NewsCan: For March 2-8, 2007
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The 2007 Canada Winter Games
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2007 brings the Canada Winter Games north of the 60th Parallel for the very first time. The Games have been running for two weeks from February 23rd to March 10th in Whitehorse. Held every two years, alternating between summer and winter, the Canada Games are a key event in the development of Canada's young athletes. Over 3,600 athletes, coaches and managers are gathering in Whitehorse to compete for a total of 1,122 medals in 22 sports. Visit the 2007 Canada Winter Games web site for further information, tickets, photos, and a complete games schedule.
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Special Features
Governor General celebrates International Women's Day with Afghan Women
Thursday, March 8, 2007
Her Excellency the Right Honourable Michaëlle Jean, Governor General and Commander-in-Chief of Canada, is marking International Women's Day, today in Kabul, to show her solidarity with the women of Afghanistan and those from all over the world.
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Prime Minister Harper announces ecoTrust funding for Ontario
Tuesday, March 6, 2007
Prime Minister Stephen Harper, joined by Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty, today announced that Canada's New Government intends to provide Ontario with $586.2 million, as part of a new Canada ecoTrust to support provincial projects that will result in real reductions in greenhouse gas emissions and air pollutants.
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Canada's New Government announces investment to cut commute times, clear the air and drive the economy in the Greater Toronto Area
Tuesday, March 6, 2007
Prime Minister Stephen Harper today announced up to $962 million in partnership with the Province of Ontario and five municipalities to generate a combined investment of close to $4.5 billion in public transit and highway infrastructure projects in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA).
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International News
NY Rep. backs delay in new U.S. border fees
Wednesday, March 7, 2007
Agrinews Interactive
Representative Louise M. Slaughter (D-NY-28), Chairwoman of the House Rules Committee, today responded on Feb. 22 to an announcement from the United States Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service that it is delaying the implementation date of its new border user fees requirement from March 1, 2007 until June 1, 2007.
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U.S. agrees to study passport alternative
Friday, March 2, 2007
Alan Freeman, The Globe and Mail
The United States government has for the first time said it is willing to study proposals by border states to offer enhanced driver's licences as an alternative to passports in new land border-crossing regulations.
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Canadian consul vows continued friendship
Monday, March 5, 2007
Elizabeth Doney, Havre Daily News
It is surprising to learn that fourthgraders at Sunnyside Middle School know quite a bit about the neighboring country Canada, including the number of provinces it has (10 provinces, three territories), the language (French and English) and other historical and government facts that the average American may not be aware of.
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Rôle international: le Canada se classe bon premier
Mercredi, le 7 mars 2007
Agnès Gruda, Cyberpresse
Tout en haut de la liste, le Canada, suivi de près par le Japon et l'Europe. Tout en bas, Israël, l'Iran, la Corée du Nord et... les États-Unis.
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O Canadians! Valley profs want to hear from you
Monday, March 5, 2007
Anne Wallace Allen, The Idaho Statesman
Treasure Valley Canadians: Boise State University and Albertson College of Idaho are looking for you.
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Cpl. Megeny's body returns home
Wednesday, March 7, 2007
Canadian Press, Edmonton Sun
There are questions about his death but no question about the sorrow being felt about the loss of Cpl. Kevin Megeney in an apparent friendly-fire accident in Afghanistan.
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Business and Trade
Canada will stay top U.S. oil supplier for 20 years
Wednesday, March 7, 2007
Ashok Dutta, Vive Le Canada
Canada - which in 2005 replaced Saudi Arabia as the single-largest supplier of energy to the U.S. - will continue that position over at least the next two decades, thanks to the multi-billion dollar oilsands developments in Alberta.
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First Canadian herbicide import allowed under NAFTA label
Saturday, March 3, 2007
Blake Nicholson, Bismark Tribune
Environmental regulators in the United States and Canada have developed a joint label for farm chemicals that officials say could save American farmers millions of dollars.
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Couche-Tard achète à Oklahoma
Jeudi, le 8 mars 2007
Michel Munger, laPresseAffaires
Le roi des dépanneurs Alimentation Couche-Tard (ATD.B) fait l'acquisition de 53 magasins de bannière All Star à Oklahoma City.
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Security bottlenecks snarl U.S.-Canada trade
Monday, March 5, 2007
CanadaCom
The Canada-U.S. border stretches a full 8,891 km (5,525 miles), touches three oceans and is a crossing point for a trading relationship worth C$1.6 billion ($1.4 billion) a day.
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CTVglobemedia's CHUM deal gets all-clear from regulator
Friday, March 2, 2007
Grant Robertson, The Globe and Mail
The federal Competition Bureau has cleared CTVglobemedia Inc.'s $1.4-billion takeover of CHUM Ltd. after deciding the deal doesn't give the combined operation enough clout to dominate most advertising markets.
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RBC's hot foreign operations contribute to record profit
Friday, March 2, 2007
Andrew Willis, The Globe and Mail
Royal Bank of Canada, the dominant player in the domestic market, is getting better-than-expected growth from its international operations as it continues to turn in record profit.
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Canadian News
Women's rights champion Doris Anderson dies at 85
Friday, March 2, 2007
Sandra Martin, The Globe and Mail
Doris Anderson, a vocal proponent of women's rights and proportional representation, made Chatelaine the best read magazine in the country under her editorship in the 1960s and 1970s. She died this afternoon in St. Michael's Hospital of pulmonary fibrosis. She was 85.
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Russian aircraft to conduct aerial observation of eastern Canada
Thursday, March 8, 2007
Canadian Press, The Globe and Mail
Russian military officials will fly over Canada Thursday and Friday to conduct an aerial observation under terms of the 2002 Open Skies Treaty.
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Une nouvelle unité d'intervention
Mercredi, le 7 mars 2007
Radio-Canada
Les forces armées canadiennes se préparent à lancer une nouvelle unité d'intervention.
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In Canada, the new rush is for diamonds
Monday, March 5, 2007
Doug Struck, Washington Post
Gold opened this northern land, attracting a rush of prospectors and miners who splayed the earth, built up towns and then, after seven decades, closed up the last exhausted gold mine two years ago.
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Canadian fossil hunter finds missing link for horned dinos
Sunday, March 4, 2007
Suzanne Ma, CanadaCom
A new dinosaur species, dug up and identified by a Canadian researcher, may be the missing link between older dinosaurs with big horns and the small-horned creatures that followed.
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Diabetes putting care system in dire straits
Friday, March 2, 2007
Andre Picard, The Globe and Mail
One in every 11 Canadian adults now suffers from diabetes, according to a disturbing report that charts the steady rise of the chronic disease over the past decade.
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Opinion/Editorial
Drivers licenses, rather than passports, would help speed crossings
Thursday, March 8, 2007
Hometown Life
Living so close to Canada, a lot of South Lyon area residents frequently cross the border for recreation and work.
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Longevity is going to be expensive
Monday, March 5, 2007
The Toronto Star
Seniors are springing from their rocking chairs and redefining what it means to be old. Statistics Canada says the population of over-65s is expected to double in the next 20 years – growing to one-fifth of the population.
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Trim high ATM fees
Wednesday, March 7, 2007
The Toronto Star
Canada's big banks are feeling some heat over the hefty fees they charge customers for using automated teller machines, and rightly so.
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