زوج ساسکاچوآنی برنده ی بیست میلبون دلار شدند

REGINA — One week after Claude Gyug retired from his job as a conductor for the Canadian National Railway, his retirement fund grew by $20 million.

The colossal growth in Gyug's retirement fund wasn't due to shrewd market timing, but good timing when it came to buying a lottery ticket.

As the province's first Lotto Max winners, Claude and his wife Dianne are $20 million richer — their take of the Jan. 8 draw they share with a Quebec winner.

The Grayson couple received their cheque at the Hotel Saskatchewan Radisson Plaza in front of family members and shared their winning tale with reporters.

منبع :  Regina Leader-Post

مجهز شدن تمامی فرودگاههای بین المللی کانادا به Body Scanner

   Federal Transport Minister John Baird said this week the government plans to purchase 44 of the imaging scanners, at a cost of about $250,000 each, and send them to international airports across the country. Twelve of the scanners are set to arrive at airports within the next week, with the remainder of the machines expected by spring.

The machines use electromagnetic waves to scan through clothing and produce images of hidden objects.

منبع :  Saskatoon Star Phoenix

آخرین آمار نرخ بیکاری کانادا در ماه December سال 2009

تغییرات نسبت به ماه قبل                      نرخ بیکاری       

1(1) Saskatchewan                                   4.8                                   -0.4
2(2) Manitoba                                          5.7                                   +0.4
3(3) Alberta                                            6.7                                    -0.7
4(4) Quebec                                           8.4                                    +0.3 
5(5) British Columbia                                 8.4                                   +0.1
Canada                                                8.5                                         -
6(6) New Brunswick                                 8.9                                    +0.1
7(7) Ontario                                            9.3                                        -
8(8) Nova Scotia                                      9.6                                    +0.1
9(9) Prince Edward Island                       10.7                                    -1.0
10(10) Newfoundland and Labrador          15.7                                    -0.2