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Ottawa edits Gatineau out of film industry office
Ottowa Business Journal
| Geneviève Ménard Hayles will lead the agency replacing the old Ottawa-Gatineau Film and Television Development Corp. She will be based at 80 Aberdeen St. in Little Italy, where Invest Ottawa - OCRI's new name - and the city are consolidating loca...
Should Ottawa's chambers of commerce unite?
Ottowa Business Journal
| Writing on OpenFile Ottawa, Kevin Bourne noted that some business representatives have been pushing for a merger at least as far back as 2002. | Judging by the sentiments of the board members and executives I've spoken to, it is unlikely that the c...
Who's doing deals in Ottawa?
Ottowa Business Journal
| Brand.net selected Ottawa's Solace Systems as its java messaging service provider. The California-based firm helps its customers, which include the top 100 U.S. advertising spenders, target specific audiences across publishers and content channels....
Ottawa's engaged workplaces
Ottowa Business Journal
| But shift the conversation to their organization's senior leadership, and opinions are more likely to vary - and not always for the better. | That's been the experience of Sean Fitzpatrick, president and founder of engagement research specialist Ta...
Ottawa inflation hits 18-month low
Ottowa Business Journal
| This is the lowest threshold seen since June 2010, when inflation reached 1.7 per cent, and 60 basis points lower than November 2011's rate. | The month-over-month decline was among the biggest in large Canadian cities, according to Statistics Cana...
Ottawa, Gatineau EI recipients fall
Ottowa Business Journal
| Recipients in Ottawa fell by more than 17 per cent to 5,620, down from 6,870 the year before. | Gatineau beneficiaries also fell to 2,600 people in November 2011, a decline of more than 18 per cent from the 3,140 in 2010. | Local numbers are not se...
Iceberg in Antarctic waters  .
Creative Commons / Ben Stephenson
Fossil treasures, icebergs spotlighted in new tourism ads
CBC
| Newfoundland and Labrador's tourism department will release a new national TV campaign Monday, with new commercials that promote icebergs and fossils. | The latest instalments in...
The famous bandstand of the Music Kiosk, in the "Place des Coco tiers" at Nouma, New Caledonia
Creative Commons / Bananaflo
So, what have the Scots ever done for us? Just 101 of the innovations Caledonia ...
The Independent
| Misappropriated as the philosophical father of our money, money, money culture, the absent-minded Scottish Enlightenment philosopher spent a decade writing The Wealth of Nations....
OBU Campus oval after February 2011 snowstorm
Creative Commons / Gigrantula
Midwest gets first major snowstorm of warm winter
Austin American Statesman
| MILWAUKEE — The first major snowstorm of an unseasonably warm winter in the Midwest snarled traffic from Missouri to Wisconsin on Thursday and brought badly-needed business...
FDA detains OJ imports after finding fungicide
Austin American Statesman
| WASHINGTON — The Food and Drug Administration says it has detained several shipments of imported orange juice after finding traces of an illegal fungicide. | The government says the residue is still far below dangerous levels and says the jui...
Feds' deficit reduction ahead of schedule
Ottowa Business Journal
| The Finance Department reported Friday that November's shortfall totalled $1.9 billion, well shy of the $4.5 billion of red ink penned during the same month last year. | The bigger story is that for the first eight months of the 2011-12 fiscal peri...
Gatineau airport launches Bagotville route
Ottowa Business Journal
| Starting Feb. 6, the airport will offer 75-minute direct flights to the town, which is in the Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean region. | "This is significant for military personnel that need to go to the Bagotville large base, (and) also a new opportun...
Montreal's Historic Fairmont The Queen Elizabeth Hotel Grows its Own Produce on an Edible Roof Garden
Inhabitat
The beautiful Fairmont The Queen Elizabeth Hotel in Montreal is not just a landmark - it's also modernized itself by using energy efficiency and green design practices such as a rooftop garden to grow produce for its restaurant. John Lennon and Yoko ...
Business owner donates $2K to hockey players in Dalhousie
CBC
The arena in Dalhousie charges a $500 fee for out of town limits users. (CBC) | A donation by a Woodstock man has allowed four hockey players who couldn’t afford the rink fees in Dalhousie to get on the ice. | Any hockey player not living within to...
Money
Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron leaves Downing Street in London, Wednesday, July 20, 2011. The Prime Minister will make a statement ahead of a debate at the House of Commons regarding the News International phone hacking scandal.
(photo: AP / Kirsty Wigglesworth)
David Cameron: Scottish independent vote 'must be legal and binding'
The Daily Telegraph
David Cameron went on the offensive over Scottish independence today – pledging to publish legal advice reported to show Westminster must give permission for a referendum. | (L-R) David Cameron and Alex Salmond Photo: AFP | 11:57AM GMT 08 Jan 2012 | The Prime Minister said it would give "clarity" to the people of Scotland as he renewed h...



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