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Caterpillar closes locomotive plant
Windsor Star
By Claire Brownell, The Windsor Star February 4, 2012 12:00 AM The gates at Electro-Motive will remain closed permanently - Caterpillar announced Friday it was shuttering the locomotive plant in London. Its 450 hourly workers have been locked out since ...
Economist doesn't 'see any silver lining here'Montreal Gazette
Industrial heartland faces tough slog as locomotive plant closure hitsWinnipeg Free Press
Lie back and think of London if you're not convinced about austerity measuresGlobe and Mail
Toronto Star -Vancouver Sun -National Post
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Unemployment rate highest in nine months
Winnipeg Free Press
OTTAWA -- Canada's jobs engine appears to have stalled in line with economic growth, prompting some leading economists to call on Ottawa to hold off announced spending cuts. The country's unemployment rate rose to a nine-month high of 7.6 per cent last ...
US recovery should create manufacturing jobs hereMontreal Gazette
Canada Jobless Rate Rises UnexpectedlyWall Street Journal
Why job growth in US is outpacing CanadaCBC.ca
Toronto Star -Globe and Mail -Financial Post
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New oilsands watchdog A victory for science
Montreal Gazette
The Gazette's William Marsden is the author of Stupid to the Last Drop, a 2008 book about Alberta's oilsands that won the National Business Book of the Year Award, and Fools Rule: Inside the Failed Politics of Climate Change, published in 2011.
Feds, Alberta to boost monitoring of oilsandsCTV.ca
Feds, Alberta to spend $150M on oilsands environment monitoringToronto Sun
Monitoring plan would bolster oilsands image, federal documents showVancouver Sun
Reuters -CBC.ca
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Opinion: BC still faces a few hurdles in its plan to become a world player in ...
Vancouver Sun
VICTORIA - As BC Liberal government initiatives go, Friday's release of the strategic plan for developing liquefied natural gas for export was better received than most. Asian markets beckon. The National Energy Board has already approved the first two ...
Clark stakes BC's energy future on liquefied natural gasGlobe and Mail
Risks to UK gas security abound - Ofgem chiefReuters
BC premier's natural gas plans include power supply change, but no hydro hikesWinnipeg Free Press
CBC.ca -CKNW News Talk 980 -Calgary Herald
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US jobless figures give markets boost
Montreal Gazette
Canada's benchmark stock index ended the week with a 0.9% gain -its seventh straight weekly advance - thanks to a cartload of good economic news from the US, culminating in unexpectedly positive employment numbers on Friday. The S&P/TSX composite index ...
TSX hits highest close in nearly four monthsReuters Canada
TSX higher on positive US jobs pictureToronto Star
CANADA STOCKS-TSX hits highest close in nearly four monthsReuters
Vancouver Sun -BusinessWeek -Wall Street Journal
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Why not blacklist firms, PQ asks
Montreal Gazette
Nicolas Girard, the Parti Québécois transport critic, rejected Friday the explanation of Transport Minister Pierre Moreau's that three private engineering firms, and not his department, are responsible for the July 31 collapse of a lighting beam in an ...
Quebec sues firms for tunnel collapseOttawa Citizen
Quebec government to sue over concrete tunnel collapseCTV.ca
Legal action to follow damning report on tunnel collapseCBC.ca
Canada.com -London Free Press
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Nortel trial focuses on manipulation question
CBC.ca
External auditors at Nortel Networks approved the release of outdated cash reserves onto earnings statements in early 2003, even though they knew there was no "trigger," a former employee told a Toronto court hearing the fraud trial of three ...
Nortel exec testifies reserve use 'fully aired' with auditorsGlobe and Mail
Defence appears to hold advantage after two weeks in Nortel trialCanada.com
Nortel auditors were fully informed about release of accruals, trial toldToronto Star

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Imperial Oil okays $2-billion Cold Lake expansion
Globe and Mail
Imperial Oil Ltd. IMO-T has approved plans to spend $2-billion on an oil sands expansion effort, just days after turning over record production results from the existing project. The company plans to expand its Cold Lake operation, proceeding with its ...
Imperial Oil launches $2-billion Cold Lake expansionVancouver Sun
Imperial approves $2-billion oilsands projectToronto Star
Imperial launches C$2 billion oil sands expansionReuters Canada
Wall Street Journal -National Post -CanadianBusiness.com
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RBC upgrades two Canadian airlines to 'outperform' status
Montreal Gazette
RBC Capital Markets upgraded Air Canada and WestJet Airlines to "outperform," saying it is more positive on Canadian airlines as industry data show signs of improvement on easing economic pressures. "Load factors tightened once again and we believe ...
Communities Lobby WestJet for short-haul service...not Sudbury thoughThe Sudbury Star
WestJet considers extra services, feesVancouver Sun
Shares of Canada's airlines poised for takeoff: RBCGlobe and Mail
Reuters -Winnipeg Free Press -Financial Post
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Ontario health ministry was warned of serious problems at ORNGE in 2008
Toronto Star
Kevin Donovan Staff Reporter Related More on The Star's investigation into ORNGE Ontario health ministry was warned of serious problems at ORNGE in 2008 ORNGE founder Chris Mazza terminated Shortage of paramedics leaves ORNGE helicopter idle ORNGE ...
Ornge Global fires top executivesNational Post
Ornge CEO fired without severanceToronto Sun
High-paid CEO booted from Ornge air ambulance serviceCTV.ca
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