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Canada needs more bilingual grads

3cs — Sat, 14 Oct 2006 23:13:38 -0400

OTTAWA -- Canada's new official languages commissioner says he favours tying federal university funding to a program which requires graduates to speak both official languages -- French and English -- in order to obtain their degrees.

Commuting Times Rising: StatsCan

jeramy — Fri, 14 Jul 2006 05:32:50 -0400

Workers in Alberta's largest cities are spending more time on the road.

The average round-trip driving time for an Edmonton resident commuting to work by car last year was 62 minutes. That's up from 50 minutes in 1992, according to a new study by Statistics Canada.

Why Teens Were Tough For Tyrannosaurus

jeramy — Fri, 14 Jul 2006 05:27:08 -0400

Young dinosaurs lived in packs with nurturing parents like modern mammals, paleontologists who studied a group of fossils in Alberta's Badlands say.

Millions of fossils are scattered throughout the area, but one quarry is home to at least 22 individual Albertosaurus dinosaurs, a close cousin of Tyrannosaurus rex.

Farms A Growing Niche For Newcomers

jeramy — Thu, 13 Jul 2006 03:58:44 -0400

An abundant supply of farmland could offer huge potential to immigrants as our ethnic diversity creates a ready marketplace

Few US workers who could telecommute do so: study

jeramy — Thu, 13 Jul 2006 03:07:44 -0400

NEW YORK (Reuters) - One-quarter of the U.S. work force could be doing their jobs from home if all those able to telecommute chose to do so, according to a study on Wednesday which said many still elect to work at the office.

Canadian government to announce compensation for Hep-C victims this month

3cs — Thu, 13 Jul 2006 02:43:33 -0400

OTTAWA -- The Conservative government will soon announce more than $1-billion of funding for uncompensated victims of the tainted blood scandal, The Canadian Press has learned.

An internal government communications plan obtained by CP shows Health Minister Tony Clement was scheduled to "announce the framework agreement on Hep C'' in Toronto last Thursday.

HELP WANTED: 30,000 skilled welders, electricians and pipe fitters

3cs — Mon, 10 Jul 2006 07:15:22 -0400

With crude oil selling for over $70 a barrel, costly development of unconventional oil supplies finally appears viable. Canada, already the USA's No. 1 source of imported oil, is moving forward with plans to massively expand production of oil from giant tar-like deposits in the country's West called "oil sands."