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CANADA News, Oct 19, 2011


Rogue Senate page lends her support to the 99ers
Montreal Gazette
In Canada, rallies were also held in Atlantic Canada -- in cities such as Halifax, Fredericton and St. John's -- as well as in Ottawa, Calgary, Edmonton, Winnipeg, Regina, Vancouver and Victoria. Violence broke out at demonstrations in Rome and Berlin, ...
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Teranet and National Bank Expand the Coverage of the Canadian House Price Index
MarketWatch (press release)
Combined with the current Canadian metropolitan areas covered by the index, Calgary, Halifax, Montreal, Ottawa (now Ottawa-Gatineau), Toronto, and Vancouver, the aggregate value of occupied dwellings in the metropolitan area covered by the indices now ...
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Montreal label Martin Lim wins Mercedes-Benz Start Up contest for new designers
Winnipeg Free Press
In its inaugural year, the semi-finals took place in Montreal and Vancouver. JoAnne Caza from Mercedes-Benz Canada announced Tuesday that the program will expand to semis in four new cities: Halifax, Quebec City, Ottawa and Edmonton. ...
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Peter Hadelkel: Political will still lacking for high-speed rail corridor
Montreal Gazette
"But other than slight corrections from Toronto to Windsor as far as feasibility, it's the same as every other study," noted the advocacy group's president Paul Langan. "Here's what it's going to cost. When are you going to do it? ...
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Canadian cities ask Ottawa to fix traffic woes
CTV.ca
Statistics Canada recently reported that the average Canadian commute was 26 minutes in each direction last year, significantly longer in Toronto, Montreal andVancouver. For transit riders, one-way commutes reached as high as 44 minutes inToronto. ...
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Cologix Launches, Offers Colo in Four Markets
Data Center Knowledge
In addition to the NaviSite facility in Dallas, Cologix has acquired Canix Colo located inMontreal, Telehouse Centre Canada with facilities in Toronto and Vancouver,Canada and Standard Connections in Toronto. In each case, the existing staff has ...
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Appetite growing in M&A field
Montreal Gazette
Pierre Bérubé, senior vice president and director, KPMG Corporate Finance Inc. inMontreal maintains that while there has been considerable weakness since 2009 inCanada, all indicators show things are picking up quickly. "Since the end of 2010, ...
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OPUS Hotels Take Lead As Canada's Premier Boutique Brand
PR Newswire (press release)
Following their recent recognition as Conde Nast Travelers "Best of Business Travel 2011" award, the two hotels were named in the Top 15 hotels in Canada with OPUSMontreal ranking #10, with a score of 88.8, and OPUS Vancouver ranking #15, ...
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Going down the 'blue road'
Montreal Gazette
MONTREAL - Canada's trucking industry will next week ask the Harper government to join an environment-friendly “blue road,” which officially opened for business Monday outside of Montreal. Canada's first commercial liquefied natural gas (LNG) fuelling ...
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Who's occupying Wall Street and what do they want? A primer
Montreal Gazette
The movement has spread to Canada and around the world, with protests in London, Chicago, Rome, Brussels, Frankfurt and dozens of other major cities. In Canada, protests have been held in Toronto, Vancouver, Ottawa, Montreal, Calgary, Edmonton and ...
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Dividend Select 15 Corp.: Monthly Dividend Declaration
MarketWatch (press release)
Bank of Montreal Great-West Lifeco Inc. TELUS Corporation BCE Inc. Husky Energy Inc. The Bank of Nova Scotia CIBC National Bank of Canada The Toronto-Dominion Bank CI Financial Corp. Power Corporation of Thomson Reuters Canada Corporation Enbridge Inc. ...
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Canadians still support high immigration levels: study
CTV.ca
Both Ontario and British Columbia showed lower than average levels of support, but people in those provinces' most immigrant-rich cities, Torontoand Vancouver, showed enthusiasm for immigration that was above average. "Where there are more immigrants, ...
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CTV.ca
Festival du nouveau cinema: Filmmakers, musicians unite to celebrate Canada's ...
Montreal Gazette
Auf der Maur was teamed up with director Sturla Gunnarsson, Montreal experimental world music guitarist Sam Shalabi and Toronto bluesman Jamie Fleming. “It was slightly awkward as far as, 'How are these three musicians going to hang out and jam in the ...
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Garda buys rival security company
Montreal Gazette
... that beat it in winning a multimillion dollar federal contract to provide pre-board passenger screening services at major airports in Western Canada. Montreal-based Garda said Tuesday it purchased all of the operations of Aeroguard for $16 million. ...
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Bobby Orr's Canada jersey up for auction
Globe and Mail
Canada won the 1976 tournament, defeating Czechoslovakia 6-0 inToronto and 5-4 in Montreal to win the best-of-three final. Orr, who was tournament MVP, is apparently not too keen on seeing his jersey for sale. He declined an interview request but ...
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Globe and Mail
Glacier Media to acquire BC papers from Postmedia for $86.5 million
CanadianBusiness.com
Postmedia, meanwhile, has a strategy to grow revenues by boosting its digital operations and focusing on its main dailies from Vancouver to Montreal. "The transaction allows us to pay down debt and focus on our core properties, ...
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David Suzuki Visits Occupy Montréal: "We've Got To Take Back Our Democracy ...
Treehugger
... Canada on 10.18.11 Prompted by my curiosity about the global movement known as Occupy Wall Street, on Saturday I headed out to the Occupons Montréal / Occupy Montréal protests, which mirrored similar events springing up in Toronto, Vancouver, ...
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Treehugger
Shipping standards a 'threat to jobs'
Montreal Gazette
... Canadian sovereignty and inter-provincial commerce, Carter said. The US portion of the Seaway is between Massena, NY, and near Welland in Ontario, but would effectively prohibit his ships that carry goods from Montreal to Toronto, for instance. ...
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CORRECTION: Liquid Nutrition Franchises Sold-Out in British Columbia!
MarketWatch (press release)
Through its wholly-owned subsidiary, Liquid Nutrition Franchising Corporation, LNGI is currently the franchisor of six stores located in Montreal, with franchise commitments and expansion opportunities throughout Canada and the United States, ...
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Canmarc REIT sells 1261 residential units in Atlantic Canada for $65 million
CanadianBusiness.com
By The Canadian Press | October 19, 2011 MONTREAL - Canmarc Real Estate Investment Trust (TSX:CMQ.UN) has completed the sale of its portfolio of apartment buildings in the Atlantic region for $65 million as part of a shift in focus to office and retail...
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Accedian Networks Wins Top Fastest Growing Company in Canada and Places 2nd ...
MarketWatch (press release)
A privately held company, Accedian Networks is headquartered in Montreal, Canada, with regional offices in the US, Europe, Latin America, Middle East and Asia. For additional information, please visit: www.accedian.com or call            1-866-685-8181or       +1 (514) ...
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Gay refugees fear scorned woman
Montreal Gazette
The gay couple fled to Montreal in the summer of 2008. In their application for refugee status, they said they fear for their lives in Mexico because the ex-girlfriend's uncle was able to use his police connections to track them down. ...
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Montreal company tops Fast50
Montreal Gazette
Next week, the company is moving across the Trans-Canada Highway to a new building in Technoparc Montreal - which will be double the size of its current digs. The company plans to add 40 employees by the end of the year. Ostiguy said Accedian has been ...
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Canadian celebrities' favourite places
Toronto Sun
(PHILIPPE-OLIVIER CONTANT/QMI Agency) FeFe Dobson: Singer Dobson names her hometown of Toronto as her favourite place in Canada. "It's very multicultural. Being biracial, it's great to be able to go to a great Jamaican spot in Toronto ... and then go ...
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Haute 100 Update: Daniel Boulud to Open Two New Restaurants in Canada
Haute Living
Boulud's company with partner Lili Lynton, The Dinex Group, is planning on opening one restaurant in Montreal and another in the Four Seasons Toronto. While Chef Boulud previously had a restaurant in Vancouver, it was short-lived. ...
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Boogie Studio Announces Key New Hires
Broadcast Newsroom
Boogie Studios has served hundreds of clients including LG2, Sidlee, Ubisoft, Y&R, Rethink Vancouver, KBS+P, DDB Anderson Toronto, Cirque du Soleil, Télé-Québec, TVA Accès and Nurun. Boogie Studio is a privately-held company based in Montreal,Canada. ...
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Canadian cyclists win gold, set record at Pan American Games
Globe and Mail
The adage of working years to become an overnight sensation rings true forCanadian track cyclists. Canada's women's team of Laura Brown ofVancouver – who won the bronze medal in the road time trials Sunday – Stephanie Roorda of Vancouver, ...
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Globe and Mail
Gourmet chefs are game to help athletes
Montreal Gazette
The competitors were selected by Montreal restaurant critics with the help of the contest's head judge, Toronto gastronomy writer James Chatto. Each chef 's entry will be judged by Montreal food writers Robert Beauchemin, Rollande DesBois, Gildas Meneu ...
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Canadian Man Walks Around the World in 11 Years
International Business Times
By Mark Johanson | October 18, 2011 2:14 PM EDT He left his home inMontreal, Canada 11 years and two months ago when his business went bankrupt; now Jean Beliveau has returned home after literally walking around the world. Instead of falling into a ...
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International Business Times
Unlimited free parking, anywhere, anytime
Toronto Star
Toronto is just about the only major Canadian metropolis where Ontario's 557000 accessible parking permit (APP) owners have unlimited free parking almost anywhere on city streets at any time (limitations include no stopping zones and fire hydrants). ...
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Movember: Read their (upper) lips
Montreal Gazette
By Bill Brownstein, The Gazette October 19, 2011 10:00 AM MONTREAL - One of the city's most distinctive moustaches will be no longer in two weeks. But the bearer of said moustache, Paul Desbaillets, pledges that it will be back and bushier and classier ...
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Jay Bran: In a grim world, Canada's a bright spot
Montreal Gazette
This argument comes from Sherry Cooper, chief economist of the BMO Financial Group - better known as the Bank of Montreal - and she laid out her case persuasively yesterday to a Montreal business group. "In my opinion, Canada will continue to be a...
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Does Cronenberg's Shivers still tingle the ol' spine?
A.V. Club
(Exception: Crash, which while pretty deluded of its own artiness, is incomparable in its unlikely ability to eroticize Toronto's gridlock epidemic.) Shivers imagines a Montreal suburb that is out-and-out Francophobic in its exclusion of actual ...
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A.V. Club
Bay chief working fast to revamp retailer
CTV.ca
In just three days last week, the CEO of the Bay toured eight remodelled department stores in British Columbia and launched The Room at the downtown Vancouverflagship, her chain's second upscale shop with $7000 cocktail dresses and other designer chic ...
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Canada's Tunisians to vote in weekend elections
AFP
MONTREAL — Canada and Tunisia have reached an agreement to allow Tunisian citizens living in the North American country to vote in landmark constituent assembly elections, officials said Tuesday. Canada said in September it would allow Tunisians in ...
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AFP
Modest economic growth ahead for Canada next year, expert predicts
Brockville Recorder and Times
MEGAN BURKE The Recorder and Times By MEGAN BURKE, THE RECORDER AND TIMES The main story ahead in 2012 for the Canadian economy is modest growth, according to the deputy chief economist for Bank of Montreal (BMO). Doug Porter made a stop in Brockville ...
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Occupy Canada rallies spread in economic 'awakening' - Canada ...
Canadian organizers are revving up their plans for Occupy Wall Street's global ...Offshoot Occupy@ cities include Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver, several other cities... A CBC News online survey asking Canadians if they plan to attend Occupy ...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/story/.../occupy-canada-protests.html
Wall Street Protests Planned for Canadian Cities This Weekend ...
Protests are planned in Canadian cities including Toronto starting tomorrow, expanding the Occupy Wall Street demonstrations that began in New York.
www.bloomberg.com/.../wall-street-protests-planned-for-toron...
Wright: UFC in Vancouver not likely for 2012 - sportsnet.ca
THE CANADIAN PRESS. TORONTO -- Pay-per-view shows in Toronto and Montreallook to be on the UFC's calendar again next year but Vancouver may be left ...
www.sportsnet.ca/mma/2011/10/12/ufc_vancouver/
Politics delivers knockout punch to Vancouver UFC
Tom Wright says he expect three major shows in Canada in 2012 -- in Montreal,Toronto and another city that "will surprise you." But Vancouver seems out of ...
www.ctvbc.ctv.ca/servlet/an/local/.../bc_ufc.../20111013/?...
Wall Street Protests Planned for Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver This ...
... government buildings in Montreal, Ottawa, Calgary, Vancouver and Halifax throughout ... Toronto, Canada's most populous city, is also the third- largest ...
www.bloomberg.com/.../wall-street-protests-planned-for-toron...
across Canada - CTV News Montreal
Hundreds of demonstrators gather in Toronto for the Occupy Toronto movement on ...The Occupy Canada campaign took hold in Calgary, Montreal, Vancouver, ...
montreal.ctv.ca/servlet/an/local/CTVNews/.../20111015/?...
Global News | 'Occupy Canada' protesters planning large impact ...
Occupy Canada protests decry corporate greed, financial inequality ... Occupations in Halifax, Montreal, Toronto and Vancouver have featured a melange of ...
www.globalnews.ca/occupy+canada...large.../story.html
ReadMetro, Metro news digital paper from Canada: Montreal ...
Canada - readmetro is the free electronic edition of Metro - the largest international newspaper in over 100 major cities in 19 countries with an audience of 17 ...
oldreadmetro.com/show/en/Toronto/20111014/16/1/
Occupy Wall Street coming home to Canada
By Robert Hiltz, Postmedia News October 15, 2011 ... at least six cities acrossCanada — Ottawa, Victoria, Toronto, Montreal, Calgary and of course, Vancouver ....
www.canada.com/news/Occupy+Wall+Street.../story.html
Global Montreal | Occupy Canada protests decry corporate greed ...
THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young ... Occupations in Halifax, Montreal, Torontoand Vancouver featured a mixed bag of youth, seniors, activists, families with ...
www.globalmontreal.com/occupy+canada.../story.html
Frustrations, but no demands yet from Occupy Vancouver | News ...
Time for the Canadian Wheat Board to bury the hatchet ... Breaking News Feed .... on Oct. 15, as well as to Edmonton, Calgary, Toronto, and Montreal. According ...
news.nationalpost.com/.../frustrations-but-no-demands-yet-for...
Occupy Canada: Vancouver, Toronto & More on October 15 ...
Occupy Canada: Vancouver, Toronto & More on October 15. ... Vancouver,Montreal, Toronto, Calgary, Others Prepare for October 15. The Occupy Wall Street.... NowPublic lets people work together to cover news events around the world. ...
www.nowpublic.com/.../occupy-canada-vancouver-toronto-m...
Olderposts - Canada News, Commentary, Analysis, Blogs | The Mark
Are you looking for a job in Vancouver, Montreal, or Toronto? ... Not having enough "Canadian workplace experience" or speaking with an accent are two of the ...
www.themarknews.com/news?page=7077
Global Toronto | Occupy Canada protests decry corporate greed ...
THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young ... Occupations in Halifax, Montreal, Torontoand Vancouver featured a mixed bag of youth, seniors, activists, families with ...
www.globaltoronto.com/canada/occupy.../story.html

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