BC safety agency hands out record fines to employers over workplace safety
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VANCOUVER, B.C. - WorksafeBC handed out a record $4.4 million in fines last year, eclipsing a 2007 record that the safety agency was hoping it wouldn't see again.
Last year, 211 penalties were imposed against 190 employers, almost 60 per cent of which involved construction-related industries.
Quebec cabinet minister Bechard out of hospital after cancer treatment
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11 Mar, 2010 0 0
QUEBEC - Quebec cabinet minister Claude Bechard is out of hospital after suffering a recurrence of pancreatic cancer in January.
Aides say the agriculture and intergovernmental affairs minister underwent surgery on Feb. 27 to remove an obstruction in his intestine.
Doctors say they are satisf
Cda hoped Afghan Army would take over prisoner watch in 2006: documents
Murray Brewster, THE CANADIAN PRESS
11 Mar, 2010 0 0
OTTAWA - NATO allies lobbied Afghan's president for a separate legal framework to handle prisoners captured around Kandahar in late 2006 but those efforts "went nowhere," say internal memos.
The records outline an early strategy of the Canadian government as it faced pressure from the Internatio
Canadians repair key Kandahar bridge blown up in suicide bomber attack
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KANDAHAR, Afghanistan - Canadian soldiers are repairing a key bridge on the road between Kandahar city and Pakistan after it was badly damaged by a suicide bomber's blast earlier this month.
The March 1 attack on a convoy of NATO-led troops killed four Afghan civilians and one foreign soldier. T
Minister says Alberta's royalty changes will be popular with the energy sector
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EDMONTON - The growth of Alberta's energy sector over the next couple of years will be hanging in the balance as the province announces royalty changes today.
Energy Minister Ron Liepert will wait until after the stock markets close to announce the changes.
Alberta's Tory government is trying
GDP growth of 3.1 per cent expected this year, says RBC Economics
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TORONTO - A new forecast from RBC Economics says Canada's economy is poised for real GDP growth of 3.1 per cent this year and 3.9 per cent in 2011.
It says a peak in stimulus investment, improved credit markets and a recovery in consumer spending are fuelling the increase. Chief economist Craig
Vancouver welcomes winter just in time for start of Paralympic Games
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VANCOUVER, B.C. - The Paralympic Games may have fewer athletes, a leaner lineup of competitions and a smaller budget but they will have one thing the Olympics were sorely lacking: Winter.
Temperatures have dropped in Vancouver, which was unseasonably balmy during the Olympics last month, even fo
Former construction union boss faces fraud and forgery charges
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MONTREAL - Criminal charges against a former high-ranking union official and allegations of intimidation of workers vaulted Quebec's much-maligned construction industry back into the spotlight Thursday.
This time, news that Jocelyn Dupuis was being sought on fraud and forgery charges was enough
Harper government voices rare criticism of Israel over settlement expansion
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OTTAWA - Foreign Affairs Minister Lawrence Cannon has lightly rebuked Israel's decision to expand settlements in disputed territory, a rare criticism of the Jewish state by the Conservative government.
Israel's decision to build 1,600 new apartments in a Jewish neighbourhood in east Jerusalem is
Budget watchdog says budget measures insufficient to balance budget
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OTTAWA - The Harper government's most recent plan to balance the federal budget is still about $10 billion short, says Canada's budget watchdog.
Weighing in on the government's projections, Parliamentary Budget Officer Kevin Page said Thursday that Ottawa still needs to take more steps if it hop
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