the Army and Navy department store fortune, caught the...
View ArticleSXSW: Julian Assange Warns Of Military Occupation Of The Internet, Calls...
“There's an exodus of national security reporters,” Wikileaks' infamous leader Julian Assange told thousands at SXSW's interactive conference in Austin, Texas today. “National security reporters are a...
View ArticleSouth Korea Free Trade Talks Spur Mixed Reactions From Ontario, Alberta
Canada's pending free-trade deal with South Korea is shaping up to be a tale of two provincial solitudes.Ontario is worried the deal will unleash a flood of Korean-made automobiles and imperil the jobs...
View ArticleHeinz recalls six baby food products because of packaging defect
TORONTO - The Canadian Food Inspection Agency has announced a voluntary recall of six baby food products.The agency says the Heinz Canada products are being recalled because a packaging defect could...
View ArticleTop 10 Cheap Cars That'll Make You Look Rich For Under $20,000
What you drive often says a lot about you, as like it or not, many people tend to judge or assume things based upon the type vehicle you have (see Top 10 things women notice about your car). But just...
View Article2 men hurt in west-end fight, scissors reportedly involved
A fight that broke out at a plaza in Toronto’s west end left at least one male with stab wounds on Monday afternoon. Toronto police were called to an address on The Westway, near Martin Grove Road, at...
View ArticleHottest New Cars Of 2014 Geneva Motor Show
The 2014 Geneva Motor Show is officially underway and now open to the public, as we spent the last few days gathering the latest updates, photo galleries and official info on all of the world's hottest...
View ArticleJohn Freeman, Alberta Ice Climber, Survives Scary Fall (VIDEO)
Look no further than John Freeman for proof of Canadian toughness. The ice climber and rope access supervisor from Canmore, Alta. was scaling an ice wall at Icefield Parkway #93N in Banff National Park...
View ArticlePQ's Pierre-Karl Péladeau says he won't sell Quebecor holdings
The Parti Québécois's new star candidate Pierre-Karl Péladeau says he will not sell his media holdings, even if he is elected and named to cabinet. The PQ has come under fire since the party confirmed...
View ArticleDeepika Padukone Fashion: 135 Photos Of The Bollywood Star's Best Looks
As much as we love gawking at Bollywood beauties Ashwariya Rai and Priyanka Chopra, we have a new found love for actress Deepika Padukone. No stranger to Bollywood, the 28- year-old actress began her...
View ArticleRichard MacInnes charged in 2008 Michael Scullion cold case
Homicide investigators announced a break in the case of Michael Scullion, the 30-year-old Chilliwack man who went missing in B.C.'s Fraser Valley almost six years ago. The Lower Mainland's Integrated...
View ArticleLena Dunham, 'Girls' Star And Creator, Slams Hollywood Sexism At SXSW
"Girls" creator Lena Dunham returned to SXSW in Austin, Texas a few years after winning the interactive, film and music festival's narrative film prize in 2011 for her debut "Tiny Furniture," with a...
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