• Conference Board sees big shift in housing market as baby boomers retire

  September 8, 2011 - 23 h 38

  OTTAWA — A major shift will take place in the Canadian housing market over the next two decades as aging baby boomers downsize from houses to apartments and condos, the Conference Board of Canada says.

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• AbitibiBowater seeks worker support to reopen Gatineau newsprint mill

  September 8, 2011 - 23 h 37

  MONTREAL — Forest products giant AbitibiBowater (TSX:ABH) is seeking worker support to reduce costs as it considers reopening a newsprint mill in Gatineau, Que.

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• Sydney insurance company making inroads on mainland

  September 8, 2011 - 23 h 35

  SYDNEY — Slowly but surely, one Cape Breton insurance company is branching out on the provincial scene.

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• Pension plans for NewPage employees underfunded

  September 7, 2011 - 21 h 32

  POINT TUPPER — The four contributory defined benefit pension plans for NewPage Port Hawkesbury employees are all underfunded, court documents filed this week show.

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• NewPage failed to make Nova Scotia Power payment

  September 7, 2011 - 21 h 31

  POINT TUPPER — NewPage Port Hawkesbury failed to make an almost $10 million payment demanded by Nova Scotia Power before filing for protection from its creditors.

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• Now the question is will Bank of Canada move to cut interest rates further

  September 6, 2011 - 22 h 30

  OTTAWA — Mark Carney will have little to consider this morning, but much to explain, in setting the Bank of Canada’s interest policy for the next little while.

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• Cape Breton Resorts building luxurious vacation homes

  September 6, 2011 - 22 h 10

  BADDECK — Cape Breton Resorts is taking dead aim at the high-end tourism industry with three related developments in Baddeck, Ingonish and Dundee.

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• Pellet proof

  September 5, 2011 - 22 h 36

  SYDNEY — A Cape Breton company is hoping to stoke interest in the technology it uses to produce biomass pellets as an alternative heating source.

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• New company hopes to provide home-based call centre work

  September 2, 2011 - 22 h 50

  SYDNEY — Two soon-to-be laid off call centre employees believe there’s a future in the industry for local people willing to work from home.

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• Spokesperson for Sydney Video says business still good

  September 2, 2011 - 22 h 47

  SYDNEY — While the closure of one national chain movie rental store appears imminent, a spokesperson for several local independent video stores says business is good.

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• August 28, 2011 Air Canada flight attendants reject tentative agreement
• August 25, 2011 Cape Breton ports, companies invited on trade mission to Brazil
• August 24, 2011 French CEOs offer financial help to tackle debt
• August 24, 2011 Consumer confidence falls in August
• August 24, 2011 Stock markets decline further
• August 23, 2011 Car dealers report gains: Stats Canada
• August 21, 2011 If Gadhafi is ousted, oil prices should fall, but it will take time, analysts say