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Jun 2, 2008 | WebWire

BMO Bank of Montreal Opens First Full Service Bank Branch in Okotoks

This new location is easily accessible by car on the west side of Southridge Drive right before the turn-off to Turner Valley.

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Related Topix: Canada Travel, Home, Mortgage, Financial Services, Bank of Montreal, Banking, Canada

Jun 2, 2008 | CANOE

Commons to vote on offering haven to U.S. military deserters

American military deserters who fled to Canada rather than serve in Iraq hope Parliament will grant them what the immigration system and the courts have denied them: a safe haven.

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Related Topix: Canada, Immigration Reform, North America, World News

Jun 2, 2008 | Platts

Ivanhoe Energy to buy Talisman oil sands assets for $105 million

Of the total purchase price, C$30 million is payable at closing, Ivanhoe said in a statement.

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Related Topix: Energy, Talisman Energy, Oil & Gas, Canada, Ivanhoe Energy

Jun 2, 2008 | Journal of Commerce

Construction worker hospitalized after Calgary explosion

A construction worker was knocked to the ground and sent to hospital by an explosion in Calgary last week.

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Related Topix: Canada

Jun 2, 2008 | Journal of Commerce

Canadian Superior Energy plans construction of liquefied natural gas project in U.S. waters

A Calgary-based company is planning to build a multi-million dollar liquefied natural gas project off the coast of New Jersey.

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Related Topix: Canada, Linden, NJ, Energy, Oil & Gas, Trinidad and Tobago, World News, Central America

Sun Jun 01, 2008

Daily India

Slain family's dead father 'heard voices'

A Canadian man found dead in his home this week along with his wife, two children and a boarder in Calgary, Alberta, told friends he had been hearing voices.

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Related Topix: Canada

Bloomberg.com

Ivanhoe Agrees to Buy Oil-Sands Assets From Talisman for $107 Million

Ivanhoe Energy Inc. , a Canadian company that's developing a method to increase profit from heavy-oil production, agreed to buy oil-sands assets in Alberta from Talisman Energy Inc.

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Related Topix: Energy, Oil & Gas, Ivanhoe Energy, Canada

CANOE

Teen's lucky escape

A lucky Leduc teen escaped unscathed after his truck was struck by lightning earlier this week.

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Related Topix: Canada, Weather

Penticton Herald

Don't expect another referendum on electoral reform any time soon: experts

Experts on electoral reform say Ontario residents who want to change the way they elect their politicians have a long and difficult road ahead of them.

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Related Topix: Canada,

Sat May 31, 2008

The Globe and Mail

JRI revives plans for new canola plant

The agribusiness arm of the Winnipeg-based Richardson family is bolstering its presence in the surging global canola market by reactivating plans for a large, state-of-the-art canola processing plant in ...

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Related Topix: Canada, North America, World News

MyTELUS

Red Rally convoy to retrace the final journey of fallen Canadian soldiers

The first "Red Rally" in support of Canadian troops kicked off Saturday as hundreds gathered in Trenton, Ont.

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Related Topix: Canada,

UPI

5 killed in Canada 'domestic' case

A 1-year-old girl was the only one found alive when police entered a house in Calgary, Alberta, and found three adults and two children killed, police said.

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Globeinvestor.com

Total hit with setback in oil sands

French supermajor Total had expected regulatory hearings for the $9-billion Joslyn project to start in the first half of 2008, but those are now seen happening toward the end of this year.

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Related Topix: Canada

Edmonton Sun

Wedding crasher sentenced for stabbings

A Barrhead couple says their Edmonton nuptials were "destroyed" by a group of wedding crashers who caused a bloody brawl that led to three people being stabbed.

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Related Topix: Canada, Wedding

Fri May 30, 2008

Med Ad News

Pfizer Canada Announces Recipients of Neuropathic Pain Research Awards Program

This grant competition aims to fund and support independent neuropathic pain research in the areas of basic biomedical, clinical and health service and systems sciences.

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Related Topix: Arthritis, Health, Canada

Canadian Business Magazine

Ivanhoe Energy to acquire oilsands assets from Talisman for $105M

Ivanhoe Energy Inc. says a deal to buy Talisman Energy Canada's interests in three leases in the heart of Alberta's Athabasca oilsands region "dramatically changes" the profile of the company co-founded by ...

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Related Topix: Energy, Talisman Energy, Oil & Gas, Canada, Ivanhoe Energy

ArgusLeader.com

Yankton approves easement for Keystone oil pipeline

YANKTON - Yankton officials have agreed to an easement with TransCanada Corp. for the Keystone pipeline route through the city.

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Related Topix: Keystone, SD, Yankton, SD, Energy, Oil & Gas, TransCanada, Natural Gas, Canada, World News

CBC

Boil-water advisory issued for Okotoks

Heavy rainfall last week has prompted health officials to issue a boil-water advisory for the town of Okotoks, south of Calgary.

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Related Topix: Weather, Canada

Globeinvestor.com

StatoilHydro delays oil sands project

Norway's StatoilHydro has postponed building a planned full-scale refinery for its Canadian oil sands venture by two years to 2016, citing a tight supplier market, cost pressure and new rules in Alberta.

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Canoe

Alberta RCMP get training for excited delirium, program may roll out nationally

All RCMP officers in Alberta must now receive training on a controversial disorder linked to people who have died after being zapped by electronic stun guns such as Tasers.

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Related Topix: Canada, North America, World News

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