NewsCan: For February 2-8, 2007
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Canadian Seafood in Philadelphia
The Connect2Canada Team
The Canadian Consulate in Philadelphia with Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada partnered with Samuels & Son Seafood Company, Aramark Corporation, Philadelphia Magazine and the Adventure Aquarium on 6 February 2007 to co-host an event showcasing Canadian seafood and seafood companies to 150 of Philadelphia's top chefs from the area's most well known and notable local restaurants. The "underwater" trade event was held inside the Adventure Aquarium's 40 foot shark tunnel which was filled with more than 30 sharks and 850 other underwater creatures.
In September, the Consulate brought celebrity Philly Chef Guy Mitchell, and Pennsylvania seafood distributors to Prince Edward Island to attend the Shellfish Festival. This was Canada's turn to visit Philadelphia and meet the local industry.
Learn more about Canadian Seafood and the Philadelphia Consulate.
Calling all C2C Kids: RCMP Name the Puppy Contest 2007
The Connect2Canada Team
Can you think of a name that starts with the letter "T", cannot have more than nine letters, and can only be one or two syllables? The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) are looking for names for ten new German shepherd puppies born at the Police Dog Service Training Centre (PDSTC) in Innisfail, Alberta. Canadian youths (under 16) in the U.S. and Canada are encouraged to participate. In its seventh year, this popular contest generates thousands of entries every year. Complete contest entry details. The deadline for entries is February 22 with contest winners and prizes being announced on March 22, 2007
The PDSTC is the national training centre in Canada for all RCMP police dog teams. Currently, there are 125 RCMP General Duty Police Dog service teams from coast to coast to coast. Learn more about the PDSTC.
Special Features
Prime Minister Harper outlines agenda for a stronger, safer, better Canada
Tuesday, February 6, 2007
... Exactly one year ago today, I and the 26 other men and women in my Cabinet were sworn in as Canada's New Government.
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Governor General to Invest 37 Recipients Into the Order of Canada
Monday, February 5, 2007
Her Excellency the Right Honourable Michaëlle Jean, Governor General of Canada, will preside an Order of Canada investiture ceremony at Rideau Hall on Friday, February 9, 2007, at 10:30 a.m.
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Canada Boosts Support for Successful Afghan Microfinance Program
Monday, February 5, 2007
The Honourable Josée Verner, Minister of International Cooperation and Minister for La Francophonie and Official Languages, today announced that Canada will allocate an additional $16 million to Afghanistan's national microcredit program, the Microfinance Investment Support Facility for Afghanistan (MISFA).
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International News
Les militaires de Valcartier en sol texan
Jeudi, le 8 février 2007
Cédric Bélanger, CanoeCom
La phase cruciale de l'entraînement des 2300 militaires de Valcartier qui s'envoleront pour l'Afghanistan, cet été, est amorcée depuis une semaine dans le désert du Texas.
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NASA lends support to Canadian space craft
Friday, February 2, 2007
Michael Tutton, The Globe and Mail
NASA is acknowledging that a Canadian-designed spacecraft is a "potentially viable idea" to carry passengers and cargo from a Cape Breton launch pad to its international space station.
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Le Brésil et le Canada veulent coopérer dans la reforestation en Haïti
Mardi, le 6 février 2007
Cyberpresse
Le Brésil et le Canada ont annoncé lundi leur intention d'apporter des ressources techniques et financières à un projet de reforestation en Haïti, et de coopérer à un projet similaire en Afghanistan.
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Canadian DIPlomats
Saturday, February 3, 2007
Diana Graettinger, Bangor Daily News
They are young, wild and Canadian, and on Friday they were just a wee bit crazy as they jumped into icy Passamaquoddy Bay.
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Passport alternatives sought at border
Friday, February 2, 2007
Beth Gorham, CNews
A top U.S. legislator wants to force officials to fully consider allowing Canadians and Americans to use driver's licences in lieu of passports to cross the border and exempt everyone under 17 from the new security rule.
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Business and Trade
Canada's 50 Best Managed Companies Announced
Wednesday, February 7, 2007
Canadas50bestCom
The 2006 winners of Canada's 50 Best Managed Companies award, announced today, achieved some of the strongest financial results since the program's inception 14 years ago - boasting consolidated sales of over $8.3 billion, a combined two year sales growth of 31% and collectively account for more than 45,000 employees throughout Canada.
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Defence minister hails $3.4B cargo plane deal as 'new era' for military
Monday, February 5, 2007
CBC News
The federal government announced on Friday a $3.4-billion deal with Boeing to buy four heavy-lift military cargo planes, but questions remained over which provinces will benefit most from lucrative spinoff contracts.
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Bank of Canada's Longworth Says Economy Is Close to Capacity
Tuesday, February 6, 2007
Alexandre Deslongchamps and Greg Quinn, BloombergCom
Canada's economy is running close to capacity and inflation is near the bank's target, Bank of Canada Deputy Governor David Longworth said, suggesting the central bank won't adjust the benchmark interest rate.
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Petro-Canada calls off sale of five oil sands properties
Tuesday, February 6, 2007
David Parkinson, The Globe and Mail
Petro-Canada has called off its plan to auction off five of its oil sands leases in northern Alberta, believed to be worth more than $1-billion, saying it wasn't satisfied with the bids it had received for the properties.
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BlackBerry Maker Wins UK Patent Battle
Wednesday, February 7, 2007
New York Times
BlackBerry maker Research In Motion (RIM) won a second victory in a key UK patent lawsuit on Wednesday that had threatened the future of BlackBerry's e-mail service in Britain.
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Brookfield Asset to Buy Longview for $1.6 Billion
Monday, February 5, 2007
Hui-yong Yu and Christopher Donville, BloombergCom
Brookfield Asset Management Inc., a Canadian property and infrastructure investor, agreed to acquire Longview Fibre Co. for $1.6 billion in cash to bolster its timberland-management business.
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Canadian News
Goodbye to lineups
Friday, February 2, 2007
Bill Power, The Chronicle Herald
Nova Scotians will be able to apply online for a Nexus card and book the required appointment for an iris scan and a slew of security checks as early as September.
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Big cities key to Canada's future, report says
Tuesday, February 6, 2007
CBC News
Canada future prosperity depends on the success of its major cities, a report released Tuesday suggests.
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Canadians object least to a Muslim neighbour
Thursday, February 8, 2007
Randy Boswell, CanadaCom
Canadians are least likely among citizens of 23 Western countries to have bigoted attitudes toward Muslims, according to a new international study that measured the level of "Islamophobia" in each nation.
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Rich Little to make party stop at embassy
Monday, February 5, 2007
Bruce Ward, Ottawa Citizen
The Canadian Embassy in Washington is planning a spring party with A-list guests including John Wayne, Johnny Carson, and former presidents Richard Nixon and Ronald Reagan.
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From an icy vineyard comesan extravagant encore
Thursday, February 8, 2007
Doug Struck, South Coast TodayCom
It's almost midnight. Snow flurries ride down on the breath of a starless sky, and the 15-degree air pricks at bare skin. It's a perfect time, Len Pennachetti concludes, to go out in a field and pick grapes.
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Montréal en lumière : au bout du tunnel de l'hiver
Jeudi, le 8 février 2007
Daniel Lemay, Cyberpresse
Montréal en lumière a décidé de concentrer ses activités d'animation sur deux longs week-ends et de les offrir en continu dans le Vieux-Montréal et le Vieux-Port où le «festival en hiver» a établi ses quartiers l'an dernier.
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Student finds $10,000, turns it in
Monday, February 5, 2007
The Toronto Star
For any student who has struggled to pay for tuition while dining on macaroni and cheese, finding an abandoned wad of $10,000 in cash would be too good to be true.
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Opinion/Editorial
Do ethnic enclaves impede integration?
Thursday, February 8, 2007
Marina Jimenez, The Globe and Mail
It is here, on the border of Brampton and Mississauga, that it is most striking: Canada's famed multicultural mosaic has morphed into a series of monocultural neighbourhoods.
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Farm bill doesn't go far enough
Sunday, February 4, 2007
Los Angeles Times
THINKING ABOUT HOW much money Congress is gearing up to waste in the next farm bill makes us yearn for some help from on high. Not from heaven, mind you, but Canada.
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Qui sommes-nous?
Mardi, le 6 février 2007
Marie-Claude Lortie, Cyberpresse
En ces grands moments de questionnement collectif sur ce que nous sommes, sur ce que nous ne voulons pas être et dans quel village il est interdit (ou non) de lapider les femmes au Québec, je me sens obligée de mettre l'épaule à la roue. Et d'apporter mon humble point de vue.
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