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  • Canadians keep falling for Nigerian letter scam
    The Competition Bureau is warning that recessions are 'boom times for scammers' and predicts desperate Canadians will fall into traps offering easy cash online, by phone and mail. Statistics provided by Phonebusters -- the Canadian anti-fraud call centre
  • US-BUSINESS Summary
    GM Europe head says to sell Opel to Magna soon: report FRANKFURT (Reuters) - General Motors Europe President Carl-Peter Forster expects to sell German unit Opel to Canadian auto parts supplier Magna soon, he told a German newspaper. 'I am quite
  • Diplomatic solution possible in Honduras: Canadian official
    UNITED NATIONS -- Canada's cabinet minister for Latin America expressed confidence Thursday that a diplomatic solution can be found to resolve the crisis in Honduras, where soldiers this week expelled the country's elected president, Manuel Zelaya.
  • China auto firm makes Opel bid
    Frankfurt/Munich: A Chinese automaker has offered to buy a stake in General Motors unit Opel, challenging a deal from Canadian auto parts supplier Magna, sources said on Friday. State-owned Beijing Automotive (BAIC) has submitted an indicative,
  • GM hopes for speedy Opel purchase: report (AFP)

    The head of GM Europe has said he hopes German carmaker Opel will be bought by Magna by mid-July adding that the Canadian firm has a AFP - The head of GM Europe has said he hopes German carmaker Opel will be bought by Magna by mid-July adding that the Canadian firm has a "considerable lead" on other possible buyers, a report said Saturday.



  • Ramp ceremony held for fallen Canadian soldier
    Hundreds of soldiers turned out at Kandahar Airfield on Saturday to pay their respects as the casket of Cpl. Nick Bulger was loaded onto a transport plane for the journey home to Canada. Bulger, 30, of the 3rd Battalion, Princess Patricia's Canadian
  • Fallen soldier begins journey home
    KANDAHAR AIRFIELD, Afghanistan ' The body of Canada's latest military casualty in Afghanistan began its journey home Saturday morning as fellow soldiers sent off their fallen comrade in a solemn ramp ceremony. Cpl. Nick Bulger, 30 - who hailed from
  • Latest fallen soldier begins journey home
    KANDAHAR AIRFIELD -- Cpl. Nick Bulger, killed Friday in Afghanistan when his Canadian Forces vehicle hit a roadside bomb, was remembered Saturday as a motivator and committed soldier. More than 2,000 people gathered in the wind and heat of Kandahar
  • GM Europe head says to sell Opel to Magna soon: report
    FRANKFURT (Reuters) - General Motors Europe President Carl-Peter Forster expects to sell German unit Opel to Canadian auto parts supplier Magna soon, he told a German newspaper. 'I am quite confident after a top-level meeting of GM and Magna, where broad
  • GM Europe: Talks on selling Opel near completion (AP)
    AP - Negotiations for the sale of General Motors Corp.'s unit Adam Opel GmbH to Canadian autoparts maker Magna are progressing well and should soon be complete, the head of GM Europe said in remarks released Saturday.
  • Body of fallen Canadian soldier headed home
    Brig.-Gen. Jonathan Vance, Senior Commander of Coalition Forces in Kandahar Province, Afghanistan pays tribute to Cpl. Nick Bulger of the 3rd Battalion, Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry, based in Edmonton. (Colin Perkel / THE CANADIAN PRESS)
  • Honduras mines running smoothly,...
    Mines in Honduras operated by Yamana Gold and Breakwater Resources are operating normally despite an unfolding political crisis in the Central American nation, the mines' Canadian owners said on Monday. Honduran President Manuel Zelaya was ousted in a
  • One soldier dead, five injured in Afghan blast
    The convoy that transports Canada's top soldier in Afghanistan hit a roadside bomb yesterday, killing a member of the brigadier-general's tactical team and injuring five others. It was the second time this week that Brigadier-General Jonathan Vance, the
  • China fund to buy $1.5 bln stake in Canadian miner
    BEIJING (AFP) - China's sovereign wealth fund said it would buy 1.5 billion dollars worth of shares of the Canadian mining company Teck Resources Ltd. The purchase by the China Investment Corp would amount to a 17.2 percent equity stake in Teck, giving
  • China takes minority stake in Canadian miner
    LONDON (Menafn - MarketWatch) -- Demonstrating the country's continued interest in buying resource firms, the state-run China Investment Corp. on Friday reached a deal to buy a 17% stake in the Canadian miner Teck Resources. The stake, worth C$1.7
  • El Salvador and Canada make winning starts in Gold Cup (Reuters)
    LOS ANGELES, July 4 (Reuters) - El Salvador and Canada enjoyed victories on the first day of the CONCACAF Gold Cup, the regional tournament for North and Central America and the Caribbean. In Group A, El Salvador, backed by an impressive following at the
  • Canada, U.S. unemployment expected to rise (Reuters)
    46 pm ET OTTAWA (Reuters) ? The jobless rate in Canada and the United States will continue to rise, Finance Minister Jim Flaherty said on Friday. 'The unemployment rate in the United States is well over 9 percent now and it's likely to go higher into
  • Blast kills soldier, narrowly misses top Canadian commander
    EDT Yesterday, Brig.-Gen. Vance's armoured vehicle slipped past a powerful, buried bomb in the restive Zhari district west of Kandahar City. Cpl. Bulger's vehicle, travelling just 15 metres behind, wasn't so lucky: It triggered an explosion that killed
  • Attack on General's convoy kills soldier
    DNDCpl. Nicholas Bulger, 30, from Peterborough, Ont., was killed when convoy which transports Canada?s top soldier in Afghanistan hit a roadside bomb. Five others were injured. KANDAHAR AIRFIELD, Afghanistan -- The convoy that transports Canada's top
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