CBC.ca is Canada's Online Information Source. Comprehensive web site for news, entertainment, sports, business, and a complete guide to CBC-TV, CBC ...
In what is being called a first in Canada, a rainbow-coloured gay-pride flag was raised at an Alberta military base today during a ceremony attended by senior officers and civilian members of the LGBT community. Master Warrant Officer John McDougall, 47, made the request for the flag-...
Just in time for tax season, the Canada Revenue Agency says the users of Bitcoins will have to pay tax on transactions in the upstart digital currency. BitCoins are a fringe online currency that entered the mainstream this year after speculators rushed in and caused their value to mor...
A referee and his two assistants were charged Thursday with corruption in Singapore for accepting "free sexual service" in return for fixing an Asian Football Confederation Cup match. Referee Ali Sabbagh and assistant referees Ali Eid and Abdallah Taleb, all from Lebanon, were charged...
Just in time for tax season, the Canada Revenue Agency says the users of Bitcoins will have to pay tax on transactions in the upstart digital currency. BitCoins are a fringe online currency that entered the mainstream this year after speculators rushed in and caused their value to mor...
The growing popularity of the bitcoin, a global digital currency, has prompted a Saskatoon real estate agent to incorporate it into his business. The bitcoin was created by computer programmers, and is independent of all other currencies, stock markets and exchange rates. It's value s...
It's not often that Canadian real estate listings make international headlines, but a mid-sized Alberta bungalow has people around the world buzzing today after its owner declared that he would like to sell it -- for Bitcoins. If successful, 22-year-old entrepreneur Taylor More would ...
A woman with a shoe obsession is a pretty common stereotype — but what about a man? Calgary's Randy Ockey, 31, has a shoe collection comprising nearly 200 pairs of sneakers that he stores in his basement. "Even just when I was a kid, I'd keep the boxes and I'd put them in the box," sa...
Michique Handbags of Cape Breton has just made deals to sell their high-end purses at 14 stores across the country, including in Toronto and Montreal. Sisters Michelle Newcombe and Monique Delisle hand-make their line of purses out of a house in Sydney. Last month, they took their pro...
