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1.Tale of Two CEOs: One of Them Needs to Do Better (www.huffingtonpost.com)
Vale is a 67-year old Brazilian company that many people still remember as Companhia Vale do Rio Doce or CVRD, and that until fairly recently operated essentially only in Brazil.
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2.New grant program focuses on entrepreneurs in the North (www.timminspress.com)
Since 2003, the NOHFC has assisted 2,922 projects, approved more than $480 million in funding, and helped to created 12,664 jobs across Ontario.To find out more about the application process or for a complete list of programs, visit the NOHFC's website at www.nohfc.com, the local Ministry of Northern Development and Mines office, or the Business Enterprise Centre.
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Must View: Advertising Misinformation: How to Fake a Business District (weburbanist.com)When a city’s economy begins to fail, those in charge have some choices to make. Should they pump money into local businesses? Should they let the public see just how bad it’s getting? One town in England is taking a novel approach to the scores of closed-up shops on its main street
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Vale's offer (www.thesudburystar.com)This is the company'soffer to striking Steelworkers in Sudbury and PortColborne, as posted on Vale Inco's website.Message to Employees – March 7, 2010
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Timmins receives over $4 million form NOHFC (www.thedailypress.ca)Northern College received $1 million for the establishment of its Trade and Technology Centre, the Town of Hearst $828,000 for the development of a market square in its downtown core and $405,000 was given, and already used, for the upgrades to the McIntyre Arena in Timmins. Solar Power Solutions in Hearst, a business that will supply, install and service solar power systems received $125,000 and Advanteck Inc. in Timmins received $29,000.
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Learning Initiative (learninginitiative.ca)Learning Initiative is an unusual hybrid creature: we are a human resource development company, a school and a community all rolled into one
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District of Sudbury & Manitoulin Training and Adjustment Board - SMTAB (www.trainingboard.com)SMTAB is comprised of volunteers from communities within the districts of Sudbury and Manitoulin. The Directors represent a number of constituencies;currently, Business (8), Labour (8), Educators/Trainers (3), Francophones (1), Persons With Disabilities (1), and Women (1).
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YouTube Video - Roger Agnelli Portugese with Sub Titles (www.youtube.com)The president of Vale, Roger Agnelli, highlights the size of the market and its construction on a democratic basis
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Tending Greater Sudbury's 'economic garden' can lead to growth (www.northernlife.ca)Gibbons' idea of "high-powered help" is giving companies access to tools they normally wouldn't have, such as research help, helping the company come up in Google rankings, and expanding their social media presence and web marketing.
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The biggest impact banks have on the climate is through their continued financing of greenhouse gas intensive activities and projects, like new coal fired power plants.
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North Bay on the GO to help ONR land contract (www.thesudburystar.com)The city will offer its assistance again to Ontario Northland in lobbying for a second GO Transit refurbishment contract, says Mayor Vic Fedeli.
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Sudbury professor awarded $1M to study poverty, homelessness (www.northernlife.ca)Carol Kauppi, a social work professor at the University, was awarded the money to research poverty, homelessness, and migration issues in northern Ontario.
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City increases traffic fines and now needs more prosecutors (www.thesudburystar.com)The city's provincial offences prosecution office generates $1.5 million a year in net revenues, which goes straight to the city's operating budget.
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PBS Frontline: Design videos The Merchants of Cool (www.pbs.org)Teenagers are not generally viewers of FRONTLINE reports. And that's why we wanted to make an effort to get their views about this one, "The Merchants of Cool.
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Diversification helps Sudbury keep economy in check as Vale Inco strike drags on (www.thesudburystar.com)Three decades ago, a nine-month miners' strike in Sudbury devastated the northern Ontario city's economy and drove home the perils of being a one-industry town.
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16.Worker-Owned, Industrial-Size, Environmentally Sound Business Rises Up in Cleveland | | AlterNet (www.alternet.org)
The Evergreen Cooperative Laundry (ECL) in Cleveland is thoroughly green and worker-owned, and a blueprint for the future
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A Plan to Banish Economic Insecurity. Forever. (www.utne.com)Imagine a society where no one needs to fear economic destitution. Now try imagining that such a society is possible—without unemployment benefits or welfare programs.
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Transit fares to rise March 1 (www.thesudburystar.com)Cash fare: $2.50 for adults and students and $1.95 for older adults and those who qualify for special fares;- 5-ride card: $9.75 for adults and students and $7.25 for older adults and those who qualify for special fares;- 10-ride card: $19.50 for adults and students and $14.50 for older adults and those who qualify for special fares; and
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19.Vancouver counts the cost of high security - (ca.news.yahoo.com)
The Canadian government has budgeted C$900 million ($852.3 million) for security, compared to the C$580 million spent to build and upgrade the venues
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North Bay creates guidelines for filming within the city (www.600ckat.com)A living document for the film and television industry in North Bay. That's what the Film and Television handbook is being called, a guide that lays out rules and guidelines for companies should they decide to come to the city
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Sudbury Lakehouse chef invites patrons to pay what they wish (www.northernlife.ca)Lakehouse Restaurant, on the second floor of Science North, is hosting a Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is event until Jan. 29. Customers can order a five-course meal and pay what they think the food is worth
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Cycling in the 2010 City of Ottawa Budget: Arguing for Transformational Change (www.safecycling.ca)The recent inclusion of $16.7M within the preliminary budget for the 2010 cycling plan implementation by the Transportation Committee is a key breakthrough toward increasing active transportation in Ottawa
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Transit plans target needy |in London (www.lfpress.com)A city proposal to subsidize bus passes for all Londoners living in poverty -- at cost estimates ranging from $475,000 to $25 million -- is long overdue, one advocate says.
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The Scott Ross: Actual Cost of Prorogation $130 Million (thescottross.blogspot.com)The total cost of prorogation is actually far greater than previously reported. Stephen Harper in suspending Parliament has caused Canadians to lose $130,407,733 in foregone Parliamentary activity.
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Olympic ski resort seized by Intrawest lenders (ca.news.yahoo.com)Lenders have moved to auction off the assets of Intrawest ULC, including the Whistler ski resort that will be home to the Olympic downhill races next month.
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