Tag: Canada

Canadian Minister Of Finance To Visit Island

Minister of Finance Bob Richards said he is looking forward to the visit to the island of Canada’s Minister of Finance Jim Flaherty and joining the Minister at the luncheon on Friday which is being arranged by the Bermuda Business Development Corporation. It will be Minister Flaherty’s first official trip to the island, and he will be the highest-ranking... Read more of this article

North Rock Partners With Multiapplied Networks

Vancouver’s Multapplied Networks today [Apr. 8] announced a recent partnership with Bermudian telecommunications provider, North Rock Communications. Under the partnership agreement, North Rock Communications will provide Multapplied’s Bonded Internet™ technology to its business customers who need faster, more reliable networks with quality of... Read more of this article

ExxonMobil, COPLB Oil Deal Is Completed

Canadian Overseas Petroleum Limited [COPL] today [Apr.5] announced the closing and completion of the previously announced announced transactions between the company’s wholly owned Bermuda subsidiary Canadian Overseas Petroleum Bermuda Limited [COPLB], first with Peppercoast Petroleum plc, and second with ExxonMobil Exploration and Production... Read more of this article

Polo Resources Ltd. Now Listed On The BSX

Polo Resources Limited, the Canadian natural resources investment company with interests in gold, oil and gas, coal and iron ore, today [Apr. 5] announced that it has received approval for the listing of its ordinary shares on the Bermuda Stock Exchange [BSX]. The company’s ordinary shares commenced trading on the BSX on 4 April 2013 under the symbol... Read more of this article

Junior Leaders Fundraising For Canada Trip

Bermuda’s junior soldiers are aiming to hit a target – enough funds to help pay for an overseas trip to a sister unit in Canada. The Bermuda Regiment Junior Leaders recently completed a sponsored car wash at the Rubis gas station in Paget to help fund the July trip to Niagara Falls. Now they’re planning to raise even more cash by running a food... Read more of this article

Liberia Ratifies COPBL Oil Transactions

Canadian Overseas Petroleum Limited [COPL] announced today [Mar.27] that the Liberian Legislature, consisting of the Senate and the House of Representatives, has voted in favour of ratifying the Restated and Amended Production Sharing Contract for offshore Block LB-13. Closing and completion of the previously announced transactions between the company’s... Read more of this article

Noble Mining To Sell Brazilian Shareholding

Canada’s Ecometals Limited announced today [Mar.27] that its wholly owned Bermuda subsidiary, Noble Mining Ltd., has entered into an agreement with a group of investors for the sale of Noble’s entire holding of shares in its wholly owned Bermudian subsidiary Ironman Ltd. Ironman is the 99 percent shareholder of Ecometals Ferro do Amapá... Read more of this article

Canadian Family Deny Smoking On Airline

The Canadian family who created a media firestorm after causing a Sunwing flight to divert to Bermuda have issued a statement denying that any member of the family was smoking on the flight. The statement was released by Ontario-based lawyer Michael Haraschuk to the Canadian media. “On the issue of smoking, there has been misinformation regarding... Read more of this article

Canadian Family Charged Over Airline Incident

[Updated with videos] Three people appeared in Magistrates Court this afternoon [Feb 4] in relation to the recent airline diversion, where they were charged with offences including disobeying lawful commands of the crew of an aircraft and smoking in a toilet when smoking is prohibited. The Court heard one of the defendants used profane language towards... Read more of this article

Bermudian Opens Clothing Boutique in Toronto

Bermudian Julia Currelly has opened the first Luisa Spagnoli store in North America. The 1,800 square foot boutique is located in the Yorkville Plaza between Cumberland Avenue and Yorkville Avenue in the fashionable district of Yorkville. It will carry the full range of knit and woven casual and corporate daywear, evening apparel, accessories, handbags,... Read more of this article