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Senators' unlikely playoff run ends in Game 5 disappointment

Senators' unlikely playoff run ends in Game 5 disappointment

Written by on May 25, 2013 in CBC, Featured, News with 0 Comments

The Ottawa Senators can’t hang their heads after a 6-2 loss in Game 5 ended their improbable run to the second round of the NHL playoffs, but questions abound whether their 40-year-old captain will hang up his skates. Senators' unlikely playoff run ends in Game 5 disappointmenthttp://rss.cbc.ca/lineup/canada.xmlFOR PERSONAL USE ONLYhttp://www.cbc.ca/rss/image/cbc_144.gif11402CBC Canada News Powered by WPeMatico

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Toronto Mayor Rob Ford denies using crack cocaine

Toronto Mayor Rob Ford denies using crack cocaine

Written by on May 24, 2013 in CBC, Featured, News with 0 Comments

The mayor of Canada’s largest city told a packed news conference that he doesn’t use crack cocaine and isn’t a crack addict. Toronto Mayor Rob Ford denies using crack cocainehttp://rss.cbc.ca/lineup/canada.xmlFOR PERSONAL USE ONLYhttp://www.cbc.ca/rss/image/cbc_144.gif11402CBC Canada News Powered by WPeMatico

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Man accused of killing child in patio crash granted bail

Man accused of killing child in patio crash granted bail

Written by on May 24, 2013 in CBC, Featured, News with 0 Comments

Emotions ran high in a packed Edmonton courthouse Friday as Richard Suter, accused of causing a crash into a restaurant patio that killed a young boy, was granted bail. Man accused of killing child in patio crash granted bailhttp://rss.cbc.ca/lineup/canada.xmlFOR PERSONAL USE ONLYhttp://www.cbc.ca/rss/image/cbc_144.gif11402CBC Canada News Powered by WPeMatico

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Google and Microsoft make Windows Phone YouTube app worse while they write a new one

Google and Microsoft make Windows Phone YouTube app worse while they write a new one

After Google initially complained about Microsoft’s Windows Phone YouTube app, it appears that the two companies are now working together to provide some kind of a solution. In the meantime, however, Microsoft’s actually rather good YouTube app has been replaced with its feature deficient predecessor. Google had two significant problems with Microsoft’s app: it allowed [...]

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Royal Bank pledges not to outsource jobs for cash savings

Royal Bank pledges not to outsource jobs for cash savings

Written by on May 24, 2013 in CBC, Featured, News with 0 Comments

Royal Bank has promised it will never outsource a Canadian job to a foreign worker solely to save money. Royal Bank pledges not to outsource jobs for cash savingshttp://rss.cbc.ca/lineup/canada.xmlFOR PERSONAL USE ONLYhttp://www.cbc.ca/rss/image/cbc_144.gif11402CBC Canada News Powered by WPeMatico

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SCO boss: I was offered $2 million by Utah’s top prosecutor

SCO boss: I was offered $2 million by Utah’s top prosecutor

Darl McBride, the former chief executive officer of SCO, says he was offered $2 million by the Utah attorney general in May 2009 in exchange for taking down a website criticizing an area business person. Still pursuing the years-long legal battle against Novell and IBM over Unix and Linux intellectual property, SCO needed money at the [...]

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Google builds bigger crypto keys to make site forgeries harder

Google builds bigger crypto keys to make site forgeries harder

Hc_07 Google is upgrading the digital certificates used to secure its Gmail, Calendar, and Web search services. Beginning on August 1, the company will start upgrading the RSA keys used to encrypt Web traffic and authenticate to 2048-bits, twice as many as are used now. The rollout affects the transport layer security (TLS) certificates that [...]

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Alleged Ford crack video seller not responding to calls

Alleged Ford crack video seller not responding to calls

Written by on May 24, 2013 in CBC, Featured, News with 0 Comments

The journalist who broke the story alleging Toronto Mayor Rob Ford was recorded on video smoking crack cocaine says he may never be able to get his hands on the evidence. Alleged Ford crack video seller not responding to callshttp://rss.cbc.ca/lineup/canada.xmlFOR PERSONAL USE ONLYhttp://www.cbc.ca/rss/image/cbc_144.gif11402CBC Canada News Powered by WPeMatico

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Duffy says he wants to give Canadians 'the whole story'

Duffy says he wants to give Canadians 'the whole story'

Written by on May 24, 2013 in CBC, Featured, News with 0 Comments

Senator Mike Duffy says he wants a “full and open” inquiry so Canadians can get all the facts about the scandal that has rocked the Senate and the Prime Minister’s Office and that he has no plans to resign. Duffy says he wants to give Canadians 'the whole story'http://rss.cbc.ca/lineup/canada.xmlFOR PERSONAL USE ONLYhttp://www.cbc.ca/rss/image/cbc_144.gif11402CBC Canada News Powered [...]

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Montreal lifts boil-water advisory

Montreal lifts boil-water advisory

Written by on May 23, 2013 in CBC, Featured, News with 0 Comments

Mayor Michael Applebaum has given Montrealers the green light to drink their tap water, saying it’s safe to drink. He says if it’s still discoloured, let the taps run for a few minutes. Montreal lifts boil-water advisoryhttp://rss.cbc.ca/lineup/canada.xmlFOR PERSONAL USE ONLYhttp://www.cbc.ca/rss/image/cbc_144.gif11402CBC Canada News Powered by WPeMatico

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