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Thu, 09 Feb 2012 18:24:44 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/09/canada-and-china-promise-to-play-fair-with-new-trade-deal/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/09/canada-and-china-promise-to-play-fair-with-new-trade-deal/#comments Thu, 09 Feb 2012 17:05:24 +0000 macleans.ca http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=238912 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/09/canada-and-china-promise-to-play-fair-with-new-trade-deal/feed/ 0 In a move to increase protection for Canadian investors in China, Prime Minister Stephen... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/09/how-the-west-has-won/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/09/how-the-west-has-won/#comments Thu, 09 Feb 2012 16:59:12 +0000 macleans.ca http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=238834 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/09/how-the-west-has-won/feed/ 0 Canada’s population grew the most among G8 countries, according to newly released figures from... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/09/new-joint-chinese-canadian-fund-will-invest-in-canadian-oil/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/09/new-joint-chinese-canadian-fund-will-invest-in-canadian-oil/#comments Thu, 09 Feb 2012 16:56:28 +0000 Philippe Gohier http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=238919 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/09/new-joint-chinese-canadian-fund-will-invest-in-canadian-oil/feed/ 0 Canaccord, one of Canada’s largest investment banks, has announced a joint $1-billion fund with... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/09/construction-on-the-worlds-ugliest-building-nears-completion/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/09/construction-on-the-worlds-ugliest-building-nears-completion/#comments Thu, 09 Feb 2012 16:50:50 +0000 macleans.ca http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=238924 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/09/construction-on-the-worlds-ugliest-building-nears-completion/feed/ 0 North Korea’s iconic Ryugyong Hotel is finally set to open this April, 24 years... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/08/faded-powers-still-fighting-over-mostly-barren-rocks/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/08/faded-powers-still-fighting-over-mostly-barren-rocks/#comments Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:39:35 +0000 Richard Warnica http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=238520 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/08/faded-powers-still-fighting-over-mostly-barren-rocks/feed/ 0 Argentina plans to raise Britain’s “militarization” of the Falkland Islands at the UN, the... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/08/ricky-williams-a-former-argo-retires-from-the-nfl/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/08/ricky-williams-a-former-argo-retires-from-the-nfl/#comments Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:53:13 +0000 Richard Warnica http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=238505 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/08/ricky-williams-a-former-argo-retires-from-the-nfl/feed/ 0 Ricky Williams, a one-time Toronto Argonaut running back who battled anxiety issues and became... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/08/spain-to-boost-productivity-with-holiday-bump/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/08/spain-to-boost-productivity-with-holiday-bump/#comments Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:50:34 +0000 Richard Warnica http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=238496 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/08/spain-to-boost-productivity-with-holiday-bump/feed/ 0 Unions and employers in Spain have agreed to shift public holidays to Mondays or... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/08/alberta-mounties-recovering-from-gunshot-wounds/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/08/alberta-mounties-recovering-from-gunshot-wounds/#comments Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:45:51 +0000 Richard Warnica http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=238489 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/08/alberta-mounties-recovering-from-gunshot-wounds/feed/ 0 Two RCMP officers who were shot in a gunfight near Killam, Alta, on Tuesday... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/08/canada-china-strike-trade-deal/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/08/canada-china-strike-trade-deal/#comments Wed, 08 Feb 2012 15:28:16 +0000 Richard Warnica http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=238476 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/08/canada-china-strike-trade-deal/feed/ 0 Canada and China signed an investment deal on Wednesday that, if ratified, will guarantee... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/08/supreme-court-hears-hiv-transmission-trial/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/08/supreme-court-hears-hiv-transmission-trial/#comments Wed, 08 Feb 2012 15:23:29 +0000 Richard Warnica http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=238468 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/08/supreme-court-hears-hiv-transmission-trial/feed/ 0 The Supreme Court will hear arguments on Wednesday in two cases that examine the... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/08/santorum-seriously/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/08/santorum-seriously/#comments Wed, 08 Feb 2012 15:16:43 +0000 Richard Warnica http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=238462 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/08/santorum-seriously/feed/ 0 Republican hopeful Rick Santorum swept three electoral contests on Wednesday, capturing caucuses in Colorado... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/08/canadian-ceos-running-out-of-new-hires/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/08/canadian-ceos-running-out-of-new-hires/#comments Wed, 08 Feb 2012 15:04:42 +0000 Richard Warnica http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=238457 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/08/canadian-ceos-running-out-of-new-hires/feed/ 0 A critical shortage of skilled labour is holding back Canadian companies, according to a... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/08/loblaws-chief-farmers-markets-will-kill/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/08/loblaws-chief-farmers-markets-will-kill/#comments Wed, 08 Feb 2012 14:52:38 +0000 Richard Warnica http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=238448 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/08/loblaws-chief-farmers-markets-will-kill/feed/ 0 Galen Weston, the cherubic executive chairman of Loblaw, Canada’s largest grocery chain, has earned... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/07/sadly-for-quebec-mps-jubilee-medals-are-not-refundable/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/07/sadly-for-quebec-mps-jubilee-medals-are-not-refundable/#comments Tue, 07 Feb 2012 23:04:24 +0000 Richard Warnica http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=238376 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/07/sadly-for-quebec-mps-jubilee-medals-are-not-refundable/feed/ 0 Six Quebec MPs, including all four members of the Bloc Québécois, have rejected the... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/07/court-overturns-californias-ban-on-gay-marriage/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/07/court-overturns-californias-ban-on-gay-marriage/#comments Tue, 07 Feb 2012 22:46:09 +0000 Richard Warnica http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=238332 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/07/court-overturns-californias-ban-on-gay-marriage/feed/ 0 A panel of California judges reversed a statewide ban on gay marriage Tuesday, finding... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/07/harper-touches-down-in-china/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/07/harper-touches-down-in-china/#comments Tue, 07 Feb 2012 16:50:32 +0000 Richard Warnica http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=238221 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/07/harper-touches-down-in-china/feed/ 0 Meanwhile, Paul Wells searches for his luggage http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/07/horrific-crash-kills-10-migrant-workers-in-ontario/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/07/horrific-crash-kills-10-migrant-workers-in-ontario/#comments Tue, 07 Feb 2012 16:45:17 +0000 Richard Warnica http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=238218 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/07/horrific-crash-kills-10-migrant-workers-in-ontario/feed/ 0 'I’ve never seen anything like it' http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/07/are-we-prepared-for-a-covert-war-against-syria/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/07/are-we-prepared-for-a-covert-war-against-syria/#comments Tue, 07 Feb 2012 16:42:22 +0000 Philippe Gohier http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=238219 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/07/are-we-prepared-for-a-covert-war-against-syria/feed/ 0 Russia, China use their vetos to scuttle a resolution at the UN http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/07/what-do-you-get-when-you-cross-a-glencore-with-an-xstrata/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/07/what-do-you-get-when-you-cross-a-glencore-with-an-xstrata/#comments Tue, 07 Feb 2012 16:37:58 +0000 Richard Warnica http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=238220 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/07/what-do-you-get-when-you-cross-a-glencore-with-an-xstrata/feed/ 0 You get a $90 billion mining behemoth http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/07/cbcs-canada-reads-descends-into-farce/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/07/cbcs-canada-reads-descends-into-farce/#comments Tue, 07 Feb 2012 16:29:40 +0000 Richard Warnica http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=238217 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/07/cbcs-canada-reads-descends-into-farce/feed/ 0 Accusations of terrorism and plagiarism fly in book competition http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/06/gaffe-watchers-stalk-romney/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/06/gaffe-watchers-stalk-romney/#comments Mon, 06 Feb 2012 15:56:47 +0000 Richard Warnica http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=237989 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/06/gaffe-watchers-stalk-romney/feed/ 0 New book reveals sordid details of JFK affair http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/06/giants-top-patriots-while-ferris-bueller-shills-for-honda/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/06/giants-top-patriots-while-ferris-bueller-shills-for-honda/#comments Mon, 06 Feb 2012 15:52:27 +0000 Richard Warnica http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=237991 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/06/giants-top-patriots-while-ferris-bueller-shills-for-honda/feed/ 0 Tom Brady changes into his suit, rides bus following loss http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/06/voters-in-toronto-danforth-sharpen-your-pencils/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/06/voters-in-toronto-danforth-sharpen-your-pencils/#comments Mon, 06 Feb 2012 15:42:56 +0000 Richard Warnica http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=237990 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/06/voters-in-toronto-danforth-sharpen-your-pencils/feed/ 0 PM calls by-election in Jack Layton's old riding http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/06/caterpillar-can-take-its-boots-with-them/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/06/caterpillar-can-take-its-boots-with-them/#comments Mon, 06 Feb 2012 15:36:02 +0000 Richard Warnica http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=237988 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/06/caterpillar-can-take-its-boots-with-them/feed/ 0 London store pulls the company's wares from its shelves after a controversial plant closure http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/06/harper%e2%80%99s-dream-audience-an-empty-room-in-switzerland/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/06/harper%e2%80%99s-dream-audience-an-empty-room-in-switzerland/#comments Mon, 06 Feb 2012 15:32:34 +0000 Richard Warnica http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=237987 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/06/harper%e2%80%99s-dream-audience-an-empty-room-in-switzerland/feed/ 0 PM’s big speech delivered to sparse Davos crowd http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/03/egypt-soccer-riots-continue/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/03/egypt-soccer-riots-continue/#comments Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:08:20 +0000 Richard Warnica http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=237617 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/03/egypt-soccer-riots-continue/feed/ 0 Rumours spreading that police encouraged stadium melee to escalate http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/03/%e2%80%98gazebo%e2%80%99-tony-prepares-the-axe/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/03/%e2%80%98gazebo%e2%80%99-tony-prepares-the-axe/#comments Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:04:12 +0000 Richard Warnica http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=237621 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/03/%e2%80%98gazebo%e2%80%99-tony-prepares-the-axe/feed/ 0 Austerity budget comes with unlikely pitchman http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/03/u-s-unemployment-rate-tumbles/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/03/u-s-unemployment-rate-tumbles/#comments Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:03:36 +0000 Richard Warnica http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=237625 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/03/u-s-unemployment-rate-tumbles/feed/ 0 Canada's edged up http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/03/greek-reforms-efforts-stumble-on-ingrained-graft/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/03/greek-reforms-efforts-stumble-on-ingrained-graft/#comments Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:02:36 +0000 Richard Warnica http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=237630 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/03/greek-reforms-efforts-stumble-on-ingrained-graft/feed/ 0 Entrenched interests are fiercely resisting change http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/03/ghost-of-steve-jobs-placing-sales-pitch-for-taiwanese-firm/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/03/ghost-of-steve-jobs-placing-sales-pitch-for-taiwanese-firm/#comments Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:02:15 +0000 Richard Warnica http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=237633 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/03/ghost-of-steve-jobs-placing-sales-pitch-for-taiwanese-firm/feed/ 0 Ruse said not to include Canadian bureaucrats http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/02/facebook-ipo-could-be-richest-in-tech-history/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/02/facebook-ipo-could-be-richest-in-tech-history/#comments Thu, 02 Feb 2012 16:17:37 +0000 Richard Warnica http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=237309 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/02/facebook-ipo-could-be-richest-in-tech-history/feed/ 0 Graffiti artist, Bono among those who could cash in http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/02/bureaucrats-posed-for-citizenship-ceremony-in-sun-tv-stunt/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/02/bureaucrats-posed-for-citizenship-ceremony-in-sun-tv-stunt/#comments Thu, 02 Feb 2012 16:09:09 +0000 Richard Warnica http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=237313 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/02/bureaucrats-posed-for-citizenship-ceremony-in-sun-tv-stunt/feed/ 0 Documents reveal fakery was coordinated with employees in Jason Kenney's department http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/02/china-casts-a-longing-gaze-toward-the-arctic/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/02/china-casts-a-longing-gaze-toward-the-arctic/#comments Thu, 02 Feb 2012 15:56:24 +0000 Richard Warnica http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=237312 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/02/china-casts-a-longing-gaze-toward-the-arctic/feed/ 0 Asian giant eyes resource bounty in the Far North http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/02/egypt-braces-for-more-violence-after-soccer-riot-kills-dozens/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/02/egypt-braces-for-more-violence-after-soccer-riot-kills-dozens/#comments Thu, 02 Feb 2012 15:54:55 +0000 Richard Warnica http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=237310 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/02/egypt-braces-for-more-violence-after-soccer-riot-kills-dozens/feed/ 0 Security forces blamed as fighting spirals out of control http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/02/e-books-and-other-things-jonathan-franzen-hates/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/02/e-books-and-other-things-jonathan-franzen-hates/#comments Thu, 02 Feb 2012 15:49:55 +0000 Richard Warnica http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=237311 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/02/e-books-and-other-things-jonathan-franzen-hates/feed/ 0 Noted crank expands on his already extensive list of dislikes http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/01/romney-takes-florida-sets-sights-on-obama/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/01/romney-takes-florida-sets-sights-on-obama/#comments Wed, 01 Feb 2012 15:46:06 +0000 Alex Ballingall http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=236964 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/01/romney-takes-florida-sets-sights-on-obama/feed/ 0 Gingrich declines to congratulate Romney on victory http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/01/cop-tells-inquiry-pickton-could-have-been-caught-earlier/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/01/cop-tells-inquiry-pickton-could-have-been-caught-earlier/#comments Wed, 01 Feb 2012 15:40:36 +0000 Alex Ballingall http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=236962 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/01/cop-tells-inquiry-pickton-could-have-been-caught-earlier/feed/ 0 Investigator suspected Pickton as early as 1998 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/01/chinese-exports-slump-for-second-month-in-a-row/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/01/chinese-exports-slump-for-second-month-in-a-row/#comments Wed, 01 Feb 2012 15:29:55 +0000 Alex Ballingall http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=236960 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/01/chinese-exports-slump-for-second-month-in-a-row/feed/ 0 Shrivelling demand from the E.U. and U.S. to blame for the decline http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/01/canadian-mining-company-stops-argentine-project-in-face-of-protests/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/01/canadian-mining-company-stops-argentine-project-in-face-of-protests/#comments Wed, 01 Feb 2012 15:26:38 +0000 Alex Ballingall http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=236958 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/01/canadian-mining-company-stops-argentine-project-in-face-of-protests/feed/ 0 Osisko's Famatina mega-mine project put on hold http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/01/yale-students-discover-plastic-eating-fungus/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/01/yale-students-discover-plastic-eating-fungus/#comments Wed, 01 Feb 2012 15:20:12 +0000 Alex Ballingall http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=236951 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/01/yale-students-discover-plastic-eating-fungus/feed/ 0 Pestalotiopsis microspora can survive on plastic alone in an anaerobic environment http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/31/romney-expected-to-take-florida/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/31/romney-expected-to-take-florida/#comments Tue, 31 Jan 2012 17:23:49 +0000 Alex Ballingall http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=236825 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/31/romney-expected-to-take-florida/feed/ 0 But Gingrich promises long fight for Republican nomination http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/31/canada-to-palestine-forget-un-statehood-bid/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/31/canada-to-palestine-forget-un-statehood-bid/#comments Tue, 31 Jan 2012 17:00:40 +0000 Alex Ballingall http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=236823 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/31/canada-to-palestine-forget-un-statehood-bid/feed/ 0 Baird urges Palestinian leaders to restart direct talks with Israel http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/31/the-nfl-links-arms-with-bce-in-crtc-rumble/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/31/the-nfl-links-arms-with-bce-in-crtc-rumble/#comments Tue, 31 Jan 2012 16:53:03 +0000 Alex Ballingall http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=236821 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/31/the-nfl-links-arms-with-bce-in-crtc-rumble/feed/ 0 League claims broadcasts can't be shared with company's wireless competitors http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/31/whos-in-charge-in-attawapiskat/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/31/whos-in-charge-in-attawapiskat/#comments Tue, 31 Jan 2012 16:37:31 +0000 Alex Ballingall http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=236819 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/31/whos-in-charge-in-attawapiskat/feed/ 0 Band leaders are asking a judge to overturn Ottawa's decision to send in an outside manager http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/31/julian-assange-hacks-his-way-into-pop-culture/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/31/julian-assange-hacks-his-way-into-pop-culture/#comments Tue, 31 Jan 2012 16:24:03 +0000 Alex Ballingall http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=236817 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/31/julian-assange-hacks-his-way-into-pop-culture/feed/ 0 WikiLeaks founder will be featured in an episode of The Simpsons and has a Russian TV show in the works