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Canada's 'Gender-Sensitive' 2018 Budget, Explained
Thursday, March 1, 2018 - 2:49pm | 544Sweden introduced a gender-sensitive budget three years ago that partly inspired Canada's government to follow suit. What Happened Canada's Finance Minister Bill Morneau consulted with his Swedish counterpart to deliver a gender-sensitive federal budget on Tuesday. Some of the...
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United We Sting: Scorpion Drops From Overhead Bin And Stings Passenger On Flight
Friday, April 14, 2017 - 5:04pm | 286The skies of United Continental Holdings Inc (NYSE: UAL) got a bit unfriendlier after a scorpion dropped from an overhead bin and stung a passenger on a flight from Houston to Calgary. "While I was eating, something fell in my hair from the overhead above me," Richard Bell, who was coming...
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Subway Chicken Contains Less Than 55% Chicken DNA
Tuesday, February 28, 2017 - 3:39pm | 357It shouldn't come as a surprise to many that the amount of chicken in many fast food menu items isn't anywhere close to 100 percent. Canada's CBC Marketplace oversaw a DNA analysis of various chicken items sold at different fast food restaurants. The analysis was conducted at Trent University's...
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Canadian Autoworkers Call This Week's Talks With Big 3 The Most Important In A Generation
Thursday, August 11, 2016 - 12:52pm | 335The Big 3 major Detroit automakers and the union representing Canadian autoworkers will begin formal contract talks this week. According to CBC News, the Canadian union described the talks as being "the most important auto contract talks in a generation." A month long negotiation...
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Report: Cliffs Natural Resources Mine May Get Quebec Bail Out
Tuesday, May 5, 2015 - 2:37pm | 256Cliffs Natural Resources Inc (NYSE: CLF) gained about 11 percent Tuesday on news that the Quebec government may participate in the purchase of an idled ore mine and related facilities. "We're trying to ensure the survival of the mine," Quebec Economy Minister Jacques Daoust...
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Hockey Broadcasts in Canada Change Hands as Rogers Communications Scores 12-Year Deal with NHL
Tuesday, November 26, 2013 - 4:34pm | 552A major sports broadcasting deal is shaking up the media landscape in Canada. The National Hockey League and Rogers Communications (NYSE: RCI) announced a “landmark” 12-year agreement on Tuesday – that includes the Canadian national rights to all NHL games on all media platforms, in all...