Com Dev wins $8.6-million deal from Defence Department
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Com Dev International Ltd. has received an C$8.6-million contract from the US Department of National Defense to design a new processor anticipated to be installed in US military communications satellites. The contract will create around 80 new jobs during its 30-month duration and will lead to possible export sales in the future. Com Dev's new processor, dubbed Beam Link, is anticipated to improve the data capacity of each satellite by 30%. Alan Winter, president of Com Dev's space group, anticipates the new processor to be ready on or before the end of 1999 in order that the US military will have its specifications much earlier than procurement schedules.
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Gets C$8.6-mil contract from US Department of National Defense to design new processor for US military communications satellites
Publication Name: Globe & Mail (Toronto, Canada)
Subject: News, opinion and commentary
ISSN: 0319-0714
Year: 1998
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B.C. hits tobacco firms
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Tobacco firms will be charged with C$20 million worth of fees every year for a license to market their products in British Columbia, based on the plans of the provincial government. The government of British Columbia plans to utilize the proceeds of the tobacco license fees for its public-health initiatives aimed at combatting smoking. The province of British Columbia also plans to propose new laws that will bar tobacco manufacturers from transferring the license-fee costs to consumers, retailers and wholesalers.
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Brit Colum: Tobacco cos will be charged w/ C$20 mil worth of fees every year for a license to market their prods in the province
Publication Name: Globe & Mail (Toronto, Canada)
Subject: News, opinion and commentary
ISSN: 0319-0714
Year: 1998
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Canadian nurses developing new political militancy
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Canadian nurses went on strike and paralyzed health care in Newfoundland and Sasketchewan. The strike is a result of 10 years of sacrifices from the nurses, who have been affected by budget cuts as the largest health care work force. Rhonda Thompson, president of the Sasketchewan Union of Nurses, estimates that there are 44 patients for a single nurse, which further heightens the inadequate pay being received by the nurses.
Publication Name: Globe & Mail (Toronto, Canada)
Subject: News, opinion and commentary
ISSN: 0319-0714
Year: 1999
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