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Link Related to Canada in some say Federal Court dismisses union challenge against B.C. foreign workers
Business | 83 hits | 7:13 PM on Tuesday | posted by saturn_656
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VANCOUVER – Two unions may have lost a Federal Court battle disputing a mining company’s plan to bring in 201 temporary foreign workers from China, but they’re celebrating the spotlight they’ve shone on the problems associated with the employment program.
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Link Related to Canada in some say Canadian on EI shut out amid foreign worker influx
Business | 150 hits | 9:41 AM on Monday | posted by ShepherdsDog
A jobless Canadian IT professional who is collecting employment insurance is upset because he now suspects several recent jobs he applied for went to temporary foreign workers.
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Link Related to Canada in some say First-of-a-Kind Program gives moms the gift of a fresh start
Business | 142 hits | 11:58 AM on Saturday | posted by BeaverFever
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With a new group of mothers set to graduate from the program on Wednesday, a new assessment by Boston Consulting Group shows that for every dollar invested in the program, the return to society is nearly $4
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Link Related to Canada in some say McDonald's cuts Angus burgers from menu after 4 years
Business | 212 hits | 7:03 PM on Thursday | posted by BeaverFever
"When you can get four or five burgers off the Dollar Menu, nobody's going to buy the Angus burger," he said. "The Dollar Menu has become a real problem for these chains."
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Enron CEO cuts deal for early prison release
Business | 186 hits | 7:04 PM on Wednesday | posted by BeaverFever
Former Enron CEO Jeffrey Skilling would be out of prison more than 10 years early under a proposed sentencing agreement.
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Link Related to Canada in some say Temporary foreign workers hired in areas with EI claimants
Business | 131 hits | 5:40 AM on Tuesday | posted by ShepherdsDog
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The minister responsible for the temporary foreign worker program was told last year that employers were hiring temporary foreign workers in the same jobs and same locations as Canadians who were collecting employment insurance, CBC News has learned.
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Pay to watch YouTube? Subscription model coming soon
Business | 170 hits | 3:05 PM on Monday | posted by BeaverFever
Second source of revenue, analogous to the flexible pay walls that some newspapers and magazines have adopted
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Link Related to Canada in some say TTC gives new start to Russian transit expert
Business | 131 hits | 10:53 AM on Wednesday | posted by BeaverFever
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For a Russian immigrant, continuing his career in public transit at the TTC is a minor miracle. Michael Sosedov arrived in Toronto eight years ago without a word of English.
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Link Related to Canada in some say Major grocery chains to phase out inhumane pork
Business | 135 hits | 4:54 PM on Tuesday | posted by BeaverFever
Eight national retailers — Co-op Atlantic, Canada Safeway, Costco, Federated Co-operatives Limited, Loblaw’s, Metro, Sobeys, and Walmart — announced their intentions Monday to stop buying pork produced in intensive confinement cages, or “gestation stalls”
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Link Related to Canada in some say Alberta, NWT in ‘serious talks' to connect oil sands to Tuktoyaktuk | Energy | News | Financial Post
Business | 106 hits | 8:29 AM on Friday | posted by DrCaleb
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The Alberta government says it is in “serious talks” with the Northwest Territories to build an oil pipeline connecting the oil sands to the northern hamlet of Tuktoyaktuk, near the Beaufort Sea
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Link Related to Canada in some say U.S. Steel to lock out Nanticoke, ON workers
Business | 128 hits | 8:51 PM on Thursday | posted by BeaverFever
For the third time since it was allowed into Canada, U.S. Steel will lock out a portion of its Canadian workforce Sunday at 9 a.m. to back demands for contract concessions
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Link Related to Canada in some say Catherine, Herbert Schaible's Second Child Dies After Parents Use Prayer, No Medicine
Business | 175 hits | 10:16 AM on Tuesday | posted by xerxes
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PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A couple serving probation for the 2009 death of their toddler after they turned to prayer instead of a doctor could face new charges now that another son has died. Herbert and Catherine Schaible belong to a fundamentalist Christian ch
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Link Related to Canada in some say Catherine, Herbert Schaible's Second Child Dies After Parents Use Prayer, No Medicine
Business | 118 hits | 10:16 AM on Tuesday | posted by xerxes
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PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A couple serving probation for the 2009 death of their toddler after they turned to prayer instead of a doctor could face new charges now that another son has died. Herbert and Catherine Schaible belong to a fundamentalist Christian ch
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Link Related to Canada in some say Sun News is the go-to network for praise of Sun News | Full Comment | National Post
Business | 194 hits | 11:20 PM on Monday | posted by Zipperfish
Some unsolicited advice from a member of what Sun News likes to call the “consensus media”: Instead of constantly saying you are different, just be different. Viewers will figure it out.
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Link Related to Canada in some say Alberta town selling downtown lots for $1
Business | 211 hits | 11:55 AM on Monday | posted by DonnaWho
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The town of Mundare, about 85 kilometres east of Edmonton, is selling land for a loonie to attract new businesses.
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Link Related to Canada in some say China's largest bank to finance Kitimat refinery
Business | 196 hits | 7:06 PM on Thursday | posted by Strutz
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China's largest bank will be helping to finance the proposed Kitimat refinery that would process oil shipped by pipeline or rail from the Alberta oilsands.
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Link Related to Canada in some say Porter launches $4M libel lawsuit against union
Business | 163 hits | 6:16 AM on Thursday | posted by OnTheIce
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Porter Airlines has launched a lawsuit against the union representing 22 striking fuel workers for comments made on Twitter.
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Link Related to Canada in some say Government, big oil, others engaged in ‘fraud' at consumers' expense, B.C. economist argues
Business | 177 hits | 12:35 PM on Tuesday | posted by DrCaleb
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OTTAWA – A B.C. economist who has been a thorn on the side of the Harper government and Canada’s oilpatch has launched her most scathing critique yet at the proponents of Enbridge Inc.’s proposed Northern Gateway pipeline. Robyn Allan alleges that gove
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Link Related to Canada in some say Smoking reduces house value by 30%, realtor survey finds
Business | 195 hits | 8:13 AM on Tuesday | posted by Regina
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Homeowners risk coughing up big bucks if they're also smokers, according a survey of Ontario real estate agents and brokers.
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Link Related to Canada in some say Indian firm 'indentures' bank workers while making millions
Business | 157 hits | 2:44 PM on Thursday | posted by Hyack
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Two IT contractors from India who worked at RBC in Toronto said their lives were tightly controlled by their mutinational employer, while they took over the jobs of Canadian bank workers.
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Link Related to Canada in some say Deal opens door for Saskatchewan uranium to go to India
Business | 184 hits | 3:37 PM on Monday | posted by Robair
The nuclear regulators in India and Canada signed off on a deal that clears a path for Canadian uranium to be sold in one of the world's largest markets.
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Link Related to Canada in some say Report questions 'genuineness' of Chinese mining firm in B.C. to hire Canadians
Business | 183 hits | 5:48 PM on Sunday | posted by Hyack
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An internal federal review of a decision to grant permits to a Chinese company to bring temporary foreign workers from China for its British Columbia coal mine raises questions as to the "genuineness" of the company in its search for Canadian workers.
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Link Related to Canada in some say RBC replaces Canadian staff with foreign workers
Business | 231 hits | 6:54 PM on Saturday | posted by Hyack
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Dozens of employees at Canada's largest bank are losing their jobs to temporary foreign workers, who are in Canada taking over the work in their department.
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Link Related to Canada in some say Chinese fisheries don't report 91 per cent of catch
Business | 143 hits | 8:56 AM on Friday | posted by DrCaleb
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Chinese fisheries catch an estimated $11.6 billion worth of fish from the waters of other countries each year, yet only about nine per cent of that is reported, according to a study out of the University of British Columbia. But the study, which claims
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Link Related to Canada in some say Deformed fish in Alberta
Business | 180 hits | 10:50 PM on Wednesday | posted by BeaverFever
A renowned Canadian scientist says there appear to be similarities between fish deformities found downstream from Alberta's oilsands and those observed after the Exxon Valdez oil spill in Alaska and Florida's Deepwater Horizon disaster.
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Link Related to Canada in some say Neil Macdonald: Ottawa weighing plans for bank failures
Business | 144 hits | 10:11 AM on Wednesday | posted by martin14
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In a somewhat buried aside, Jim Flaherty's budget said taxpayers won't be responsible for bailing out failing banks. Depositors beware, Neil Macdonald writes. Canada is looking at the 'Cyprus solution,' and it is just a matter of to what degree you will b
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Link Related to Canada in some say Canada ranks near bottom of barrel on vacation time | Pay Day
Business | 245 hits | 8:51 AM on Thursday | posted by Robair
Canadians should count their lucky stars a long weekend is coming up because apparently the country ranks near low globally when it comes to the amount of paid and public holiday time, according to recent findings
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Link Related to Canada in some say No price parity with Target Canada
Business | 237 hits | 9:41 AM on Wednesday | posted by BeaverFever
Target Canada president Tony Fisher addressed Tuesday the sticker shock gripping some consumers who expected the retailer’s prices would be on par with its U.S. stores when it opened outlets across the country this month.
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Link Related to Canada in some say 2007 US NPR interview with Luka Magnotta about his plastic surgery addiction
Business | 162 hits | 7:00 AM on Wednesday | posted by erikcampano
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"I can’t even walk by a mirror without looking into the reflection, and I’m constantly seeing flaws. I’m seeing somebody completely different." -- a 2007 National Public Radio piece on male body image, featuring Luka Magnotta. Produced by news anchor Erik
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Link Related to Canada in some say Glut of dentists means tough times ahead, ‘doom and gloom' report says
Business | 219 hits | 6:45 AM on Tuesday | posted by Regina
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Some analysts worry that the dentists who are best at marketing, and not necessarily the most adept at fixing teeth, will prosper
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Video: Chopper crash
Business | 198 hits | 11:02 PM on Thursday | posted by 1Peg
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German police helicopter crash.
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Link Related to Canada in some say Italy says India violating diplomatic immunity law
Business | 190 hits | 7:09 PM on Monday | posted by saturn_656
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ROME (Reuters) - Italy said on Monday that an Indian court's decision to bar the Italian ambassador from leaving the country violated diplomatic immunity law, but said it hoped to amicably resolve a dispute
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Link Related to Canada in some say Alberta responds to New York Times editorial with $30,000 Keystone ad
Business | 208 hits | 6:31 AM on Monday | posted by Regina
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'Choosing to approve Keystone XL and oil from a neighbour, ally, friend, and responsible energy developer is the choice of reason,' reads the ad
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Link Related to Canada in some say B.C. mogul hopes for Kitimat refinery deal in the next month | CTV News
Business | 229 hits | 8:27 AM on Sunday | posted by Alta_redneck
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British Columbia billionaire David Black says he’s given himself one month to finalize an ambitious $25-billion plan to build a gas refinery in Kitimat, B.C.
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Link Related to Canada in some say For sale: One piece of Toronto history, well used
Business | 177 hits | 3:17 PM on Saturday | posted by kitty
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Thestar.com is Canada's largest online news site. Visit thestar.com for breaking top news stories from Toronto, the GTA, Ontario, Canada and around the World.
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Link Related to Canada in some say Captain John's Restaurant ordered to stay put after being shut down
Business | 161 hits | 3:16 PM on Saturday | posted by kitty
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Port Authority warns that ship can't be moved without insurance, examination for seaworthiness
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Shock in Cyprus as savers face bailout levy
Business | 267 hits | 12:02 PM on Saturday | posted by martin14
People in Cyprus react with shock to news of a one-off levy of up to 10% on savings as part of the 10bn-euro bailout agreed in Brussels.
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US bars Shell from arcitc drilling after they "screwed up".
Business | 181 hits | 8:31 PM on Friday | posted by BeaverFever
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Review finds company had failed to plan for short drilling season and its equipment did not stand up to harsh conditions
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Link Related to Canada in some say Enbridge ordered to dredge more oil from Kalamazoo River
Business | 151 hits | 3:31 PM on Friday | posted by BeaverFever
Calgary-based energy giant Enbridge is being ordered by U.S. authorities to do more to clean up a big oil spill that happened in southwest Michigan more than two-and-a-half years ago.
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Link Related to Canada in some say BlackBerry gets order for 1 million new smartphones, biggest order yet | CTV News
Business | 264 hits | 1:55 PM on Wednesday | posted by DrCaleb
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BlackBerry, formerly known as Research In Motion Ltd., says it has received an order for one million of its new smartphones, marking the largest ever single purchase in the company's history.
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Link Related to Canada in some say Shaw broke employment law with contract workers
Business | 198 hits | 7:52 AM on Tuesday | posted by Regina
Two former Shaw Communications employees are blowing the whistle on how the telecommunications giant broke employment law for years by underpaying them as independent contractors when they should have been paid as employees.
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New York City large-soda ban blocked by judge
Business | 203 hits | 3:05 AM on Tuesday | posted by martin14
A court blocks an "arbitrary and capricious" ban on the sale of large sugary drinks in New York City, a day before the law was to take effect.
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Link Related to Canada in some say House prices to be flat for 10 years, TD predicts
Business | 222 hits | 10:41 AM on Monday | posted by martin14
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Canada's real estate bonanza of the past decade has come to end and the long-term trend as one of the most profitable places to invest is also not encouraging, a new research paper from the TD Bank argues.
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Link Related to Canada in some say Man accused in India gang rape found dead in jail
Business | 141 hits | 9:32 AM on Monday | posted by Zipperfish
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Police say a man on trial for the gang rape and fatal beating of a woman aboard a New Delhi bus committed suicide in an Indian jail, but his lawyer and family allege he was killed.
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Microsoft fined by European Commission over web browser
Business | 193 hits | 8:18 AM on Monday | posted by commanderkai
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The EU's competition regulator fines Microsoft 561m euros ($731m; £484m) after it failed to keep a promise to promote a choice of rival web browsers.
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Link Related to Canada in some say Thailand passes Canada in car production
Business | 244 hits | 11:34 AM on Wednesday | posted by DrCaleb
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Canada's heft as a maker of automobiles is shrinking, and a new analysis of the world's car industry from Scotiabank suggests we're barely in the Top 10, leapfrogged by Thailand.
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4-Year-Old Falls Out of Third Story Window, Lands on His Feet
Business | 244 hits | 4:41 PM on Tuesday | posted by Robair
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After his mom pushed the couch out of the way so she could clean the carpets, 4-year-old Dylan Hayes climbed up to chat with a neighbor through the window -- and fell through, plummeting three stories and landing, miraculously, on his feet, unharmed.
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Link Related to Canada in some say Canadian businesses fuming as border guards let shoppers skip fees, | Canada | News | National Post
Business | 336 hits | 8:09 AM on Tuesday | posted by martin14
Canadian businesses are upset over a little-known 13-year-old policy that allows border guards to “waive through” travellers without charging them duty, particularly at peak cross-border shopping periods
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Eurozone to mull Cyprus bailout
Business | 237 hits | 10:36 AM on Monday | posted by martin14
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Eurozone finance ministers are meeting in Brussels to discuss how to fund a potential 17bn-euro ($22bn) bailout for Cyprus.
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Link Related to Canada in some say Luxury Calgary mansion sells for record $10.3-million | Homes | National Post
Business | 308 hits | 10:15 PM on Sunday | posted by kitty
This Aspen Woods estate boasts 14,500 square feet of luxury finishes

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