Print2online CMS 4.0 http://www.canadianbusinessjournal.ca/ ©2007 CBJ http://www.canadianbusinessjournal.ca/files.php?file= http://www.canadianbusinessjournal.ca/ http://www.canadianbusinessjournal.ca/business_news/canadian_business_news/transat_takes_a_dive.html Canadian Business News Fri, 12 Mar 2010 01:41:00 -0500 CBJ Mar 12 - Shares of Transat AT Inc. fell 30 per cent after the company disclosed a higher-than-expected first-quarter loss and said it may lose money in the second quarter - normally its best. The Montreal-based international tour operator, which owns the Air Transat airline and markets holiday packages via its own network and travel agencies in North America and Europe, cited weak selling prices, http://www.canadianbusinessjournal.ca/business_news/canadian_business_news/b_c_air_group_should_have_tested.html Canadian Business News Fri, 12 Mar 2010 01:40:00 -0500 CBJ Mar 12 - An air-monitoring group has apologized to Prince George, B.C. residents at a public meeting for failing to retest for levels of a known carcinogen in their air, but they still can't explain why the retesting was never done. PGAIR received test results from the Ministry of Environment in 2008 showing formaldehyde in the air at 18 times the acceptable level in http://www.canadianbusinessjournal.ca/business_news/canadian_business_news/isotope_reactor_to_re-open_in_may.html Canadian Business News Thu, 11 Mar 2010 02:20:00 -0500 CBJ Mar 11 - The Chalk River isotope reactor is set to start up in mid-May at the earliest, meaning it won't produce isotopes until June. The reactor will have been down at least a year since a heavy water leak was discovered in May 2009. As its operator Atomic Energy of Canada, Ltd. pushes back the restart date again, spokesman Dale Coffin said AECL still http://www.canadianbusinessjournal.ca/business_news/canadian_business_news/sasktel_invests_in_upgrades.html Canadian Business News Thu, 11 Mar 2010 03:18:00 -0500 CBJ Mar 11 - SaskTel outlined plans to invest $239 million in communication network improvements, which will enable the company to provide high-speed Internet service to all areas of the province by the end of 2010. Among the highlights of this year's capital investment program is an expenditure of $88 million for continuing construction of a $172 million Universal Mobile Telecommunication System -- High Speed Packet http://www.canadianbusinessjournal.ca/business_news/canadian_business_news/canadian_banks_profits_up.html Canadian Business News Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:43:00 -0500 CBJ Mar 10 - Canada's Big Five banks are saw profits up more than 70 per cent in their first-quarter earnings season. Bank of Nova Scotia was the last of the big banks to report yesterday, announcing higher profits and revenues from strong domestic operations and declining provisions for bad loans. Scotiabank reported net income of $988 million, up 17 per cent from the year-earlier period http://www.canadianbusinessjournal.ca/business_news/canadian_business_news/easton-bell_sports_appoints_chris_zimmerman_president_of_easton.html Canadian Business News Tue, 09 Mar 2010 23:41:00 -0500 CBJ Mar 10 - Easton-Bell Sports, Inc.—a leading designer, developer and marketer of innovative sports equipment and accessories— announced that Chris Zimmerman has been hired as President of Easton Sports, effective immediately. The former Vancouver Canucks President and CEO will lead a unified Easton Sports brand banner that will include hockey, baseball/softball and its new lacrosse offering. “We’re fortunate to have this depth of expertise http://www.canadianbusinessjournal.ca/business_news/canadian_business_news/westjet_offers_its_first_loyalty_program.html Canadian Business News Tue, 09 Mar 2010 01:15:00 -0500 CBJ Mar 9 - WestJet Airlines launched a loyalty program yesterday, hoping to expand market reach and maintain customers. Passengers can now earn WestJet "dollars" if they sign up for its credit card program with Royal Bank of Canada and MasterCard Inc, or through the airline's Frequent Guest program. The dollars can be used as cash to pay for a flight on any date to any http://www.canadianbusinessjournal.ca/business_news/canadian_business_news/femsa_looking_to_canada.html Canadian Business News Tue, 09 Mar 2010 01:14:00 -0500 CBJ Mar 9 - Mexican beverage company FEMSA plans to buy Coca-Cola bottling plants in Canada, the Mexican daily Excelsior reported, but analysts are not sure about its next international expansion move. Excelsior columnist Dario Celis said FEMSA has decided to tap the Canadian market, after FEMSA's bid for Mexican bottler Contal was rejected. Last month, Coke said it plans to take over the North http://www.canadianbusinessjournal.ca/business_news/canadian_business_news/hst_to_create_113_000_jobs_in_b_c.html Canadian Business News Mon, 08 Mar 2010 01:17:00 -0500 CBJ Mar 8 - The new harmonized sales tax in British Columbia will lead to the creation of 113,000 jobs within the next decade, a government-commissioned report has found. "The tax reforms about to be implemented in British Columbia will have a profound effect on capital investment, jobs, and incomes in the province, representing a giant leap toward its becoming one of the most competitive economies http://www.canadianbusinessjournal.ca/business_news/canadian_business_news/feds_reconsider_uranium_rules.html Canadian Business News Mon, 08 Mar 2010 01:15:00 -0500 CBJ Mar 8 - federal government wants to liberalize foreign investment rules in Canada's uranium sector, something that the industry supports if the conditions are right. The government said yesterday it will "ensure that unnecessary regulation does not inhibit the growth of Canada's uranium mining industry by unduly restricting foreign investment." Presently, foreign ownership of uranium mining projects in Canada is capped at 49 per cent, The Canadian Business Journal