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Jul 2, 2009 11:25:00 AM MST
MONTREAL _ The resurrection of the Chevrolet Camaro remains a sore point for many former General Motors workers near Montreal, but Quebec's last automotive town has discovered it's better off in some ways without the troubled carmaker.The Boisbriand plant shut its doors for good in 2002, leaving 1,500 people _ the last of what was once a workf...
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Jul 2, 2009 10:51:00 AM MST
MONTREAL _ The resurrection of the Chevrolet Camaro remains a sore point for many former General Motors workers near Montreal, but Quebec's last automotive town has discovered it's better off in some ways without the troubled carmaker.The Boisbriand plant shut its doors for good in 2002, leaving 1,500 people _ the last of what was once a workf
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| Jul 2, 2009 10:24:00 AM MST
By Rachel La CorteTHE ASSOCIATED PRESSOLYMPIA, Wash. _ As newspapers across America struggle through a brutal economic climate, papers in Washington state are getting a tax break.A new law that gives newspaper printers and publishers a 40 per cent cut in Washington's main business tax took effect this week, providing some much-needed relief to the business after a year in w...
| |  | Jul 1, 2009 4:11:00 PM MST
PARIS _ Critics of a new hydroelectric project in Quebec now have a prominent ally _ Nobel Prize-winning author Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clezio.In an opinion piece published Wednesday in French-language daily Le Monde, Le Clezio denounces the Romaine River hydro project launched by the Quebec government last May.The French author, who...
| | | Jun 30, 2009 3:22:00 PM MST
VANCOUVER _ Politics, economics and now construction concerns are eroding public confidence in the billion dollar Olympic athletes village but residents must not give up on the idea it will be a positive legacy, said the design manager for the site.But that too is partially at risk if the city of Vancouver shelves 252 units of post-Games...
| |  | Jun 30, 2009 7:13:00 AM MST
OTTAWA _ New output numbers released Tuesday show the economy is still contracting but the recession may be abating.Statistics Canada reports real gross domestic product fell in April by 0.1 per cent after declines of in February and March.Statistics Canada reports declines in manufacturing, the energy sector and retail trade were the main contributors to the April drop. However, t...
| |  | Jun 30, 2009 7:05:00 AM MST
NEW YORK _ A key housing index shows a clear trend that U.S. home price declines are moderating.The Standard&Poor's/Case-Shiller index released Tuesday showed home prices in 20 major cities tumbled by 18.1 per cent from April 2008.The 10-city index fell 18 per cent from the year before.April, however, marked the third straight month both indexes didn't set record price decl...
| | | Jun 26, 2009 10:26:00 AM MST
OTTAWA _ A new poll suggests more than one in three Canadians plan to take advantage of the federal government's home-renovation tax credit.More than eight in 10 of those questioned in The Canadian Press-Harris Decima survey said they were aware of the program, under which eligible applicants can receive a tax rebate of as much as $1,350 if they invest up to $10,000 in renovations on their...
| | | Jun 26, 2009 10:17:00 AM MST
OTTAWA _ A new poll suggests more than one in three Canadians plan to take advantage of the federal government's home-renovation tax credit.More than eight in 10 of those questioned in The Canadian Press-Harris Decima survey said they were aware of the program, under which eligible applicants can receive a tax rebate of as much as $1,350 if they invest up to $10,000 in renovations on their...
| | | Jun 24, 2009 9:29:00 AM MST
QUEBEC _ Premier Jean Charest announced today an investment of $6 million to extend the Promenade Samuel-de-Champlain, on the banks of the St. Lawrence River in Quebec City.The new work will add a three kilometre footpath to the riverside park in the provincial capital.The government has already put $70 million into the first phase of the park's construction, which was completed in...
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