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Caterpillar, globalization and the plight of the company town

The heavy equipment maker set up shop in Peoria, Ill. in 1909. It recently announced it would move its headquarters to Chicago to tap into global markets. It's far from the first company to abandon its small town roots


Ontario Liberals lampooned for wasteful spending, mishandling energy file

The Canadian Taxpayers Federation also "honoured" the CRA and City of Victoria with pig-shaped trophies at its annual wasteful spending awards


Irradiated beef cleared to hit store shelves after Health Canada green light

The federal department says minced meat treated with X-ray-like radiant energy can reduce levels of harmful bacteria such as E. coli and salmonella


Trump dispatches top aides to Mexico amid deep strains with U.S.

Secretary of State Rex Tillerson landed in Mexico as backlash against Trump's deportation plan flared up; his counterpart said Mexico won't accept “unilateral decisions imposed by one government on another"
 
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Canadian companies not investing enough in sales staff, CPSA says

A recent survey found that 83 per cent of businesses identified a lack of sales skills as the primary barrier to hiring, but investment in sales training lags behind other nations » read more

Oil and gas restructuring has succeeded, Ernst and Young reports

While Alberta has lost 30,000 oil and gas jobs since Q4 2014, companies that reduced their headcount by a third have reported success in reorganization » read more
 
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U.S. lawmaker lobbies for drilling in Alaska wildlife refuge

U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski hopes a Republican congress and president means the time is right to drill in the region, which is one of the last refuges for polar bears and other arctic species » read more
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Dragons' Den style competition for mining innovations coming to Toronto this March

Five finalists have been selected for #DisruptMining, a contest where entrepreneurs pitch game-changing mining technologies to a panel of judges, in hopes of winning investments » read more
 
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