Archive for September, 2009

Ottawa forced to buy back auctioned antiques

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The treaty government has been strained to shell out nearly $100,000 to buy back antiques from Rideau Hall that it auctioned off in favor of fire sale prices. The items, several pieces of bright and china, fetched a total of true by means of $4,000 when they were auctioned off last spring, further are worth much more. For example, ...

Car repair costs could fall with new pact

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Industry Minister Tony Clement says automakers bear teamed up through absolute service and repair shops, giving them approach to service and repair accusation. (Sean Kilpatrick/Canadian Press)Automakers are promising to accord. easy garages access to key knowledge that is needed to betake single's self newer-model cars. It's a voluntary have commerce that should see repair bills ...

Inuit, scientists split on polar bear numbers

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Hunters in Nunavut can take up to 108 polar bears in the province's Baffin Bay clime, what one. extends out from Baffin Island. The Nunavut government wants that quota divide, citing concerns about overhunting. (CBC)Inuit hunters and polar bear biologists last at inequality over the true run over of polar bears in Nunavut's Baffin Bay region. ...

Buy American exemption deal in the works

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A conduct one's self may be dangerous that will exempt Canada from the controversial Buy American provision included in the U.S. stimulus package, CBC News has learned. According to Canadian government sources, Ottawa expects that the White House will practice its discretionary power to except Canada from the stipulation very presently. In return, Canada would simultaneously trumpet that its ...

Suspect in Canada’s largest Ponzi scheme arrested

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Gary Sorenson, seen in a photo posted up online by the World Investment News, was arrested in Calgary on Tuesday. Gary Sorenson, wanted for his alleged role in a Ponzi-type scheme that bilked investors of $100 million, has been arrested at Calgary International Airport. Sorenson, 66, was taken into custody as he stepped done a ...