A large dock on a quiet Ontario lake has raised an uproar among local cottagers who say federal regulations for water airplane landing strips allow builders to ignore local bylaws.  Owner says dock is part of private water aerodrome and not under local bylaw. Aerodrome loophole allows builders to dodge …

Tipping is now commonplace in all sorts of Canadian businesses, and one expert says the prompts employed can play on our desire to seem generous.  Being observed while paying can play on desire to seem generous: Olivier St-Cyr. Read transcribed audio For many Canadians, picking up your morning coffee now …

On Monday, Apple unveiled a new product that’s either revolutionary, or very expensive hype, depending on whether you read the company description of the Vision Pro or media reviews of its unveiling.  Costing $5K, the new Apple Vision Pro headseat is the latest big bet on virtual and augmented reality. …

LAST Monday, a rocket was launched at Cape Canaveral in Florida on a resupply mission to the International Space Station. The rocket was also carrying two of the Philippines newest cube satellites, or CubeSats, that will eventually be deployed on an orbit 400 kilometers above the Earth. The CubeSats, Maya-5 …

Local government units near Mayon Volcano are prepared in case of a sudden evacuation, and the Office of Civil Defense said it is ready in case the situation worsens, a spokesman said Wednesday. This developed as the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology observed active degassing at the main crater …

The financial fallout from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine hit home a long-standing problem in Canada, according to internal government documents: regulators don’t have basic information about who really owns key companies and assets.  Transparency advocates say authorities long turned a blind eye to shady money, but change may be coming. …

The Bank of Canada decided to raise its benchmark interest rate to 4.75 per cent on Wednesday.  Speculation had grown that central bank would raise its benchmark rate. Latest Big Banks have all moved to match rate hike, moving prime to 6.95% The Bank of Canada decided to raise its …

The weather system that’s driving the ongoing Canadian-American smoke out — a low-pressure system over Maine and Nova Scotia — “will probably be hanging around at least for the next few days,” according to a U.S. National Weather Service meteorologist.  U.S. National Weather Service says wind patterns not giving Americans …

Five residents of a Russian-occupied city next to a breached dam have died in massive flooding triggered by the catastrophe, its Kremlin-appointed mayor said Thursday, the first official report of deaths from one of the largest environmental crises since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine more than 15 months ago.  Ukrainian President …

Four members of Indigo’s board of directors have abruptly resigned, and the company has announced that chair Heather Reisman will retire this summer.  1 resigning board member cites ‘mistreatment’ as reason for exit, the company says. Four members of Indigo’s board of directors have abruptly resigned, and the company has …