| Calgary's Naheed Nenshi is Canada's highest paid mayor Posted: 15 Jan 2015 01:53 PM PST  Calgary Mayor Naheed Nenshi picked up the honour this week when the mayor and city councillors received a 3.8 per cent pay raise. According to CBC News, Calgary council raises are automatic and are tied to the average wage increase for workers in the province. Nenshi's salary increase is about $8,000, which brings him to $216,401 per year. The network also noted that Nenshi donates 10 per cent of his salary to the Nenshi Family Charitable Trust, which is run through the Calgary Foundation.
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| In surprise move, Target exits Canada and takes $5.4 billion loss Posted: 15 Jan 2015 12:10 PM PST  By Solarina Ho TORONTO (Reuters) - Target Corp will exit the Canadian market after less than two years in a surprise retreat that will throw more than 17,000 employees out of work and trigger a $5.4 billion quarterly loss. Target said comparable U.S. sales during the fourth quarter would likely rise 3 percent, up from its 2 percent forecast.
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| Bombardier pauses Learjet program, cuts jobs; shares drop 20 pct Posted: 15 Jan 2015 11:03 AM PST  By Allison Martell TORONTO (Reuters) - Bombardier Inc said Thursday it had suspended the development of its new Learjet 85 business aircraft, trimmed its forecasts for 2014 and cut 1,000 jobs in Mexico and the United States, sending its shares plummeting more than 20 percent. The Canadian plane and train maker said cash flow from aerospace operations would be about $800 million for 2014, below its previous forecast of between $1.2 billion and $1.6 billion, even though plane deliveries were a little more than expected. It said demand for the new Learjet had been weak, and demand for light aircraft in general had been depressed since the economic downturn. The new Learjet had also been in the midst of flight testing.
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| Dixie, the stolen Yorkie, recovered in Memphis thanks to social media Posted: 15 Jan 2015 08:16 PM PST A Camrose, Alta., couple is looking forward to an emotional reunion with a beloved terrier Friday morning after the stolen dog was recovered Thursday in Memphis. "My wife went crazy, of course — she still is — screaming and hollering when we found her," Terry Traviss said of his wife Lorie. Dixie, a four-year-old Yorkshire Terrier, was stolen from the couple's truck last week while they ate in a restaurant.  |
| Second man guilty in Rehtaeh Parsons case apologizes, gets year of probation Posted: 15 Jan 2015 07:57 PM PST  The young Halifax-area man who posed for an explicit photo showing him having sex with 15-year-old Rehtaeh Parsons apologized in court Thursday to her family but said he wasn't a bully as he was sentenced to a year of probation for distributing child pornography. The man told youth court he had apologized to Parsons after he learned the photo, which he had sent via text message to two other girls, had been distributed to many students who attended their high school. He said he had no idea Parsons would endure constant harassment once the photo started bouncing from one student to another. Parsons' case attracted national attention in 2013 after she attempted to take her own life at 17 and was later taken off life-support.
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