Goodyear to Cut About 7200 Jobs Globally
Goodyear Tire & Rubber plans about 7200 layoffs this year to curb losses from higher costs and weak tire demand from North American automakers. The cuts total 6.8 percent of the worldwide workforce of 105,000, following a $102 million fourth quarter loss last year.
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Akron, Ohio
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Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co
Goodyear
Medicine Hat
Valleyfield
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Napanee
Ont
Samir Gibara
Gibara
Keith Price
Canadians call separatist talk blackmail to win concessions
Unity minister Stephane Dion dismissed Alberta separatist rhetoric as blackmail and urged Stockwell Day to halt the movement. He said Canadians deserve a clear statement that no region has grounds for secession and warned leaders who tolerate such talk damage national unity.
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Toronto
Ottawa
Canada
Unity
Stephane Dion
Ednesday
Canadian Alliance
Stockwell Day
Alberta
Day
Quebec
West
Dion
Wir and WisDOM Friends Quote
Ed Cunningham offers a quip about rare people who ask how we are and then wait for the response, highlighting thoughtful listening.
Brooks predator sentenced to nine years in prison
Parvind Chand, 37, of Edmonton, was given a nine year federal sentence after pleading guilty to sexual assault kidnapping and attempted kidnapping linked to incidents in Brooks on January 24 2000. The judge called his actions predatory noting fear among three young girls in the community.
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Medicine Hat
Brooks
Parvind Chand
Chand
Edmonton
Stephanie Cleary
Cleary
Darwin Greaves
Greaves
Lakeside Packers
Avalanche victims identified as Swedish sisters in Fernie incident
Nine avalanche survivors spent the night around a camp fire on a freezing backcountry mountain in Fernie B C after two Swedish sisters died. The group, aged 18 to 30, were airlifted to hospital at dawn with no serious injuries among the others.
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Fernie
B.C
Greg Goodison
Lizard Range
Rocky Mountains
Goodison
John Birrell
Island Lake Lodge
Anna Alberts
Marin Alberts
Stockholm
Calgary
RCMP
Pricey energy slows Lamb-Weston Taber plant expansion
ConAgra Foods through Lamb-Weston shelved a $50 million Taber potato plant expansion citing high electricity and gas prices. Officials note broad energy cost impacts across North America as the company revises its 2001 earnings outlook while pursuing efficiency and cost cuts. Alberta growers seek up to $30 per tonne higher contracts amid negotiations with processors.
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Medicine Hat Lamb-Weston
Taber
Alberta
Karen Savinski
ConAgra Foods
Lamb-Weston
North America
United States
Bruce Rohde
Gary Cuddeford
Jim Tsukishima
Alberta Potato Growers Association
Manitoba
Washington
Idaho
Oregon
Wisconsin
Tsukishima
Video game tournament hosted at Winnipeg Art Gallery
Nick Richardson hosts a Sony PlayStation 2 tournament at the Winnipeg Art Gallery on February 24 for up to 100 players. He booked a six hour session on a large projection screen for 260 dollars and charges 40 dollars per entrant plus 5 dollars per spectator. The winner receives a PlayStation 2 console bought for 512 dollars.
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Winnipeg
Nick Richardson
Winnipeg Art Gallery
Richardson
Art Gallery
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