On the phone while driving: Perception trumps reality? Ottowa Business Journal | The ban on cell phone use while driving has crept to within a stone's throw of Ottawa. But should employers with mobile workers leave it up to the so-called "nanny state" to police sensible behaviour, or is it in their best interests to take action themselves? | Last week, Quebec made it illegal t...
Obituary John Phillip Law, 70 Globe and Mail | Actor portrayed lovesick Russian seaman in The Russians Are Coming, The Russians Are Coming and an angel in Barbarella ...Read the full article Post the first comment Start the Conversation, Leave a Comment | This conversation is fully-moderated Wh...
Stabbing victim had 'explosive' temper Canada Dot Com | OTTAWA - Jack Craig was "a pretty explosive guy" known for frequently "screaming and yelling" at his wife, Teresa Pohchoo Craig, and their son, a jury was told Thursday. | Norm Lowden, who lived near the Craigs on Protection Island, B.C., also test...
B.C. teen who was tethered in jail cell wins lawsuit Canada Dot Com | VICTORIA - A jury awarded a Vancouver Island teen $60,000 on Thursday after finding police used excessive force when officers handcuffed her, tied her feet together, then tethered her to a locked jail cell door. | Willow Kinloch was 15 years old an...
Netball: Steel look for boilover in Hamilton NZ Herald | Steel coach Robyn Broughton. Photo / Getty Images | Life gets no easier for the Southern Steel, who are battling to stay afloat in the trans-Tasman netball league. | Successive losses at home in Invercargill have left coach Robyn Broughton scratchi...
CIBC fights back in overtime-pay suit Canada Dot Com | TORONTO - Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce has filed a box-full of documents with the Ontario Superior Court to defend against a class-action suit that alleges the bank did not adequately compensate employees for working overtime. | The bank has ...
Hollywood private eye convicted in wiretap Canada Dot Com | LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Anthony Pellicano, known as Hollywood's private eye to the stars, was convicted on Thursday of running a vast criminal enterprise involving wiretapping and bribery to fix the problems of his wealthy clients. | After a two mo...
Coffin delay comes back to haunt Air Canada Canada Dot Com | Still stinging from a winter's worth of irate passengers and cancelled connections, Air Canada now has another headache. This time a Newfoundland family is complaining that the a...
New Brunswickers start cleanup after flood Canada Dot Com | FREDERICTON - The big cleanup began Monday as officials said as many as 1,000 people have had to leave their homes during the flooding in New Brunswick over the past week. | "If people are not flooded now, they probably won't be," said Andy Morton,...
New Brunswickers start cleanup after flooding National Post | Lisa Hrabluk, Canwest News Service Network Browse the Canada.com Network Home News Sports Entertainment Health Travel Obituaries Celebrating Contractors National Post Victoria Times Colonist The Province (Vancouver) Vancouver Sun Edmonton Journal...
Public inquiry begins into botched pathology tests in New Brunswick Canoe By THE CANADIAN PRESS | MONCTON, N.B. - An inquiry into botched pathology tests in New Brunswick is underway but it will take many months before the inquiry issues its findings. | Marc-Antoine Chiasson, chief counsel for the commission of inquiry, sa...
Flood fears ease in much of New Brunswick Globe and Mail | The worst of the flooding is over in parts of New Brunswick, but water levels continue to rise slightly in places like Saint John. | More than 90 homeowners in the port city have registered with evacuation officials in recent days, although there's...
Golden Baseball League brings new teams, deals to '08 season The Business Review | The enters its fourth season this month with a renewed key corporate sponsorship from , new television deals and momentum in its expansion that may even include an East Bay team in Newark by 2010. | The Dublin-based independent minor league, which had its first profitable year in 2007 on $5 million in revenue, will field eight teams this summer -...
Weak dollar lets companies profit in overseas markets The Business Review Nicholas Griner | staff CEO Brett Hill says 75 percent of his tech firm’s revenue will come from Canada and Mexico this year. | Exports drove cargo value and totals to record numbers at the Port of Baltimore in 2007, largely because the weak dollar has made U.S. products cheaper for foreign countries. But the boon goes beyond the port. | Many ...
