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Oil falls below $79 as Ida drops to tropical storm

noreply@blogger.com (Daryl Lorette) — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 04:40:00 +0000

SINGAPORE — Oil prices drifted below $79 a barrel Tuesday in Asia as a storm threatening oil installations in the Gulf of Mexico weakened and investors eyed a volatile dollar. Benchmark crude for...

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GM's Opel move raises anger, new uncertainty

noreply@blogger.com (Daryl Lorette) — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 05:23:00 +0000

BERLIN — General Motors Co.'s decision to scrap the sale of European subsidiary Opel raised new uncertainty Wednesday over the unit's future, astonishing politicians in Germany and Russia, and...

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Officials: Alleged US missiles kill 2 in Pakistan

noreply@blogger.com (Daryl Lorette) — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 05:05:00 +0000

ISLAMABAD — A suspected U.S. missile strike killed two alleged militants Thursday in northwestern Pakistan, intelligence officials said, while Pakistani soldiers battled the Taliban in an insurgent...

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Ford workers agree to cost-cuting deal

noreply@blogger.com (Daryl Lorette) — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 04:55:00 +0000

MONTREAL — Ford workers approved a cost-cutting agreement with management that includes shutting down a manufacturing plants in Canada in 2011, a move that will cut 1,500 jobs, the Canadian Auto...

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Free Google sat-nav shakes market

noreply@blogger.com (Daryl Lorette) — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 03:42:00 +0000

Shares in sat-nav device companies have fallen substantially after Google unveiled its free live sat-nav for mobiles on Wednesday. US firm Garmin fell 18% after details of Google Maps Navigation were...

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Saving paper: Saskatchewan moving to one-piece licence for drivers

noreply@blogger.com (Daryl Lorette) — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 03:53:00 +0000

REGINA — Saskatchewan drivers will finally be joining motorists across North America who carry a one-part driver's licence instead of a photo card and separate paper certificate. The provincial...

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Driver who caused 2 deaths not criminally responsible

noreply@blogger.com (Daryl Lorette) — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 04:06:00 +0000

A man who killed two women and injured several other people when he crashed his truck into a sushi restaurant in Maple Ridge, B.C., has been found not criminally responsible for his actions. B.C....

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Car insurance rates to rise across Ont.

noreply@blogger.com (Daryl Lorette) — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 04:26:00 +0000

Drivers in Ontario could see their auto insurance premiums soar in coming months, but Premier Dalton McGuinty said Tuesday that the province plans to address the increasing cost of auto insurance....

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CAW confident in Chrysler future after meeting

noreply@blogger.com (Daryl Lorette) — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 04:06:00 +0000

TORONTO — The Canadian Auto Workers president says the union is confident Chrysler Corp. will excel after discussing the company's future during a lengthy meeting. Ken Lewenza said Friday that...

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New car sales down in August

noreply@blogger.com (Daryl Lorette) — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 03:55:00 +0000

OTTAWA — New motor vehicle sales fell 0.3 per cent to 126,401 in August, after strong gains in July. Statistics Canada blames a slide in passenger-car sales for the decline. Sales of new motor...

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Repairs underway after 'minor' fire at Suncor's oilsands upgrader

noreply@blogger.com (Daryl Lorette) — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 04:15:00 +0000

FORT MCMURRAY, Alta. — Suncor Energy Inc. says a minor fire has damaged one of the company's two oilsands upgraders north of Fort McMurray. A news release issued by the company says the fire happened...

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GM signs deal to sell Hummer to Tengzhong

noreply@blogger.com (Daryl Lorette) — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 05:11:00 +0000

DETROIT (Reuters) – General Motors Co (GM.UL) signed a deal on Friday to sell its iconic but tarnished Hummer brand to an investment partnership headed by an obscure Chinese machinery maker in an...

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Ont. man fined $305 for smoking in workplace - his truck

noreply@blogger.com (Daryl Lorette) — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 03:52:00 +0000

TORONTO — A 48-year-old truck driver from London, Ont., has been fined for smoking at work - the cab of his rig. Ontario Provincial Police pulled over a truck on Highway 401 near Windsor on Wednesday...

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$61M trench, bridge added to west LRT line

noreply@blogger.com (Daryl Lorette) — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 04:11:00 +0000

Lower than expected construction costs for the new leg of Calgary's west LRT route has convinced city council to add a trench at a busy southwest intersection, appeasing many area residents. Council...

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Honda hopes new hybrid to repeat Insight success

noreply@blogger.com (Daryl Lorette) — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 04:22:00 +0000

TOKYO — Honda Motor Co. is hoping to repeat the success of its Insight with another hybrid-only model, the CR-Z. And the Japanese automaker is promising affordable pricing - again. Honda stunned the...

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Dismissed as 'sideshow'

noreply@blogger.com (Daryl Lorette) — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 04:45:00 +0000

The NDP's automotive critic, Brian Masse, called the new agreement "an ineffective sideshow," compared with the Right-to-Repair Bill, C-273, that he has brought forward. "No environmental or...

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Car repair costs could fall with new pact

noreply@blogger.com (Daryl Lorette) — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 04:45:00 +0000

Automakers are promising to give independent garages access to key information that is needed to repair newer-model cars. It's a voluntary deal that should see repair bills fall for all...

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Ford plans to slash Canadian operations despite union requests: CAW

noreply@blogger.com (Daryl Lorette) — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 05:50:00 +0000

TORONTO - Ford Canada intends to slash its Canadian manufacturing presence from 13 per cent to eight per cent of total North American production despite requests from its union to the contrary, the...

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Widening budget gap

noreply@blogger.com (Daryl Lorette) — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 03:45:00 +0000

Those changes will not fully bridge the budget gap, however, as it widens next year. "For 2010, we will be $80 million in the hole, given all the different pressures around gas [and] increased wages...

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TTC's $17.4M deficit could force fare hikes

noreply@blogger.com (Daryl Lorette) — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 03:44:00 +0000

Fare hikes may be needed to address the TTC's growing deficit, which hit $17.4 million this year and could more than quadruple in 2010, officials say. The Toronto Transit Commission pins most of the...

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Crash kills 3 in southern Alberta

noreply@blogger.com (Daryl Lorette) — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 02:41:00 +0000

Hail and sleet may have been factors in a two-vehicle crash that killed three people in southern Alberta, police say. A passenger van heading north collided with a southbound truck at about 9 a.m....

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UK firm ends Congo tin purchases

noreply@blogger.com (Daryl Lorette) — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 05:55:00 +0000

British metals giant AMC has announced it is to suspend purchases of tin ore from the Democratic Republic of Congo. The mineral is much used for electronic components and mobile phones. The move...

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Drivers satisfied with ParkPlus, says survey

noreply@blogger.com (Daryl Lorette) — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 02:25:00 +0000

The majority of Calgary drivers are pleased with the city's ParkPlus system, especially those who pay using their cellphone, according to a new survey. Of the 800 Calgarians polled by Ipsos Reid, 75...

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Fight looms over state aid to Magna-led Opel

noreply@blogger.com (Daryl Lorette) — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 04:40:00 +0000

FRANKFURT/BRUSSELS (Reuters) – A Canadian-Russian consortium's plan to buy automaker Opel from General Motors (GM.UL) faced more hurdles as scrutiny of German state aid intensified and labor leaders...

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Chevron taken to task in "Crude" documentary

noreply@blogger.com (Daryl Lorette) — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 04:45:00 +0000

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) – If you like stories with real-life good guys and bad guys, then "Crude" is for you. Joe Berlinger's latest documentary investigates the ongoing case...

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