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    Duffus, Romans, Kundzins, Rounsefell Ltd

    Duffus, Romans, Kundzins, Rounsefell Ltd Duffus, Romans, Kundzins, Rounsefell Ltd, architects, Halifax, was founded in 1949 and has executed a variety of important commissions, including: the Nova Scotia Museum (1970), the Izaak Walton Killam Hospital for Children (1970), Historic Properties (1974), and the Library at Kings College (1991), all in Halifax; the Bedford Institute of Oceanography (1958, 1968, 1977), and the Alderney Gate Civic Centre (1990), both in Dartmouth, NS; and the Valley Regional Hospital...

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    Duke Energy Corp

    Duke Energy Corp is an integrated energy business involved in the transmission and distribution of NATURAL GAS and the generation and supply of electricity (see HYDROELECTRICITY). The company is headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, and has significant operations in Canada.

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    Duke Street Records

    Duke Street Records. Independent Toronto label established by Andrew Hermant in 1984 as a division of PAJA Company Ltd. Under Hermant's direction as president it has pursued an ambitious, if eclectic, recording policy devoted exclusively to Canadian musicians.

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    East India Company

    The East India Company was the trading company chartered in 1600 by Elizabeth I of England with a monopoly over the Eastern Hemisphere.

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    Eaton's: A Dynasty in Decline

    This article was originally published in Maclean’s magazine on March 10, 1997. Partner content is not updated.

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    Eaton's Goes Bankrupt

    This article was originally published in Maclean’s magazine on August 30, 1999. Partner content is not updated. It seemed like a simple, last-minute, prenuptial task. Jim Pole and Nicole Pelletier from Thunder Bay, Ont., were to be wed on Aug. 21 in the lush Montreal suburb of Vaudreuil. The day before the big event, they just wanted to pick up the groom's new $1,000 suit. After calling the T. EATON CO.

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    Eaton's Hard Times

    Mere hours before the official reopening of its fashion floors in Toronto’s Yorkdale mall last week, there appeared perhaps the perfect illustration of Eaton’s quest to remake itself. Downstairs, the array of cosmetics and fashion accessories was deliciously tempting.This article was originally published in Maclean's Magazine on November 30, 1998

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    Eaton's Seeks Bankruptcy Protection

    This article was originally published in Maclean’s magazine on March 10, 1997. Partner content is not updated. All had gathered to pay their last respects to Signy Eaton, the matriarch of the Eaton clan, widow of John David who had led the family's mighty retail chain in the halcyon days of the 1950s and 1960s, when the company controlled half of the country's department store sales.

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    Economic and Regional Development Agreements

    Economic and regional development agreements (ERDAs) refer to bilateral agreements between the federal government and each of the 10 provinces in effect from 1984 to 1994. The ERDA system was a major component of federal-regional economic policy over that period.

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    Canada–US Economic Relations

    Economic relations between Canada and the US are of paramount importance to Canada.

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    Economic Council of Canada

    The Economic Council of Canada was established 1963 and dissolved 1993.

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    Economic Forecasting

    Economic forecasting is the projection or estimation of statistical measures of the performance of a country, group of countries, industry, firm or community.

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    Economic History of Canada

    The economic history of what is now Canada begins with the hunting, farming and trading societies of the Indigenous peoples. Following the arrival of Europeans in the 16th century, the economy has undergone a series of seismic shifts, marked by the early Atlantic fishery, the transcontinental fur trade, then rapid urbanization, industrialization and technological change. Although different industries have come and gone, Canada’s reliance on natural resources — from fur to timber to minerals to oil, and on export markets for these commodities, particularly the United States — has underpinned much of the economy through the centuries and does so still in many regions today.

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    Economic History of Atlantic Canada

    Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, New Brunswick and Newfoundland constitute the Atlantic provinces of Canada, a region that in 2016 accounted for 6 per cent of Canada’s gross domestic product (GDP). The economic history of what is now Atlantic Canada begins with the hunting, farming and trading societies of the Indigenous peoples. Following the arrival of Europeans in the 16th century, the economy has undergone a series of seismic shifts, marked by the early Atlantic fishery, the transcontinental fur trade, then rapid urbanization, industrialization and technological change.

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    Economic History of Central Canada

    Ontario and Quebec constitute Central Canada, a region that accounts for over 58 per cent of Canada’s gross domestic product (GDP). The economic history of the region begins with the hunting, farming and trading societies of the Indigenous peoples. Following the arrival of Europeans in the 16th century, the economy has undergone a series of seismic shifts, marked by the transcontinental fur trade, then rapid urbanization, industrialization and technological change.

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