For eight months, a moving truck filled with the Lawlor family’s belongings was held hostage by Vancouver’s Galaxy Mobile Storage. If they wanted it back, they were told, they’d need to pay nearly $3,000.
U.S. stocks on track for worst year since 2008 as sell-off continues
Stock prices plunged again on Thursday as a series of big December plunges has stocks on track for their worst month in a decade.
Canada among targets of alleged Chinese hacking campaign
Companies in Canada were among the targets of two Chinese citizens charged with waging an extensive hacking campaign to steal valuable data over many years, U.S. authorities say.
Cigarette company Altria takes step away from Marlboro Man image with stake in vape firm Juul
Marlboro cigarette maker Altria Group Inc. on Thursday announced it would pay $12.8 US billion to take a 35 per cent stake in Juul Labs Inc., a marriage between an old-line tobacco giant and a fast-growing electronic-cigarette rival looking to make inroads among smokers.
U.S. Fed chair plays Scrooge as markets tumble following latest rate hike: Don Pittis
Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell insists the U.S. economy is strong and President Donald Trump’s demands that he stop hiking interest rates will have no effect on the central bank’s policy.
Passenger bill of rights may let airlines ‘off the hook’ without an ombudsman: advocate
A consumer advocate is frustrated Canada’s proposed new air passenger bill of rights doesn’t include plans for an independent body that will review complaints.
Sarah McIver, the 3rd Canadian detained in China, not linked to previous arrests, Trudeau says
The case of Albertan Sarah McIver — the third Canadian recently taken into custody in China — does not appear to be related to the detention of two others, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Wednesday.
Canadian surveillance plane buzzed by Chinese off North Korea, DND reveals
A Canadian military surveillance aircraft monitoring United Nations sanctions was harassed in international airspace off North Korea by the Chinese military — part of “a pattern of behaviour that’s inappropriate,” Canada’s top military commander said Wednesday.
U.S. Senate votes to fund government, avoid shutdown
The U.S. Senate has voted to temporarily fund the government and avoid a federal shutdown over President Donald Trump’s border wall.
The grievances we feel in Alberta are legitimate, but we need to cool our jets: Jen Gerson
Like Brexit, separation has the appeal of self-determination, and of simply giving a giant middle-finger to Ottawa. This is an emotionally satisfying prospect. But then what?