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  MagIndustries signs framework agreement with new Chinese partner COMPLANT for potash project

  Febuary 1st, 2010 - 5 h 00

  TORONTO - Toronto-based MagIndustries Corp. (TSX:MAA) has signed a framework agreement with a Beijing-headquartered construction company, which is negotiating to build the proposed Mengo potash project in western Africa. The agreement provides for...

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  Auto sales in Canada will grow this year, led by Alberta and B.C.

  January 30th, 2010 - 5 h 00

  TORONTO - Resource-rich Alberta and British Columbia will lead the rebound in car and light truck sales in Canada this year, a new report from Scotiabank predicts. Higher oil prices are expected to boost the Alberta economy, steering more...

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  Curling clubs appeal for reduced tax rate nixed by town council

  January 28th, 2010 - 5 h 00

  WESTVILLE - Town council has voted to maintain the amount of tax it levies on the Westville Curling Club. The club had made an appeal to the town for a reduced rate, which would have worked out to $1.07 per $100 of assessed property value, which...

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  Ignatieff vows to give watchdogs teeth, decries Harper for eroding independence

  January 27th, 2010 - 5 h 00

  OTTAWA - Michael Ignatieff is promising to give real teeth to federal watchdogs even if it means they come back to bite him one day. The Liberal leader vowed Tuesday to strengthen and respect the independence of federal tribunals and commissions...

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  The Games will go on: Whistler alpine venue not in jeopardy, but Intrawest is

  January 22nd, 2010 - 5 h 00

  Financially troubled Intrawest ULC insists the Games will go on at its flagship Whistler Blackcomb resort, but if it is forced to go through with a mid-Olympic auction, the ski resort giant could go downhill. Intrawest spokesman Ian Galbraith...

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  Town severs ties with company trying to develop condos

  January 19th, 2010 - 5 h 00

  NEW?GLASGOW?- Town council has severed a development agreement with ECL Development Limited. The company, which had planned to transform the old West Side School property, which burned down in 2006, into condominiums, requested that the agreement...

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  Local real estate statistics bucking downward regional trend

  January 15th, 2010 - 5 h 00

  NEW GLASGOW - The housing market remained fairly steady in the county despite regional statistics that say otherwise. Jim MacIvor, owner/broker at J.F. MacIvor Properties, has more than 40 years of experience in the business and said that although...

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  Building permits drop in November; still better than a year ago: StatsCan

  January 12th, 2010 - 5 h 00

  OTTAWA - Contractors took out $5.9 billion in building permits in November, down 4.6 per cent from October. But Statistics Canada reports that they were 23.1 per cent higher than November 2008 and 62.8 per cent above February 2009, when their...

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  Egypt discovers new set of tombs belonging to workers who built the great pyramids

  January 11th, 2010 - 5 h 00

  CAIRO, Egypt - Egyptian archaeologists discovered a new set of tombs belonging to the workers who built the great pyramids, shedding light on how the labourers lived and ate more than 4,000 years ago, the antiquities department said Sunday. The...

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  Sydney, N.S., signs container terminal MOU with two American ports

  January 8th, 2010 - 5 h 00

  SYDNEY, N.S. - The Sydney Marine Group has signed a memorandum of understanding with the ports of Philadelphia and Delaware to develop a deep-water container terminal in Sydney. The agreement announced Thursday will push for the construction of a...

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