NewsCan: For April 5-12, 2007
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News from Connect2Canada
From left to right: Alain Dudoit, Consul General of Canada — Los Angeles; Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger; Marc LePage, Consul General of Canada — San Francisco | Silicon Valley; the Hon. John van Dongen, Minister of State for Intergovernmental Relations, Province of British Columbia; Denis Turcotte, Québec Government Representative in Los Angeles; and Chantal Ramsay, Ontario Government Representative in Los Angeles. |
Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger Formally Announces Trade Mission to Canada on "Canada Day in Sacramento"
The Connect2Canada Team
On March 19, 2007, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger announced that he would lead a three-day trade mission to Canada in May 2007. The Governor made this announcement to coincide with the "Canada Day in Sacramento" organized by the Consulate General of Canada in San Francisco, in coordination with the Consulate General of Canada in Los Angeles.
The "Canada Day" was designed to highlight the importance of the Canada-California partnership. First, legislators, staff and the public were invited to visit our Canadian Pavilion, demonstrating the strong bonds both economically and in friendship between Canada and the Golden State. To coincide with Canada Day in Sacramento, the Consulate General of Canada in San Francisco coordinated the release of "Shared Values, Shared Vision — California's Economic Ties with Canada" — a comprehensive study produced by the Bay Area Economic Forum (BAEF) on the economic importance of the Canada-California partnership.
The study highlights the following key elements of the Canada-California partnership:
- Canada is the second largest customer for California's exports - behind Mexico, passing Japan this year (2006) for the number two position, and significantly ahead of China;
- Two-way trade with Canada supports an estimated 832,000 jobs in California;
- Canada is the number one foreign buyer of California agricultural products;
- Canada supplies 23% of California's natural gas and a third of its hydropower;
- In 2005, over 1 million Canadians visited California, spending an estimated $710 million in California's economy; and,
- From 2002-06, Silicon Valley venture capital (VC) firms invested more than $760 million in Canadian enterprises. Canadian VC firms returned the favour in Silicon Valley, in the amount of nearly $230 million during that same period.
For a full version of the study, please click here.
Special Features
Statement by Prime Minister Stephen Harper on the deaths of Master Corporal Allan Stewart and Trooper Patrick James Pentland
Thursday, April 12, 2007
Prime Minister Stephen Harper issued the following statement on the deaths of Master Corporal Allan Stewart and Trooper Patrick James Pentland: "It is with great sadness that I learned of the deaths of Master Corporal Allan Stewart and Trooper Patrick James Pentland, who died yesterday in Afghanistan when a roadside bomb exploded near their vehicle as they assisted fellow soldiers."
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Message From Her Excellency the Right Honourable Michaëlle Jean, Governor General of Canada, on the Death of Six Canadian Soldiers in Afghanistan
Monday, April 9, 2007
"My husband Jean-Daniel Lafond and I were filled with great sadness when we received news of the terrible tragedy that claimed the lives of six Canadian soldiers: Sergeant Donald Lucas, Corporal Brent D. Poland, Corporal Christopher Paul Stannix, Corporal Aaron E. Williams, Private David Robert Greenslade and Private Kevin Vincent Kennedy. Our thoughts also go out to the soldiers who were injured during this incident."
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Minister Day Commits to Continuation of Projects on Counter-Terrorism and Police Training Programs in Pakistan
Thursday, April 5, 2007
The Honourable Stockwell Day, Minister of Public Safety, met with Pakistani government officials to discuss future commitments related to drug enforcement, border security and counter-terrorism efforts.
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Speech by Her Excellency the Right Honourable Michaëlle Jean, Governor General of Canada, on the Occasion of the Ceremony of Remembrance for the 90th Anniversary of the Battle of Vimy Ridge
Monday, April 9, 2007
It was precisely 5:30. A cold, grey morning in northern France exploded with the impossible sound of a thousand guns firing as one.
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International News
Canada delivers weather station for NASA mission
Thursday, April 12, 2007
CTV.ca
The Canadian Space Agency (CSA) is contributing to NASA's upcoming Phoenix mission to Mars by donating a weather station called MET.
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Power line to Canada wins first approval
Wednesday, April 11, 2007
Karl Puckett
The first cross-border power transmission line connecting electric systems in Alberta and Montana has received its first regulatory approval.
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3 Canadians up for $140,000 literary prize
Thursday, April 12, 2007
Vit Wagner, The Toronto Star
Three of Canada's most celebrated writers - Margaret Atwood, Alice Munro and Michael Ondaatje - are among the 15 nominees for the 2007 Man Booker International Prize.
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Queen's praise for Canada's WWI battle
Wednesday, April 11, 2007
The Australian
The Queen and Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper joined yesterday in marking the 90th anniversary of a World War I battle that helped define Canadian national identity.
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Afghanistan: The Other War
Tuesday, April 10, 2007
Sam Kiley, PBSorg
Sam Kiley travels with a battle-hardened Canadian unit stationed in Taliban territory in the south near the city of Kandahar.
See the video clip that aired on April 10 • Read the full story
NATO allies in Quebec City to discuss Afghanistan
Thursday, April 12, 2007
CBC News
Officials from countries with troops in southern Afghanistan are set to meet in Quebec City on Thursday to talk about ways to improve the mission.
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Four-lane extension to Lower Mainland border route begins
Wednesday, April 11, 2007
Todays Trucking Online
Work is underway to widen the Hwy 15 corridor between Surrey and the U.S. border.
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Business and Trade
Canada to urge financial flexibility at G7
Wednesday, April 11, 2007
Louise Egan, Reuters Canada
Canada will push for more flexibility in global financial markets at this week's G7 meeting, focusing on oil-exporting nations and their big current account surpluses, a senior finance official said on Wednesday.
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Despite the U.S. situation, all the signs say we're all right
Monday, April 9, 2007
Jay Bryan, CanadaCom
As economic storm clouds grow in the United States, Canadians can relax a little. Many forecasters are continuing to predict this will be one of the rare years when Canada outperforms its giant trading partner.
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Future looks bright
Wednesday, April 11, 2007
P.J. Hartson,, CanoeCom
The current economic environment bodes well for small businesses, but finding skilled labour will remain a challenge, according to new research from TD Financial Group.
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Astral Media à l'assaut du marché anglais
Jeudi 12 avril 2007
Radio-Canada
La firme montréalaise Astral Media achète les actifs d'un géant canadien de la radiodiffusion, Standard Radio Broadcasting, pour la somme de 1,08 milliard de dollars.
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Ottawa retools China strategy to fuel exports
Wednesday, April 11, 2007
Geoffrey York, The Globe and Mail
After months of pressure from Canadian business groups, Ottawa has agreed to expand its trade offices in China, with new money and staff likely to focus on bolstering Canada's promotional efforts in China's second-tier cities.
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Cross-border shoppers welcome
Monday, April 9, 2007
Gina Joseph, The Macomb Daily
What has become a ritual for Canadian shoppers -- ripping off price tags and tossing out old clothes in order to wear newly purchased duds home from Michigan -- could become a thing of the past.
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Canadian News
Canadians stuffing too much salt in diets, StatsCan says
Tuesday, April 10, 2007
CBC News
Canadians are putting themselves at risk of developing serious health risks by opting for salty hotdogs and hamburgers along with sodium-packed pizzas and submarine sandwiches, a Statistics Canada report on sodium intake suggests.
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Tale of Teeny Ted said to be world's smallest book
Wednesday, April 11, 2007
ScotsmanCom
Canadian researchers said on Wednesday they have produced the world's smallest published book, a story of a turnip contest that will require readers to use an electron microscope.
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Les Canadiens ont dépensé 392,4 milliards dans les magasins en 2006
Jeudi 12 avril 2007
ledevoir
Les Canadiens ont dépensé 392,4 milliards dans les magasins de détail l'an dernier, soit 6,4 % de plus qu'en 2005, rapporte Statistique Canada, hier.
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Cancer Death Rates Decline In Canada
Wednesday, April 11, 2007
Danielle Godard, All Headline News
Researchers, using data from the Canadian Cancer Society, the Public Health Agency, the National Cancer Institute and Statistics Canada, discovered that the death rates for all types of cancer are decreasing.
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MacKay links Canada's Vimy, Afghanistan 'sacrifices'
Tuesday, April 10, 2007
Canadian Press, HFXnewsCa
Comparisons can be made between the sacrifices of Canadian soldiers in Afghanistan and at Vimy Ridge during the First World War, says Foreign Affairs Minister Peter MacKay.
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Canada restakes claim to Far North with historic trek
Tuesday, April 10, 2007
Katherine Harding, The Globe and Mail
After battling -50 degree weather and winds that reached 115 kilometres an hour, a team of Canadian soldiers and Canadian Rangers completed a historic sovereignty mission yesterday at the top of the world.
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Annual UFO survey records 736 reported sightings across Canada last year
Monday, April 9, 2007
James Stevenson, CBCca
Aliens and spaceships are a bit passe these days, but 736 reported UFO sightings across Canada last year shows an "underlying, real phenomenon" going on, says one of the country's top UFO researchers.
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Opinion/Editorial
Historic confluence
Thursday, April 12, 2007
The Tribune
It's hard not to think about Canada's world role and attitudes in two very different conflicts following the tragic events of this past Easter weekend.
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