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Le Festival du film de Denver rend hommage au cinéma canadien
L'équipe LienCanada
Du 10 au 19 novembre, venez voir l'hommage rendu au cinéma canadien à l'occasion du 29e Festival du film Starz de Denver. Le réalisateur Erik Canuel sera sur place pour présenter Bon Cop, Bad Cop, le film canadien qui a rapporté le plus de recettes au box-office. Vous pouvez également voir le film de Louise Archambault Familia, qui a gagné le prix du meilleur premier long métrage canadien au Festival du film de Toronto. Veuillez visiter http://www.denverfilm.org pour acheter des billets et consulter l'horaire du festival.
Le NCSM Toronto accoste à Sail Baltimore
L'équipe LienCanada
Le NCSM Toronto, frégate de la Marine canadienne, qui a servi de l'océan Atlantique à la mer d'Oman, était accosté à Baltimore du 20 au 23 octobre. C'était pour le grand public une occasion unique de le visiter. Le NCSM Toronto a accueilli plus d'un millier de visiteurs durant le week-end, et il y a eu une réception à bord le vendredi soir. Le Toronto revenait d'opérations dans la mer d'Oman, dans le golfe d'Oman et dans le golfe Persique à l'appui de la lutte internationale contre le terrorisme. Pour de plus amples renseignements, veuillez visiter le site Web du Toronto.
Dossiers
À l'occasion du lancement de la Semaine des anciens combattants, le Premier ministre rend hommage aux soldats canadiens tombés au champ d'honneur
Lundi, le 6 novembre 2006
J'ai l'insigne honneur de vous accueillir tous ici aujourd'hui. C'est pour moi un privilège de me trouver en présence d'un si grand nombre de personnes qui ont tant apporté à notre pays. Nous sommes réunis dans le nouveau et magnifique Musée canadien de la guerre pour marquer le début de la semaine du Souvenir.
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Actualités internationales
U.S. Midterms Won't Change Relations at the Top
Wednesday, November 8, 2006
Lee Berthiaume, Embassy Magazine
Experts are divided on what impact yesterday's midterm elections in the United States will have on issues that Canada is trying to get on the table in Washington. But even with the Democrats at press time looking poised to take the Congress and cut into the Republicans' Senate majority, most experts agree that Canada-U.S. relations in general will likely remain unchanged.
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22 Taliban fighters said killed in clashes with Canadians
Thursday, November 9, 2006
Globe and Mail
Canadian troops called in NATO air strikes in a clash in Kandahar province that killed 22 suspected Taliban militants, Afghan police said Thursday. The Canadian soldiers along with Afghan police identified a Taliban position in Zhari district late Wednesday and called in close air support. District police chief Ghulam Rasool Aga said 22 Taliban fighters died.
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Canada-U.S. trade choking on red tape, officials say
Thursday, November 9, 2006
Heather Scoffield, Globe and Mail
Canada, it seems, has the dubious distinction of being the only country in the world with rules on the size of cans. And it is only with great difficulty that lipstick manufacturers can add sunscreen to their Canadian products, since Health Canada says sunscreen is a drug that must be approved.
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La conférence Promesse du millénaire s'ouvre à Montréal
Jeudi, le 9 novembre 2006
Matinternet
La conférence Promesse du millénaire s'est ouverte jeudi, à Montréal, avec l'espoir de changer la vie d'enfants frappés par la pauvreté, la souffrance et la violence. Daniel Germain, l'organisateur de l'événement, a déclaré, la gorge nouée par l'émotion, qu'ensemble, il est possible de changer quelque chose.
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University of Western Ontario delighted med school grad named WHO chief
Thursday, November 09, 2006
Helen Branswell, CBC News
When the executive board of the World Health Organization named Dr. Margaret Chan as its choice to head the global health agency, some of the most delighted people on the face of the earth were located in London, Ont.
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Affaires et commerce
Free trade a boon to Canada, study concludes
Monday, November 6, 2006
Heather Scolffield, Globe and Mail
Canada's economy has flourished under the North American free-trade agreement, and with the right policy moves, could repeat that experience as it deals with the trade shock from Asia, a new study suggests.
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WestJet, Air Canada packed planes in October
Tuesday, November 7, 2006
Roma Luciw, Globe and Mail
WestJet Airlines Ltd. and Air Canada's planes were more full this October than last, leading both carriers to unveil plans to increase network capacity in the final quarter of the year.
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SaskPool makes bid to acquire rival Agricore
Tuesday, November 7, 2006
Richard Blackwell, Globe and Mail
Prairie grain marketer Saskatchewan Wheat Pool Inc. has made an unsolicited offer to take over rival Agricore United Ltd. in a stock swap that would create an agricultural giant with annual revenue of $4.3-billion.
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Contrat en Chine pour Bombardier
Lundi, le 6 novembre 2006
Richard Dufour, La Presse
La Shanghai Shensong Line Mass Transit commande 51 rames de métro à Bombardier (BBD.B) et ses partenaires en Chine: un contrat de 326 M$ US.
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New Cineplex-Scotiabank deal: Eat popcorn, earn some points
Friday, November 3, 2006
Shirley Won, Globe and Mail
Royal Bank of Canada has its name in lights with the RBC Center, home to the Carolina Hurricanes. Bank of Montreal will soon slap its brand on Toronto's new National Soccer Stadium. But Bank of Nova Scotia has trumped its peers in an unprecedented deal with Canada's largest movie chain to hang the Scotiabank name on five flagship Cineplex cinemas starting next year.
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Actualités canadiennes
Melting Arctic Ice Could Spark a Boom in Shipping
Tuesday, November 7, 2006
Doug Struck, New York Sun
The Canadian Coast Guard icebreaker Amundsen is here to challenge the ice that has long guarded the legendary Northwest Passage across the roof of the Earth, and to plumb the scientific mysteries of an Arctic thawing from global warming.
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Northern Lights Pale Next to Arctic Town's Parade of Visiting Stars
Tuesday, November 7, 2006
Doug Struck, Washington Post
Forget Hollywood. To see the stars, come to the capital of Nunavut. This Arctic town of 6,500 hosts a parade of celebrities, even if many of them make the briefest of stopovers.
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Iraqi-Canadians struggle with Saddam verdict
Sunday, November 5, 2006
CBC News
As the world watched deposed Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein being sentenced to death for crimes against humanity, Iraqi-Canadians struggled to determine what it meant for the future of their homeland.
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Étude : Tendances du changement de poids chez les Canadiens adultes
Lundi, le 6 novembre 2006
Les Canadiens adultes continuent de gagner du poids, mais les données semblent indiquer que le rythme auquel ils le font a ralenti, selon un nouveau rapport.
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Telefilm plugs in to video game funding
Wednesday, November 8, 2006
Simon Avery, Globe and Mail
For years, Telefilm Canada has handed out hundreds of millions of dollars to help filmmakers and television producers tell Canadian stories. Wednesday, in response to the rapidly changing entertainment industry, the Crown agency will launch a new project to support the creation of video games.
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Canadian wine atlas uncorks history and trends of growing industry
Friday, November 3, 2006
Victoria Ahearn, Canada.com
Tony Aspler's first taste of Canadian wine came in 1975 at a Canada Day luncheon at the High Commission in London. Servers had poured a bottle of Ontario bubbly as a toast to the Queen. "I asked this British diplomat what he thought of it and he said, 'Fine, dear boy — for launching enemy submarines,' " says Aspler.
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Opinions et éditoriaux
Canadian rebuke
Friday, November 3, 2006
The Ottawa Citizen
Canada has long cherished its reputation as a nation that, although mild-mannered and sparsely populated, punches above its weight on the world stage, especially in terms of the moral authority we carry. This week our diplomatic mission to the United Nations enhanced that reputation.
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Light of hope shone in blackout
Thursday, November 9, 2006
Estella Cohen, Toronto Star
Every year on this day, Nov. 9, my family celebrates a special milestone. It's the anniversary of my family's arrival in Canada from Morocco. It was a cold and bleak evening when we arrived at Toronto International Airport in 1965.
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