Air Canada posts $598 million loss for quarter
Air Canada reports a third quarter net loss of 598 million after a 410 million writedown of intangible assets. The airline says the revision aligns with Canadian accounting rules and does not affect operations. It ends the quarter with about 900 million in cash.
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Toronto
Air Canada
Canada
Bear-suit inventor to face Kodiak in secret test
North Bay Ontario report says Troy Hurtubise will enter his Ursus Mark VI suit on December 9 to confront a 585 kilogram Kodiak bear in a controlled attack staged in Western Canada. He spent ten years and $150,000 building a 68 kilogram high tech shell of chain mail steel titanium and duct tape to withstand the bear’s power.
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North Bay
Ont
Troy Hurtubise
Hurtubise
Canada
Molgness
It Is Human to Err Yet Persisting Is Stupid
A Latin proverb notes that making a mistake is human but continuing fault shows folly. It cautions against repeating the same error and stresses the value of learning and correction.
Poinsettias Packed for 20,000 Plant Wholesale Shipment
Vicky Dixon inspects a poinsettia at Schaefer's Gardens in Triangle New York as a wholesale order is packed. About 20 000 plants will be shipped to retail outlets and fundraising groups across Central New York and the Northeast. Eighty percent are red and the rest include six other varieties.
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Vicky Dixon
Schaefer's Gardens
Triangle
N.Y
New York
MPs call for cloning ban in Canada parliament debate
Opposition MPs urged an immediate ban on human cloning after reports that Advanced Cell Technology in Worcester, Massachusetts cloned a human embryo. Health Minister Allan Rock said a draft bill would outlaw cloning and ban creation of embryos for research while permitting use of surplus embryos from infertility treatments.
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Ottawa
Advanced Cell Technology Inc
Worcester
Mass
Canadian Alliance
Progressive Conservatives
Jean Chretien
Allan Rock Rose
House of Commons
Rock
Commons
Lawrence Soler
Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation of Canada
The
Commons Health Committee
Canada eases alert for troops to Afghanistan
Defence Minister Art Eggleton announced Ottawa is shifting Canadian forces from 48-hour deployment notice to a seven-day standby. The Patricias of Edmonton’s Third Battalion remain part of a potential stabilization mission with three Hercules aircraft stood down for a week, while a 150 to 200 strong company stays at 48 hours and the immediate reaction force remains on alert.
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Ottawa
Canada
Afghanistan
Defence
Art Eggleton
House of Commons
Princess Patricia's
Canadian Light Infantry
Edmonton
Eggleton
Northern Alliance
Snow lifts Saskatchewan Alberta ranchers' spirits amid drought relief
In Saskatchewan near the Alberta border, Joan Moebis and Joe Saville report 5 to 8 cm of snow easing drought conditions that have plagued their ranch for years. They describe dust storms, calf losses, scarce hay, and low water as they hope continued winter moisture preserves cattle feed and wells.
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Joan Moebis
Joe Saville
Joan
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Highway 13
Joe
Wildhorse
Moebis
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