Canada’s book publishing market is shrinking. It’s facing competition from online retailers and electronic books that you can read on phones, tablets and dedicated e-readers. Here’s a sign of the decline. Wiley Canada is suspending its local operations — except for sales and marketing — and centralizing its professional and trade publishing in the...
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OTTAWA—The Harper government may have “hit the reset button” on the purchase of F-35s, but planning for the stealth fighter continues — and Canada is facing a series of deadlines that will increase pressure to stick with the program. Eight Canadian military officers continue to work on the multinational program in the U.S., at...
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CANNES, FRANCE—Filmmaking brothers Joel and Ethan Coen are usually the coolest cats in any room, and that includes the brightly lit spaces at the Cannes Film Festival. But they admit they had some competition from a real feline for their new movie Inside Llewyn Davis, a dark comedy themed on folk music that premiered...
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Mintlife Learn about Mint.com or Sign Up | Log in Categories May 22, 2013 / By Nicholas Pell It’s nearing Memorial Day weekend and as we prepare to remember the men and women who died serving in the United States Armed Forces, we also want to take a bit of time to give back...
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Dr. Glenn Green of the University of Michigan holds a splint made using a 3-D printer. April and Bryan Gionfriddo’s 6-month-old son, Kaiba, wasn’t breathing, and the prognosis wasn’t good. Kaiba had tracheobronchomalacia, a condition that caused his airways to close and caused his face to turn blue. A ventilator kept him alive temporarily,...
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North American markets were mixed Wednesday after U.S. Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke said the central bank has considered ending its extraordinary stimulus program, but added that it is too soon to do it now. Indexes in Toronto and the U.S. initially surged on news that the Fed had no immediate plans to turn...
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Ontarians report that they value their wealth more than the average Canadian, but more than a third of households in the province say they’re left strapped for cash after paying essential bills each month, says a new survey. In a Canada-wide survey conducted for the Certified General Accountants Association of Canada, a quarter of...
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1 of 5. Soldiers open a road that was blocked by supporters of Sunni Muslim Salafist leader Ahmad al-Assir during the funeral of Saleh Ahmed Sabagh, a Hezbollah member, in the port-city of Sidon, southern Lebanon May 22, 2013. Credit: Reuters/Ali Hashisho By Arshad Mohammed and Suleiman Al-Khalidi AMMAN | Wed May 22, 2013...
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Lawyer Clayton Ruby calls a $ 4 million defamation suit filed by Porter Airlines against the union representing 22 striking fuel workers a deliberate attempt to intimidate them. “The purpose is not to get redress in the courts, but it’s to silence people,” said Ruby in an interview Wednesday, after filing the union’s statement...
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Joint Venture: BDC Young Entrepreneur Award 2013 finalists vie for 5000 in … Nine finalists of the 2013 BDC Young Entrepreneur Award are competing for a $ 100,000 first prize, with a second prize of $ 25,000 for the runner-up. The Business Development Bank of Canada created the award in 1988, adding the financial...
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