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What to expect when you're not expecting: a lot of disapproval
Wagga Wagga :: Australia | 12 hours ago
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EDT Baby clothes and hockey skates are the innocent face of a 2013 federal budget with a nasty side for high net worth individuals using a range of strategies to minimize the taxes they pay, says Rob Carrick (Photos.com) Is it true that the childless
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Lack of data from census affects community planning, B.C. officials say
Thompson :: Canada | 20 hours ago
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Regional planners in the Interior are worried the loss of the mandatory long-form census will make it increasing difficult to plan for the futures of small communities...It does make it harder for policy planning, Regina Sadilkova, the Thompson-
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Canada's inflation at just 0.4%, slowest since 2009
Toronto :: Canada | 1 day ago
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EDT A customer fills up at a gas station in Toronto. (Fred Lum/Fred Lum/The Globe and Mail) Canada's annual inflation rate in April slowed to 0.4 per cent on declining gas prices and lower prices for passenger vehicles. Statistics Canada reported
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Big dip in Saskatchewan manufacturing sales
New Brunswick :: NJ :: USA | 2 days ago
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Saskatchewan's manufacturing sales fell a seasonally adjusted 7.7 per cent from February to March, the second-largest monthly drop among provinces, Statistics Canada reported Wednesday. "Sales fell in six provinces in March, with most of the
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Aboriginal education vexes Canada (and Paul Martin)
Ottawa :: Canada | 4 days ago
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EDT Jeffrey Simpson (Brigitte Bouvier For The Globe and Mail) Former prime minister Paul Martin could have put up his feet after leaving political life, but relaxation is not part of his DNA. Mr. Martin didn't need money, so he embarked on projects
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Our health care system is also a major cure for inequality
Toronto :: Canada | 4 days ago
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EDT Overall, Canadian health care spending amounted to more than $200-billion in 2012. Tuesday released a new study on the impacts of Canada's publicly funded health care on income inequality. Overall, health care spending amounted to more than $200-
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Craig McInnes: Jobs reflect sluggish economy, not Clark's rhetoric
Vancouver :: Canada | 8 days ago
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Progress Board was killed by its creators when they realized that the reality it was recording would never match the wildly optimistic claims about what a Liberal government could achieve. The progress board was created by then-premier Gordon
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Goods-sector job trends throw off economic hints
Toronto :: Canada | 8 days ago
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EDT Canada's goods-producing industries generated 24,500 net jobs in the month, while the services-producing industries lost 12,000. (Thinkstock/Thinkstock) Canada's largely unremarkable April employment report did reveal an eyebrow-raising
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At midday: TSX stumbles, Europe reaches 5-year highs
Dax :: France | 8 days ago
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The Toronto stock market fell Friday, pulled down by Canadian jobs data that slightly missed expectations and a continuing retreat in commodity prices. The S&P/TSX composite index was off 6.71 points to 12,537.19, while the Canadian dollar lost 0.59
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Canada unemployment rate flat 7.2%
Mumbai :: India | 8 days ago
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Canada's unemployment rate remained at 7.2 percent in April as employment was little changed from the previous month, the government statistics agency said Friday. There were job gains in manufacturing and public administration, said Statistics
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