Atlantic Canada’s independently-owned brokerage Archway Insurance has acquired SNC Insurance, which is one of Metro’s premier brokerages, for an undisclosed amount. Positioning Archway as a major brokerage in the Maritimes, ...
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Statistics Canada reported Tuesday that Canadian municipalities issued building permits worth $6 billion in February, a 1.7 percent increase from January. Higher construction intentions in the non-residential sector in eight provinces more ...
Canadian pharmaceutical company Apotex has issued an urgent recall of its birth-control pill Alysena 28 over packaging issue. The company found that instead of three tablets, one lot of the contraceptive may have been packed mistakenly ...
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Canada's Morien Resources is heading up a group of investors and coal buyers in talks with Xstrata Coal about buying its 75% stake in the $500 million Donkin coal project in Nova Scotia, a source close to the situation said Monday. The ...
A just-released forecast of labour supply and demand says construction will need to recruit more than 250,000 workers—including the traditional number of new entrants to the workforce—to meet building needs from now until 2021. ...
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Repsol on Tuesday announced a $6.7 billion deal that will see Shell purchase a package of LNG assets from the Spanish firm. Repsol will sell Shell its interests in LNG facilities in Trinidad and Tobago, Peru and Spain as well as LNG ...
The retail environment remained stormy for Leon's Furniture in the final quarter of 2012 as the company reported declines in earnings, sales and corporate same-store sales. System-wide sales for the quarter were C$248.2 million, down 2.7% ...
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New Brunswick has releases a set of resource maps and an accompanying report showcasing potential locations to develop biomass resources for energy co-generation in the province. “Our government is committed to achieving 40% renewable ...
Innovative Electrical Sales has signed on with Universal Lighting Technologies to represent the lighting ballast and controls manufacturer in Atlantic Canada, which includes Newfoundland & Labrador, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and Prince ...
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Canadian baker Canada Bread, in which Maple Leaf Foods has a 90% stake, has announced plans to close two bakeries, affecting around 120 jobs. The facilities are located in Grand Falls in New Brunswick and Edmonton in Alberta. The ...
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New Brunswick Premier David Alward, NB Power CEO Gaetan Thomas and Siemens Canada president and CEO Robert Hardt were among those in attendance today at the official opening of Siemens’ newest home in Fredericton. The location will ...
Olymel, a processor and distributor of pork and poultry products in Canada, has acquired the Canadian assets of hog producer Big Sky Farms for C$65.25m ($65.7m). Olymel noted that this acquisition is a strategic response to the challenge ...
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Universal Lighting Technologies is welcoming Philippe Goyet to the position of regional sales manager for Eastern Canada, including Quebec, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Newfoundland, and Prince Edward Island. With 14 years of sales ...
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has announced that it is working with the Public Health Agency of Canada and provincial authorities to determine the source of a foodborne illness outbreak in the country. A total of 16 people ...
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Prince Edward Island (P.E.I) Brewing Company is planning to expand its market in Atlantic Canada using $2.14m loan from the Prince Edward Island government in Canada. The brewery has also raised $500,000 loan from the Atlantic Canada ...
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