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Oct 21, 2011

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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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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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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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The World's Favourite Parlour Game: The Quite Interesting Brilliance of 'QI'
PopMatters
Two days later John Lloyd explained to TV Squad that part of the issue was cost, as the pictures used on the show are only cleared for use in theUK; although he admitted that then-president of BBC America, Garth Ancier, “is convinced that Americans ...
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PopMatters
Shocking Footage! Video Shows Gadhafi Was Captured Alive
News One
A Turkish construction worker told the British radio station BBC: 'We had seventy to eighty people from Chad working for our company. They were massacred with pruning shears and axes, accused by the attackers of being Gaddafi's troops. ...
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News One
Qaddafi's last moments: "Don't shoot"
CBS News
Additionally, the BBC reports that ex-rebels captured his famed former security chief, Mansour Daw, who, it had been reported, fled to Niger. According to Reuters, Qaddafi will have a "secret burial." (Below is a graphic video from first aired on Al ...
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The Declaration Of Independence May Have Been Totally Illegal, But Wasn't That ...
Philebrity.com
And since, well, the debate took place in America, the American side came out victorious. There's actually a pretty great video showing this whole event at the BBC's website, but it can't be embedded, so I guess those crafty Brits win in the long run.
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October 21, 2011: Some News That Matters
Business Insider
Previous disagreements between France and Germany about the bailout plans have centred on how much the private sector would have to contribute to any package. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-15393260 The ONS said sales volumes including petrol rose ...
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Business Insider
Decline of the West: Blood-lust in the streets of Libya suffices for justice
Center for Research on Globalization
As adults, their teachers are CNN, FOX, the BBC, and the newest addition to the state information corps, US CENTCOM's own Al Jazeera. None of them have any genuine moral or ethical perspective left in their editorial vision. The corporate networks will ...
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Center for Research on Globalization
The killing of exotic animals in Ohio unleashed wild sentimentality
The Guardian
Our 85-year-old head of state and her 90-year-old husband fly halfway round the world to pay an official visit to Australia, and their arrival merits only a tiny snippet towards the end of the BBC 10 O'Clock News. It is hard to imagine the television ...
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The Guardian
Churchill goes global
The Portugal News
The revised show also features two brand new, “big dance numbers” starring the Swing Xtreme dance troupe, choreographed by Broadway and BBC TV show 'Strictly Come Dancing' choreographer Ryan François. In September 2012 'Churchill' will make its UK ...
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SGIA Honors Specialty Imaging Industry's Generous Support
What They Think
Platinum Sponsors: Agfa Graphics, Durst Image Technology US LLC , EFI, FUJIFILM North America Corporation, Graphic Systems Division and Hewlett Packard Company; and Gold Sponsors: EPSON, INX Digital International Co. and Roland DGA Corporation. ...
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Chris Martin grateful to Coldplay for giving him marriage bliss
Monsters and Critics.com
Chris Martin from Coldplay arriving at BBC Radio One Studios to perform live in the Live Lounge studios and sing their latest single 'Christmas Lights' - London. - Ian Lawrence / Splash News The 34-year-old singer is grateful for all the success being ...
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Monsters and Critics.com
PRÉ-vue [discourse's-analysis] TRI-vium The changing global landscape - by ...
New Era
The capitalist billionaires will no longer be able to contain the uprisings in their own countries even if the BBC and CNN channels do not want us to see what is happening in America and the riots in London, which by the way are no different from the ...
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iPad Cover More of a Master Key
NBC Bay Area (blog)
... the top names in Silicon Valley's technology industry and world-class technology reporters from The New York Times, Time Magazine, TechCrunch, USA Today, Bloomberg Businessweek, Yahoo Finance, Forbes, NPR, the BBC, Financial Times and Fortune. ...
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Art Imitating Life: Samsung 7000 Series HDTV Review
TechnoBuffalo
Offering perhaps the widest array of Net-based content of any Internet-enabled TV currently on the market, Smart TV encompasses streamingvideo services like Hulu Plus and Vudu, TV-formatted Web info like BBCNews and USA Today, and a smattering of ...
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Hillary Clinton urges Kabul to reconcile peace talks with Taliban
The Voice of Russia
According to a BBC report Hillary Clinton said that insurgents could become part of a peaceful future of the country or “face continuing assault”. The US Secretary of State arrived in Kabul on Wednesday to meet President Hamid Karzai. ...
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The Voice of Russia
Google Street View Goes Off-Road and Jumps on a Train
NBC Bay Area (blog)
... the top names in Silicon Valley's technology industry and world-class technology reporters from The New York Times, Time Magazine, TechCrunch, USA Today, Bloomberg Businessweek, Yahoo Finance, Forbes, NPR, the BBC, Financial Times and Fortune. ...
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Dorsey & Whitney LLP | Corruption Digest - October 2011
Linex Legal (press release) (registration)
Money was allegedly paid to the World Series Boxing (WSB) which is a subsidiary of the Amateur International Boxing Association (AIBA). Whistleblowers told the BBCthat the WSB was in financial difficulty and was bailed out by a $9 million loan from ...
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Platini hopes Blatter chooses change
Irish Examiner
The pressure group Transparency International have called on FIFA to release court documents surrounding a fraud case involving payments made by collapsed marketing company ISL. BBC's Panorama have named Brazil's FIFA member and 2014 World Cup chief ...
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BBC News - Why wild animals do not make good pets
Skip to content; Skip to local navigation; Skip to bbc.co.uk navigation; Skip to ... of Born Free USA, a group working to ban private ownership of wild animals. ...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-15378039
This is real-life Mario Kart - BBC Top Gear
Out in the UK 14 OctMore ... Back to Car News ... The world's most prolific videogame characters appear in the World's Best Selling Racing Video Game, the World'sMost Critically ... If you want to contact us please go to our contact us page. ...
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