NewsCan: For August 17-23, 2007
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Opportunity to Comment on a Proposed Rule: Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative
The Connect2Canada Team
On June 20, 2007, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security issued its Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) outlining proposed entry requirements under the U.S. Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative (WHTI) for Canadians and Americans entering the U.S. by land and water. Interested parties are invited to comment or voice their concerns on the NPRM before the August 27, 2007, deadline.
Information on how to submit comments
By the Numbers: Canadian-born Residents in the United States
The Connect2Canada Team
According to the U.S. Census, 820,771 U.S. residents in 2000 were born in Canada, and Canadian-born residents represented 2.6 percent of the United States' total foreign-born population. The seven states with the largest populations of Canadian-born were California, Florida, New York, Michigan, Washington, Massachusetts and Texas. Interested in learning more?
View the state-by-state list and a PDF map
Special Features
Successful Mission and Landing for Astronaut Dave Williams
Tuesday, August 21, 2007
After a 13-day mission, the space flight of Canadian Space Agency Astronaut Dave Williams ended in a perfect landing of Space Shuttle Endeavour at 12:32 p.m. EDT at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida.
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PM Raises Canadian Concerns on Trilateral Agenda at North American Leaders' Summit
Tuesday, August 21, 2007
Prime Minister Stephen Harper expressed his satisfaction today with the outcome of the North American Leaders' Summit in Montebello, Quebec, where he met with U.S. President George W. Bush and Mexican President Felipe Calderón.
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MP Dave MacKenzie launches the NEXUS program at Calgary International Airport
Monday, August 20, 2007
Dave MacKenzie, Member of Parliament for Oxford, on behalf of the Minister of Public Safety, the Honourable Stockwell Day, and U.S. Consul General Tom Huffaker today announced the opening of NEXUS kiosks at Calgary International Airport.
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International News
6 U.S.states, 2 provinces set goal for reducing emissions
Wednesday, August 22, 2007
Paul Davenport (AP), CNews.Canoe.ca
Six western U.S. states and two Canadian provinces announced a regional goal Wednesday to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 2020.
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Bush praises Canadian role in Afghanistan as summit ends
Wednesday, August 22, 2007
Richard Foot & Norma Greenaway, The Ottawa Citizen, Canada.com
U.S. President George W. Bush hailed Canada's military sacrifice in Afghanistan on Tuesday, saying the country and its soldiers had "performed brilliantly" in "writing the first chapter of laying the foundation of peace in the 21st century."
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Hockey players ready to commemorate 1972 series
Wednesday, August 22, 2007
CTV.ca
The brightest young hockey stars in Canada and Russia are set to face off, commemorating the brutal 1972 Summit Series. While the political stakes are no longer high, national pride is still on the line.
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Montréal au rythme du cinéma
Mercredi 22 août 2007
Radio-Canada.ca
Dès jeudi, les amateurs de cinéma ont rendez-vous à Montréal pour la 31e édition du Festival des films de monde (FFM).
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CSA plans for larger role in future space travel
Monday, August 20, 2007
Amanda Taccone, CTV.ca
With the space shuttle program drawing to a close in 2010, there is no doubt Canada could be a key player in future space exploration. The question is, what course should the Canadian Space Agency chart in the coming years?
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Vancouver again named world's most livable city
Thursday, August 23, 2007
CanWest News Service, The Victoria Times Colonist
Vancouver has been dubbed the most "livable" city in the world for the fifth year in a row.
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Business and Trade
Inflation rate unchanged at 2.2%
Tuesday, August 21, 2007
CBC.ca
Canada's annual inflation rate in July remained at 2.2 per cent for the fourth month in a row, Statistics Canada said Tuesday.
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N.L. to announce oil deal on $6B Hebron project: sources
Wednesday, August 22, 2007
CBC.ca
Newfoundland and Labrador is about to announce the signing a major oil deal on the $6-billion Hebron oilfield project after talks to develop the project fell apart slightly more than a year ago, CBC News has learned.
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Forest Products Industry Calls for Greater Scrutiny of Forest Management Practices in the World's Forests
Monday, August 20, 2007
CanadianBusiness.com
If not Canada, Where From? Customers can be Assured that When they are Buying from Canada they are Making a Very Responsible Environmental Choice. The Forest Products Association of Canada (FPAC) today called on other forestry nations to follow Canada's sustainable forest management lead.
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Commande suédoise de 70 M$ US pour Bombardier
Jeudi 23 août 2007
LaPresseAffaires.com
La minière suédoise LKAB va ajouter des locomotives Bombardier à celles qu'elle exploite présentement.
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Canadian home sales forecast lifted
Monday, August 20, 2007
Roma Luciw, The Globe and Mail
Even as the U.S. housing market continues to unravel, record-breaking home buying activity in Canada has led to higher sale targets and further projected price increases.
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Billionaire dispenses top secrets
Wednesday, August 22, 2007
Ellen Roseman, The Toronto Star
Seymour Schulich, a 67-year-old Canadian billionaire, is keen to give lessons on life and business. He has published a book for young people starting their careers.
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Canadian News
U of A joins mission to Mars
Wednesday, August 22, 2007
Tom Spears, The Edmonton Journal, Canada.com
The University of Alberta is working with a network of Canadian universities on plans to launch an all-Canadian mission to Mars in 2009, using corporate funding to build a robot that will search for water and life on the Red Planet.
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Doctors defeat user fee montion - barely
Tuesday, August 21, 2007
Pamela Fayerman, The Vancouver Sun, Canada.com
The deep divide in the medical profession about charging patients for their health care came into sharp focus Tuesday when doctors narrowly defeated a controversial user-fee motion at the annual Canadian Medical Association meeting.
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Scientists to get unrivalled view of ocean's depths
Thursday, August 23, 2007
Judith Lavoie, The Victoria Times Colonist, Canada.com
A unique window on the ocean floor, provided by 800 kilometres of fibre-optic cable off the west coast of Vancouver Island, could help shape Canada's response to climate change, alter the management of fish stocks or mitigate the effects of earthquakes and tsunamis.
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Trading Up From Red Paper Clip to White Picket Fence
Thursday, August 23, 2007
Joyce Wadler, The New York Times
When slackers, decades hence, travel great distances at their own expense to celebrate doers of great deeds — which, come to think of it, would go against the slacker ethos — the saga of Kyle MacDonald, or, as he is known in these parts, the Red Paper Clip Guy, will be told and told again.
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Fêtes du 400e : Céline Dion se rapproche des Plaines
Jeudi 23 août 2007
Julie Lemieux, Le Soleil, Cyberpresse.ca
La Société du 400e anniversaire de Québec vient de prendre une option pour réserver les plaines d'Abraham dans la semaine du 18 au 25 août 2008 afin de présenter un grand spectacle en plein air. Un grand spectacle qui serait celui de Céline Dion, si la Société finit par s'entendre avec son agent, René Angélil.
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Christopher Plummer to play Caesar at Stratford
Tuesday, August 21, 2007
Canadian Press, CBC.ca
Acting legend Christopher Plummer will play Julius Caesar in "Caesar and Cleopatra" at the Stratford Festival of Canada next year.
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Diana Krall bowls over Hollywood crowd
Monday, August 20, 2007
Tony Gieske, Reuters, Canada.Com
Seeing the great Diana Krall again, now that she's a mother, is a real kick in the head, as Dean Martin used to say.
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Opinion/Editorial
It makes sense to work together
Monday, August 20, 2007
David H. Wilkins, CanWest News Service, CalgaryHerald.com
Perhaps it is as natural as the great lakes and the massive Prairies that effortlessly divide our two nations. For as long as our common heritage has united us and our shared goals and world view have kept us not only bonded, but abundantly peaceful and prosperous, Canadians and Americans have tended to search for the clouds in the silver lining of our historic friendship.
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Don't have a cow -- let market rule
Wednesday, August 22, 2007
Heather Douglas, The Calgary Herald, Canada.com
At the recent First Ministers conference in Moncton, the premiers unanimously agreed Canada should reduce its carbon emissions.
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Living under a health cloud
Tuesday, August 21, 2007
The Calgary Herald, Canada.com
Considering the intense media coverage given to global warming, air pollution and, recently, tainted vegetables, it is easy to see why so many Canadians told Canadian Medical Association pollsters they were worried about the impact on their health of global warming (81 per cent), air pollution (79 per cent) and tainted vegetables from abroad, (88 per cent).
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Northern Light project is a blast
Thursday, August 23, 2007
The Montreal Gazette, Canada.com
In 2001, astronaut Marc Garneau, then-president of the Canadian Space Agency, summoned Canadian scientists, engineers and others to a new challenge. "Let's go to Mars!" he said.
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