Jay Bryan: Bargain-hunters expected to flood across US border

May 18, 2012

MONTREAL – Remember the flood of cross-border shopping that hit Canada 20 years ago? Well, it’s on its way back, thanks largely to the sluggish progress of Canadian retailers in matching U.S. prices. Add to that a generous new duty-free limit that begins in June – up to $800 after a 48-hour absence –...
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Travel Insurance: Make sure it is adequate before heading out

May 18, 2012

Before heading out on vacation this summer, travellers should take a few minutes make sure their travel insurance is adequate. With the cost of hospitalization in the United States in the thousands per day, even a minor injury in that country could cost more than the trip itself. Even for a road trip in...
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Class Warfare Is Weighing on Quebec

May 18, 2012

BY ALISTAIR MACDONALD AND CAROLYN KING MONTREAL—Quebec’s government is trying to restore calm as sometimes-violent student demonstrations stretch into their fourth month—disrupting daily commutes and drawing a rare travel advisory from the U.S. consulate. Students, protesting planned tuition increases by the government of the French-speaking Canadian province, have been staging night marches and boisterous...
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NY land trusts get $1.4M in conservation grants

April 25, 2012

Associated Press GREENWICH, N.Y. — Grants totaling more than $1 million have been awarded to dozens of nonprofit land...
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Nor’easter churns up East Coast bringing rare April snowflakes, rain and high …

April 25, 2012

At the peak Monday, utilities reported about 50,000 customers without power in Pennsylvania and central and western New York....
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Buffalo Wild Wings Raises Chicken Prices As Costs Soar

April 25, 2012

–Raises price for Tuesdays’ wing promotion, likely make other increases in July –Restaurant’s bone-in wing prices at $1.92 per...
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New York Mets – PlayerWatch

April 25, 2012

Reuters 9:28 p.m. CDT, April 24, 2012 Article source: http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/sns-rt-bbo-mets-playerwatchmtze84oyfw2i0-20120424,0,2440917.story
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NY land trusts get $1.4M in conservation grants

Associated Press GREENWICH, N.Y. — Grants totaling more than $1 million have been awarded to dozens of nonprofit land trusts from Long Island to Buffalo to conserve New York’s agricultural lands and other resources. The state Department of Environmental Conservation and the Land Trust Alliance announced in Rochester that $1.4 million was awarded to...

Niagara Falls

NY land trusts get $1.4M in conservation grants

Associated Press GREENWICH, N.Y. — Grants totaling more than $1 million have been awarded...

Nor’easter churns up East Coast bringing rare April snowflakes, rain and high …

At the peak Monday, utilities reported about 50,000 customers without power in Pennsylvania and...

Buffalo Wild Wings Raises Chicken Prices As Costs Soar

–Raises price for Tuesdays’ wing promotion, likely make other increases in July –Restaurant’s bone-in...

New York Mets – PlayerWatch

Reuters 9:28 p.m. CDT, April 24, 2012 Article source: http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/sns-rt-bbo-mets-playerwatchmtze84oyfw2i0-20120424,0,2440917.story

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