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5 hrs ago | National Post

HST bill passes easily in Ottawa

The House of Commons on Wednesday overwhelmingly passed legislation enabling the provinces to harmonize their sales taxes with the federal GST, clearing the way for Ontario and British Columbia to implement the HST this summer.

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16 hrs ago | The Toronto Star

Tory MPPs end Queen's Park tax protest

A sit-in by two maverick Progressive Conservative MPPs fighting the HST ended Wednesday morning after almost 44 hours of theatrical desk pounding and histrionic delays at the Ontario Legislature.

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Related Topix: Canada, North America, World News, Stephen Harper,

Mon Dec 07, 2009

Mississauga

Trucker escapes fatal accident

A Mississauga tractor-trailer driver escaped uninjured Friday night after a fatal accident near Owen Sound.

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Related Topix: Truckers, Canada,

Sun Dec 06, 2009

Peace Country Sun

Government campaign emphasizes need for biosecurity

The Canadian government has launched a national animal health awareness campaign focusing specifically on livestock biosecurity practices.

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Related Topix: Canada, Agriculture, Science

Fri Dec 04, 2009

TechnologyReview.com

A More Durable Wind Turbine

A Canadian startup has developed a small prototype wind turbine that uses friction instead of a gearbox to convert wind energy into electricity.

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Related Topix: Alternative Energy, Science / Technology, Wind Power, Renewable Energy (Green Energy), Energy, Canada,

Wed Dec 02, 2009

The Toronto Star

Coyle: Disgraceful show put on by PC caucus

Among the values he purports to cherish are "respect for the rule of law." When he talks about his immigrant grandparents, he extols those who "play by the rules." This week, as Hudak led his caucus in a disgraceful show of contempt for the Legislature and its rules, those words were revealed for empty rhetorical boiler-plate. Heir, as he is, to ...

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Related Topix: Canada,

Tue Dec 01, 2009

Toronto Sun

Tory MPP stages sit-in over HST

The Ontario legislature was in an uproar yesterday as Tory MPP Bill Murdoch defied the orders of the speaker to stage a sit-in over the controversial 13% harmonized sales tax.

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Mon Nov 30, 2009

The Toronto Star

Tories turn up the heat in protest over harmonized tax

Ontario's Legislature ground to a halt Monday afternoon because of a protest over Premier Dalton McGuinty's controversial 13 per cent harmonized sales tax.

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Thu Nov 26, 2009

Ottawa Citizen

Bidders still after bargains

Auctioneers say the recession has lowered the realized prices for mid-and low-range items, though true rarities are holding their value.

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Tue Nov 24, 2009

Globe and Mail

Prize-winners rise from brownfields

MARY GOODERHAM Last updated on Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2009 11:45AM EST T hey are vast tracts of vacant land spread across waterfronts and former railway yards or dotted throughout cities.

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Related Topix: Canada,

Sat Nov 21, 2009

Now Toronto

TTC's fare game unfair

Do the TTC shuffle: gain riders, lose money; gain money, lose riders. Kathryn Gaitens Let's speak no more of seeking provincial and federal "funding" for public transit.

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Related Topix: Canada,

Thu Nov 19, 2009

Ottawa Sun

Tax harmony leads to Conservative discord

The federal Tories pushed, prodded and ultimately paid Ontario to adopt the harmonized sales tax and any effort to disown those actions smells like a rodent, Ontario Finance Minister Dwight Duncan said yesterday.

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Related Topix: Canada,

Mon Nov 16, 2009

Market Wire

Media Advisory: Government of Canada to improve Animal Health Awareness

Larry Miller, MP for Bruce-Grey-Owen Sound and Chair of the House of Commons Standing Committee on Agriculture and Agri-Food, invites media to attend the launch of a new animal health awareness campaign aimed at protecting animal health and safeguarding the Canadian food supply.

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Related Topix: Canada, Agriculture, Science,

Sat Nov 14, 2009

Peterborough Examiner

Spirited Schreiner keen, Green

Choices were limited on the ballot to elect a new leader of the Green Party of Ontario.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, 2008 Presidential Election, Canada,

Fri Nov 13, 2009

Market Wire

Animal Health Starts on the Farm: The Government of Canada Launches Animal Health Awareness Campaign

The Government of Canada launched a national awareness campaign focused on key farm management practices that will help keep animals healthy and safeguard the Canadian food supply.

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Related Topix: Canada, Agriculture, Science, Gerry Ritz

Thu Nov 12, 2009

Simcoe.com

Long-gun registry one step closer to being ...

The federal government's controversial long-gun registry took a step towards the grave last Wednesday evening when government and opposition MPs combined to pass a private member's bill that will scrap the costly program.

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Related Topix: Canada,

Tue Nov 10, 2009

CBC

Major bed bug spike hits Toronto

An adult bed bug and her offspring, in a 2008 photo provided by Virginia Tech Department of Entomology.

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Related Topix: Entomology, Science, Canada,

Sun Nov 08, 2009

Journal of Commerce

Vancouver waterfront project dominates awards

Ontario brownfield reclamation projects - followed by B.C. and Quebec projects - came away with the most Canadian Urban Institute Brownie Awards at the 9th annual Canadian Brownfields Conference in Vancouver.

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Related Topix: North America, Canada, World News,

Fri Nov 06, 2009

Collingwood Connection

Lecture shows how railway shaped counties

Ella and Charlie Garrad, Charles Cooper, railway enthusiast and passenger on the last train from Collingwood to Toronto, Peter Coates and Depot curator Suzanne Purdy pose after Cooper's lecture on the railways' influence on The Blue Mountains and Meaford.

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Related Topix: Canada,

Wed Nov 04, 2009

Minor League News

Roman Berdnikov Ready To Make Debut For Owen Sound Attack

Tuesday 03 Nov 2009 Tuesday, November 3, 2009 at 10:18PM MLN Newswire - www.mlntherawfeed.com -The Owen Sound Attack is pleased to announce that Russian Import player Roman Berdnikov is expected to make his Owen Sound Attack debut tomorrow night, Wednesday, November 4th vs.

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