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TAT using golf to draw in foreign tourists
Members of the golfing familiarization trip pose for a photo at Siam Plantation Course, August 26.
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Thousands of refugees leaving ‘paradise’ to return to peaceful Sri Lanka
With number of refugees in Sri Lanka getting lesser and Tamils are returning homes, with the dawn of peace, thousands of Tamils are returning to Sri Lanka, Toronto Sun reported.
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Mt. Carroll Rotary Club
50 square dancers from 12 area clubs and local caller, Tommy Russell from Eldridge, Iowa, danced across Canada and the New England states for 10 days beginning August 2. Their destination and goal: Plattsburg, New York to visit and dance with fellow dancers, Tim and Paula Schares formerly from DeWitt, Iowa who had moved out east two years ago.
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Big payout for S.D. axe man
The man who took a hefty axe to Abbotsford school programs has lost his own job - but the blow was softened by a $105,000 payout. Abbotsford School District refuses to explain the sudden departure of district secretary-treasurer Mark Lee after just 10 months on the job.
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Nearly half of Canadians think they're underpaid: poll
Nearly half of Canada's working population will spend Labour Day convinced they're not being paid as much as they deserve, according to a national survey on attitudes about jobs, income and career satisfaction.
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Learn to love your job
Take this job and shove it! Good advice in bad times? Well, before bidding a vengeful goodbye or throwing a farewell temper tantrum, think again.
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Canadian mining CEO bonuses surge in 2010
Canadian mining company executives are looking forward to a bonanza year in 2010, with cash bonuses surging thanks to higher commodity prices, a survey found. Payouts will go from 61% of salary in 2009 to 88% in 2010, according to Coopers Consulting and PricewaterhouseCoopers.[...]
thesudburystar.com
Grits vow to create holiday
The Liberals chose the last long weekend of the summer to promise another holiday to New Brunswickers if re-elected Sept. 27.
telegraphjournal.canadaeast.com
Canadian mining CEOs see dramatic rise in 2010 bonus payouts
Reflecting a more bullish commodities market over the past year, Canadian mining CEOs saw their cash bonus payouts rise from 61% of salary in 2009 to 88% of their salary in 2010, according to a salary survey by Coopers Consulting Ltd. and PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC).
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