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Moncton - A CIBC cash machine started dispensing Canadian Tire money at a mall outside of Moncton, N.B. Kayla Peters, 16, said she was shocked when she withdrew $60 on Nov. 29. She received two $20 bills and two $2 bills in Canadian Tire money. The ATM spat out Canadian Tire bills ranging from 10 cents to $2. "I just stood there for a second wondering what I should do, but then I heard some other people talking about it and it turned out I wasn't the only one." Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce officials say four people have been reimbursed for the mistake. Ottawa - The federal government will no longer assess whether Canada has enough exotic dancers, in effect removing a loophole that put hundreds of foreign women on an immigration fast-track. From now on, strip club owners will have to make a case that no Canadian talent is available every time they want to bring a new exotic dancer into the country on a temporary work permit, Human Resources Minister Joe Volpe said Wednesday. Ottawa - An environmental group wants to know why Ottawa is opening the door to mining in a remote part of the Northwest Territories already designated to become an expanded national park. The Nahanni National Park Reserve is situated in the middle of the Nahanni drainage basin. Plans call for the basin to be included in the expanded park.
