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Marketwire via Yahoo! Finance - Mon Dec 7, 12:01 am ET
OTTAWA, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - 12/07/09) - Editors Note: There is one video, one report, and one audio file associated with this Press Release. In a report released today, An Economic Tsunami: The Cost of Diabetes in Canada, the Canadian Diabetes Association has introduced an important new tool in the fight against diabetes in Canada: the Canadian Diabetes Cost Model. The Model details the ...
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Marketwire via Yahoo! Finance - 1 hour 2 minutes ago
TORONTO--(Marketwire - 12/09/09) - Atlantic Wind and Solar Inc. (Pinksheets: AWSL - News ) is pleased to report that its 47.5%-owned Canadian affiliate Hybridyne Power Systems Canada Inc. (HPSC) has commissioned the first Hybrid Renewable Energy Supplemented Data center in North America. The groundbreaking system was constructed over the past 6 months for Pizza Pizza Limited. A Unique Green ...
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Bloomberg - Tue Dec 8, 9:43 am ET
Dec. 8 (Bloomberg) -- Canadian housing starts increased to the highest level this year in November as builders began work on more single-family homes, Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. said.
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Bloomberg - Tue Dec 8, 9:28 am ET
Dec. 8 (Bloomberg) -- Shares of the following companies may have unusual moves in Canadian trading . Stock symbols are in parentheses. Bank of Nova Scotia (BNS CN): Canada’s third-largest bank reported fourth-quarter profit excluding some items of 83 cents a share, missing the average analyst estimate by 4.8 percent, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.
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Sports Illustrated - 26 minutes ago
TORONTO (AP) -- Former NHL star Mark Messier has been introduced as general manager of Canada's team for the 2010 world championship.
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Marketwire via Yahoo! Finance - Thu Dec 3, 9:49 am ET
TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - 12/03/09) - Today, more than 500 Canadian scientists issued an open letter to Prime Minister Stephen Harper warning him of the dangers of climate change and calling on his government to do more to fight it. "The most recent research tells us that climate change is happening even faster than we predicted", said Andrew Weaver, Canada Research Chair in Climate ...
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CBS Sports - 21 minutes ago
Former NHL star Mark Messier has been introduced as general manager of Canada's team for the 2010 world championship.
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ESPN - 10 minutes ago
Former NHL star Mark Messier has been introduced as general manager of Canada's team for the 2010 world championship.
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Marketwire via Yahoo! Finance - Tue Dec 8, 9:16 am ET
OTTAWA, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - 12/08/09) - Due to the potential suffocation hazard posed by these products, Health Canada is advising parents and caregivers to immediately stop using Amby Baby Motion Beds, a hammock advertised for use with infants up to 12 months of age. The product's inclined sleeping surface increases the risk of the infant rolling and becoming wedged in a position where they ...
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Bloomberg - Tue Dec 8, 11:13 am ET
Dec. 8 (Bloomberg) -- The Bank of Canada kept its key interest rate at a record low and repeated a pledge to leave it unchanged through June, saying a strong currency could hobble economic growth.
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AP via Yahoo! Finance - Tue Dec 8, 10:54 am ET
Canada's central bank is holding its key interest rate at a record low 0.25 percent and is reiterating its expectation that it will keep the rate there until the middle of next year.
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OfficialWire - Wed Dec 9, 4:41 am ET
In Canada, deaths related to narcotic pain relievers -- such as OxyContin -- have doubled since 1991, researchers said.
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PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance - 2 hours 37 minutes ago
Farallon Mining Ltd. is pleased to announce that Dick Whittington, President and CEO of Farallon, has received an award from the Governor General of Canada, Ms. Michaelle Jean. The award is to recognize individuals who have worked to strengthen Canada-Mexico relations and was presented on the occasion of the recent State Visit to Mexico by the Governor General of Canada.
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Marketwire via Yahoo! Finance - Tue Dec 8, 9:03 am ET
OTTAWA, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - 12/08/09) - Today, the Honourable Diane Ablonczy, Minister of State (Small Business and Tourism), extended her congratulations to the Canadian Tourism Commission (CTC) for being named 2009 Marketer of the Year by Marketing magazine: "I would like to sincerely congratulate the CTC for its amazing work in promoting Canada to travellers at home and abroad. Once again ...
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Marketwire via Yahoo! Finance - Mon Dec 7, 6:26 pm ET
OTTAWA, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - 12/07/09) - The Government of Canada today released draft regulations to limit greenhouse gas emissions from new vehicles beginning with the 2011 model year. "Our regulations will help create a common North American approach to regulating greenhouse gas emissions from new vehicles," said Environment Minister Jim Prentice. "This is an important step in the fight ...
