Oilsands giant Syncrude Canada will pay a $3-million penalty in the case of 1,600 ducks that died in one of its tailings ponds. View full post on Canada Business Stories
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Campbell’s Targeted For Boycott By Bloggers
October 20th, 2010
admin The Media Line Staff Canada Kalindi O’Brien – Months after it began selling minestrone and cream of mushroom soup that meet the dietary requirements of observant Muslims, Campbell’s Soup of Canada finds itself ensnared in the controversy over Islam and Middle East terrorism. A host of bloggers, led by Pamela Geller, who posts on the [...]
Israel’s Housing Prices Jumping Through the Roof
October 19th, 2010
admin The Media Line Staff Tel Aviv, Israel (TML) – Housing prices in Israel are the fastest increasing in the world, says one industry watchdog. The cost of real estate has risen by 30 percent since September 2008 according to Bank of Israel Governor Stanley Fisher. Young couples and everyday Israelis are finding it harder to [...]
Kill BHP bid for PotashCorp: Jarislowsky
October 16th, 2010
admin One of the biggest shareholders of Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan called Friday for Ottawa to reject BHP Billiton’s $38.6-billion US takeover proposal for the Saskatoon-based fertilizer giant. View full post on Canada Business Stories
Jazz Air plans conversion to corporation
October 10th, 2010
admin Halifax-based Jazz Air Income Fund has announced plans to convert from an income trust into a dividend-paying corporation. View full post on Canada Business Stories
Fishery Expert Urges International Agreement On Salmon Production
October 5th, 2010
admin AHN News Staff Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada (AHN) – A Canadian fishery expert urged on Monday that an international agreement on salmon production be drawn up to prevent overcrowding of salmon stock in the North Pacific. Estimates by a Canadian-U.S. research team placed the population of adult pink, chum and sockeye salmon to twice as [...]
Ottawa Initiates Own Oil Sands Probe
October 1st, 2010
admin AHN News Staff Ottawa, Ontario, Canada (AHN) – Canadian Environment Minister Jim Prentice announced on Thursday the creation of a six-member panel to review Alberta’s controversial oil sands projects. The review was prompted by rising number of complaints against the tar sands due to its negative impact on the environment, particularly water pollution which had [...]
PotashCorp asks court to stop ‘misleading’ BHP bid
September 22nd, 2010
admin Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan is taking to the courts to escalate its fight to rebuff a takeover by international miner BHP Billiton Ltd. View full post on Canada Business Stories

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