Posted Toronto Political Panel: What will it take for transit users to get any ...
National Post
The front of the new Toronto Transit Commission's (TTC) Toronto Rocket subway train is seen at Downsview Station in Toronto. So, it looks like TTC fares will be going up and service will be going down. Respect for commuters! Chris Selley, Matt Gurney, ...
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Is home ownership really a smart investment?
Toronto Star
This home at 56 Simpson Ave. in Toronto's Riverdale neighbourhood first sold for $1200 in 1906. It went for $825000 in Nov, 2011. By Susan Pigg Business Reporter If Toronto fireman Alexander Gunn was alive today, he might well feel like the Warren ...
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TSX jumps more than 2 pct on euro zone hopes
Reuters Canada
TORONTO (Reuters) - Toronto's main stock index was up more than 2 percent on Monday morning as resource issues jumped on hopes that Europe will unveil new measures to tackle the euro-zone debt crisis. Rising oil, gold and copper prices helped Canadian ...
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New Year debt pile-up puts new pressure on euro zone
Reuters
By Robin Emmott and John O'Donnell BRUSSELS (Reuters) - France and Germany are aiming to lay out plans for deeper euro zone integration by mid-December and have a formal framework in place for achieving it by the end of January, aware that intense ...
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Former CNN host Larry King is Canadian company's iron (ore) man
Toronto Star
By John Terauds Staff Reporter Rusty-grayish rocks may not have the sensual allure of Beyoncé's liquid Heat, but King has a finger on a potential $1.6 billion Canadian investment in Ukraine. On Monday morning, Matt Simpson, president and CEO of junior ...
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Gov. Gen. David Johnston calls on oilsands to improve operations
Montreal Gazette
By Derek Abma, Postmedia News November 28, 2011 1:12 PM Governor General David Johnston on Monday praised the oilsands, but added the industry can do better at improving its operations and public image. OTTAWA - Gov. Gen. David Johnston on Monday ...
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Canadian children want to be famous; kids in developing nations want to help ...
Toronto Star
Almost half of children in the developing world want to be teachers or doctors according to a new survey, but in developed countries like Canada, they want to be professional athletes, actors, singers or fashion designers. The survey included 4600 ...
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Analysts split on BlackBerry's fate
Reuters
A person uses the new Blackberry Bold 9900 at a release party to promote the BlackBerry OS 7 devices in Toronto August 3, 2011. (Reuters) - A pair of Monday morning notes on Research In Motion paint sharply contrasting views of the company that makes ...
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CNOOC wraps up Opti deal to expand in oil sands
Reuters Canada
(Reuters) - CNOOC Ltd (0883.HK: Quote) closed its C$2.1 billion ($2.04 billion) acquisition of Opti Canada Ltd (OPC.V: Quote) on Monday, giving China's top offshore oil company its second stake in a Canadian oil sands property. ...
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Cominar makes surprise bid for Montreal's Canmarc REIT
Montreal Gazette
MONTREAL - Quebec City's Cominar Real Estate Investment Trust Monday came up with a surprise $15.30-a-share cash offer for Montreal's Canmarc REIT – a big real-estate investment trust formed in 2010 to hold most of the Canadian assets of Halifax's ...
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Charities hurt as Albertans gamble less
Calgary Herald
By Jamie Komarnicki, Calgary Herald November 28, 2011 8:22 AM Albertans bet away less cash last year, chipping away at funds doled out to charities and other community programs for the second year in a row. But the province still cashed in on $2.1 ...
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