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CALGARY, Alberta : Imperial Oil Ltd. failed Wednesday to get a judge to reinstate a key water permit to build a US$8 billion oil sands mine in Northern Alberta. via International Herald Tribune

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Park Place et al Announces Completion Plans For The Morgan Highpoint Project Comtex CALGARY, May 8, 2008 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX News Network/ ----Park Place Energy Corp. via Fox News

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Global Electric Electronic Processing Inc. announced the purchase of Ecosys Canada Inc., Rider Computer Services Ltd., and Rider Technology Services Inc., all of whom will be operating as GEEP Ecosys Inc. via Recycling Today

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“It's going to increase the cost of travel and will eat away at discretionary income of Canadian households, which will have an effect on leisure travel”

Canadians may vacation closer to home this summer as soaring gas prices for their cars and new airline fuel surcharges prompt a change in travel patterns, industry experts said Monday. via Canadian Business Magazine

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“When you include reinforcing steel, the concrete supply, the pumps, everything that's happening, it's about a $10-million foundation”

Crews in Calgary were busy on the weekend with the country's largest continuous concrete pour of a building foundation. via CBC News

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Canada's biggest natural gas company said Sunday it is splitting into two separate energy companies: a fully integrated oil company and a natural gas company. via Fort Worth Star-Telegram

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“This hole is so big you could put the (Telus) Convention Centre in the bottom and you wouldn't see it”

Using enough concrete to create 2,800 homes, more than 500 workers began the largest continuous pour of a building foundation in Canadian history yesterday at the site of the Bow office tower in downtown ... via CANOE

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“There was remote cameras on scene so somebody from a different location could actually see activity within the house and see activity outside the house”

Cops figure they've put a dent in the local pot supply after members of the Southern Alberta Marijuana Investigative Team took down the city's largest ever residential grow operation. via Canoe

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Cpl. Michael Starker was killed Tuesday while on foot patrol in southern Afghanistan. via CBC

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Air Canada has quietly imposed domestic fuel charges for the first time in four years that could cost Canadians travelling across the country an extra $120 for a round-trip ticket. via CTV.ca

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