Mars photographed by the Hubble Space Telescope on the planet’s closest approach to Earth in 60,000 years. The head of a planned 2018 flyby of Mars said Wednesday that it’s time for humans to “take the first step” toward inhabiting Mars. Dennis Tito, a multimillionaire and former astronaut,...
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Mintlife Learn about Mint.com or Sign Up | Log in Categories Apr 30, 2013 / By Kelly Anderson Whether you have traveled together before or not, your honeymoon is your first trip together as a married couple. Since you don’t want to enter married life super in debt, it’s a good idea to plan...
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Irish-Canadian writer and literary critic Anakana Schofield was named winner Wednesday of the 37th annual Amazon.ca First Novel Award for her debut novel Malarky, the story of an Irish mother coping with grief, betrayal and desire. The book was chosen from among five shortlisted Canadian novels, and the $ 7,500 award was presented by...
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SAN FRANCISCO—Apple’s quarterly profit is projected to shrink for the first time in a decade, hurt by new products with lower profit margins and slower growth in iPhone sales. Fourteen analysts have reduced their estimates for Apple in the past four weeks, as shares in the world’s most valuable technology company continue their slide...
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IMAX Corporation To Announce First Quarter 2013 Financial Results And Host … A replay of the call will be available via webcast on the 'Investor Relations' section of www.imax.com or via telephone by dialing (888) 203-1112 (US and Canada), or (647) 436-0148 (international). The Conference ID for the telephone replay is 7114021 … Read...
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GUELPH, ONT.—U.S. discount giant Target is set to open its first stores north of the border Tuesday. Target Canada president Tony Fisher made the announcement Monday during a media tour of the retailer’s Guelph store in southwestern Ontario. The Guelph store and two other locations in Fergus, Ont., and Milton, Ont., are slated to...
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Canadians frustrated with ever-increasing cable and satellite bills received bad news last week with the announcement that the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission will consider whether to require cable and satellite companies to include nearly two-dozen niche channels as part of their basic service packages. If approved, the new broadcast distribution rules would significantly...
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Robert Benzie Richard J. Brennan and Rob Ferguson Queen’s Park Bureau Sandra Pupatello narrowly leads after the first ballot in the Ontario Liberal leadership race to succeed Premier Dalton McGuinty. But Kathleen Wynne is nipping at Pupatello’s trademark stilettos. Soon after the results were announced, last place candidate Eric Hoskins pledged his support...
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MONTREAL—With or without Theresa Spence or Gov. Gen. David Johnston, the only course that offers the First Nations leadership a tentative way to move forward in its relationship with the current federal government involves sitting down with Prime Minister Stephen Harper as planned on Friday. There is no guarantee of success but also no...
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Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, right, is seen on Capitol Hill with Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid. In the first hours back in the Senate, it was filibuster reform, not the fiscal cliff, that stole the spotlight. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has pledged to reform the filibuster in January after the new Congress...
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