NewsCan: For May 11-17, 2007
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Canadian Presented with "International Cooperation Award" at the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) 2007 Awards
The Connect2Canada Team
Graham Gibbs, Counsellor for Space Affairs, Canadian Space Agency, Canadian Embassy, Washington DC will be presented with the International Cooperation Award on May 15 at AIAA's Aerospace Spotlight Awards Gala at the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center in Washington, DC.
This award is presented to recognize individuals who have made significant contributions to the initiation, organization, implementation and/or management of activities with significant United States involvement that includes extensive international cooperative activities in space, aeronautics, or both. Graham is one of six being recognised for various awards and only the twenty-first to have received the International Cooperation Award. This reflects positively on Canada's space program and our relations with NASA and the US space program. Congratulations Graham!
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Canada takes hockey gold
The Connect2Canada Team
On May 13, Canada won its 24th world hockey championship in a 4-2 victory against Finland at the 2007 World Men's Hockey Championships in Moscow. It marked the first meeting between Canada and Finland in a world championship final since 1994, a game the Canadians won. Canada has won 24 senior and 13 junior world titles, as well as seven Olympic golds and five Canada Cup and World Cup titles. Prime Minister Stephen Harper congratulated Canada's senior men's hockey team on their victory.
"All of Canada is proud of the outstanding victory of our national men's hockey team at the 2007 World Championships. Once again, we have proven that Canadians are up to the challenge when facing the best hockey teams in the world."
Congratulations to Team Canada! For game highlights and stats visit www.hockeycanada.ca.
Special Features
One of the ten most wanted criminals in the U.S. arrested by the Border Services Agency
Sunday, May 13, 2007
The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) announced today that Richard Steve Goldberg, a U.S. citizen wanted for close to six years in the United States, was arrested Friday night in Dorval. The individual is one of the 10 most wanted criminals in the U.S.
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Canada's New Government Moves to Restore the Principle of Representation by Population
Friday, May 11, 2007
The Honourable Peter Van Loan, Minister for Democratic Reform and Leader of the Government in the House of Commons continued to move forward on Canada's New Government's agenda to strengthen accountability and democracy by introducing the Constitution Act, 2007 (Democratic representation). The legislation delivers on another commitment Canada's New Government made to Canadians in the last election campaign.
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Prime Minister Stephen Harper pays tribute to troops at Red Friday rally
Friday, May 11, 2007
Prime Minister Stephen Harper today addressed a Red Friday rally in support of Canadian troops in Petawawa, Ontario. The Prime Minister began his remarks by lauding those in attendance for standing by the Canadian Forces and its mission in Afghanistan.
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International News
Ottawa to revamp passport process
Tuesday, May 15, 2007
Les Whittington, Toronto Star
Foreign Affairs Minister Peter MacKay says the government is planning to overhaul passport legislation in hopes of easing the process for applying for new passports and the renewals that are required every five years.
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U.S. Ambassador: 'Get a passport'
Monday, May 14, 2007
Canadian Press, Toronto Star
The U.S. Ambassador to Canada is telling Canadians not to take any chances at land border crossings and get their passports ready.
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Stockwell Day veut aider les autorités à contrer le terrorisme
Mercredi 16 mai 2007
Presse Canadienne, matinternet.com
Le gouvernement fédéral a l'intention de donner aux policiers certains pouvoirs qui leurs ont été refusés par les partis de l'opposition lors d'un vote à la Chambre des communes, dans les derniers mois, et ce, pour faciliter la lutte au terrorisme. Et il semble vouloir faire des agents du renseignement de véritables agents secrets.
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U.S. legislators target Canadian food imports
Wednesday, May 16, 2007
Canadian Press, CTV.ca
Some U.S. legislators and farm groups are reacting to the food safety scare by demanding fewer imports, making countries like Canada pay for more inspections and putting labels on all foreign products.
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McMichael goes to Washington: Canadian art headed for U.S. exhibition
Friday, May 11, 2007
CBC Arts
Dozens of artworks from the McMichael Canadian Art Collection are hitting the road this summer, stopping in Toronto for one night before heading to Washington, D.C.
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Team Canada as good as gold
Monday, May 14, 2007
CanadaCom
Team Canada is back on top of the hockey world. Canada capped a flawless tournament with a 4-2 victory over Finland in Sunday's gold-medal match at the world hockey championship in Moscow.
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Business and Trade
Government panel to look into foreign takeovers
Monday, May 14, 2007
Reuters, Canada.com
The Conservative government will soon launch a new "competitiveness panel" to review a wave of foreign takeovers, Finance Minister Jim Flaherty said on Monday.
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Thomson agrees to buy Reuters for US$17.2 billion
Tuesday, May 15, 2007
CTV.ca
Thomson Corp. has agreed to buy Reuters Group PLC for US$17.2 billion in a merger that will create one of the world's largest financial news providers.
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Magna loses run for Chrysler
Monday, May 14, 2007
Peter Koven, Financial Post
Magna International Inc. appears to be out of the running to buy Chrysler Group, losing out to private-equity firm Cerberus Capital Management LP.
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Baisse des ventes des cyberpharmacies canadiennes vers les Etats-Unis en 2006
Mardi 15 mai 2007
La Presse Canadienne
Les ventes de médicaments par internet vers les Etats-Unis ont baissé de près de 50 pour cent en 2006 par rapport à 2005 au Canada.
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Rail strike impact remains to be seen
Thursday, May 17, 2007
Scott Deveau, Canada.com
About 3,200 Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd. employees began picketing late Tuesday after failing to reach a labour agreement with the railway, but CP said Wednesday that operations continue across the country.
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Canadian News
'I made a mistake,' Duceppe says of PQ flip-flop
Tuesday, May 15, 2007
CBC News
Bloc Québécois Leader Gilles Duceppe said Monday he made a mistake by entering the PQ leadership race, ignoring his own instincts when he threw his hat into the ring.
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Ottawa releases 'no-fly' details
Thursday, May 17, 2007
Bruce Campion-Smith, The Toronto Star
Hundreds of individuals represent a "serious" threat to Canada's security, the federal government says as it lays out new measures to keep those people from boarding a commercial jet.
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Ottawa to give more power to land-claims panel
Thursday, May 17, 2007
CTV.ca
Indian Affairs Minister Jim Prentice is reportedly putting the finishing touches on a plan that would give a federal commission the power to speed up the process for resolving aboriginal land claims.
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Inflation eases to 2.2%
Thursday, May 17, 2007
CBC.ca
Canada's annual inflation rate edged down to 2.2 per cent in April from 2.3 per cent the month before, Statistics Canada reported Thursday.
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StatsCan report shows growing trend in bigger farms
Wednesday, May 16, 2007
Canadian Press, CTV.ca
Canadian farms have, on average, been getting bigger since 1941, and the latest Statistics Canada census of agriculture has found that trend is continuing.
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Western firms devise ambitious energy plan
Tuesday, May 15, 2007
Wendy Stueck, The Globe and Mail
Two privately held companies are teaming up with an ambitious proposal to turn wood waste and pine-beetle-killed lumber into electricity through a network of up to 20 plants in Interior British Columbia.
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Opinion/Editorial
Capturing the Americas Opportunity
Wednesday, May 9, 2007
Canadian Minister of International Trade David Emerson, Viewpoint Americas, Americas Society and the Council of the Americas
Because of our long history of friendship and cooperation with the United States, and our position in the great North American partnership with the U.S. and Mexico, one could be forgiven for thinking that Canada's interests end there. But Canada's Prime Minister Stephen Harper has made it very clear that our interests and strategic vision reach well beyond the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). We see ourselves as part of a larger, hemispheric family; a family of states committed to common goals like democracy, security and prosperity.
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Our carmakers deserve their due
Thursday, May 17, 2007
National Post
On Tuesday President George Bush ordered the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to develop regulations that will reduce greenhouse gas emissions generated by automobiles. In Canada new measures are also in the works. Yet in all the hysteria over pollution and global warming, domestic vehicle manufacturers have taken an undeserved knock for being environmentally unfriendly. The truth is -- at least on pollution -- North American automakers are remarkably green, and vital to our economy and standard of living.
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La candidate Marois
Mardi 15 mai 2007
Bernard Descôteaux, Le Devoir
Moins d'une semaine après le départ d'André Boisclair, plus personne ne doute que Pauline Marois sera la prochaine cheffe du Parti québécois. La rapidité avec laquelle les choses se sont passées est flatteuse pour l'ancienne ministre péquiste dont on semble croire qu'elle seule saura remettre ce parti sur les rails. La mission est périlleuse et demandera beaucoup de force.
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