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Canada has approved China's biggest ever foreign takeover, the $15.1 billion bid from CNOOC for energy company Nexen, but has drawn a line in the sand against future buys by state-owned enterprises.
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*Lenovo says has talked to RIM about strategic ventures. TORONTO, Jan 24- A senior Lenovo executive said on Thursday that the Chinese computer maker may consider Research in Motion as a takeover target, sending the Blackberry maker's shares up 2 percent just a week before it launches a make-or-break line of redesigned smartphones.
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TORONTO, Jan 24- Shares of Research In Motion Ltd rose 4 percent on Thursday after a report quoting China's Lenovo Group as saying a bid for the BlackBerry maker was among the options for boosting its mobile business.
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Jan 23- The Canadian and Ontario governments will invest nearly C $34 million to help re-tool a Toyota Motor Corp plant in Cambridge, Ontario, so it can produce a hybrid version of the Lexus sport utility vehicle.
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OTTAWA, Jan 22- The Canadian government might have to review any sale of BlackBerry maker Research in Motion Ltd's handset business to a foreign buyer, Industry Minister Christian Paradis told Reuters on Tuesday.
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OTTAWA, Jan 18- Canadian Finance Minister Jim Flaherty apologized on Friday for breaking ethics rules when he lobbied on behalf of a constituent who wanted to set up a radio station, and said it was an "oversight" that would not happen again.
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Governments have been the dominant source of venture capital funding in Canada recently, and a government statement on Monday said the consultations found that reasonable government incentives would be needed "to attract institutional investors who have left the asset class in Canada over the past decade".
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*Allocates C $400 mln that was announced in budget. MONTREAL, Jan 14- Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper on Friday announced a plan to provide C $400 million in venture capital in a bid to stem the loss of young entrepreneurs to the United States and elsewhere.
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TORONTO, Jan 13- Canada will spend C $330.8 million over the next two years to improve water systems on aboriginal lands, as the Conservative government tries to deal with growing unrest on native reservations.
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OTTAWA, Jan 11- Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper agreed in a meeting with native leaders on Friday to pay more attention to their demands, trying to mollify an aboriginal protest movement that has threatened to blockade roads and railways across the country.
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*Ontario chief threatens blockades on Jan 16. OTTAWA, Jan 11- Aboriginal protesters blocked the main entrance to a building where Canada's prime minister was preparing to meet some native leaders on Friday, highlighting a deep divide within the country's First Nations on how to push Ottawa to heed their demands.
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*Ontario chief threatens blockades on Jan 16. *Many of Canada's 1.2 million aboriginals live in poverty. OTTAWA, Jan 11- Aboriginal protesters blockaded the main entrance to Prime Minister Stephen Harper's office on Friday and some native groups threatened economic disruption as part of a campaign to force Ottawa to address native grievances.
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OTTAWA, Jan 11- Deep splits emerged in the ranks of Canada's aboriginal movement on Friday, casting doubt on a planned meeting between chiefs and Conservative Prime Minister Stephen Harper to discuss a series of native grievances.
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*Many of Canada's 1.2 million aboriginals live in poverty. Native Canadian chiefs are due to meet with Prime Minister Stephen Harper on Friday to discuss the poor living conditions facing many of Canada's 1.2 million aboriginals.
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*Many of Canada's 1.2 million aboriginals live in poverty. Native leaders are due to meet with Prime Minister Stephen Harper on Friday to discuss the poor living conditions facing many of Canada's 1.2 million aboriginals.
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OTTAWA, Jan 10- The man tipped to be the next governor of Canada's central bank has the reputation of being a mild-mannered sideman to charismatic bank chief Mark Carney, but former colleagues say Tiff Macklem is a mover and shaker in his own quiet way.
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*Many of Canada's 1.2 million aboriginals live in poverty. Native leaders are due to meet Prime Minister Stephen Harper on Friday to discuss the poor living conditions facing many of Canada's 1.2 million aboriginals.
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*Many of Canada's 1.2 million aboriginals live in poverty. Angry native activists, fed up with poor living conditions they blame on decades of neglect from Ottawa, have blockaded rail lines and threatened to close Canada's borders with the United States in a campaign they call Idle No More.
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*Many of Canada's 1.2 million aboriginals live in poverty. Angry native activists, fed up with poor living conditions they blame on decades of neglect from Ottawa, have already blockaded rail lines and threatened to close Canada's borders with the United States as part of a protest campaign they are calling Idle No More.
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OTTAWA, Jan 4- Canada's prime minister will meet with native leaders next week to discuss social and economic issues, an olive branch to an angry aboriginal movement that has blockaded rail lines and threatened to close Canada's borders with the United States.
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OAKVILLE, Ontario, Jan 4- Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper unveiled C $250 million in government support for the country's auto industry on Friday as Ottawa tries to lure investment to the shrunken sector and create jobs.