| Credit scores can hike home insurance rates Insurance companies across Canada are increasingly turning to credit scores to help assess risk and determine the cost of premiums. cbc.ca |
B.C. premier admits HST hugely unpopular B.C. Premier Gordon Campbell admits his popularity has hit rock bottom - even lower than the popularity of his much-reviled harmonized sales tax. cbc.ca |
Digital TV: 1 million Canadians not ready With analog TV signals to be shut down in most Canadian cities in just over a year, nearly one million Canadians aren't ready for the switch, says the CRTC. cbc.ca |
Luxury yacht turns heads in Arctic One of the world's most luxurious private yachts made an unexpected appearance recently in the High Arctic hamlet of Pond Inlet, Nunavut, on its way through the Northwest Passage. cbc.ca |
Retail sales top forecasts Retail sales unexpectedly rose by 0.5 per cent in August from July as consumers shopped for furniture and new cars and spent more to fill up at the gas pump. cbc.ca |