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Vet costs drive pet owners to Duluth clinics
Some Thunder Bay pet owners say veterinarian prices are so high they're going to Minnesota to have their cats and dogs fixed. U.S. to delay Keystone XL decision
The U.S. State Department said Friday it was extending the government comment period on the Keystone XL pipeline, likely postponing a final decision on the controversial project until after the Nov. 4 midterm elections. Waitresses in Saskatchewan lose jobs to foreign workers
Sandy Nelson can't fight back the tears as she talks about losing her long-term serving job in Weyburn, Sask., to temporary foreign workers. Canada should boost its apprenticeships for young workers, U.S. expert says | CTV NewsBusiness | 207007 hits | 10:09 AM on Sunday | posted by wildrosegirl
A respected American labour specialist says governments, educators and employers should work together to boost the number of apprenticeships for young Canadians in a collaborative approach that would yield "significant payoffs." Veal industry under scrutiny after hidden camera footage reveals horrific conditions and abuseBusiness | 207044 hits | 8:27 AM on Saturday | posted by wildrosegirl
Disturbing images revealed in undercover video footage shows baby calves, just weeks old, are kicked, punched, slapped and yelled at by barn employees in Pont Rouge, Quebec. The video was obtained by CTV’s W5 as part of its investigative report on the QueMedia Matters for America is resisting SEIU's effort to unionize its staff | WashingtonExaminer.com
Media Matters for America is apparently resisting an effort by Service Employees International Union Local 500 to unionize its staff.
Business | 206825 hits | 8:09 PM on Thursday | posted by N_Fiddledog
Media Matters for America is apparently resisting an effort by Service Employees International Union Local 500 to unionize its staff.UK drug company Glaxo 'paid bribes to Polish doctors'
UK drug company GlaxoSmithKline is facing a criminal investigation in Poland for allegedly bribing doctors, BBC Panorama discovers.
UK drug company GlaxoSmithKline is facing a criminal investigation in Poland for allegedly bribing doctors, BBC Panorama discovers.Cleveland Cabbies Refuse to Drive Gay Games Taxis
Patrick Keenan, the general manager of Americab, said two of his drivers said they do not want to drive cabs with Gay Games placards because of their Muslim faith.
Business | 206997 hits | 2:27 PM on Tuesday | posted by N_Fiddledog
Patrick Keenan, the general manager of Americab, said two of his drivers said they do not want to drive cabs with Gay Games placards because of their Muslim faith. Gas prices expected to rise in Canada this summer
Gasoline prices in Canada are climbing to two-year highs, and could be going higher, according to industry watchers. Exports to Iran with possible nuclear uses net Alberta firm charges
A Red Deer, Alta., company has been charged with violating international sanctions against Iran by exporting a product that can be used in nuclear applications, officials announced today. Oakwood Heights, Detroit-Area Ghost Town, The Flipside Of Oilsands Wealth
DETROIT - It looks like a ghost town, and Canadian oil helped build it.The burned-out, abandoned parcels of property in a west-end Detroit neighbourhood are the reverse image of an oil boom town � a ramshackle yin to the thriving yang of Fort McMurray, First-ever pot vending machine to be used in Colorado
New pot vending machine has cameras to verify identity of user.
Business | 206787 hits | 12:50 AM on Monday | posted by N_Fiddledog
New pot vending machine has cameras to verify identity of user.In France employees can now legally ignore calls and e-mails from boss
Employers are now not allowed to contact staff during the 133 hours of the week. The new laws help argument that France is laziest European country.
Business | 207172 hits | 10:12 AM on Friday | posted by N_Fiddledog
Employers are now not allowed to contact staff during the 133 hours of the week. The new laws help argument that France is laziest European country. Crews work to clear Great Lakes shipping pathwaysBusiness | 206769 hits | 12:09 AM on Wednesday | posted by N_Fiddledog
U.S. and Canadian Coast Guard crews kept up their battle Monday to clear pathways for vessels hauling vital raw materials on the ice-clogged Great Lakes, where a shipping logjam forced a weeklong shutdown of the nation's largest steel factory. Temporary foreign workers have better work ethic, some employers believe
Some Canadian employers are willing to incur the added cost of hiring temporary foreign workers because they believe they have a better work ethic than Canadians, says the president of the Canadian Federation of Independent Business. Canadian dollar stronger following Quebec Liberal win
The business community is breathing a sigh of relief in reaction to the news that the Quebec Liberals have been swept back into power, with the loonie moving to its highest level in two months and cautious optimism on the stock market. BC McDonald's accused of favouring foreign workersBusiness | 206804 hits | 11:12 PM on Sunday | posted by N_Fiddledog
McDonald’s is under federal investigation for possible abuses of the Temporary Foreign Worker program at a franchise outlet in B.C. McDonald's accused of favouring foreign workers
McDonald’s is under federal investigation for possible abuses of the Temporary Foreign Worker program at a franchise outlet in B.C.Bananageddon: Deadly fungus decimates global banana crop
Scientists have warned that the world’s banana crop, worth £26 billion and a crucial part of the diet of more than 400 million people, is facing “disaster” from virulent diseases immune to pesticides or other forms of control.
Business | 207094 hits | 12:35 AM on Sunday | posted by N_Fiddledog
Scientists have warned that the world’s banana crop, worth £26 billion and a crucial part of the diet of more than 400 million people, is facing “disaster” from virulent diseases immune to pesticides or other forms of control. Mike Holmes delivers career message to aboriginal youth
Mike Holmes, Canada's most famous contractor, is urging native youth to get training to take advantage of growing job opportunities in the building tradesMcDonald's suspends work in Crimea
Business | 207113 hits | 7:22 AM on Friday | posted by commanderkai
Mozilla CEO Brendan Eich Resigns Over Stance Against Gay Marriage
Brendan Eich, who became the company's chief executive less than two weeks ago, faced a firestorm over his support for California's Proposition 8, the 2008 law which banned gay marriage in the state
Business | 206976 hits | 6:18 PM on Thursday | posted by N_Fiddledog
Brendan Eich, who became the company's chief executive less than two weeks ago, faced a firestorm over his support for California's Proposition 8, the 2008 law which banned gay marriage in the state 33% of young Canadians with humanities degree overqualified: StatsCanBusiness | 207034 hits | 8:50 PM on Wednesday | posted by BeaverFever
A new study from Statistics Canada shows that one-third of young Canadians who graduated with a university degree in humanities are overqualified for their current employment. Meanwhile, the top professions held by young Canadians remain unchanged, with mStakes are high for LNG export plan
Stakes are high for LNG export plan. Richmond, Va.-based Dominion Resources now wants to turn its entire Cove Point operation around, reversing the flow so it can liquefy the natural gas now pouring out of Pennsylvania wells and load it onto tankers bound
Business | 208517 hits | 3:17 PM on Monday | posted by N_Fiddledog
Stakes are high for LNG export plan. Richmond, Va.-based Dominion Resources now wants to turn its entire Cove Point operation around, reversing the flow so it can liquefy the natural gas now pouring out of Pennsylvania wells and load it onto tankers boundDomino's pizza outlets in New York agree payout for 'wage theft'
Six franchisees will pay $448,000 to hundreds of workers after attorney general's investigation found widespread violations
Business | 209044 hits | 7:16 AM on Friday | posted by BeaverFever
Six franchisees will pay $448,000 to hundreds of workers after attorney general's investigation found widespread violationsUpsee harness, invention by mum of disabled son helps physically impaired children walk
A mother's invention that gave her wheelchair-bound son the chance to walk has been launched onto the worldwide market.
Business | 208813 hits | 9:51 PM on Wednesday | posted by N_Fiddledog
A mother's invention that gave her wheelchair-bound son the chance to walk has been launched onto the worldwide market. Illegal tax shelter scam results in 6 arrests in Toronto
The RCMP has arrested six people in Toronto in a financial scam involving an illegal tax shelter that defrauded individual Canadians and Revenue Canada of millions of dollars.Fracking must start by end of year, says David Cameron
David Cameron has said the crisis in Ukraine was a 'wake up call' for Europe over it's reliance on Russian energy, and has vowed to make Britain more self-sufficient.
Business | 208457 hits | 11:59 AM on Wednesday | posted by N_Fiddledog
David Cameron has said the crisis in Ukraine was a 'wake up call' for Europe over it's reliance on Russian energy, and has vowed to make Britain more self-sufficient. Budget watchdog says Harper government wrong on labour, skill shortages in Canada
Ottawa has used skills mismatch to justify foreign temporary workers program, stricter employment insurance eligibility rules and the Canada Jobs Grant program. Canada’s budget watchdog says there’s little evidence of serious labour shortages or a skills Private health insurance in Canada deemed inefficient
Private health insurance should be better regulated in Canada, say researchers who found the gap between premiums and payouts in claims reached $6.8 billion in 2011. Bombardier Sees Sanctions Stalling Russia Plane Venture (1)
Bombardier Inc.’s plans to build
planes in Russia and the sale of $3.4 billion of aircraft will
be delayed as Canada joins the U.S. in imposing sanctions
against the country after it moved to annex Crimea, Chief
Executive Officer Pierre Beaudoin said. Earl Jones, Quebec Ponzi scheme operator, gets out of jail
Earl Jones, a self-styled investor who bilked $51.3 million from clients between 1982 and 1999, was released from prison this afternoon after serving only four years of his 11-year sentence. HyperVocal | Some Non-Nazis Had a Nice Nazi Dinner at German Restaurant In Minn.Business | 208938 hits | 11:26 PM on Wednesday | posted by Zipperfish
City Pages on Minneapolis received a tip that a WWII historical society had a Nazi-themed Christmas dinner back in December. How "cool." Toronto Public Health says city should consider hookah ban in cafes | Toronto StarBusiness | 208305 hits | 1:16 PM on Tuesday | posted by N_Fiddledog
Toronto Public Health wants to regulate hookah cafes after evidence of carcinogens released from herbal product called shisha. California's debt half of Ontario'sBusiness | 207177 hits | 10:37 PM on Monday | posted by N_Fiddledog
TORONTO -- Ontario's debt is nearly double that of California's -- even though the province has far fewer people and a much smaller economy, the Fraser Institute says. BBC bans Jesus from Radio 2Business | 207142 hits | 10:50 AM on Sunday | posted by N_Fiddledog
The singer-songwriter had to change the lyrics from “Sometimes I wish I was Jesus, I’d get my Air Max on and run across the sea for you” to “Sometimes I wish it was easy to get my Air Max on and run across the sea for you”.Opinion: lobbying government for hedge funds
Here's a growing business model in the financial world: bet that a company’s stock will crash, then sic the federal government on the company.
Business | 206736 hits | 9:18 AM on Sunday | posted by N_Fiddledog
Here's a growing business model in the financial world: bet that a company’s stock will crash, then sic the federal government on the company. Maple Leaf Foods 'disturbed' by supplier turkey farm video, promises actionBusiness | 207004 hits | 8:06 AM on Sunday | posted by wildrosegirl
Maple Leaf Foods, one of Canada’s largest meat companies, is taking action after a CBC Marketplace investigation revealed disturbing hidden camera footage recorded at an Ontario turkey breeding barn. MLSE wants $10 million from Toronto for BMO Field makeoverBusiness | 206928 hits | 8:21 PM on Saturday | posted by BeaverFever
Toronto is being asked for $10 million toward a BMO field makeover that would move the Toronto Argonauts back to Exhibition Place.Wyoming welder faces $75,000 a day in EPA fines for building pond on his property
Wyoming resident Andy Johnson says he's being threatened with thousands of dollars in EPA fines for building a stock pond on his property.
Business | 206960 hits | 3:32 PM on Saturday | posted by N_Fiddledog
Wyoming resident Andy Johnson says he's being threatened with thousands of dollars in EPA fines for building a stock pond on his property. N.B. 1st Atlantic province to sign Canada Job Grant agreementBusiness | 206858 hits | 7:28 AM on Saturday | posted by wildrosegirl
The New Brunswick government has become the first Atlantic province to sign an agreement with Ottawa on the controversial Canada Job Grant. Royal Bank accused by FDIC in LIBOR fixing lawsuitBusiness | 206811 hits | 7:22 AM on Saturday | posted by wildrosegirl
Canada's largest bank has been named in a lawsuit initiated by a top U.S. banking regulator that accuses RBC and more than a dozen of the world's largest banks of colluding to fix a key international lending rate.US gas boom: A tool against Russian coercion
The United States, with its abundant supplies of natural gas, would seem to have an easy answer to Europe's fears that a strong response to Russia's rapid takeover of Ukraine's Crimea region could prompt Vladimir Putin to shut down gas lines that keep Eur
Business | 206940 hits | 5:15 PM on Thursday | posted by N_Fiddledog
The United States, with its abundant supplies of natural gas, would seem to have an easy answer to Europe's fears that a strong response to Russia's rapid takeover of Ukraine's Crimea region could prompt Vladimir Putin to shut down gas lines that keep EurBusiness | 206937 hits | 11:32 AM on Thursday | posted by N_Fiddledog
Think-tank MigrationWatch has responded to another study - given substantial coverage by the BBC last year - which purported to show that immigrants made a contribution of £25billion to the public purse between 2001 and 2011.Back to Canada News
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