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Air Canada adds SriLankan Airlines as its 24th code-share partner
Winnipeg Free Press
SriLankan Airlines chief marketing officer said the agreement between the two carriers opens up other Canadian cities for Sri Lankan tourists, beyond Toronto and Montreal. The airline is Air Canada's (TSX:AC.B) 24th code-share partner. ...
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Media Advisory/Photo Opportunity: BMO Bank of Montreal Celebrates Grand ...
MarketWatch (press release)
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA, Oct 20, 2011 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) -- BMO Bank of Montreal invites clients and members of the community to celebrate the grand opening of its new full-service branch in Vancouver's Oakridge Center at 650 West 41st Avenue ...
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Canadian app maker gains from the 'big shift' in publishing
Montreal Gazette
By Peter Hadekel, Montreal Gazette October 21, 2011 10:43 AM Imogen Levy poses as she looks at the Westminster Abbey 3D App on an iPad device. With hundreds of thousands of applications being written for mobile devices, the app business has become the ...
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Canadian airlines object to EU emissions regulations
Montreal Gazette
By FRANÇOIS SHALOM, The Montreal Gazette October 21, 2011 11:52 AM Shaun Best REUTERS file photo An Air Canada jet is refuelled in St. John's. Canadianairlines say they have invested billions in new planes that burn less fuel, which is their largest ...
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Sittler to help Canadian Tire grand re-opening
Napanee Guide
I was never on a Stanley Cup team, but winning the Canada Cup, playing against the best players in the world and with the best players in Canada was something special," Sittler said from his home in Toronto. "On a different note, the 10-point game, ...
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WAG Announces Selection of Artists for Major Contemporary Show
Canada First Perspective
The selection committee members were: Josée Drouin-Brisebois, Curator of Contemporary Art at the National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa; Bruce Grenville. Senior Curator at the Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver; Robin Metcalfe, Director/Curator of the Saint ...
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Canadian Bond Prices Slip On Euro-Zone Hopes, Strong Canada CPI
Wall Street Journal
By Satish Sarangarajan Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES TORONTO (Dow Jones)--Canadian government bond prices were firmly lower Friday on optimism over a potential solution to euro-zone debt and after Canadian consumer inflation rose more than expected. ...
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Canada wins 5 golds at Pan Am Games
CBC.ca
The Canadian men's team also advanced with a 2-0 victory over the USToronto's Shahier Razik recorded seven straight points before Julian Illingworth was forced to retire. Shawn Delierre of Montreal clinched the semifinal win with a tough five-game ...
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CBC.ca
The Lamb Lies Down in Toronto
Cashbox Magazine Canada
Named for a 1971 Genesis song about an old man reclaiming his youth, the Montreal outfit has since become one of rock music's least likely success stories: a French-Canadian cover band playing progressive-rock epics to raving crowds across the globe. ...
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Cashbox Magazine Canada
Catherine Ford
Troy Media Corporation
Her thrice-weekly columns appeared in newspapers across Canada, including theVancouver Sun, Montreal Gazette, Edmonton Journal, Windsor Star and, of course, the Calgary Herald. In her 40-year career as a journalist, Catherine was Associate Editor of ...
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Gerry James did it all in storied sports career
Toronto Sun
He played for the Toronto Maple Leafs, who were swept by the powerful MontrealCanadiens. James, who became the youngest lad to ever play in the CFL at 17, also became the very first recipient of the Schenley Award for Most Outstanding Canadian in 1954 ...
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Scotiabank Buys Stake in Colombian Bank
Wall Street Journal
While Canadian giants like Toronto-Dominion Bank and Bank of Montreal have swooped into the US for bargain banking assets, Scotiabank, which had spent C$12 billion ($US11.76 billion) on 22 acquisitions since the crisis, has concentrated its efforts...
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Quebec woman charged with trying to export assault rifle parts to Lebanon
National Post (blog)
Criminal charges against alleged violators of UN sanctions are rare but not unprecedented in Canada. Last year, Mahmoud Yadegari of Toronto was sentenced to three years for attempting to ship nuclear-related items to Iran despite a UN embargo. ...
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Clarkson recounts 10 immigrants' stories
Montreal Gazette
By Marian Scott, Montreal Gazette October 21, 2011 11:11 AM “You do not stay the same sort of person when you have had the experience of having lost everything and coming to the new place, which is Canada,” Adrienne Clarkson says. ...
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Judge to decide fate of Arturo Gatti's fortune as civil trial ends
CTV.ca
That froze Gatti's liquid assets. Rivera later joined the Montreal case as a plaintiff with the Gatti family. Meanwhile, three television documentaries aired in the United States and Canada exploring the boxer's death. Those projects depicted the boxer ...
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Call to ban Islamic scholars
Toronto Sun
The Quebec National Assembly last week tried to prevent Green and Tzortzis from giving a speech in Montreal on Friday due to “their homophobic remarks and speech trivializing violence against women”. “It is for us as Muslims living here in Canada to ...
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Heavy rain, wind buffet Ontario and Atlantic Canada
CBC.ca
"The worst of the rain for them is going to be in central Quebec," she said, noting that the heaviest rainfall is expected to miss Montreal and Quebec City. In the afternoon, Montreal transport authorities temporarily closed some low-lying roads due to ...
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CBC.ca
Bank of Canada to Release Monetary Policy Report
Bank of Canada
Journalists in Toronto and Montréal will be linked to the briefing by video conference. Information gathered at the session may be used freely in news reports and commentaries, provided it is not attributed to the Bank or its officers. ...
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Honour killings trial begins in Canada
Independent Online
The accused had immediately gone to police to report them missing and said the family had stopped at a Kingston motel late at night to rest on their way home to Montreal from a vacation in Niagara Falls. Shafia told authorities that his eldest daughter ...
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Independent Online
Mounties charge man with perpetrating 'terrorist hoax'
Montreal Gazette
This is not the first time Canadian authorities have charged someone with committing a terrorist hoax. In June 2010, a 50-year-old Montreal man, Murad Hossain, was charged in connection with a letter that had been sent to authorities warning of a ...
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Bank of Canada Core Inflation Measure Hits Fastest Since 2008 in September
Bloomberg
“While this result doesn't completely rule out Bank of Canada rate cuts, it relegates them to only the most extreme circumstance,” Doug Porter, deputy chief economist at Bank of Montreal's Capital Markets unit, said in a note to investors. ...
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Bloomberg
S. Ont. mayors blast 'short-sighted' rail report
Toronto Sun
The consultant's study, commissioned by the Canadian, Ontario and Quebec governments, said the future rail corridor should focus on connecting Toronto, Ottawa,Montreal and Quebec City. Fontana said the joint statement was just the first step in a...
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Caldera Announces Modification to Private Placement
MarketWatch (press release)
Montreal, Canada - Friday, October 21, 2011 - Caldera Resources Inc. ("the Company" or "Caldera") announced on Wednesday, October 19, 2011, that it was undertaking a non-brokered private placement of up to $150000 in the form of 2500000 units priced at...
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TSX Delisting Review - ARISE Technologies Corporation (APV), (APV.WT), (APV.WT.A)
istockAnalyst.com (press release)
TMX Group is headquartered in Toronto and operates offices across Canada(Montreal, Calgary and Vancouver), in key US markets (Houston, Boston and Chicago) as well as in London. For more information about TMX Group, visit our website at www.tmx.com. ...
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'Extraordinary Canadians' make leap from books to TV with doc series
Winnipeg Free Press
And when you think about the fact that he was writing this stuff at the same time that McLuhan was writing and Harold Innis, it's just tremendously exciting for me to think about Toronto and Canada as a sort of hotbed of really groundbreaking ideas in ...
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Jean tops Lorenzo
Fight News
Two judges gave Plaitis a clean sweep 60-54 while the final judge posted a 59-55 scoredcard giving the one time light welterweight champion of Canada the decision victory. Columbian born but Montreal based Oscar “KaBoom” Rivas lived up to his nickname, ...
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Business News as of 6 pm ET
TMC Net
Will be updated ___ Holiday sales growth to be weaker: BMO Holiday-Retail-OutlookTORONTO _ A report by the Bank of Montreal predicts that the growth in holiday sales in Canada will be weaker than last year, but still decent. Sales will be restrained ...
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Arbitration blocks Air Canada strike
UPI.com
MONTREAL, Oct. 21 (UPI) -- The third threat of a strike by Air Canada's 6800 flight attendants has been nixed by an agreement to binding arbitration, the airline and union said. The dispute that centers largely on the airline's plan to launch a ...
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High unemployment, struggling economy make unions an easy target
Montreal Gazette
MONTREAL — Unions, the right to strike and even the principle of collective bargaining are seemingly under attack. With high unemployment and a struggling economy, unions have increasingly been targeted. Their goals of higher wages, job security and ...
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Denis Gagnon reteams with Bedo to produce Odasi
Montreal Gazette
Gagnon has become something of a cultural hero in Quebec, fêted by the MontrealMuseum of Fine Arts with a 10th anniversary show last year, featured in a documentary film and the big ticket at fashion weeks in Montreal and Toronto. ...
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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
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/
Occupy Vancouver, Montreal, Toronto, Victoria, Edmonton, Calgary...
Occupy Wall St. Movement comes home to Canada. But what's the ...Occupy Vancouver, Montreal, Toronto, Victoria, Edmonton ...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8zhoWup22VE
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...
Metro - Occupy Canada: quiet Sunday, big plan Monday - Metro News
Many taking part in the Occupy Canada movement have braved crisp autumn ...Occupations in Halifax, Montreal, Toronto and Vancouver have featured a ...
www.metronews.ca/.../998059--occupy-canada-quiet-sunday-...
English-sounding names hold edge for job seekers in survey
Employers in Toronto, Vancouver and Montreal “significantly discriminate” against applicants ... all” those who enter Canada on the point system have at least an undergraduate degree. .... John LeBlanc's top 10 new vehicles for large families ...
www.thestar.com/.../1069897--english-sounding-names-hold-...
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...
In Canada, English name a clear advantage in ... - Vancouver Sun
A comprehensive survey of employers in Vancouver, Montreal and Toronto has ...canada.com network .... By Douglas Todd, Postmedia News October 14, 2011 ...
www.vancouversun.com/Canada+English.../story.html
Made-in-Canada 'Occupy' movement makes its way home - The ...
moment among Canada's Adbuster founders sparked a global protest ... Calgary; Halifax; Montreal; Toronto; Vancouver ... TORONTO— The Canadian Press ...
www.theglobeandmail.com/news/...in.../article2201163/
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/canada/occupy.../story.html
ReadMetro, Metro news digital paper from Canada: Montreal ...
Canada - readmetro is the free electronic edition of Metro - the largest internationalnewspaper in over 100 major cities in 19 countries with an audience of 17 ...
oldreadmetro.com/show/en/Toronto/20111014/16/1/
Sun News : Occupy protesters lack real focus
The Canadian occupation begins Saturday. Organizers in Toronto, Ottawa,Vancouver, Montreal, Calgary and Halifax are promising thousands will take up the ...
www.sunnewsnetwork.ca/sunnews/.../20111015-142050.html
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
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/?...
Occupy Canada: What's next? | Canada | News | Toronto Sun
The demonstration was one of about a dozen that took place across Canada -- those inToronto, Montreal and Vancouver drawing thousands of people each ...
www.torontosun.com/.../us-style-occupy-protests-planned-can...

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