Monthly Archive: April 2018

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Air in a bottle? How companies sell Canadian nature

When two Edmonton men started bottling and selling air from Banff and Lake Louise, Alta., some people thought it was a farce, but about four years later the duo’s expanded their line to also include products with the country’s glacier and spring waters as main ingredients. Troy Paquette and Moses Lam co-founded Vitality Air after […]

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APEXA expects to sign on more insurers and MGAs

More insurance companies and MGAs are set to sign up with APEXA in the coming weeks and months, ensuring the web-based solution to standardize advisor contracts and compliance platform is a total industry solution,...

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AP FACT CHECK: Trump hypes claims on border arrests, taxes,

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump was having it both ways over the past week, portraying a “crisis” at the Mexico border that demands the use of National Guard troops while boasting of a huge drop in illegal border crossings there. A border crisis is in the eye of the beholder, but his claims about illegal […]

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Liberals look to strike the right note in planned changes to Canada Music Fund

OTTAWA — The federal government is expected to make long-sought changes next year to a fund aimed at helping Canada’s music industry, about two years after officials first recommended improvements to Heritage Minister Melanie Joly. The $24-million Canada Music Fund hasn’t seen a boost in funding for a decade, and is facing ever more requests […]

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Air France strike gathers steam; third of flights cancelled

PARIS — Some 30 per cent of Air France flights have been cancelled as strikes over pay rises appear to be intensifying. Saturday’s one-day walkout is affecting international and domestic travel, notably a quarter of flights at Paris’ Charles de Gaulle and Orly airports. Air France is urging passengers to check the status of their […]

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India to upgrade road and cross-border rail links with Nepal

NEW DELHI — India pledged Saturday to upgrade road and cross-border rail links with Nepal and develop inland waterways to provide sea connectivity to the landlocked Himalayan nation. Prime Minister Narendra Modi said India would also help Nepal in the field of agriculture through organic farming, soil testing and education in farming. Modi also said […]