Advertising by moving billboards hits Toronto streets
Toronto drivers can earn up to 500 dollars a month by turning their cars into mobile ads. Two firms plan to place vehicles in prime daily traffic, with some ads costing as little as 50 dollars monthly.
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Mark Friesen
Dynamic Exposure
Air price probe widens in Atlantic Canada
A federal competition probe into Air Canada predatory pricing extends to Fredericton Saint John and Charlottetown with comparisons to Moncton. WestJet accuses Air Canada after its Moncton to Toronto rates undercut WestJet's Moncton Hamilton service as low as 129 dollars one way.
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Separate hearings for officers accused of abandoning natives
Saskatoon police officers Daniel Hatchen and Kenneth Munson face separate preliminary hearings on unlawful confinement and assault after Darrell Night was left at a power station in January. Munson's hearing starts September 11 and Hatchen's October 2. The Crown may call six to eight witnesses, including police officials.
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Kenneth Charles Munson
Darrell Night
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Quebec unveils 84 million youth training program
The Quebec government will spend 84 million dollars over two years to aid unemployed youth under 21. Participants join a three month supervision at an employment resource centre, then nine months follow up. They receive 630 dollars monthly for 20 hours weekly work, training or schooling.
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Montreal
Quebec
Social Solidarity
Andre Boisclair
Solidarite Jeunesse
Edmonton surgeon praised for saving elderly passenger
Dr Tim Winton a thoracic surgeon from Toronto revived 83 year old Yvonne Langlois during a July 12 flight from Toronto to Edmonton after she suffered three heart seizures and cardiac arrest. Langlois recovered and is under care in Sudbury while her daughter Helene Robitaille watched.
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Tim Winton
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Yvonne Langlois
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Helene Robitaille
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Saskatchewan teachers unlikely to strike before long weekend
Regina reports show contract talks between Saskatchewan teachers and school boards progress slowly with no anticipated job action prior to the extended summer break. Leaders from the Saskatchewan Teachers' Federation and Saskatchewan School Trustees Association remain hopeful as talks continue.
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Saskatchewan
Wayne Clements
Saskatchewan Teachers’ Federation
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Gary Shaddock
Saskatchewan School Trustees Association
Tobin faces backlash over rural public servant move plan
In St John’s, Premier Brian Tobin defends a seven million plan to relocate hundreds of public workers to rural Newfoundland. The package offers five day house hunting trips, a 1000 dollar family lump sum, and up to 15000 dollars to offset home selling losses, aiming to improve services in small communities but drawing anger from the capital and the public employees’ union.
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