NewsCan: For January 12-18, 2007
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Canadians Shortlisted for Exellence in Non-Fiction
The Connect2Canada Team
Two Canadians are among the finalists for the 2007 Lionel Gelber prize for non-fiction. The $15,000 prize — founded in 1989 by former Canadian diplomat and Rhodes scholar Lionel Gelber — annually honours the author of a book that has displayed excellence in writing and thinking about local and global forces of change in international politics. It has been described by The Economist as "the world's most important award for non-fiction".
This year's short listed finalists include, University of Toronto history professor Margaret MacMillan for her book Nixon in China: The Week That Changed the World, and former UN ambassador and high commissioner to India David Malone for his book The International Struggle Over Iraq: Politics in the UN Security Council 1980-2005. To learn more about the Gelber prize and finalists visit the website at The University of Toronto's Munk Center for International Studies here: http://www.utoronto.ca/mcis/gelber/.
Listen-up, Canadian Filmmakers!
The Connect2Canada Team
The search for the next great filmmaker is coming to Canada. CTV announced that it has signed on as the exclusive Canadian broadcast partner for On The Lot, the new unscripted television series from two of the biggest names in film and television, Mark Burnett and Steven Spielberg. Burnett and Spielberg are actively searching for Canadian competitors for the series. Short films can be submitted as entry into the first part of the competition. To enter, applicants 13 years of age and older must submit a self-directed short film, up to five minutes in length, before Friday, Feb. 16, 2007. Producers will then visit Toronto in March for an invite-only casting call for Canadian competitors.
To learn more about the show and to submit an entry visit the show's website here: http://www.thelot.com/.
Spotlight on Atlanta: Don't Miss the Third Annual Pan-Canadian Alumni Gala!
The Connect2Canada Team
The Canadian Consulate in Atlanta hosts the third annual Pan-Canadian Alumni Gala on Thursday, February 8, 2007. This celebratory event at the Four Seasons will feature special guest and keynote speaker Astronaut Steven G. MacLean who will share personal stories of astronaut training, historic shuttle missions, and the future of space exploration and settlement. For the third consecutive year, distinguished CNN International reporter and anchor Jonathan Mann will be the Master of Ceremonies for the evening. The gala will also include a special after-dinner "Canadian Jazz Café" featuring singer Jennifer Hanson and a jazz combo. Jennifer is an Atlanta singer originally from Flin Flon, Manitoba, whose repertoire ranges from the jazz standard songbook to bluesy, torchy heartbreakers to classic R&B tunes.
For further information and to reserve tickets visit the Atlanta Consulate website or call Elizabeth Stephenson at (404) 532-2019 or Valerie Deschamps-Goren at (404) 532-2026.
Special Features
Minister Emerson Signs Memorandum of Understanding for Cooperation on Gateways and Corridors With China
Tuesday, January 16, 2007
The Honourable David Emerson, Minister of International Trade and Minister for the Pacific Gateway and the Vancouver-Whistler Olympics, and Li Shenglin, China's Minister of Communications, today signed a Memorandum of Understanding that will open the door to cooperation on trade gateways and corridors between Canada and China.
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Canada's New Government Launches ecoEnergy Technology Initiative
Wednesday, January 17, 2007
The Honourable Gary Lunn, Minister of Natural Resources, and the Honourable John Baird, Minister of the Environment, today announced the ecoEnergy Technology Initiative-a $230-million investment in the research, development and demonstration of clean-energy technologies.
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Canada to drive the design of leading space technologies
Tuesday, January 16, 2007
The Honourable Maxime Bernier, Minister of Industry and Minister responsible for the Canadian Space Agency, today announced an investment of $10.3 million in 36 research and development contracts awarded to Canadian industry for the design of new space technologies and applications.
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International News
U.S. will release details on its deportation of Arar, attorney general says
Thursday, January 18, 2007
Canada.com
U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales says he'll release more information about the Maher Arar case.
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Canada to spend $368 million to protect its border with U.S.
Wednesday, January 17, 2007
Beth Duff-Brown, The Seattle Times
Canada unveiled a major border security and prosperity initiative Friday, saying it would spend more than $368 million over the next five years to protect its border from terrorist, economic and environmental threats.
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U.S. to relax passport rule for Canadian "snowbirds"
Thursday, January 18, 2007
Canada.com
Canadians spending this winter in the United States are exempt from a new requirement that Canadian citizens show passports before crossing the U.S. border, a top Bush administration official said on Thursday.
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Ottawa entrouvre sa bourse
Jeudi, le 18 janvier 2007
Radio-Canada
Pendant que le ministre des Affaires étrangères Peter MacKay s'apprête à se rendre, le week-end prochain, au Proche-Orient, le Globe and Mail indique, jeudi, qu'Ottawa pourrait reprendre sous peu son aide financière en direction des territoires palestiniens.
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NATO: Taliban commander detained in Afghanistan
Wednesday, January 17, 2007
Murray Brewster, CNews
NATO-led troops and Afghan forces have detained a prominent Taliban commander suspected of having directed fighting against Canadian troops last fall in farmland west of Kandahar.
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Canada's honorary consul hopes to see his term extended
Tuesday, January 16, 2007
Greg Edwards, Richmond Times Dispatch
Canada has shared some of its best comedians with the United States. Dan Aykroyd, Jim Carrey, John Candy, Leslie Nielsen, Martin Short, Mike Myers are a few.
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Business and Trade
Mills Sells for $1.35 Billion
Wednesday, January 17, 2007
New York Times
Mega-mall developer The Mills Corp. said Wednesday it has agreed to a $1.35 billion sale to Canadian investor Brookfield Management Inc. -- a buyout offer that comes as Mills struggles under heavy debt and the fallout of widespread accounting problems.
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Toronto company has dibs on iPhone
Sunday, January 14, 2007
David Paddon, Globe and Mail
Hold the phone Apple. Get in line Cisco. When it comes to Canada, it turns out Comwave Telecom Inc. already has a claim on the iPhone brand name.
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More women in the boardroom
Sunday, January 14, 2007
Janet McFarland, Globe and Mail
A new board study by executive recruiting firm Spencer Stuart shows signs of progress in the long effort to boost the number of women serving on Canadian corporate boards of directors.
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Les États-Unis assoiffés de pétrole canadien
Jeudi, le 18 janvier 2007
La Presse Affaires
Le Canada a accepté à la demande des États-Unis de multiplier par cinq d'ici 2015 sa production pétrolière dans les sables bitumineux de l'Alberta, sans tenir compte des conséquences environnementales, a affirmé Radio-Canada mercredi.
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British Columbia island could hold huge wind farm
Tuesday, January 16, 2007
Bernie Woodall, Reuters
A remote island off British Columbia's coast is an ideal spot for the world's largest wind farm, according to the chief operating officer of a small firm that wants to develop a 3,000-megawatt wind farm there.
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DUI test market includes two Canadian inventions
Monday, January 15, 2007
David Friend, CNews
As the push for new drunk driving detection technology moves ahead, two products are vying to become the latest Canadian inventions to break into the international market.
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Canadian News
Decoding a deadly flu's pattern
Thursday, January 18, 2007
Joseph Hall, Toronto Star
Canadian scientists have used a resurrected virus from history's deadliest influenza outbreak to unlock the secret of how it killed so quickly and efficiently.
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Vancouver police have recovered 1,400 stolen credit cards and thousands of pieces of mail in a multimillion-dollar fraud operation.
Tuesday, January 16, 2007
CBC News
Vancouver police have recovered 1,400 stolen credit cards and thousands of pieces of mail in a multimillion-dollar fraud operation.
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Diplomat's death still felt by Cdn troops
Sunday, January 14, 2007
Murray Brewster, CNews
It was a bold, stunning attack and the opening shot in what became Canada's bloodiest year on the battlefield in half a century.
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Les Québécois boudent le mariage
Jeudi, le 18 janvier 2007
Judith Lachapelle, La Presse
Le Canada a célébré 4,7 mariages par 1000 habitants en 2003. C'est bien peu, comparé aux États-Unis où le taux se situe à 7,5 par 1000 habitants. Mais si les Canadiens font si «mauvaise figure», c'est surtout de la faute... aux Québecois. Avec son maigre résultat de 2,8 mariages célébrés par 1000 habitants, le Québec fait dégringoler la moyenne canadienne.
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Percy Saltzman, Canada's first TV weatherman, dies
Wednesday, January 17, 2007
CBC Arts
Percy Saltzman, who was the first person to appear on Canada's inaugural television broadcast in 1952 and was the country's first TV weatherman, has died at 91.
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Opinion/Editorial
Canadian security plan will benefit U.S. border
Wednesday, January 17, 2007
Battle Creek Enquirer
Michigan, perhaps more than any state, has strong links to Canada. Nearly one-third of the approximately $1.6 billion in daily trade between the two nations passes through Detroit and Windsor. That is why Michiganians have a keen interest in protecting the nation's northern border.
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