Coal mining company signs agreement on training of Canadian workers
VANCOUVER – The coal mining company at the centre of a controversy over hiring temporary foreign workers has signed a memorandum of understanding with a northern B.C. college to train Canadian workers.
Canada meat plant operations halted on food safety concerns
OTTAWA (Reuters) – Canadian food inspectors on Friday said they have suspended operations at a meat-processing plant in Edmonton, Alberta, for failing to properly track its deliveries after detecting the Listeria bacteria on an employee. The incident comes just a month after a major health scare in Canada over tainted beef at another meat plant in the province. Capital Packers Inc detected the bacteria Listeria monocytogenes — which can cause fever, nausea and even meningitis in infected people — on a worker’s sleeve and on Monday notified the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA). …
Enbridge, shippers at odds over "air barrel" relief
CALGARY, Alberta (Reuters) – Enbridge Inc and its crude oil pipeline customers are battling over a plan by the company to try to cut the over-booking of capacity on the massive export network that has played a role in the deep discounting of Canadian crude prices. The dispute is the latest symptom of an oil pipeline network running ever closer to capacity as production from the Canadian oil sands and North Dakota Bakken surges and expansion plans get bogged down by regulatory delays and environmental opposition. …
Attending the Grey Cup an annual tradition for many Canadian football fans
TORONTO – Cy Addley was 12 when he went to his first Grey Cup.
Settlement in lawsuit filed by US restaurant listed in phone book under 'carcass removal'
HELENA, Mont. – A phone book company has settled a lawsuit filed by a Montana barbecue restaurant that was listed in a section of the yellow pages for “Animal Carcass Removal.”
Former coach and star player 'Pinball' Clemons gives Argos Grey Cup pep talk
former star player and coach Michael (Pinball) Clemons.
Stamps star Jon Cornish talk speaks of lesbian mother with pride and love
TORONTO – Football took a backseat briefly Thursday as Calgary running back Jon Cornish talked about his mother.
UK circus owner found guilty of abuse of elderly performing elephant
LONDON – A British court has found a circus owner guilty of causing unnecessary suffering to a performing elephant.
Ashley Smith inquest to have broad focus despite objections, coroner rules
TORONTO – An inquest into the prison death of a disturbed teenager will be broadly based despite objections raised by several doctors who treated her, the presiding coroner formally ruled on Friday.
S&P downgrades maverick Hungary on weak growth
BUDAPEST (Reuters) – Standard & Poor’s on Friday cut Hungary’s long-term credit rating, already in junk territory, by one notch to BB, saying its government’s unpredictable policies could hurt medium-term growth. The move came almost a year after S&P slashed Hungary to below investment grade on similar grounds and could hit the forint currency and Hungarian bonds when markets reopen on Monday, analysts said. …
Friday, November 23, 2012
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