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Category: Government Finance and the Economy
IBM connects with Toronto’s burgeoning IT economy
Technology giant opens a downtown cloud-computing data centre, adding 40 jobs and catering to the city's financial district, in a move that fits with the provincial government's economic refocusing effort. ...
Kathleen Wynne helps mark halfway point of Confederation LRT
Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne joined Ottawa Mayor Jim Watson and half-a-dozen other politicians to mark the 50-per-cent completion of the Confederation Light Rail Transit line in Ottawa. ...
Injunction put on Enbridge protesters, blockade shifts to Toronto
Protesters blockading work on a major oil pipeline in southwestern Ontario were forced to vacate the construction site over the weekend after receiving an injunction Sunday afternoon. ...
Heard: Tech study shows online work growing in post-secondary schools
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CUPE files court challenge over Air Canada flight staffing
Citing safety concerns, the union is asking the Federal Court to rescind a Transport Canada decision allowing Air Canada to raise passenger-to-flight-attendant ratio to 50:1 from 40:1. ...
Full-time work dries up as jobless rate falls to 7.4 per cent
Ontario's unemployment rate improved to 7.4 per cent in July, albeit at a cost of about 29,300 full-time jobs. ...
Heard: Kenney holds talks in Kenora on developing native skills
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CPPIB sinks $330 million into U.S. housing developments
Part of Canada Pension Plan money manager's strategy to broaden the scope of its investments into high-quality real estate and the U.S. market. ...
Ontario signs ‘strategic mandate’ deals with colleges and universities
Ontario government comes to agreement with 45 colleges and universities, requiring them to focus on their core areas while limiting expansion in academic areas where programs already exist. ...