Globe and Mail:China`s corruption a crisis in the making (Nov 28, 2007) http://www.reportonbusiness.com/servlet/st...lumnsBlogs/home QUOTE Financier Warren Buffett and Prime Minister Stephen Harper make an astute team of investment advisers. Mr. Buffett says people should be wary of investing...

Statistics Canada:Crude oil and natural gas: Supply and disposition (Nov 28, 2007) http://www.statcan.ca/Daily/English/071128/d071128e.htm QUOTE Canadian companies produced 13.5 million cubic metres of crude oil and equivalent hydrocarbons in September, up 5.6% from September 2006. Exports of...

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Calgary Herald:Alberta construction surges 56 per cent (Nov 24, 2007) http://www.canada.com/calgaryherald/news/c...a22&k=74397 Value of projects leaps as oilsands book nearly $150B in work QUOTE The inventory of major Alberta construction projects tops $228.4 billion -- a stunning $70-billion...

Calgary Herald:City`s robust economy still `far from cooling off` (Nov 27, 2007) http://www.canada.com/calgaryherald/news/c...35-2ff35f5c8ce5 Third-quarter report shows continued growth QUOTE There`s been little substantial slowing of overall economic activity in Calgary -- or the city`s...

Edmonton Journal:Pension inequality on the rise -- StatsCan (Nov 27, 2007) http://www.canada.com/edmontonjournal/news...18-25f278dc20fb Unions recommend doubling of CPP QUOTE Growing inequality in employment earnings is threatening to spill over into retirement and offset the equalizing...

Financial Post:Energy companies need US$70 oil for exploration to pay off (Nov 27, 2007) http://www.financialpost.com/story.html?id=127446 QUOTE Oil and gas explorers around the world need US$70 a barrel oil to make the returns they were making only a couple of years ago, when oil prices were...

Hamilton Spectator:New centres for research at Mac park (Nov 27, 2007) http://www.thespec.com/News/Local/article/287876 QUOTE As the first new building of the McMaster Innovation Park (MIP) begins to move from concept to reality, the next stages are already on the drawing board.In addition to...

Hamilton Spectator:Keith area will get a bus route at last (Nov 27, 2007) http://www.thespec.com/News/Local/article/287908 QUOTE Imagine you`re a single mother on a fixed income living in Hamilton`s Keith neighbourhood. On a winter day you need groceries. The bus stop is 1,000 metres away.After...

Hamilton Spectator:Work begins on $15m reno to transform ex-Camco site (Nov 27, 2007) http://www.thespec.com/News/Local/article/287865 QUOTE The old brick building and the field of gravel that have been the public`s picture of McMaster Innovation Park are about to change dramatically.Work has...

CIBC World Markets:The Efficiency Paradox (Nov 27, 2007) http://research.cibcwm.com/economic_public...load/snov07.pdf QUOTE Much is being banked on the notion that improvements in energy efficiency will be the answer to both oil depletion and greenhouse gas emissions. But is it a realistic...

Ottawa Citizen:Stop pouring money into buses, city urged (Nov 27, 2007) http://www.canada.com/ottawacitizen/news/s...622&k=68843 `Broken` system costs too much: O-Train group QUOTE A light-rail advocacy group implored city councillors yesterday not to pour millions in federal and provincial...

Few more good books: Selling You! by Napoleon Hill http://www.amazon.ca/Selling-You-Napoleon-...411&sr=11-1 Magic Of Thinking Big by David Schwartz http://www.amazon.ca/Magic-Thinking-Big-Da...5690&sr=1-1

Habitat of Humanity Toronto:The Grey Cup Build Begins http://www.torontohabitat.on.ca/web/ShowNews.aspx?NewsID=87 QUOTE With the Grey Cup here in Toronto for the first time in 15 years, Toronto CFL fans have something to really get excited about. But beating out even the most die-hard football...

Canadian Press:Alberta`s hot housing market cools, but still scalding for new buyers (Nov 26, 2007) http://canadianpress.google.com/article/AL...hlcB40nVC96pjDQ QUOTE Alberta`s hot housing market is no longer on a roiling boil, but it can still be scalding for first-time buyers in a province...

Prince George Citizen:Intermodal terminal hailed as regional turning point (Nov 26, 2007) http://www.princegeorgecitizen.com/index.p...&Itemid=562 QUOTE Northern B.C.`s economic forecast has taken a sunny turn, according to CN Rail officials and politicians who officially opened Prince George`s...

Don`s book of the month (November 2007): The SPEED of Trust: The One Thing that Changes Everything (Hardcover) by Stephen R. Covey http://www.amazon.ca/SPEED-Trust-Thing-Cha...7103&sr=8-1

TD Economics:CHINESE BOOM TO BACKSTOP COMMODITY MARKETS IN 2008-09 (Nov 23, 2007) http://www.td.com/economics/commodity/cpr1107.pdf QUOTE Debt and equity markets may still be dealing with the aftermath of this summer`s credit crunch and efforts to re-price risk, but world commodity markets have...

Globe and Mail:Ottawa on course for record tax haul (Nov 23, 2007) http://www.reportonbusiness.com/servlet/st...ry/robNews/home QUOTE The federal government is heading for a record tax haul and another huge surplus, revealing Friday it has accumulated a $9.3-billion surplus in the first six...

Calgary Herald:Plutonic leads private power `gold rush` (Nov 23, 2007) http://www.canada.com/calgaryherald/news/c...96-9fe24440784b QUOTE Plutonic Power Corp. invited B.C. Premier Gordon Campbell, native chiefs and other officials to this remote valley 105 kilometres northeast of Powell River...