Vancouver smoking ban billows to great outdoors Globe and Mail | With hookah parlours under control, anti-smoking regulations in Vancouver are being taken to the great outdoors, where future bans could curtail smoking on beaches, in ticket lineups and at outdoor festivals. | Such regulations would be a natural progression from existing rules that restrict smoki...
Vancouver aims to curb use of bottled water Canada Dot Com | Metro Vancouver -- Plans to start surveying residents about their drinking water habits is part of a bid to cut the use of bottled water by 20 per cent within two years. | One water survey team will be at the Robson Street side of the Vancouver Art Gallery at 11 a.m. Wednesday to question passersb...
Canada ready to play giant-killer Canada Dot Com | The Canadian men's Olympic field hockey team breaks camp today at the University of Victoria under no illusions about the daunting task that awaits in Beijing. First up for the 15th-ranked Canucks in the 2008 Games tournament on Aug. 11 are the wor...
Canada inflation speeds to 3.1 percent in June Canada Dot Com | OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada's annual inflation rate sped past expectations to 3.1 percent in June from 2.2 percent in May thanks to the biggest yearly rise in gasoline prices since Hurricane Katrina, Statistics Canada said on Wednesday. | But the Ban...
Canada's inflation rate jumps to 3.1 per cent Canada Dot Com | OTTAWA - The rate of inflation in Canada jumped to 3.1 per cent in June, the biggest rise in almost three year years, fuelled by soaring gasoline prices, Statistics Canada said Wednesday. | Most economists had expected an overall inflation rate las...
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Egypt's OT to create Canadian wireless operator Canada Dot Com | CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt's Orascom Telecom , one of the biggest mobile phone operators in the Middle East, said on Tuesday it was part of a consortium chosen to create a new Canad...
Canadian dollar gets boost from foreign takeover deals Canada Dot Com | TORONTO -- The Canadian dollar rose 0.4% against the U.S. dollar on Monday, boosted by news of proposed foreign takeover offers for Canadian companies. | Domestic bond prices end...
Canadians still not as tied to cellphones as rest of world: survey Ottowa Business Journal | More wireless companies may be entering the Canadian marketplace following the conclusion of the wireless spectrum auction today, but it seems that may mean a larger number of co...
Couples big draw at Canadian Open Canada Dot Com | OAKVILLE, Ont. -- The adulation was palpable as Fred Couples made the short walk from the player's parking lot to the Glen Abbey clubhouse. | After delivering a trio of kisses and a gentle tap to the behind of his female companion in the parking lo...
Canada's surprise show packed, ready to explode Canada Dot Com | It was a Gravol kind of day for Kelly Guille and his bomb squad as they set out fireworks-filled mortars on barges in English Bay yesterday. | "Today is by far the worst day as far as rocking goes," Guille said as the two 150-metre barges rolled in...
Why few Canadians know joys of electric cars Canada Dot Com | EDMONTON - Mike Hoskinson first drove an electric car in the early 1990s while on holiday in California. He rented GM's short-lived EV1 for the drive from Los Angeles to San Diego and survived a six-hour traffic jam while gas vehicles around him ran out of fuel. | Not long after that, GM rounded up the few hundred EV1s on the road and sent them t...
Cellphones safe for children: Health Canada Canada Dot Com No evidence to support Toronto recommendation | Published: Monday, July 21, 2008 | Canada's largest city has recommended that parents limit the cellphone use of their children, but Health Canada said in response that science does not show that cellphones are unsafe. | Toronto Public Health has released a report that recommends that children cut dow...
