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Canada backs out of Kyoto Protocol
by
Scott Tong
Dec 13, 2011
Straight out of productive UN climate talks in Durban, South Africa, Canada announces it is backing out of the Kyoto Protocol treaty.
Canadian "film for computer" will surreal up your whole day
by
John Moe
Aug 24, 2011
The National Film Board of Canada has commissioned director Vincent Morisset to make a "film for computer."...
Netflix cuts video quality in Canada
by
John Moe
Mar 30, 2011
Netflix is making moves to shrink the amount of data going across a network when it streams movies and TV to Canadian customers. The company says...
London, Toronto stock exchanges announce merger
Feb 9, 2011
Officials from the London Stock Exchange Group PLC and Toronto based TMX group Inc. announced the merger today. Bringing the two companies together will produce the second largest mining- and resource-exchange in the world. Christopher Werth explains.
Placing an economic value on a species
by
Lee Carter
Jan 22, 2011
Canada -- home to two-thirds of the total polar bear population left on earth -- is debating putting the species on an at-risk list. That would mean trying to place an economic value on the animal.
BHP Billiton blocked from Potash
Nov 4, 2010
The Canadian government has blocked mining giant BHP Billiton's $40 billion takeover bid of the Canadian company Potash Corporation. Stephen Beard reports.
Companies dig deep for Canada's oil
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Sean Cole
Aug 4, 2010
Canada has vast oil resources, but most of the stuff buried in Alberta is too deep for traditional mining techniques. But where there's a decent profit margin, there's a way. Sean Cole reports.
For public good, not for profit.
G20 security tries Torontonian patience
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Sean Cole
Jun 16, 2010
Security operations at the G20 site in Toronto have begun to test the patience of residents and small businesses. Sean Cole reports.
Toronto locals 'in the dark' over ID-access fence around downtown
by
Sean Cole
Jun 7, 2010
The Canadian government is spending $1 billion on security for the G8 and G20 summits later this month, and part of that will finance a giant fence around downtown Toronto. Anyone who wants to get through it will have to have an ID.
Quebec police: We're not rent-a-cops
by
Sean Cole
Mar 26, 2010
To make extra money, Montreal's police force is hiring itself out for commercial services. But with the quality of the duties performed, they say it's unfair to call them "rent-a-cops." Sean Cole reports.