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Ottawa's ferry purchase hits rough political seas

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The Canadian government soon may purchase a $70 million ferry from Sweden's Stena AB Group. The deal has been criticized by British Columbia ship broker Robert Ward who claims that he had been prepared to sell the government a ferry at half the price of the Stena vessel.

Author: MacKinnon, Mark
Publisher: Bell Globemedia Interactive
Publication Name: Globe & Mail (Toronto, Canada)
Subject: News, opinion and commentary
ISSN: 0319-0714
Year: 2000
New orders received, Passenger Ships, Deep Sea Passenger Transportation, Water Transportation of Passengers, Inland Water Passenger Transportation, Ferries, Ferry Services, Transportation industry, Contracts, Passenger vessels, Shipbuilding industry, Stena AB Group

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NHL's Bryden gets bailout amid howls of outrage

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The Ottawa Senators and five other National Hockey League teams in Canada will receive a government aid package. The plan, which was applauded by Ottawa Senators' owner Rod Bryden, has deeply divided the ruling Liberal Party.

Author: MacKinnon, Mark
Publisher: Bell Globemedia Interactive
Publication Name: Globe & Mail (Toronto, Canada)
Subject: News, opinion and commentary
ISSN: 0319-0714
Year: 2000
Sports Teams and Clubs, Sports clubs, managers, & promoters, Professional Hockey, Finance, Political activity, National Hockey League, College sports, Sports franchises, Liberal Party (Canada), Ottawa Senators

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Plutonium cleanup put at $40-million

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A building in Chalk River, Ontario, which has been contaminated by plutonium, will require a $40 million cleanup effort. The Canadian government will pay for the decommissioning costs for the former research facility.

Author: MacKinnon, Mark
Publisher: Bell Globemedia Interactive
Publication Name: Globe & Mail (Toronto, Canada)
Subject: News, opinion and commentary
ISSN: 0319-0714
Year: 2000
All Other Basic Inorganic Chemical Manufacturing, Refuse systems, Hazardous Waste Treatmnt,Storge,Disposl, Hazardous Waste Collection, Industrial inorganic chemicals, not elsewhere classified, Plutonium, Nuclear industry, Hazardous waste management industry, Hazardous waste management

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Subjects list: Canada, Political aspects
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