TORONTO, Dec. 15 /CNW/ -
^General@
C0114 - TORONTO : Audio Clips via CNW - CMHC 2005 Rental Market Survey Results (CMHC-rental-svy-radio)
C0527 - TORONTO : New Law To Make Ontario Safer By Improving Private Security Industry (Private-Security-law)
C0529 - BRAMPTON, ON : Media Advisory - Minister of Community Safety and Correctional Services to make announcement on help for offenders dealing with substance abuse (addictn-aid-announcem)
C0535 - VICTORIA, BC : Planet Organic Market teams up with Foster Parents Plan (Planet-Organic-helps)
C0592 - TORONTO : Advisory - Ontario Nurses' Association calls for an immediate and full investigation into member's murder (ONA-calls-for-inquest)
C0608 - TORONTO : Health Council calls for revamping of Compassionate Care Program (Health-Council-paper)
C0610 - ST. JOHN'S : Metro Vacancy Rate Climbs Again in 2005 (CMHC- StJohn's-vacancy)
C0657 - TORONTO : From Miss Universe to Harry Potter: Yahoo! Canada 2005 Internet Year-in-Review tracks Canadian pop culture online (Yahoo!-year-in- review)
C0681 - TORONTO : Audio Clips - Yahoo! Canada 2005 Internet Year-in- Review Tracks Canadian Pop Culture Online (Yahoo!-Year-in-Review)
C0692 - LONDON, ON : Steve Peters won't reveal McGuinty government's plans for mental health services: panel shrouded in secrecy (ON-mental-health- plan)
C0698 - NORTH BAY, ON : Media Advisory - Transport Minister to make a major announcement for drivers in Northern Ontario (MTO-announcement)
C0708 - TORONTO : The Salvation Army targets Poverty, Addictions & Family Violence with its National Christmas Campaign (Salvation-Army-campgn)
C0733 - TORONTO : Audio Clips - Yahoo! Canada 2005 Internet Year-in- Review Tracks Canadian Pop Culture Online (Yahoo!-Year-in-Review)
C0748 - VANCOUVER : Strother Responds to Supreme Court Announcement on Monarch v. Strother (Strother-SupremeCourt)
C0755 - VANCOUVER : Global National to broadcast post-debate viewer poll results (Global-National-poll)
C0756 - TORONTO : Winter Warning: Snow Shovelling Can Be Back Breaking Work If Not Done Properly (Obus-Forme-snow-tips)
C0758 - TORONTO : Canadians' holiday shopping online estimated at $1.9 billion (Cdn-e-shopping-$1.9B)
C0762 - OTTAWA : National rental vacancy rate stabilizes at 2.7 per cent (Cdn-rental-vacant-svy)
C0790 - TORONTO : 'Allergic' to the holidays? - Handy web resource helps asthma sufferers avoid putting the 'er' in merry Christmas (a-Asthma-Holiday- Tips)
C0793 - MONTREAL : World Exclusivity - Charlie Chaplin goes into fashion (e-Krypton-C-Chaplin)
C0799 - MONTREAL : SITQ makes a first acquisition in Germany (e-SITQ- Acquisition)
C0801 - OTTAWA : First-ever website offers real-time info on construction careers across Canada (e-CSC-website-Careers)
C0804 - OTTAWA : /R E P E A T/ Media advisory - National coalition calls on party leaders to 'close the book on book GST' - Canada must make books more accessible (E-CBA-Remov-GST-Books)
C0819 - TORONTO : Coalition Calls on Party Leaders to Close the Book on Book GST - With low literacy rates leading to sagging productivity, Canada must return books to non-taxable status and make reading material more accessible (E-CBA-books-no-GST)
C0826 - QUEBEC : Vacancy rate continues to rise in the Quebec area (E- CMHC-vacancy-rateQc)
C0830 - MONTREAL : Fondation Desjardins Now Accepting Applications for 2006-2007 University Bursaries (e-Desjardins-Bursarie)
C0837 - MONTREAL : /R E P E A T/ - Media Invitation - Centraide announces the result of its annual fundraising campaign (a-Centraide-Campaign)
C0839 - MONTREAL : Loto-Québec and McGill Centre work together to encourage parents to think twice about offering lottery products to children and teens this holiday season (e-LotoQc-Gift-Lottery)
C0843 - MONTREAL : /R E P E A T/ - Media Invitation - Centraide announces the result of its annual fundraising campaign (a-Centraide-Campaign)
C0846 - MONTREAL : Federal Employees in Greater Montreal donate over $1.9 million to Charity (E-GCWCC-donates-1.9M)
C0847 - MONTREAL : Easing continues but remains gradual in Quebec (e-CMHC- RemainsGradual)
C0849 - MONTREAL : Montreal Rental Market continues to ease (e-CMHC-Mtl- RentalMark)
C0864 - MONCTON, NB : Vacancy rates decline in smaller urban centres (rental-market-srvy-NB)
C0886 - ST. LOUIS : Real Wood Floors: The Low-Maintenance Flooring Option (MO-National-Wood)
C0887 - TORONTO : California Businesses Prepare Employees for Emergencies with Purchase of American Family Safety Ready Kits(TM) (NY-Amer-Fam-Purchase)
C0892 - DURHAM, ON : Durham Strategic Energy Alliance supports OPA energy supply mix (DSEA-supports-OPA-mix)
C0893 - TORONTO : Rogers serves a hot meal to 450 students and their families at Regent Park/Duke of York Public School (Rogers-helps-families)
C0894 - TORONTO : Statement Regarding Blockbuster's No Late Fees Program in Canada (Blockbuster-statement)
C0901 - PETROLIA, ON : Media Advisory - Ontario government to make community revitalization announcement (revitalizatn-Advisory)
C0904 - MONTREAL : Sandell sells its securityholdings in Transat A.T. Inc. (a-Sandell-Sale-Securi)
C0914 - QUEBEC CITY : English school boards, teachers' union reach historic entente (a-QESBA-Student-Agree)
C0918 - TORONTO : Ontario Nurses' Association calls for answers into murder of RN (ONA-RN-murder-invstig)
C0919 - QUEBEC : Bright sun, dirty windshield make driving hazardous, says CAA-Quebec (E-CAAQc-SafeDrivingWi)
C0920 - TORONTO : 407 ETR Team Raises $85,619 for United Way (407-ETR- donation)
C0930 - OTTAWA : New Smoke Alarm Campaign launched in Ottawa (smoke-alarm- campaign)
C0931 - HONG KONG : Forest industry urges tariff action in Hong Kong (e- FPAC-HongKong-tarif)
C0933 - OTTAWA : Media advisory - Unlikely Canadian Boreal Conservation Alliance gaining Momentum (a-CBI-Media-Advisory)
C0937 - TORONTO : Media Advisory/Photo Opportunity - Mintz & Partners responds to the needs of the community - 'tis the season for giving (Mintz-$- CovenantHouse)
C0942 - TORONTO : Holiday safety tips from Safe Kids Canada (Safe-Kids- xmas-tips)
C0944 - QUEEN'S PARK : McGuinty Government Achieving Progress For Ontarians (Ont.-Progress-Report)
C0945 - TORONTO : Want to be a good holiday host or guest? Get organized! (Organized-Party-Host)
C0946 - MONTREAL : /R E P E A T/ - Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec - I N V I T A T I O N (e-Qc-CALQ-invitation)
C0951 - TORONTO : Ontario's Children's Aid Societies are highly regulated and accountable (ON-Children's-Aid)
C0953 - TORONTO : Ontario government scores a B- for 2005 performance: academics (profs-give-ON-B-minus)
C0955 - TORONTO : Ontarians Understand Need For Prudent, Balanced Approach In Next Budget (ON-budget-address)
C0958 - TORONTO : CMHC rental survey: fewer units, higher rents (ACTO-on- rental-survey)
C0959 - MONTREAL : Solidarity Fund QFL Invests $5 million in Air Data inc. (E-QFL-invest-AirData)
C0961 - TORONTO : Media Advisory - Important Government of Ontario announcement for Ontarians affected by complex disease and disability (Disease- care-announcm)
C0963 - THUNDER BAY, ON : New Smoke Alarm Campaign launched in Thunder Bay (ThunderBay-fire-alarm)
C0967 - TORONTO : Performance Design Build offers property managers and businesses guaranteed energy savings (energy-savings-servic)
C0968 - NEWMARKET, ON : York Region supports Halifax in its bid to host the 2014 Commonwealth Games (Halifax-Games-bid2014)
C0970 - TORONTO : Media Advisory/Photo Opportunity: Community Leaders to Judge Tree Decorating Contest at Trees of Peace Celebration (Trees-of-Peace- Contst)
C0979 - KENORA, ON : Paramedics urge Kenora District Services Board to protect ambulance services - reject cuts (E-CUPE-AmbulanceServi)
C0986 - TORONTO : Media Alert - Snow Rate Extended at the Delta Chelsea (Chelsea-snow-rate-ext)
C0989 - TORONTO : Waterloo Public Elementary Occasional Teachers ink 4 year deal (WaterlooTeachers-deal)
C0992 - WINNIPEG : Ashern Farmer Scratches Way to a Million (Manitoba- Millionaire)
C1002 - EDMONTON : Restaurant industry consulted, public ignored in drafting of 12-year-olds at work policy (AB-child-labour-issue)
C1006 - TORONTO : CIBC World Markets Raises $10.5 Million for Children's Charities (CIBC-Miracle-Day-$$)
C1009 - TORONTO : Caution: Be careful when shovelling snow say Toronto EMS paramedics (snow-shovelling-tips)
C1031 - TORONTO : Medical aid goes to earthquake region of Pakistan (a- HPIC-Pakistan-Help)
C1033 - OTTAWA : Threatened pensions need to be addressed in election platforms (Pension-issues-electn)
C1036 - LONDON, ON : Holiday Shopping with a Purpose (ScholarsChoice- cancer)
C1045 - MONTREAL : Absence of Dialogue with the Government Authorities : The Innu of Pessamit Are Back in the Courts Fighting for their Right to Carry Out Joint Management of their Forest Resources (e-CInnuPessami-forest)
C1054 - TORONTO : New Legislation To Help Protect Ontario In Emergencies (govt-emergency-powers)
C1064 - MONTREAL : Gambia - 'Each passing day just adds to the outcry,' one year after Deyda Hydara's murder (e-RWB-Gambie-Outcry)
C1066 - TORONTO : Media Advisory - 3rd Annual Peace of Cake Campaign - George Brown College makes special delivery to War Veteran's at Sunnybrook & Women's (Peace-of-Cake-delivry)
C1082 - VANCOUVER : /C O R R E C T I O N from Source - Robert Strother/ (cor-Strother-SupremeC)
C1084 - TORONTO : OEB posts December's electricity Regulated Price Plan Variance Settlement Factor (OEB-variance-factor)
C1091 - OTTAWA : PSAC members ratify new agreements with Statistical Survey Operations (A-PSAC-ratify-agreeme)
C1096 - TORONTO : eBay ousts FutureShop According To RedFlagDeals Community (online-shopping-trend)
C1101 - TORONTO : New Privacy-Protective Guidelines for the Provision of 'Plan B' Emergency Contraception by Pharmacists in Ontario (Privacy-PlanB- pharmas)
C1106 - TORONTO : Media Advisory - Minister of Health and Long-Term Care to make important announcement on wait times in Ontario (health-wait-time- conf)
C1107 - GUELPH, ON : Canadian Corn Producers encouraged by duty imposed today (Corn-Prod-re-dumping)
C1108 - TORONTO : Turkey Drive May Not Meet Goal (Second-Harvest-Drive)
C1118 - MONTREAL : Cardiac physician groups disappointed with wait time benchmarks (a-CCS-Wait-Time-Bench)
C1123 - TORONTO : Ontario pharmacists and the IPC show leadership on privacy concerns about emergency contraception (contraception-issues)
C1124 - TORONTO : IAPA 2004 Safety Group Recognized by WSIB (IAPA- SafetyGroup-WSIB)
C1128 - MONTREAL : The El Senador is sold! (e-ElSenador-Sold-Cuba)
C1138 - TORONTO : The Stress of Commuting Increases in Snow Storms, One Study Finds Commuters More Stressed Than Fighter Pilots (commuter-stress-snow)
C1172 - VANCOUVER : BC Progress Board Releases 2005 Annual Benchmarking Report - Volume I, External Performance Review (BC-Progress-Brd-survy)
C1174 - VANCOUVER : BC Progress Board Releases 2005 Annual Benchmarking Report - Volume II, Internal Performance Review: Regional and Inter-Regional (BC-Progress-Board-rpt)
C1195 - TORONTO : Ryerson University appoints Julia Hanigsberg as General Counsel and Secretary to Board of Governors (new-RyersonGen.Counsl)
C1205 - TORONTO : Arrival of Winter Brings a Blizzard of Fun for Families in Ontario (Ontario-winter-events)
C1208 - GUELPH, ON : Corn Duties Undermine Cattle Industry's Attempt to Restructure (OCA-corn-duty-concern)
C1213 - MONTREAL : Quebec Federation of Snowmobile Clubs demands that Premier Charest intervene (e-FCMQ-Charest-interv)
C1215 - TORONTO : McGuinty Government Moves to Set Fixed Election Date (Fixed-Election-Date)
C1223 - OTTAWA : Dairy prices barely move - The Canadian Dairy Commission misses opportunity (e-DairyFarmCdn-prices)
C1236 - TORONTO : Media Advisory - Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing to address Canadian Urban Institute (ON-Min-Housing-event)
C1238 - MONTREAL : First major snow storm of the season: demand for VIA services expected to be strong (e-VIA-Rail-Can-Storm)
C1248 - SIMCOE, ON : Green Bridge Industries Limited fined $45,000 for non-compliance with the Environmental Protection Act (Green-Bridge-fined)
C1249 - MISSISSAUGA, ON : New Year's Day celebrations should signify a joyous new beginning...Sadly, for many it's just another day (Red-Rose-New- Year's)
C1293 - PRINCE ALBERT : Paper Machine Not For Sale - Weyerhaeuser shocks local union (a-CEP-Weyerhaeu-Shock)
C1295 - NORTH BAY, ON : Media Advisory - Cancellation notice from the Ministry of Transportation (Minstry-Transportat'n)
C1301 - TORONTO : Statement From Peter Kent (Peter-Kent-speaks-out)
C1311 - TORONTO : Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation - Lottery winning numbers (olgc-pick-three-keno)
C4720 - TORONTO : Media Advisory - Toronto Fire Fighters Rescue Weary Holiday Shoppers While Providing Crucial Safety Advice (Fairview-charity-evnt)
C1039 - TORONTO : New government must lead process to develop a national renewable fuels strategy: Consumers Council of Canada (renewable-fuel-plan)
C1042 - OTTAWA : Media Advisory - What do Canada's municipalities really want in this election? (e-FCM-municip-electio)
C1100 - MONTREAL : Health care and the federal election: An ever-growing majority of Canadians open to enlarged access to private health care, according to a new Leger Marketing survey (A-MEI-Health-Survey)
C1104 - MONTREAL : Media Advisory - The Hon. Bill Graham, Minister of National Defence, will be in the Quebec City area (e-PLC-MA-BGraham-QcCi)
C1183 - MONTREAL : Media advisory - The Hon. Irwin Cotler, Minister of Justice, will be in the Sherbrooke City area (e-PLCQ-Colter-MAV)
^Business/Financial@
C0049 - TORONTO : Inversion in the U.S. Yield Curve will signal weaker times ahead for U.S. and Canada, say TD economists (TD-Economic-forecast)
C0251 - CALGARY : EnCana updates oilsands marketing initiatives (EnCana- Ohio-refinery)
C0432 - CALGARY : Focus Energy Trust confirms cash distributions for January 16, 2006 (Focus-Energy-Dec-dist)
C0514 - TORONTO : Criterion Business Trust TA Fund Announces January 2006 Distribution and Final Redemption Details (Criterion-distributn)
C0515 - TORONTO : Criterion Dow Jones-AIG Commodity Index Fund Declares Quarterly Distribution (Criterion-Dow-dist.)
C0536 - MARKHAM, ON : Nuvo forms panel of FDA experts in anticipation of pivotal trial results (Nuvo-Pennsaid-trial)
C0539 - TORONTO : ScotiaMcLeod Announces New Portfolio Advisor for Pinnacle Strategic Balanced Fund (ScotiaMcLeod-advisor)
C0632 - SALABERRY-DE-VALLEYFIELD, QC : Noranda Income Fund's zinc refinery earns ISO 14001 certification for its environmental management system (Noranda-certification)
C0633 - CHARLOTTETOWN : Vacancy rate up slightly across the province's urban centres (CMHC-PEI-vacancy-rate)
C0642 - TORONTO : Gold prices warm to 25-year highs but physical demand is left in the cold, according to Scotiabank report (Scotia-metal-report)
C0643 - WATERLOO, ON : Virtek reports third quarter fiscal 2006 results (VirtekVision-Q3reslts)
C0648 - HALIFAX : Metro Halifax Rental Market Conditions Continue to Soften in 2005 (Halifax-rental-market)
C0661 - TORONTO : Bioscrypt, HID and OMNIKEY Team to Develop a Door to Desktop(R) Card Solution (Bioscrypt-card-solutn)
C0666 - TORONTO : Last Minute Gift Ideas Everyone Will Love (STAPLES- holiday-gifts)
C0686 - CALGARY : BlueGrouse announces changes to Board of Directors (BlueGrouse-Board-chng)
C0688 - CALGARY : Alberta Clipper Energy Inc. (ACN - TSX) Announces 2006 Capital Budget (AbtaClipper-06-Budget)
C0706 - Vancouver : A&W Revenue Royalties Income Fund Announces January Cash Distribution (A&W-Fund-Jan-distribn)
C0707 - BURNABY, BC : QuestAir to supply H-3200 hydrogen purifier to Korean hydrogen station (QuestAir-Korea-hydro)
C0713 - MISSISSAUGA, ON : Revenue Properties Company Limited and Morguard Corporation Announces Investment in Sizeler Property Investors, Inc. (RevenueProperti-invst)
C0716 - TORONTO : Corus Entertainment Inc. announces cash tender offer and consent solicitation for all of its outstanding 8.75% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2012 (Corus-OutstandngNotes)
C0717 - TORONTO : Corus Entertainment to file for Normal Course Issuer Bid (Corus-file-issuer-bid)
C0724 - TORONTO : Retail Media Advisory: KPMG (KPMG-retail-media-adv)
C0730 - VANCOUVER : VantagePoint Shows Revenue Growth in 2005 (VantagePoint-05-rslts)
C0731 - CALGARY : Acclaim Energy Trust announces monthly distribution (Acclaim-monthly-dist)
C0735 - CALGARY : Verenex completes bought-deal financing (Verenex- financing)
C0744 - BURNABY, BC : More Xbox 360 hitting the shelves (Xbox-360-at-Best- Buy)
C0765 - VANCOUVER : Freegold Ventures Updates Almaden, Golden Summit and Grew Creek Projects (Freegold-updates)
C0766 - TORONTO : Microbix Announces Changes To Board of Directors (Microbix-Board-change)
C0810 - MONT-SAINT-HILAIRE, QC : Axcan Exceeds Patient Randomization Target Necessary for Completion of North American ITAX (Itopride) Phase III Trial - Company is on Track for NDA Filing in the Summer of 2006 (E- AxcanPharma-itoprid)
C0811 - MONTREAL : /R E P E A T/ - Invitation to the Media - The Annual Shareholders Meeting of COGECO Inc. (E-COGECO-AnualMeet-cv)
C0815 - MONTREAL : Divcom Lighting strengthens U.S. presence and enters U.S. 'Big Box' stores via accretive acquisition (e-Divcom-acquisition)
C0823 - QUEBEC CITY : TSO3 gets positive reports from referral sites (F- TSO3-PositiveReport)
C0844 - VANCOUVER : Chemokine Therapeutics commences second clinical study for lead drug candidate CTCE-0214 (Chemokine-Drug-Study)
C0851 - QUEBEC CITY : DiagnoCure announces financial results - Gen-Probe confirms first shipment of PCA3 APTIMA ASR test for prostate cancer (a- DiagnoCure-Results)
C0853 - OTTAWA : Zarlink Simplifies Timing for SONET/SDH Networking Equipment with Industry's Lowest Jitter Single-Chip Synchronizers (a-Zarlinc- new-chip)
C0861 - CHICAGO : RR Donnelley Expands Document-Based Business Process Outsourcing Capabilities with Acquisition of Critical Mail Continuity Services Limited (IL-RR-Donnelley)
C0862 - CHICAGO : RR Donnelley Expands Document-Based Business Process Outsourcing Capabilities with Acquisition of Critical Mail Continuity Services Limited (IL-RR-Donnelley)
C0865 - OAKLAND, Calif. : WorldHeart Announces Board Changes as Part of Canadian Reincorporation (CA-WorldHeart-board)
C0866 - TORONTO : TSX completes review of Wenzel Downhole Tools Ltd. (Symbol: WZL) (TSX-Wenzel-review)
C0869 - TORONTO : Active Control announces $1,400,000 financing, first tranche closed (Active-Control-financ)
C0870 - VANCOUVER : Freeport Studies Molybdenum at the Q Claims (Freeport- Q-Claim-Moly)
C0872 - LONDON, ON : Sam Halbouni resigns as Chief Executive Officer of China Diamond Corp. (A-ChinaDiamond-resign)
C0874 - MONTREAL : Dectron Internationale Inc. - Cancellation of Conference Call Notification - Q3-2006 Financial Results (e-Dectron-conf- delaye)
C0877 - HALIFAX : Kaoclay Resources Inc. is on the Winning Team for the Donkin Proposal (Kaoclay-Donkin-licens)
C0880 - PARIS : Alcatel Honored for 'Best New Product' at Light Reading's Leading Light Awards (TX-Alcatel-award)
C0881 - LONGUEUIL, QC : Innergex Power completes the acquisition of a 49.9MW-facility (a-Innergex-acquisitio)
C0882 - MONTREAL : Yellow Pages Income Fund announces December 2005 distribution (a-YPG-dividends-Dec)
C0888 - MILLBURN, N.J. : Grisoft, Developer of AVG Anti-Virus, Named to Anti-Spyware Coalition (NJ-Grisoft-AVG-virus)
C0895 - TORONTO : CI Master Limited Partnership announces distribution to limited partners (CI-CIP.UN-distributn)
C0895 - TORONTO : CI Master Limited Partnership announces distribution to limited partners (CI-CIP.UN-distributn)
C0895 - TORONTO : CI Master Limited Partnership announces distribution to limited partners (CI-CIP.UN-distributn)
C0897 - TORONTO : DDJ U.S. High Yield Fund announces monthly distribution to unitholders (CI-Fin-DDJ.UN-distrib)
C0898 - MONTREAL : Resonant Medical Secures Largest Medical Device Venture Capital Financing In Canada (e-RESONANT-medic-devi)
C0899 - TORONTO : DDJ High Yield Fund announces distribution to unitholders (CI-HYB.UN-distributio)
C0900 - TORONTO : TOP 10 SPLIT TRUST - TXT.UN, TXT.PR.A - Preliminary Prospectus Filed for Follow-on Offering (Top-10-Split-Trust)
C0906 - TORONTO : Q3 2005 Securities Industry Performance: Let the Good Times Roll (IDA-performanc-report)
C0907 - WINONA, ON : E. D. Smith Income Fund Declares December Distribution (E.D.-Smith-distributn)
C0909 - CALGARY : Petro-Canada's 2006 Capital Program: Shifting To Growth (Petro-Capital-Program)
C0921 - MONTREAL : GlobeeCom International retains Evolution Group Inc. to design and implement its financial communications program (e-GlobeeCom- retai-Evo)
C0923 - CALGARY : Northern Property Real Estate Investment Trust announces DECEMBER 2005 distribution (NPREIT-distribution)
C0924 - CALGARY : WaveForm Energy announces successes in workover program (WaveForm-update)
C0925 - CHICAGO : Northstar Aerospace Inc. enters amendment to existing credit facility and initiates redemption of remaining bonds outstanding (Northstar-Amendment)
C0926 - DRUMMONDVILLE, QC : /R E P E A T/ - The Tata Motors car manufacturer contracts with CVTech Group of Drummondville to supply CVT parts for its small car project in India (e-CVTech-contracts)
C0927 - TORONTO : Reforms Needed to Rebalance Federal and Provincial Taxing and Spending Capacity: C. D. Howe Institute study (C.D.-Howe-tax-study)
C0935 - OTTAWA : Media Advisory - Canadian Institute of Actuaries (CIA- Conference-Call)
C0936 - WOODSTOCK, ON : Contrans Income Fund announces distribution (Contrans-distribution)
C0939 - TORONTO : CIBC changes mortgage rates (CIBC-mortgage-rates)
C0947 - QUEBEC CITY : Norco Capital Inc. - Update concerning the Qualifying Transaction and the annual general meeting (e-NorcoCapital-Qualif)
C0952 - TORONTO : Tahera Diamond Corporation closes $9 Million flow- through financing (Tahera-close-financng)
C0954 - TORONTO : CI Global Opportunities II Fund announces distribution to unitholders (CI-Global-distributn)
C0964 - RED DEER, AB : Parkland Income Fund declares distribution payment (Parkland-distribution)
C0966 - CALGARY : Drilcorp Energy Ltd. Announces $1 Million Non-Brokered Private Placement (Drilcorp-priv-placemt)
C0972 - CHICAGO : Team From MIT's Sloan School of Management Captures A.T. Kearney's 2005 'Global Prize' Case Competition for MBA Students (IL-A.T.- Kearney)
C0973 - MILPITAS, Calif. : Globalstar Extends Satellite Data Service to Australia (CA-Globalstr-Australa)
C0974 - HONG KONG : Canada's pretzel logic at WTO agriculture talks threatens long-term supply of Canadian products (CRFA-re:-agri-trading)
C0976 - SASKATOON : Golden Opportunities Fund invests $3 million to clean up the environment (Golden-Op-investment)
C0981 - SOREL-TRACY : Conporec Inc. announces the elegibility of its common shares to the SME Growth Plan (e-Conporec-SMEGrowth)
C0983 - CALGARY : Crescent Point Energy Trust announces increase to exchangeable share ratio (Crescent-Point-Share)
C0984 - CALGARY : Crescent Point Energy Trust confirms December 2005 distribution (Crescent-Point-distrb)
C0987 - TORONTO : Greenwich Global Capital Inc. to resume trading - it has not entered into an agreement with respect to a Qualifying Transaction (Greenwich-resumption)
C0990 - TORONTO : Maple Leaf Heritage Investments Acquisition Corporation Responds to HBC Board of Directors in an Open Letter to HBC Shareholders and Debentureholders (Maple-Leaf-HBC-rspnse)
C0993 - MONTREAL : Miranda Technologies Inc. appoints Jean Bazin and Terry Nickerson to its Board of Directors (e-Miranda-appoints)
C0994 - WINNIPEG : Lanesborough REIT announces the acquisition of Fort McMurray residential complex (Lanesborough-REIT-buy)
C0997 - CALGARY : Archer Convicted of Violating ASC Order (ASC-charge- P.D.Archer)
C1001 - TORONTO : Lawrence Payout Ratio Trust, Lawrence Payout Ratio Trust II and Lawrence Conservative Payout Ratio Trust joint press release (Lawrence-Payout-meet)
C1001 - TORONTO : Lawrence Payout Ratio Trust, Lawrence Payout Ratio Trust II and Lawrence Conservative Payout Ratio Trust joint press release (Lawrence-Payout-meet)
C1001 - TORONTO : Lawrence Payout Ratio Trust, Lawrence Payout Ratio Trust II and Lawrence Conservative Payout Ratio Trust joint press release (Lawrence-Payout-meet)
C1010 - WINNIPEG : Notice of Teleconference Call - CanWest MediaWorks Income Fund Fiscal 2006 First Quarter Results (CanWest-Q1-teleconfer)
C1014 - MONTREAL : Pro-Or : Gold at Menarik-James-Bay property (e-Pro-Or- Gold-Menarik)
C1016 - CALGARY : Boardwalk REIT announces December 2005 monthly distribution (Boardwalk-REIT-dist.)
C1017 - TORONTO : Livingston International Income Fund announces December 2005 distribution (Livingston-distributn)
C1019 - CALGARY : Galvanic Applied Sciences Inc Second Quarter Financials (Galvanic-Q2-results)
C1021 - MONTREAL : Murgor drills at the Barry Gold Deposit, hires Geostat International Inc. to carry out a 43-101 compliant resource estimate and provides update of other properties. (e-Murgor-drills-Gold)
C1023 - HALIFAX : MedMira to Commercialize Revolutionary New Diagnostic Technology Platform (MedMira-SensorChem)
C1024 - CALGARY : Vermilion Energy Trust Announces $0.17 Cash Distribution for January 13, 2006 Payment Date and Exchangeable Share Ratio Increase (Vermilion-Distribut'n)
C1025 - VANCOUVER : Sun Gro Horticulture Income Fund announces December 2005 distribution (Sun-Gro-December-dist)
C1027 - TORONTO : Proposed standards would set the bar for investigative and forensic accounting engagements (CA-IFA-standards-set)
C1038 - WINNIPEG : Notice of teleconference call - CanWest Global Communications Corp. Fiscal 2006 First Quarter Results (CanWest-Q1-Conference)
C1051 - MONTREAL : First contract in Europe with Royal Philips Electronics of Netherlands (e-RVBS-contract-Europ)
C1056 - CAMBRIDGE, ON : COM DEV Announces Fourth Quarter And Fiscal 2005 Year End Results (COM-DEV-Q4-YE-results)
C1058 - CALGARY : True Energy Trust Announces January 2006 Distribution of $0.24 Per Unit (True-Energy-distrib.)
C1061 - QUEBEC : Fortsum Business Solutions Inc. Grants Stock Options (e- Fortsum-grant-stock)
C1068 - CALGARY : CCS Income Trust (CCR.UN) Announces the January 16, 2006 Cash Distribution (CCS-distribution)
C1069 - TORONTO : Manicouagan Minerals Inc. announces pricing for its private placement (e-ManicouaganMin-Pric)
C1070 - VANCOUVER : East Asia Minerals appoints Yao to the Board of Directors (EastAsia-Min-appoints)
C1071 - CALGARY : Focus Energy Trust confirms cash distributions for January 16, 2006 (Focus-Energy-Dec-dist)
C1072 - CALGARY : Watch Resources Announces Private Placement (Watch-Res- priv-plcmnt)
C1073 - TORONTO : Notice from the Office of the Secretary - OSC to hold hearing regarding Agrium's offer to acquire all of the outstanding income deposit securities issued by Royster-Clark Ltd. and Royster-Clark ULC (OSC- Agrium-hearing)
C1074 - MONTREAL : Transcontinental in 2005: Growth in revenues, achieved revised earnings-per-share objective, major investments in future growth and new five-year business plan (E-Transcontinental-Q4)
C1075 - CALGARY : Deep Resources Ltd. announces: Closing of private placement of $6,000,000 (Deep-Res-priv-placmnt)
C1076 - TOKYO, Japan : Sosei Business Update and Revised Financial Forecast Following Acquisition of Arakis (Sosei-update/forecast)
C1077 - EDMONTON : Resin Systems accepted for trading on the Toronto Stock Exchange (Resin-Sys-TSX-listing)
C1079 - TORONTO : Vasogen Announces Senior Management Appointments (Vasogen-appoints-mgmt)
C1083 - AURORA, ON : Helix BioPharma announces Q1 2006 financial results (Helix-BioPh.-results)
C1085 - TORONTO : BCY LifeSciences Inc. Announces Update on Status of Business Combination (BCY-LifeSciences-Inc.)
C1089 - COQUITLAM, BC : Purchase of 15 megawatts of wind turbines (Western-Wind-turbines)
C1090 - CALGARY : Dolce Financial Corp. Announces Listing of Common Shares (Dolce-listing-shares)
C1092 - CALGARY : Trimac Income Fund announces distribution (Trimac- distribution)
C1098 - FORT ERIE, ON : PBB Announces December 2005 Monthly Cash Distribution (PBB-Global-distributn)
C1102 - WINNIPEG : Wildcat Exploration Ltd. - First Close on Non-Brokered Private Placements (Wildcat-Privt-Plcmnts)
C1105 - TORONTO : TD Canada Trust changes residential mortgage rates (TD- Cda-Trust-mortgage)
C1110 - DARTMOUTH, NS : Newfoundland Capital Corporation Limited announces declaration of dividend (Newf-Capital-Corp-div)
C1111 - CALGARY : Trident Purchases Rakhit Petroleum Consulting (Trident- buys-Rakhit)
C1119 - TORONTO : Norcast Income Fund Announces December Distribution (Norcast-distribution)
C1120 - ST. JOHN'S : Vulcan Minerals Inc. Increases Financing (Vulcan- financing)
C1122 - CALGARY : Cathedral Energy Services announces December distribution (Cathedral-Dec-distrib)
C1131 - EDMONTON : Terry Freeman, CA named to Rentcash Inc.'s Board of Directors (Rentcash-appointment)
C1135 - TORONTO : Yield Management Group High Income Trust - News Release (HIT.UN-distribution)
C1139 - TORONTO : Firm Capital Mortgage Investment Trust - December distribution amounting to $0.11 per unit (Firm-Capital-Dec-dist)
C1140 - VANCOUVER : Bearclaw Announces Loan from Directors and Issue of Bonus Shares (Bearclaw-loans-apprvd)
C1141 - VANCOUVER : Yamiri Gold and Energy Inc. announces near-term corporate objectives and work programs (Yamiri-objectives)
C1142 - CALGARY : Mill City to raise $1 million (Mill-City-$1-million)
C1144 - TORONTO : Consumers milked by yet another hike in dairy prices (dairy-price-hike)
C1146 - TORONTO : RBC Royal Bank increases residential mortgage rates (RBC-mortgage-rates-up)
C1150 - MONTREAL : COGECO reports revenue growth and increases its television investments (e-Cogeco-revenue-grow)
C1152 - CALGARY : Progress Energy Trust Confirms December Distribution (Progress-Energy-dist.)
C1153 - TORONTO : Tremont Capital Opportunity Trust - October performance update (Tremont-performance)
C1156 - MONTREAL : CMC Electronics Awarded Galileo Safety of Life Receiver Contract By Canadian Space Agency (e-CMC-awarded-contrac)
C1158 - TORONTO : Robert J. Morrison buys shares of Coretec Inc. (Coretec- shares-bought)
C1159 - CALGARY : UTS Announces its share of Fort Hills Project budget for 2006 (UTS-Fort-Hills-update)
C1160 - TORONTO : Multi-fund Income Trust (TSX: MFU.UN) (Multi-fnd-Income- Trst)
C1162 - QUEEN'S PARK, ON : Ontario Government Announces Higher Rate For Variable-Rate Ontario Savings Bonds (higher-rate-for-OSBs)
C1163 - WINNIPEG : Great-West Lifeco announces senior management appointments (Great-West-appointmnt)
C1166 - CALGARY : StarPoint Energy Trust (StarPoint-distributn)
C1168 - OAKVILLE, ON : Algonquin Power Income Fund Reaches Settlement (Algonquin-settlement)
C1177 - WINNIPEG : Boyd Group Income Fund announces suspension of distributions (Boyd-Group-suspnd-div)
C1182 - OTTAWA : General Dynamics Canada Signs Australian Battlespace Communications Systems Contract (GenDyn-Battlespce-Con)
C1184 - WINNIPEG : Boyd Group awarded multi-year insurance company supply contract (Boyd-Group-contract)
C1185 - MISSISSAUGA, ON : Second Cup Royalty Income Fund announces November and December distributions (SecndCupIF-distrbutns)
C1187 - LAVAL, QC : Savaria completes $5.25 million private placement (Savaria-$5M-placement)
C1191 - TORONTO : Court approves extension of time for filing proposal for Hemosol (Hemosol-filng-extensn)
C1202 - RICHMOND, British Columbia : SmarTire Reports FQ1 2006 Financial Results (SmarTire-Fin-Results)
C1209 - VANCOUVER : Oracle Energy Corp. - Report and Update Nadlac Field, Romania (Oracle-Energy-Corp)
C1216 - CALGARY : Dual Exploration Inc. Finalizes Asset Acquisition and Announces $3 million Bought Deal Flow Through Financing (Dual-Exploration- updt)
C1221 - PHILADELPHIA : China Gorman Named President, North America, DBM (PA-Gorman-Pres-DBM)
C1224 - CALGARY : Alberta Securities Commission - Expiry of Interim Management Cease Trade Order (ASC-Expiry-Cease-Ordr)
C1225 - TORONTO : Labrador Iron Ore Royalty Income Fund - Cash Distribution For the Fourth Quarter of 2005 - $0.35 per Trust Unit and Special Dividend - $0.85 per Trust Unit (Labrador-Iron-dist.)
C1227 - TORONTO : Queenston Completes $1,500,000 Financing (Queenston- financing)
C1261 - TORONTO : Hudson's Bay Company Response to Maple Leaf Heritage Investments Open Letter to Shareholders (Hbc-MapleLeaf-respnse)
C1264 - CALGARY : PanTerra Resource Corp. Announces First Closing of Brokered Private Placement (PanTerra-priv-placmnt)
C1270 - VANCOUVER : TSX Venture Exchange - Trading Halt - Rolland Virtual Business Systems Ltd. - VBS (TSX-Ven-halt)
C1271 - CALGARY : Great Plains Announces Closing of $7.5 Million Bought Deal Private Placement (GreatPlains-placement)
C1272 - VANCOUVER : TSX Venture Exchange - Trading Halt - Metanor Resources Inc. - MTO (TSX-Ven-halt)
C1274 - VANCOUVER : TSX Venture Exchange - Trading Halt - Quorum Information Technologies Inc. - QIS (TSX-Ven-halt)
C1275 - VANCOUVER : TSX Venture Exchange - Remain Halted - Geocore Exploration Inc. - GEX (TSX-Ven-Remain-Halted)
C1276 - VANCOUVER : TELUS Mobility and TELUS Communications merger update (TELUS-merger-update)
C1278 - VANCOUVER : TSX Venture Exchange - Trade Resumption - Metanor Resources Inc. - MTO (TSX-Ven-resume)
C1279 - VANCOUVER : TSX Venture Exchange - Trade Resumption - Greenwich Global Capital Inc. - GGB.P (TSX-Ven-resume)
C1281 - VANCOUVER : TSX Venture Exchange - Trading Halt - Western Wind Energy Corp. - WND (TSX-Ven-halt)
C1282 - CALGARY : Producers Oilfield Services Inc. closes acquisition of Supply-Rite Rentals Ltd. (Producers/Supply-Rite)
C1292 - WINNIPEG : IDYIA Innovations Inc. Announces Change in Board of Directors (IDYIA-Director-Change)
C1297 - OAK BROOK, IL : Primary Energy Recycling Corporation Announces December Cash Distribution (Primary-Energy-distrb)
C1306 - CALGARY : Bankers Petroleum Ltd. announces appointments (Bankers- Petroleum-CFO)
C1317 - CALGARY : SignalEnergy Inc. - Operations Update (SignalEnergy- Update)
C5911 - CALGARY : Deer Creek Energy Limited Announces Completion of Amalgamation (Deer-Creek-amalgamatn)
C6370 - TORONTO : COM DEV International - Q4 and Year End Earnings Announcement - December 15, 2005 (COM-DEV-Q4-Webcast)
^Sports@
C0871 - CARLSBAD, Calif. : Upper Deck Asks NHL Fans to Vote for the 'All- Time Greatest' NHL Card Collection; First-Ever Fan-Selected Set Available in '06 (CA-Upper-Deck-all-ti)
C0975 - TORONTO : Halifax wins right to be Canada's bid city for the 2014 Commonwealth Games (e-CGC-bidCity-Halifax)
C1288 - STETTLER, AB : Sport Select game information - Pro-Line and Over/Under (WCLC-Pro-Line-Over)
C1291 - STETTLER, AB : Sport Select game information - Point Spread (WCLC- Point-Spread)
^Entertainment@
C0863 - LONDON : Online Bookmaker Buys Star Player for Basketball Team and Now Seeks Sponsorship Opportunities in the U.S. (BetBug-Aris-sponsor)
C1003 - TORONTO : Spin-off Series of a SPACE Fan-Favourite To Premiere in January (new-Stargate-premiere)
C1112 - SANTA MONICA, Calif. and VANCOUVER, British Columbia : Lionsgate Unveils New Corporate Name and Logo (CA-Lionsgate-New-Logo)
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