NewsCan: For Nov 02- Nov 08, 2007
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News from Connect2Canada
Check Out the Latest International Trade Podcast
The Connect2Canada Team
The latest CanadExport podcast, "Location, Location, Location: China's Second-Tier Cities", is a 26-minute audio show on Canadian companies doing business in China. CanadExport editor Michael Mancini talks to Michael Budman, co-founder of Canadian retailing icon Roots Canada, a company that has just launched a 90-store expansion across China. Listeners might be surprised to hear just how far a Vancouver company is expanding in China. In another example, Nebur-King Coffee has set up 23 cafes in China's major cities, and has plans to import Canadian dairy cattle, open a bank, and farm a 1,000-acre tea plantation. Tune in to find out why location is key for Canadian entrepreneurs with China on their minds. CanadExport podcasts are produced about every five weeks on subjects of interest to Canadian entrepreneurs. To listen to the podcast, go to www.canadexport.gc.ca/podcasts
Countdown to Grey Cup 2007
The Connect2Canada Team
The 95th Grey Cup returns to Toronto on Sunday, November 25 for the first time since 1992. Seeing as football is a team sport and watching solo is just not as much fun, Connect2Canada is compiling a list of Grey Cup viewing parties throughout the United States. Do you know of any events in your area? If so, please email us at connect2canada@canadianembassy.org with the name, address, and website (if available) of the establishment. We'll assemble the list and post in on the Connect2Canada site. Stay tuned for an update in an upcoming edition of NewsCan!
Special Features
Canada participates in Global Health Security Initiative
Friday, November 02, 2007
The Honourable Tony Clement, Minister of Health, met today with his counterparts from G7 countries, Mexico and the European Union at the Global Health Security Initiative's Eighth Ministerial Forum. International health ministers were on hand to discuss key issues, including the threat of biological, chemical and radio-nuclear terrorism, and pandemic influenza.
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Motor Vehicle Fuel Consumption Standards Act proclaimed
Wednesday, November 07, 2007
The Honourable Lawrence Cannon, Minister of Transport, Infrastructure and Communities, and the Honourable Gary Lunn, Minister of Natural Resources Canada welcomed the proclamation into law of the Motor Vehicle Fuel Consumption Standards Act (MVFCSA).
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Canada Responds to Mexico Floods
Tuesday, November 06, 2007
The Honourable Maxime Bernier, Minister of Foreign Affairs, and the Honourable Beverley J. Oda, Minister of International Cooperation, today expressed Canada’s sympathy for those affected by the major flooding in Mexico last week and announced that Canada will contribute $500,000 to relief, recovery and reconstruction efforts.
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International News
U.S. passport law confuses Canadians
Sunday, November 04, 2007
Maria Babbage, Toronto Star
Many Canadians are confused about when a passport is required to enter the United States, even though a majority believe they are aware of current regulations, a new survey suggests.
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Incendies en Californie : les pilotes québécois de CL-415 en première ligne
Mercredi 7 novembre 2007
Ian Bussières, Le Soleil, Cyberpresse.ca
«On nous envoyait presque toujours sur les nouveaux feux qui prenaient naissance et nos avions-citernes les éteignaient en une quinzaine de minutes. Sans notre intervention, ces feux seraient devenus immenses et auraient causé beaucoup de dommages», expliquait hier M. Jean-Pierre Guay, chef pilote des avions-citernes, lors d’une conférence de presse.
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Rockets slam forward base in Afghanistan during MacKay visit
Tuesday, November 06, 2007
Canadian Press
The unmistakable bang, the angry buzz of a rocket and a loud explosion shattered the relative quiet at this forward base Tuesday as Defence Minister Peter MacKay was visiting Canadian troops.
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A 'decline-like feel' spreads across the country
Thursday, November 08, 2007
Barrie McKenna, Globe and Mail
Even for Brazilian supermodel Gisele Bundchen, who will earn more than $30-million (U.S.) this year, greenbacks aren't good enough. She's demanding to be paid in euros.
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Canada must deal with new UN reality
Thursday, November 08, 2007
Steven Edwards, National Post, Canada.com
When it comes to upholding respect for human rights around the world, Canada is having a rough time at the United Nations.
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Business and Trade
Loonie soars past $1.08 U.S.
Tuesday, November 06, 2007
Canadian Press, Toronto Star
The Canadian loonie broke through another psychological barrier Tuesday, rising above US$1.08 and raising alarms that the rapid acceleration is both unsustainable and damaging to the economy.
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PM tours oil sands, lends ear to growth woes
Tuesday, November 06, 2007
John Cotter, Toronto Star
Prime Minister Stephen Harper took his first tour of northern Alberta's multibillion-dollar oil sands bonanza yesterday, then heard first-hand about all the problems the massive projects are causing.
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Energy boom boosts Canadian investment income
Tuesday, November 06, 2007
Eric Beauchesne, Can West News Service, Canada.com
Canada has once again become a nation of investors, according to a Statistics Canada report that says not since the end of the high-tech boom have so many Canadians earned so much investment income as they did last year.
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In Canada, oil companies feeling high price of crude
Wednesday, November 07, 2007
Patrick Brethour, Globe and Mail
The price of crude oil is gyrating to unheard-of heights, but oil companies are the ones being squeezed at the pump - at least in Canada.
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Air Canada, WestJet passenger counts soar
Wednesday, November 07, 2007
Toronto Star
Canada's two largest airlines reported their fullest planes ever for the month of October.
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Chez Cora mijote une expansion internationale
Mardi 6 novembre 2007
Laurier Cloutier, La Presse, cyberpresse.ca
Cora Tsouflidou, présidente du conseil, l'a confirmé lundi à La Presse Affaires, mais elle «n'est pas encore prête à annoncer l'entrée aux États-Unis, même si elle aime Burlington», au Vermont.
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Canadian News
Eastern Canada cleans up after Noel
Monday, November 05, 2007
cbc.ca
The cleanup has begun in Eastern Canada after the remnants of Hurricane Noel washed out roads, downed trees and left an estimated 200,000 homes and businesses without power.
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Saskatchewan Party puts end to NDP dynasty
Thursday, November 08, 2007
Joe Friesen, Globe and Mail
After 16 years of NDP government and in the midst of almost unprecedented economic prosperity, the people of Saskatchewan voted decisively Wednesday to elect a Saskatchewan Party majority government.
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Hollywood writers strike will be felt in Canada
Monday, November 05, 2007
ctv.ca
As Hollywood writers shut down their computers and join picket lines, television viewers in Canada and the United States will begin seeing the affects of the strike almost immediately.
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The road to remembrance
Wednesday, November 07, 2007
Cheryl Cornacchia, Montreal Gazette, Canada.com
Quebec joined other provinces yesterday when it renamed part of a highway to honour Canada's soldiers, past and present.
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McMaster students win invention award
Monday, November 05, 2007
Daniel Girard, Toronto Star
Two McMaster University engineering students are being applauded after grabbing the top undergraduate prize at a prestigious American inventors competition for their CPRGlove, the latest award for a device designed to help in the training and performance of cardiopulmonary resuscitation.
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Le guerrier
Mardi 6 novembre 2007
Patrick Roy, radio-canada.ca
Patrick Roy fait à nouveau la manchette. Son père, Michel Roy, vient de publier la biographie de l'ancien gardien de but devenu propriétaire et directeur général des Remparts de Québec.
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Young Canadians sparkle to gold in ice dancing
Monday, November 05, 2007
Beverley Smith, Globe and Mail
When Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir skate, people put down their pencils and papers and coffees, forget the element list, scarcely dare to breathe and wonder what more these young Canadians could do when they hit full stride.
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YouTube launches in Canada
Wednesday, November 07, 2007
Matt Hartly, Globe and Mail
The world's most popular video-sharing website has launched a new Canadian version - http://youtube.ca - which went live Monday night. At a press conference yesterday morning, company officials said the new site is designed to promote Canadian-generated content. Videos posted by Canadians will appear in the "featured videos" and "promoted videos" sections of the site.
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Opinion/Editorial
Canada, by the numbers
Wednesday, November 07, 2007
L. Ian McDonald, Montreal Gazette, Canada.com
Here are three numbers to consider: Oil at $94. The loonie at $1.08. And unemployment at 5.8 per cent. Welcome to the good times, except in exports to the United States.
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Why we should worry about the economy
Monday, November 05, 2007
David Crane, Toronto Star
With our dollar so high, our employment so low and our budget surplus so strong that big new tax cuts are easily affordable, why should we worry about the future of the Canadian economy?
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Wanted: Competitive edge
Wednesday, November 07, 2007
Barbara Yaffe, Vancouver Sun, Canada.com
The Harper Conservatives deserve credit for a "fiscal update" that finally will put more cash into Canadian pockets. But not too much credit.
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