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Iceland could adopt the Canadian loonie

Monday, April 16, 2012
Iceland is looking to possibly adopt the Canadian currency. How would that work, and might that affect either country's economies?
Posted In: Iceland, Canada, currency

The future of currency in Canada

Thursday, April 12, 2012
Canada just recently announced plans to phase out the penny, and now it's looking to bring it back -- in digital form.
Posted In: Canada, coins, currency, MintChip
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Canadians are killing off their penny

Friday, March 30, 2012
Canadians don't even bother to pick pennies up off the street anymore.
Posted In: Canada, coins, penny
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Canada scraps the penny coin

Friday, March 30, 2012
We speak to one Canadian member of parliament about why he is such an anti-penny crusader, and whether the penny could ever be dropped here in the U.S.
Posted In: Canada, coins
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Green power vs. green power

Tuesday, March 6, 2012
Canadian hydroelectric projects could threaten domestic green energy start-ups.
Posted In: Canada, hydroelectric power, Environment, green

Canada backs out of Kyoto Protocol

Tuesday, December 13, 2011
Straight out of productive UN climate talks in Durban, South Africa, Canada announces it is backing out of the Kyoto Protocol treaty.
Posted In: UN climate conference, Kyoto Protocol, Canada

Canadian "film for computer" will surreal up your whole day

Wednesday, August 24, 2011
The National Film Board of Canada has commissioned director Vincent Morisset to make a "film for computer."...
Posted In: Canada, movies, weirdness
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Placing an economic value on a species

Saturday, January 22, 2011
Canada -- home to two-thirds of the total polar bear population left on earth -- is debating putting the species on an at-risk list. That would mean trying to place an economic value on the animal.
Posted In: Canada, Environment

Netflix cuts video quality in Canada

Wednesday, March 30, 2011
Netflix is making moves to shrink the amount of data going across a network when it streams movies and TV to Canadian customers. The company says...
Posted In: business, Canada, Entertainment, ISPs, net neutrality, netflix, social media, spectrum

London, Toronto stock exchanges announce merger

Wednesday, February 9, 2011
Officials from the London Stock Exchange Group PLC and Toronto based TMX group Inc. announced the merger today. Bringing the two companies together will produce the second largest mining- and resource-exchange in the world. Christopher Werth explains.
Posted In: Canada, Mergers and Acquisitions

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