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Scugog asked to consider loan program for refurbishing heritage buildings

| Business News | May 23, 2013

SCUGOG -- Scugog has been asked to consider introducing a loan program to assist heritage building owners in Port Perry's downtown core with pricey refurbishments.

The idea, first floated by real estate agents...

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St. Mary’s Cement Bowmanville emissions for 2012 raise questions

| Business News | May 23, 2013

CLARINGTON -- In 2012, St. Mary's Cement exceeded its allowed emissions of sulfur dioxide (SO2) and nitrogen oxide (NOx).

The Bowmanville plant released 5,082 tonnes of SO2 between Jan. 1 and Dec. 31, 2012. That...

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Earthquake didn’t impact Durham nuclear plants

| Business News | May 21, 2013

CLARINGTON -- An earthquake that rattled Quebec and Ontario did not disrupt Ontario Power Generation's nuclear plants in Durham Region.

"It had no impact on OPG operations," said OPG spokeswoman Jennifer Knox.


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Transit has a Pulse in Durham

| Business News | May 21, 2013

In late June, some new buses will pulse through Durham Region along Hwy. 2.

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Greater Oshawa Chamber of Commerce supports highway tolls and fuel tax to fund transit

| Business News | May 20, 2013

Highway tolls and fuel taxes are the preferred revenue tools for funding public transit expansion in Ontario

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Whitby man launches new search engine

| Business News | May 20, 2013

WHITBY -- A Durham man is taking on the big guns like Google in his quest to develop a better search engine.

Whitby resident Daniel Gardiner is the CEO of Enginuity Search Media (theenginuity.com), a new search engine...

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Gas war driving pump prices down in central Durham — for now

| Business News | May 15, 2013

DURHAM -- A gas war in Oshawa, Whitby and Courtice is driving prices to the lowest rate in Durham Region -- possibly Ontario -- running five to nine cents cheaper than the most expensive gas prices in Pickering. But is it...

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LCBO poised to strike over quality of jobs

| Business News | May 14, 2013

Poised to strike at the end of the week, LCBO employees are framing their concerns about "part-time, disposable jobs" as a prime example of the precarious employment eroding the welfare of workers across the province.

The...

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Courtice incinerator construction nears half-way mark

| Business News | May 14, 2013

The Courtice energy-from-waste facility is 40-per cent complete and the turbine arrived on May 8. The incinerator is scheduled to begin processing waste in the spring of 2014.

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Pickering grandmother screams for ice cream

| Business News | May 5, 2013

At 73, Anne Culver decided she was no longer satisfied with the retired life. Now, a few months later, she's preparing to open an ice cream store.

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