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...Ontario, the industrial heartland of Canada and the home of Detroit North [its Detroit-allied auto industry], used to be considered the nation's growth engine. Now, it's become a have-not province eligible for federal transfer payments - money in part underwritten by oil-rich Newfoundland. It's an irony not lost on most Canadians, since Newfoundland has carried the mantle of neediness since joining confederation 59 years...
Sure, next year Ontario will receive a paltry $283 million (C$347 million) from Ottawa's wealth-sharing program, but why has the country's most populous and arguably wealthiest province turned beggar? It's been a punishing combination of a strengthening currency and a weakening manufacturing economy...
...party and his country. He’s done a lot of listening, and he feels he knows what the party needs at this point.” Ignatieff is facing a much smaller field of opponents than he did two years ago. His main adversary is former Ontario premier Bob Rae, who also unsuccessfully sought leadership of the party in 2006. According to Cohen, the two are “lifelong friends.” “[It’s] a Shakespearean rivalry, or the rivalry of a Greek tragedy?...
...seat - if it was John Six-Pack sitting in the seat - what would I do? And the answer is simple." - Judge Ronald Giles, on his decision to sentence Kilpatrick to a night in jail after Kilpatrick violated his bond by crossing state lines to make a trip to Windsor, Ontario (New York Times...
...goal to win the points trophy at Eastern Sprints in the spring,” Cartwright said.The crew looks to build off of the success of last year and to feed off of the success of its new coach.She coached the lightweight varsity crews of the University of Western Ontario while still attending the university, but her most recent experience was on the heavyweight side. She served as an assistant coach at Princeton until the 2004 season, when she moved to be an assistant at Boston University. At the 2006 Eastern Sprints, she led the Terriers’ varsity four...