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Education Indicators in Canada 2005
The fourth edition of Education Indicators in Canada: Report of the Pan-Canadian Education Indicators Program, available here, provides a wealth of statistical information on education. This report covers basic trends in enrolment and graduation at all levels, as well as trends for educators and expenditures in education. It also presents a broad statistical portrait of the school-age population and indicators on such topics as the school readiness of children aged four and five and labour market outcomes.
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Making Poverty History Focus of International Symposium
Leading international experts who are working to eradicate global poverty will gather at the University of Guelph April 25 and 26 for the “Making Poverty History: Doing More of What Works” symposium. The event will be held in Rozanski Hall and is free and open to the public. Advance registration is required.
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Unemployment rate for high school dropouts double that of university graduates
TORONTO - In 2004, the unemployment rate for 25- to 29- year-olds who had not completed high school stood at 15% compared to 7% for university graduates. This was one of many pieces of information contained in a major report released today by education ministers and Statistics Canada. Education Indicators in Canada:
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BASF Planning Biotech Potato, Corn
BASF AG, the world's biggest chemical maker, Announced April 12 it will begin challenging producers of genetically modified crops including Monsanto Co. and DuPont Co. by introducing high-starch potatoes next year.
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Ontario government can't distance itself from electricity price hikes
TORONTO - Yesterdays, April 12, announcement of a hike in electricity costs for consumers is just a taste of things to come, says the union representing workers in the electricity field. "The impact of Ontario Energy Board's announcement is that electricity prices are going up," comments Power Workers' Union President (PWU) Don MacKinnon. "It would appear that people using air-conditioning in the summer will be the first to feel the effects of the higher rates."
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Statement by Assembly of First Nations national chief on federal accountability act
OTTAWA - "Generally, the enhancements to federal government oversight and accountability announced today are positive steps forward and are worthy of our support. We have no criticism of the steps taken regarding election financing, conflict of interest, lobbying, government appointments, the budget process, procurement, polling and advertising, protection for whistleblowers, or internal audit capacity within departments.
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Mission to China: the Board of Trade of Metropolitan Montreal delighted by the agreements signed by Montreal-based Q Water Resources Inc.
MONTREAL - As part of the trade mission to China organized by the Board of Trade of Metropolitan Montreal and its team of international trade experts - the World Trade Centre Montréal - and lead by Gérald Tremblay, mayor of Montreal, the Canadian company Q Water Resources, active in the international development of water resources and the production of high-quality bottled water, has just signed two lucrative agreements.
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2006 already a record year for Canada's wind energy industry - 260 MW of new installed capacity only the beginning
OTTAWA - Canada's wind energy industry has already broken its annual growth record in 2006 and is set to shatter it before the year is out. As of April 2006, Canada had installed 260 MW of new wind energy capacity, breaking the existing record of 239 MW established in 2005.
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After best quarter ever, Mercedes-Benz presents its new generation E-Class at the New York Autoshow
TORONTO - After four years in production and around a million vehicles sold, Mercedes-Benz presented today the new generation of its world-renowned E-Class at the New York Autoshow.
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EC proposes practical improvements to the way the European GMO legislative framework is implemented
On April 12 the European Commission gave its support to an approach proposed by Health and Consumer Protection Commissioner Markos Kyprianou and Environment Commissioner Stavros Dimas on further steps to improve the scientific consistency and transparency for Decisions on Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs).
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CHUM Limited Announced Second Quarter 2006 Financial Results
TORONTO CHUM Limited announced the following review and analysis of the Company's operations and financial position for the three months and six months ended February 28, 2006 and update to the information in CHUM Limited's Management's Discussion and Analysis for its fiscal year ended August 31, 2005 ("Annual MD&A") contained in its 2005 Annual Report
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Mirage Unveils Flagship OM Design Series
Mirage Loudspeakers, a division of Audio Products International (A.P.I.) has released the flagship OM Design series loudspeakers, representing the “world’s first” truly high-end Omniguide-based speaker series. Omniguide technology, introduced in 2001 and designed by Andrew Welker, Mirage’s Head Engineer, allows speakers to radiate sound in a uniform, 360-degree radiation pattern, API explains.
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Funding Problems A Serious Issue for School Boards
TORONTO - The recent provincially directed investigation of finances at the Dufferin-Peel Catholic District School Board, has produced a report that highlights serious problems in the education funding formula. The report concurs with the position of OCSTA regarding funding formula inadequacies and the need to update funding benchmarks. These are most certainly significant factors contributing to the difficulties faced by Dufferin-Peel and many other school boards.
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Tourism Toronto aggressively targets new markets to offset decline in visitors from the U.S.
TORONTO - In response to challenges arising from uncertainty surrounding required travel documents, currency exchange rates, increased competition and low consumer awareness, Tourism Toronto is stepping up marketing efforts with partners in key markets with high-impact campaigns to capitalize on untapped opportunities in the U.S. and abroad.
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Transcontinental acquires majority interest in Enixa Media
MONTREAL - Transcontinental acquired a majority interest in Montreal-based Enixa Media on April 12. The company manages a network of 400 in-store digital advertising displays, currently located in a total of 45 Metro and other grocery stores in Greater Montreal and reaching close to one million consumers weekly.
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Epson Expands Print Academy
Epson Canada Ltd. has expanded the curriculum for its 2006 Print Academy “traveling school” in order to appeal to professionals as well as photo enthusiasts. Two full-day tracks will now be offered: Track One for photo enthusiasts, advanced amateurs, and other digital SLR camera owners; and Track Two, designed by working professionals exclusively for working professionals.
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XM Revamps Channel Line-up
XM Canada has revamped its channel line-up to expand program offerings to “up to” 100 channels, with eight new commercial-free music stations, and Major League Baseball play-by-play action. The number of active play-by-play sports channels at any given moment is dependent on whether there are enough games on to fill each one, hence the reference to “up to” 100 channels. Bob Dylan’s exclusive XM show will also launch next month, while the Oprah & Friends channel will debut in September.
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Newspapers and Taxpayers' Groups Press Harper Government to Keep Transparency Pledges - Federal Accountability Act Plays "Bait and Switch" with Voters
OTTAWA - The Canadian Taxpayers Federation and the Canadian Newspaper Association are calling on Prime Minister Stephen Harper to honour campaign promises to end a culture of secrecy in Ottawa by committing to a timetable for enacting reforms to the Access to Information Act before the next federal election.
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Funding helps increase northern Canadian research
Laurier has been awarded $29,400 from the Northern Scientific Training Program (NSTP). The funding will support 12 graduate and senior undergraduate student field projects in northern Canada for the 2006/7 year.
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DALSA to Develop Custom CMOS Image Sensors for Dental X-ray OEM
Waterloo - DALSA Corporation (TSX:DSA), an international high performance semiconductor and electronics company, announced today that it has received a contract to develop and supply CMOS image sensor chips for a leading manufacturer of dental x-ray equipment.
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Canadian international merchandise trade February 2006
Following large increases in recent months, exports of passenger vehicles, lumber and aircraft pulled down exports in February. A slightly larger drop in imports from record high values resulted in Canada's merchandise trade surplus edging up to $6.3 billion in February.
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Turbocharged Acura RDX Unveiled at New York International Auto Show
NEW YORK - The all-new 2007 Acura RDX Entry Premium SUV made its production debut at the New York Auto Show. Combining Acura's first- ever turbocharged engine with the break-through Super Handling All-Wheel Drive(TM) (SH-AWD(TM)) system, RDX is designed to keep Acura ahead with handling, performance and technology.
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CTV News Launches National Aboriginal Internship Program
Toronto, - CTV News announced April 12 that it is launching a National Aboriginal Internship Program. Eleven regional stations across the country will each offer a twelve-week paid internship (summer 2006) as part of an ongoing commitment to Aboriginal reflection through participation and partnership.
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Conestoga Degree Students Win National Energy Honours
Jon Douglas and Amanda Ford, students in the Architecture - Project and Facility Management degree program at Conestoga College, have each received $1,500 from Natural Resources Canada (NRCan) as winners of the annual Energy Ambassadors student competition, open to Canadian post-secondary students who have devised projects that develop practical solutions that apply innovative technology in the interest of reducing energy consumption.
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Romance Blooms at Epcot April 21-June 11, 2006 for 13th Annual Epcot International Flower & Garden Festival
LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. -- Donald and Daisy topiaries cruise through a floral tunnel of love while topiaries of Cinderella and Prince Charming "waltz" amid blossoms and greenery. Disney "sweetheart" topiaries based on decades of happily-ever-after classic stories add romance and whimsy to the 13th annual Epcot International Flower & Garden Festival April 21-June 11 at Walt Disney World Resort.
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Lexus Debuts 2008 LS 600h L: World's First Full Hybrid V8 Luxury Sedan
NEW YORK - Lexus will unveil the all-new 2008 LS 600h L hybrid luxury sedan at a press conference on April 12 at the 2006 New York International Automobile Show. Scheduled to arrive in Spring 2007, the all- wheel drive LS 600h L will be the world's first vehicle to feature a full hybrid V8 powertrain.
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The China Challenge: How China is Changing our World and What We Can Do About It
On Monday, May 1st, Howard Balloch, former Canadian Ambassador to China and currently the President of the Canada China Business Council, will be the featured speaker at a luncheon at the Delta Kitchener Hotel co-hosted by the Greater Kitchener Waterloo Chamber of Commerce and Communitech Technology Association.
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CINEPLEX ENTERTAINMENTINCREASES SYNERGIES TARGET TO $30 MILLION SELECTS COCA-COLA AS EXCLUSIVE BEVERAGE SUPPLIER AND EXPANDS DIGITAL PRE-SHOW NETWORK
Toronto, ON Cineplex Entertainment announced April 11 that it expects annual recurring synergies (savings) resulting from aquisition of Famous Players to now reach $30 million dollars.
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Wolfowitz Unveils Anti-Corruption Strategy
"World Bank President Paul Wolfowitz unveiled corruption fighting measures on Tuesday that will change the way the Bank designs and approves development projects for poor countries," reports Reuters. "In a speech [given] while traveling in East Asia, Wolfowitz said graft was a major impediment to development and the Bank would step up transparency and anti-corruption efforts on three fronts."
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Canadian Taxpayers Federation & Canadian Newspaper Association to Respond to Federal Accountability Act
OTTAWA - The Canadian Taxpayers Federation and the Canadian Newspaper Association held a joint news conference April 12 on Parliament Hill to comment on the Conservative government's Federal Accountability Act.
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SingTel is World’s First Carrier to Offer BlackBerry Connect for Palm Treo 650 Smartphone Choices for Enterprise Customers Grow with Combination
Singapore, Sunnyvale, CA and Waterloo, ON - SingTel, Palm, Inc. and Research In Motion (RIM) announced today the first availability of BlackBerry® Connect™ for the Palm® Treo™ 650 smartphone. With BlackBerry Connect, SingTel customers now have a wider choice of devices that support the robust and secure BlackBerry services and a wider choice of wireless email solutions that support the feature-rich Treo 650.
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SlipStream Deployed On Another 3G Network Alegro Receives Compelling Acceleration and Network Savings
WATERLOO - SlipStream Data Inc, the industry leader in data acceleration software, today announced that Alegro PCS has deployed SlipStream's newest mobile acceleration product, SlipStream MSP, in its 1X/EVDO network. Alegro PCS deployed their CDMA2000 1X network, providing 3G wireless voice and data technology to their entire customer base last year.
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Engineer to Lead Studies for Safe Drinking Water
A University of Guelph environmental engineer is heading a million-dollar, cross-country research project on emerging technology intended to protect water resources and ensure safe drinking water for people in Canada and abroad.
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New EDC program to help small business meet anti-terrorism guidelines for cross border trade with U.S.
TORONTO - Export Development Canada (EDC) today launched a pilot loan program to help smaller exporters meet new U.S. customs security guidelines and gain greater access to the U.S. market.
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What's Keeping Corporate Leaders Up at Night? Skills Shortages at All Levels -- From the Top to the Front Line: The Ken Blanchard Companies(R) Releases Findings From Its 2006 Issues Survey
SAN DIEGO - The Ken Blanchard Companies(R) annual corporate issues survey points to a skills gap for corporate leadership positions, as well as trained talent at all levels.
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New Housing Price Index - February 2006
New house prices continued to rise strongly in February, as the New Housing Price Index rose 0.7%, down slightly from January's increase of 0.9%. On a 12-month basis prices were up 7.0% compared to 6.6% the previous month.
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WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM ON EAST ASIA TO MOVE TO JAPAN FOR THE FIRST TIME
Geneva, Switzerland, 12 April 2006 – The World Economic Forum, in partnership with Keizai Doyukai (Japan Association of Corporate Executives), today announced its World Economic Forum on East Asia, which will be held in Tokyo on 15 and 16 June 2006.
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Chief Information Officers Surveyed Reveal Smart Retention Strategies
TORONTO - Businesses today are taking steps to persuade valued staff to stay -- and they don't involve a ball and chain. In fact, 58 per cent of chief information officers (CIOs) polled said they're providing professional development opportunities to retain their best people. Offering flexible schedules and increasing base compensation also are popular retention strategies, among 41 per cent and 40 per cent of respondents, respectively.
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Study: Canadian retailers competing for the consumer's food dollar 1997 to 2004
Canadian grocers are holding their own in face-to-face competition with general merchandise stores for the consumer's food dollar, and they appear to be faring much better than their American counterparts, according to a new study. Canadian consumers do not get their groceries in general merchandise stores as much as their American counterparts do.
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Investment in non-residential building construction drops 10% in Kichener for First quarter 2006
Last year's sustained pace for investment in non-residential building construction has spilled over into 2006, again the result of strong activity in Western Canada, particularly Alberta. Investment during the first three months of 2006 rose 2.3% to $8.5 billion — the sixth consecutive record high.
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Laurier alums donate $1 million to improve campus environment
WATERLOO – The Wilfrid Laurier University Alumni Association (WLUAA) is demonstrating its most significant show of support for the university, pledging $1 million for four projects over the next five years.
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National Construction Industry Wage Rate Survey 2005
Data from the 2005 National Construction Industry Wage Rate Survey are now available for British Columbia, the Northwest Territories and Nunavut. The three most highly-paid construction occupations in British Columbia for which data are available were: elevator constructors who received $36.35 an hour on average as the most frequently paid wage rate; refrigeration and air conditioning mechanics ($29.94); and tower crane operators ($28.82).
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Brat Politics and Guerilla Logic
The most important technology and business event of the year is Communitech’s 2006 Tech Leadership Conference, “Brat Politics and Guerilla Logic: Winning the War for Talent, Markets and Money,” Thursday May 11, 2006, featuring keynote TERRY MATTHEWS, Chairman, March Networks and Mitel Networks Corporation, the most successful high tech entrepreneur in Canada.
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Newspaper Group to Harper Government: Keep Transparency Promises - Access to Information Reforms in Federal Accountability Act Fall Short: CNA
TORONTO - The Canadian Newspaper Association is deeply concerned that the removal of Access to Information reforms from the Federal Accountability Act, tabled in Parliament today, signals that Prime Minister Stephen Harper has backed away from promises to improve transparency in government.
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CAW Opens Bargaining With McMaster University Wednesday at 10 a.m.
HAMILTON - CAW president Buzz Hargrove and CAW Local 555 open bargaining with McMaster university administration Wednesday, 10 am.
CAW Local 555 represents 2,200 non-academic support staff at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario. CAW members include administrative and library assistants, administrators, student advisors, research assistants and coordinators, IT specialists, medical secretaries, research nurses, laboratory technicians, alumni and development officers, coaches and others.
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Where are the Entrepreneurs?
“Grandpa would roll over in his grave”. So ends the opening description in a case study delivered at the Richard Ivey School of Business. “Leading the Family Firm Course”. MBA and HBA students review real life cases and debate the decision-makers choices, and defend their ultimate choice. The case in question features several third generation owners of a successful family business debating a significant business action (to for example shut down a product line or sell off a business) that seems at odds with the perceived family legacy.
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World Leaders In Responsible Tourism Recognized At Global Summit: 2006 Tourism for Tomorrow Awards Winners Announced
Washington DC, USA - The World Travel & Tourism Council announced the winners of the 2006 Tourism for Tomorrow Awards at the 6th Global Travel and Tourism Summit. The awards recognize and promote best practices in tourism development all over the world. The winners are:
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Africa's Star Performers May See Faster Growth - IFC
"Growth in some of Africa's best-performing economies may accelerate further in the next few years, reaching 8-10 percent on a sustainable annual basis, a leading international economist said on Monday," reports Reuters.
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Lower Employee Morale & Decreased Productivity Are Biggest Consequences Of Bad Hires & Promotions
TORONTO – Lower employee morale and decreased productivity are the biggest consequences of bad hiring and promotion decisions, according to a survey by management firm. Other negative consequences of bad hires and promotions include: lost customers and market share, and higher training, recruitment, and severance costs, according to the survey of 444 organizations throughout North America.
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Manulife Financial launches online Annual Information Return tool for Canadian group pension clients
WATERLOO - Manulife Financial is launching a new online Annual Information Return Summary Report for group pension clients across Canada, as part of its industry-leading governance program. This report reinforces a commitment by Manulife Group Savings and Retirement Solutions (GSRS) to make plan management easier for clients.
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World Energy Leaders Braced for Revolutionary Change Within The Industry
LONDON -- The utilities industry is facing its biggest challenge in modern times according to the eighth annual PricewaterhouseCoopers report 'The Big Leap: Utilities Global Survey 2006'. According to the report, two-thirds of the world's leading utility company leaders hold this view with the majority rating the changes that the industry will have to undergo as little short of revolutionary.
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Tuesday April 11, 2006
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Waterloo's Lisa LaFlamme Goes on Patrol with Canadian Troops in Afghanistan W-FIVE Special airs Saturday, April 15 at 7 p.m.
Toronto- CTV gives viewers an exclusive glimpse into the reality facing Canadian soldiers in Afghanistan with unprecedented access into Operation Peacemaker, the largest combat mission for Canadian infantry since the Korean War.
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Descartes' Global Logistics Network customers gain access to electronic cross-border and customs filing service
WATERLOO - The Descartes Systems Group Inc. announced April 10 that it has acquired Ottawa-based ViaSafe Inc., a privately-held provider of secure electronic logistics services for global trade.
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Consumers still ringing up growth in Canadian economy
OTTAWA - Tax cuts and wage gains will put more money in Canadians' pockets in 2006, leading to a second consecutive year of strong consumer spending growth, according to the Conference Board's Canadian Outlook - Spring 2006.
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Ontario And Illinois Sign Memorandum Of Understanding At BIO 2006 Conference
CHICAGO - The governments of the Province of Ontario and the State of Illinois today signed a five-year agreement to collaborate on biotechnology research and trade.
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Six Trends Will Drive Sustainable Development
Market Forces, Governance, Globalisation, Innovation, Among Major Influencers
NEW YORK - Sustainable development will steadily advance over the next 10 years, with six major trends influencing industry world-wide, according to a new PricewaterhouseCoopers' report, "Corporate Responsibility: Strategy, Management and Value." The challenge of creating strategies that meet immediate needs without sacrificing the needs of future generations will be driven by the growing influence of:
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Telstra and RIM Introduce the New BlackBerry 8700g in Australia
Sydney, Australia and Waterloo, ON - On April 10, Telstra and Research In Motion (RIM) introduced the new BlackBerry® 8700g™ in Australia.
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GM crops, drugs critical for India's development says minister
Biologically engineered crops and pharmaceuticals are critical to the long-term economic and agricultural security of India, the science and technology minister said.
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EDC to introduce new program to make cross border trade with the U.S. easier and quicker
OTTAWA - Export Development Canada (EDC) will launched a new loan facility to help Canadian small- and-medium-sized-enterprises meet U.S. Customs-Trade Partners Against Terrorism security guidelines.
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Air Canada adjusts domestic Canada and transborder U.S. fares in response to record high fuel prices
MONTREAL, - Air Canada announced April 11 that it has adjusted fares to reflect additional operating costs in response to record high fuel prices. The fare increase, effective on tickets issued beginning today, applies to most fare types including published, web and other special fares for travel on Air Canada and Air Canada Jazz within Canada and between Canada and the United States.
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New report shows tens of thousands of species around the world at risk of extinction from climate change
TORONTO - Climate change will cause an unprecedented extinction of tens of thousands of species around the world, says a groundbreaking new study published in the scientific journal Conservation Biology.
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Ontario Calls for New Approach to Fiscal Imbalance Minister Bountrogianni Campaigns For Fairness
OTTAWA - Ontario again is calling on the federal government to find a new approach to Canada's fiscal imbalance that ensures fairness for all Canadians, Dr. Marie Bountrogianni, Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs and Minister Responsible for Democratic Renewal announced April 10.
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Mayor David Miller launches Building a Great City website
TORONTO - On April 10, Toronto Mayor David Miller launched a new website that a report says will help residents access information about Toronto Council's priorities and the progress the City has made to-date. Named 'Building a Great City,' the website can be found at www.toronto.ca/greatcity and also includes an e-mail link for members of the public to share their own stories of progress in their communities.
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Canada's new government lists the LTTE as a terrorist organization
OTTAWA - The Honourable Stockwell Day, Minister of Public Safety, today announced that Canada's new government has listed the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) as a terrorist group, effective April 8, 2006, pursuant to the Criminal Code.
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Australian scientists have discovered antifreeze genes in Antarctic grass
Scientists at the Victorian government AgriBiosciences Centre have uncovered genes that inhibit ice crystal growth in Antarctic Harigrass, the only grass species that can survive in temperatures as low as minus 30C on the Antarctic Peninsula.
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Genetically Modified food 'inevitable'
GENETICALLY modified food will eventually be unavoidable, a top researcher said April 9. Dr Liz Dennis, from the CSIRO, said GM crops would become common in Australia, allowing producers to make food more nutritious and use fewer pesticides.
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U of G Biologist Wins Young Investigator Prize
What does a University of Guelph scientist think is the No. 1 environmental threat to you and your kids and their kids and so on? Clue: It’s not global warming or pollution.
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Waterloo's national magazine, The New Quarterly, turns 25
WATERLOO - The New Quarterly, a national literary magazine based at St. Jerome's University on the University of Waterloo campus, turns a quarter-century this year, complete with special features for readers across the country.
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Stopping coal-fired electricity imports on smog days
By paying electricity consumers in Ontario to reduce demand on smog-alert days, we can reduce air pollution, reduce the soaring cost of electricity on high-demand days and keep electricity dollars in Ontario instead of paying for high-cost imports of dirty coal-fired power from the Ohio Valley.
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EU Freezes Aid To Palestinian Government
"The European Commission said on Friday it had halted aid payments to the Hamas-led Palestinian government because the new cabinet had not recognized Israel's right to exist or renounced violence," Reuters (04/07) reports.
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TELUS acquires leading Canadian provider of IT security services, Assurent Secure Technologies
Toronto - TELUS Corporation announced that today it has acquired through a wholly-owned subsidiary all the outstanding shares of privately owned FSC Internet Corp. d.b.a. “Assurent Secure Technologies” (“Assurent”) for an undisclosed purchase price. Assurent is a Toronto-based leading provider of information technology security services and products.
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What are the best workplaces in Canada?
TORONTO - The global gold standard in the evaluation of workplace cultures has arrived in Canada in the form of a 18-page package in the issue of Canadian Business magazine hitting newsstands today. Thirty organizations--large and small, publicly traded and private--are profiled.
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Brick Brewing supplements long term financing agreement Additional $ 2.0 million term loan to finance equipment for new packaging capacity
WATERLOO - Brick Brewing Co. Limited today announced it has obtained supplemental term financing from Roynat Capital. The agreement allows the Company to use the additional funds to finance capital expenditures already incurred over the past year to complete the previously announced packaging line installation at the Kitchener warehouse.
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Global award for UW biotechnologist
UW media relations office
A leading UW researcher has received a global award for breakthrough work in biotechnology, including advances in the production of biopharmaceuticals and the reduction of pollution.
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Housing Starts remain strong in March pace of new home starts may begin to pull back
OTTAWA - The seasonally adjusted annual rate(1) of
housing starts was 252,300 units in March, up from 242,500 units in February, according to Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC).
"Apartment starts surged in a number of centres in March," said Bob
Dugan, Chief Economist at CMHC's Market Analysis Centre. "Despite the rise in multiple starts in March, single starts decreased for a second consecutivemonth suggesting that the pace of new home starts will begin to pull back."
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Plan for Closing Budget Gap Proposed
U of G has come up with a plan to deal with most of the $8.7-million shortfall that was expected between expenditures and expected revenues in the preliminary 2006/2007 operating budget.
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Labour Force Survey - March 2006
Employment increased by 51,000 in March, bringing total gains from 12 months ago to 330,000 or 2.1%. The unemployment rate declined 0.1 percentage points to 6.3%, a 32-year low. The employment increase in March pushed the Canadian employment rate up 0.1 percentage points to a record 62.9%. The employment rate is the share of the working age population that is employed. Caution is given when comparing rates with historical data.
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Top researchers, business leaders attend BIO 2006
CHICAGO - Ontario's top researchers and business leaders have convinced Premier Dalton McGuinty to boost jobs and investment at home by promoting the province's biotechnology sector at BIO 2006, an international life sciences conference.
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Ontario Premier Unveils Expansion Plans For MaRS Discovery District
CHICAGO, IL - The Ontario government is building more prosperity for families by helping to expand the MaRS Discovery District, a world-class centre for research and innovation in Toronto.
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Internet Service Providers Forge National Alliance to Protect Consumer's Choice across Canada
MONTREAL - The Quebec Coalition of ISPs (QCISP) and British Columbia coalition Open Source Solutions (OSS) today announced a strategic alliance to enhance the coordination of actions to protect consumer's choice and independent Internet service providers in Canada.
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Third-Generation (3G) Mobile Phones Are Inspiring Their Own Rules, Behaviours and Communities, Says a New Report by Motorola
BASINGSTOKE, U.K. - Are you the leading wo/man who enjoys the spotlight and embraces the new videophone age? Or the no-show who shuns it for fear of being caught out in places that are hard to explain? How is etiquette muscling in on the next-generation of mobile phones and why are grandparents buying not one but two devices to be part of the action?
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Domestic travel First quarter 2005
Canadian residents made 43.2 million visits in the country during the first quarter of 2005. About 20.3 million visits were to see friends or relatives, while more than 15.6 million were made for pleasure. Together, these two categories accounted for 83.2% of all visits in Canada. Of the remaining visits, 2.2 million were for business reasons and 5.1 million for other reasons such as bringing someone to the airport.
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2006 State of the City of Kitchener Address
KITCHENER - Nearly 300 business and community leaders were in attendance this April 7 as Mayor Carl Zehr presented the 2006 State of the City Address on behalf of City Council. The theme of the fourth annual speech was Kitchener's unique way of engaging citizens in the decision-making process. Mayor Zehr credited community members for getting involved and making their voices heard, saying they are helping to shape a better city.
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Guelph water better than provincial and federal standards
In 2005, more than 15,000 microbiological and chemical tests were performed on Guelph water samples in accordance with the Ministry of the Environment Drinking-Water Systems Regulation (DWSR). The tests confirm that in all cases, drinking water supplied to all customers by the City of Guelph Waterworks Division was safe and exceeded levels required by all Ontario and Canadian health-related standards.
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United States Franchise Community Disappointed over Immigration Stalemate
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Senate's failure to pass comprehensive immigration legislation before recessing today is a setback but not the end of hope for reform, according to the International Franchise Association. The Senate was poised to act on a bipartisan immigration deal before a series of procedural obstacles derailed it late Thursday night (April 6).
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ONTARIO GOVERNMENT PROMOTES LITERACY IN WATERLOO REGION
Grant Will Support Programs at Local Libraries but news is unclear if Kitchener, Waterloo and Cambridge libraries will recieve any grant money. Waterloo Region manages only rural libraries locates in around the three centres.
WATERLOO REGION — The Ontario government is helping to promote literacy and lifelong learning in Waterloo Region with a grant to Waterloo Regional Library, John Milloy, MPP for Kitchener Centre announced April 7.
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LATIN AMERICA POISED TO LEAD GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT OF BIOFUELS
São Paulo, Brazil – Latin America is well positioned to become a global leader in biofuels and renewable energy, and the United States and other countries are keen to explore partnerships in the region to develop them.
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WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM ON LATIN AMERICA ENDS WITH FOCUS ON EDUCATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE
São Paulo, Brazil – At the closing session of the World Economic Forum on Latin America, participants agreed on "Priorities for Action" in the region. The recommendations, which included ten proposals for social and economic change, formed an agenda for Latin America to sustain equitable growth and enhance its global competitiveness.
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