News in Review - February 1997 Canadian Airlines: Fighting to Survive
The issues of management skills, pressure from an American corporate partner, competition from Air Canada and union intransigence are focal points for this story.
- 1997
- 00:14:35
- 13-14
- Added on: 02/15/1997
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Venture Canadian Business in Uganda
Most of Canada’s number crunching may happen on Bay Street, but a world and an ocean away, a troubled local economy in Uganda is benefiting from sorting through Canadians’ tax receipts. This program travels to Africa where a group of Ugandans and a Toronto accounting firm have formed a strategic partnership, hoping for a modern miracle.
- 2002
- 00:11:37
- 13-14
- Added on: 06/14/2013
The National Canadian Innovations
Three short documentaries from The National look at Canadian companies thriving despite the current economic downturn. Their secret: embracing today’s new green economy. As auto manufacturing plants begin to rust away, meet the small Mississauga-based company, Electrovaya, that’s creating 100% recyclable portable power packs for electric cars. Then track the success of a McGill University team building a silent snowmobile that ...
- 2009
- 00:11:56
- 9-12
- Added on: 06/14/2013
News in Review - February 2000 Canadian National: The Continental Railway
According to the Laurentian theory of Canadian history, Canada as a nation developed from east to west because of the immense inland waterway of the St. Lawrence River and the Great Lakes, and Sir John A. Macdonald’s transcontinental railway, the natural extension of the maritime route. The importance of railways in the evolution of Canadian society cannot be underestimated. And ...
- 2000
- 00:07:50
- 13-14
- Added on: 02/15/2000
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The National Canadians pay big fees for Internet — so why don't they switch companies? New
Canadians pay some of the biggest fees for Internet service, and Canada's big telecommunication companies are raising their prices — so why don't Canadians switch to other companies? There are many alternatives to Bell, Rogers and Telus, but consumers seem reluctant to switch. CBC News takes a look at why Canadians continue to pay huge fees even as they complain ...
- 2018
- 00:05:31
- 13-14
- Added on: 05/02/2018
News in Review - February 2009 Canadians, Credit Cards and Debt
For many years Canadians have been on a credit card binge. Now, as the economic crisis deepens, a lot of them find themselves with high levels of personal debt. In this News in Review story we’ll look at why so many Canadian households are overextended. We’ll also examine why it’s so easy to fall into the credit trap and what ...
- 2009
- 00:13:58
- 13-14
- Added on: 02/15/2009
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Doc Zone Canine Confidential
Canine Confidential explores a contemporary coexistence like nothing else in the human-animal world. We've always claimed dogs are "man's best friend," but it now seems they've become full-fledged members of our family, too. Today, doggie couture is a multi-billion dollar business, dog dancing is an unlikely but highly competitive craze, and in Texas, you can find the only military base ...
- 2008
- 00:44:32
- 9-12
- Added on: 06/14/2013
Doc Zone CannaBiz
Canada's $20 billion-dollar marijuana industry is at a violent crossroads between crime and commerce. Impossible to police, yet steadily gaining public acceptance, the cannabis industry is now so vast and vital to Canada's national economy that it can no longer be ignored. With inside access to growers, gangsters and police, CannaBiz untangles the inner workings of the marijuana industry and ...
- 2009
- 00:42:58
- 15-17
- Added on: 06/14/2013
Doc Zone Carbon Hunters
Carbon Hunters delves into the controversial, little-understood, yet booming industry of carbon credit trading. Sometimes called emissions trading, carbon offset, or cap-and-trade, it's a market-driven solution that puts a fixed price on pollution, allowing those who pollute to pay and those who don't to profit. It may be a potentially workable mechanism towards solving what most people now acknowledge as the ...
- 2009
- 00:42:55
- 13-14
- Added on: 06/14/2013
Marketplace Cellphone bill busters: How to lower your bill
Canadians are charged some of the highest prices in the world for cellphone service. And when we have a problem, it’s often tough to get it solved. Follow three Canadian consumers who are tired of navigating customer service options and waiting forever on hold. Take advantage of the Marketplace team's inside information: help from a long-time customer service rep and a professional ...
- 2016
- 00:22:23
- 13-14
- Added on: 01/18/2017
