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U.S. drought may create winners, losers on Bay Street

Posted on August 15, 2012 by Administrator

TSX-listed fertilizer shares up; machinery dealers, meat packers likely to suffer [written by Rod Nickel, courtesy of CanadianCattlemen.ca] While U.S. crops of corn and soybeans wilt in the worst U.S. drought in a half century, winners and losers are emerging … Continue reading →

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Last shuttle spacewalk to begin – BBC News

Posted on July 12, 2011 by Administrator

ABC News Last shuttle spacewalk to begin BBC News The last spacewalk of the space shuttle era got under way at 1422 BST on Tuesday (1322 GMT). The six-and-a-half hour excursion will retrieve an ailing ammonia pump on the International Space Station (ISS), where shuttle Atlantis is docked Continue reading →

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Other Kainai Chieftainship honourees – Calgary Herald

Posted on July 12, 2011 by Administrator

CTV.ca Other Kainai Chieftainship honourees Calgary Herald Premier Ed Stelmach is given the name Chief Star Chief during the Kainai Chieftainship ceremony in Stand Off on July 27, 2007. Given the name Grandmother of Many Nations, Gov Continue reading →

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Canada boycotts UN body over North Korea – CBC.ca

Posted on July 11, 2011 by Administrator

Globe and Mail Canada boycotts UN body over North Korea CBC.ca Beginning of Story Content Canada is boycotting a UN body dedicated to disarmament to protest against North Korea being named its chair, Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird announced Monday. The Conference on Disarmament, where UN members negotiate .. Continue reading →

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Flooding prompts state of emergency in central BC – CTV.ca

Posted on July 11, 2011 by Administrator

CTV.ca Flooding prompts state of emergency in central BC CTV.ca Highway 16 about 77 kilometres east of Prince George was closed in both directions Saturday due to heavy rain. July 9, 2011 Continue reading →

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