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“Retraining, hiring in the breach and sometimes appropriately engaging third party resources to assist enterprises - that will all happen between now and 2010 and demand will exceed supply”

With Canada set to adopt new accounting guidelines in a few years, companies in labour-strapped Alberta will be on the hunt for bean counters who are well versed in International Financial Reporting Standards, ... via 680News

“With the further dip in January, Canadian home sales are now well below year-ago levels, adding further evidence that the great boom is winding down”

Resale home activity caught a case of the winter sniffles in January, a further sign Canada's mighty residential real estate market is finally in a slowdown. via The Globe and Mail

“We're talking about putting legislation into place”

By: THE CANADIAN PRESS CALGARY - Alberta NDP Leader Brian Mason pledged that a New Democrat government would outlaw political donations by corporations and unions - despite the fact that his party currently ... via CJAD

“Men, as much as I hate to say it, it's almost in some aspects lust at first sight.”

France's new first lady said in an interview her first meeting with President Sarkozy was love at first sight. via CANOE

“Recent transactions in the marketplace have highlighted the significant untapped value in our CLH investment which we believe can best be redeployed to support our other priority growth initiatives”

Canada's Enbridge Inc said on Wednesday it was considering selling its 25-percent stake in Compania Logistica de Hidrocarburos , a major distributor of petroleum products in Spain, to fund aggressive expansion ... via Sympatico Finance

“It's our objective to be on the air within a year of being granted a licence.”

In just over a year, Canada could have the first TV network that broadcasts over the air exclusively in high definition and free of charge to viewers, Toronto businessman John Bitove told the federal regulator ... via CANOE

“Over the next year we will be introducing our oil and gas product line to executives from some of the world's largest petroleum companies at the most prestigious industry technology conferences”

Ikona Gear International, Inc. , an innovator of compact, lightweight, oil and gas machinery and gearing technology, announced today that it will be exhibiting its products for the oil and gas industry at four ... via Earth Times

The percentage of injection drug users from Vancouver's Downtown Eastside neighbourhood found to be carrying a worrisome superbug jumped 250 per cent from 2000 to 2006, a new study reveals. via CTV.ca

“And I know you wouldn't want me to stop and you want me to be the number one artist in the world. And mama, all I'm going to do is keep making you proud. We run this.”

Amy Winehouse triumphed despite rehab while outspoken rapper/producer Kanye West gave an emotional tribute to his late mother Sunday as both performers took home multiple Grammy Awards during a splashy 50th ... via 680News

“So, it's not unusual to see planes coming in, but it is unusual to have stuff fall off of them.”

Woman narrowly averts injury after ice from plane hits home By PABLO FERNANDEZ AND JIM WELLS, SUN MEDIA Ice from a plane, possibly from a toilet, plummeted to earth and punched through the roof of a southeast ... via Calgary Sun

“The Tories have been around for 36 years and their ship is sinking and all they focus is on what they have to do to get re-elected when a government should be worried about what we have to do to protect the prosperity.”

By: Bill Graveland, THE CANADIAN PRESS CALGARY - Alberta has had a history of being the birthplace of new political movements. via Mix 99.9

“They're going out and they're saying: 'You know what? That's wrong, I want it changed, how do I get it changed?' ”

By: THE CANADIAN PRESS CALGARY - Launching his party's 2008 election campaign from the couch of a cluttered inner-city apartment, Alberta Greens Leader George Read couldn't get more grassroots or low-budget if ... via 102.9 CKDS-FM

A canadian woman narrowly avoided getting hit by several chunks of ice that crashed through her bedroom ceiling Thursday, likely dropped from a passing airplane, officials said. via Unexplained Mysteries

“In my view, the (regulation) sacrifices the dignity of minor injury victims at the altar of reducing insurance premiums”

By: James Stevenson, THE CANADIAN PRESS CALGARY - Alberta drivers could face hundreds of dollars in higher premiums after a judge ruled Friday that the province's $4,000 cap on insurance claims for soft-tissue ... via 102.9 CKDS-FM

“If they have to end up relying on their own potential sources, then you're probably looking at potentially sourcing some of that out of Trinidad and Tobago”

CALGARY Russian energy monopoly OAO Gazprom's scrapping of a $3.5 billion liquefied natural gas plant in the Baltic Sea will likely delay but won't outright kill a regasification plant in Quebec planned by two ... via The Toronto Star

“Basically, it's a snapshot of my family 10 years ago. My brother and I are both still living at home with our parents”

PRESS RELEASE CTV ************************* Russell Peters to host The 2008 JUNO Awards, April 6 on CTV Toronto, ON - Internationally renowned comedian Russell Peters will host The 2008 JUNO Awards broadcast, ... via SooToday

CALGARY, Alberta - A Canadian woman narrowly avoided getting hit by several chunks of ice that crashed through her bedroom ceiling Thursday, likely dropped from a passing airplane, officials said. via BismarckTribune

A veterinarian called for safer standards for the transport of large animals after the accidental death of a hippopotamus in Calgary, Alberta, a report said. via Daily India