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Canadian Colleges can be Economic Bargain
The Connect2Canada Team
Earlier this month the Canadian Embassy and 18 Canadian universities hosted an event for over 175 American high school students and their parents. These students learned why over 9,000 Americans are currently studying in Canada. Channel 5 News was there to cover the event. To find out more visit the Study in Canada website.
C2C Podcast: Dr. Martin J. Pasqualetti, Professor of Geography at Arizona State University
The Connect2Canada Team
Dr. Pasqualetti discusses the research he conducted in Alberta on energy and the environment. Tune in to hear him speak about Alberta's oil sands development and environmental considerations.
Special Features
Minister Van Loan announces further action to help modernize the RCMP
Tuesday, March 24, 2009
Public Safety Canada
The Honourable Peter Van Loan, Minister of Public Safety, today announced a one-year extension to the term of the RCMP Reform Implementation Council, as part of the Government’s ongoing efforts to reform and strengthen the RCMP.
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Government of Canada Invests $4.5 Million in Canadian and International Freshwater
Friday, March 20, 2009
Environment Canada
The Honourable Jim Prentice, Minister of the Environment, today announced that Canada will invest $2.5 million over five years to support the United Nations Environment Programme's (UNEP) Global Environment Monitoring System GEMS/Water, an international water science program aimed at understanding inland quality issues around the world. The $2.5 million from Environment Canada will allow the program to expand, adding data quality management activities, water assessments and capacity building—offering training and advice to least-developed countries on how to set up water sampling programs. These funds are in addition to Environment Canada's core annual support to the program.
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Four Canadian soldiers killed and eight injured in two IED strikes
Friday, March 20, 2009
National Defence
Four Canadian soldiers were killed and eight were injured in two separate IED incidents in Kandahar province.
At approximately 6:45 a.m., Kandahar time, 20 March 2009, two Canadian soldiers were killed and five others were injured when an improvised explosive device detonated in the vicinity of a dismounted patrol in Zhari District, west of Kandahar City.
At approximately 8:45 a.m., Kandahar time, 20 March 2009, two more Canadian soldiers were killed and three others were injured when their vehicle struck an improvised explosive device in Shah Wali Khot district, north-east of Kandahar city.
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International News
B.C. joins forces with Mexico to fight gang violence
Monday, March 23, 2009
Kim Bolan, Vancouver Sun
B.C. and Mexico plan to share more information about multinational organized crime groups smuggling drugs across borders, Attorney-General Wally Oppal said Monday.
Oppal and his counterpart from the Mexican state of Baja California—Rommel Moreno Manjarrez —signed a statement of intent as a the first step towards an information-sharing agreement about “criminal activities that transcend international borders.”
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Canadian focus to narrow as U.S. joins mission in Kandahar
Thursday, March 26, 2009
Gloria Galloway, Globe and Mail
The territory patrolled by Canadian troops in Afghanistan is about to shrink as a new and massive wave of Americans arrives in Kandahar to take on a Taliban insurgency that is slowly regaining control.
The influx will dramatically change the scope of the international military mission in many parts of this province, including the populous town of Spin Boldak on the Pakistan border and the desert that surrounds it.
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RCMP to step up Afghan presence
Monday, March 23, 2009
Matthew Fisher, Ottawa Citizen
Canada is to nearly double the number of police mentors it sends to Afghanistan and intends to base a senior Mountie in Kabul to advise on policing issues, RCMP Commissioner William Elliott said Sunday.
Canada will have 50 police mentors in Kandahar by the end of this summer, Elliott said at the end of a brief visit to the provincial capital in which he was taken to a Canadian-funded police sub-station and a Canadian-run police training facility in Kandahar, where more than 2,500 Canadian soldiers are deployed.
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California Governor looks to emulate B.C.
Monday, March 23, 2009
Justine Hunter, Globe and Mail
A U.S. political heavyweight who believes his country needs to spend trillions of dollars to tackle crumbling infrastructure is pointing to British Columbia as a model for rebuilding America.
California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, speaking yesterday on NBC's Meet the Press, said he wants to copy the public-private partnerships that have been used to fund and build major projects, from hospitals to highways, in B.C.
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Canadians want role on global stage: report
Monday, March 23, 2009
Sheila Pratt, Star Phoenix
During her 25 years working internationally, Shauna Sylvester watched uneasily as Canada's position and currency on the global stage declined and withered.
This used to be the country that "punched above its weight" in international affairs, playing a strategic middle-power position with a reputation as an honest broker and a player at the United Nations. But that was years ago.
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Des centaines de touristes viennent se faire opérer ici
Mardi 24 mars 2009
Éric Yvan Lemay, Le Journal de Montréal
Il n'y a pas que les festivals ou les grands évènements sportifs qui attirent des touristes à Montréal. Des centaines de personnes provenant des États-Unis et du reste du Canada débarquent à Montréal, chaque année, pour se faire opérer.
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Business and Trade
Obama's message: Glory days of open border are gone
Wednesday, March 25, 2009
John Ibbitson, Globe and Mail
Janet Napolitano has a message for Canadians: It's a border. Get used to it.
The new Homeland Security Secretary had only stern comments yesterday about the state and future of the Canada–U.S. border, at a symposium hosted by the Brookings Institution.
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Canadians 'well prepared' for border changes
Saturday, March 21, 2009
Colin Perkel, The Record
Canadians are well-prepared for a new rule in June requiring passports at land crossings into the United States, but Americans may not be quite so ready, Prime Minister Stephen Harper said yesterday.
Speaking within sight of the Blue Water Bridge, Canada's second-busiest commercial crossing with the U.S., Harper also said he did not expect the Americans to push the requirement date back any further, as they have done several times.
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Blue Water Bridge update moved ahead by two years
Saturday, March 21, 2009
Shawn Jeffords, London Free Press
A $13.5-million upgrade to the approach to one of Canada's busiest border crossings will be moved up by two years as part of Ottawa's economic stimulus package.
Prime Minister Stephen Harper announced the move here yesterday and confirmed he's exploring a locally championed plan to speed border trade by cutting red tape.
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Canadians among most optimistic globally about economy: report
Wednesday, March 25, 2009
CBC News
Amid pervasive doom and gloom about the global economic crisis, Canadians are among the most optimistic worldwide when it comes to their financial futures, according to report released Wednesday
Not unlike people elsewhere, Canadians have deep concerns about the economy and lowered consumer confidence, but they tend to have a rosier view of the future, Tony Coulson, vice-president of Environics Research Group in Ottawa, told the CBC in an interview.
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Canada ranks third best country for business
Friday, March 20, 2009
Jack Gage, National Post
The economic downturn that's swept the globe has crushed financial markets, exploded unemployment and shaken confidence in the banking system.
The disaster isn't shared equally, though. Some countries are in a much better position than others to rebound from the current malaise by attracting entrepreneurs, investors and workers.
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Suncor met la main sur Petro-Canada
Dimanche 22 mars 2009
La Presse
Petro-Canada (T.PCA) et Suncor Energy (T.SU) fusionnent leurs activités, ce qui donnera naissance à la plus grande société énergétique au Canada avec une valeur de marché de quelque 43,3 milliards de dollars.
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Oil deal thaws Markets
Tuesday, March 24, 2009
Gary Lamphier, Edmonton Journal
When the epitaph for this bear market is finally written, Suncor Energy's blockbuster deal to acquire Petro-Canada may prove to be one of the turning points in rebuilding the shaky confidence of Canadian investors.
Like balm on a wound, Suncor's surprise $18.4-billion bid to create Canada's biggest energy player, unveiled Monday, helped trigger the biggest buying binge in months on the Toronto Stock Exchange.
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Quelques éclaircies sur fond de tempête
Mardi 24 mars 2009
Philippe Mercure, La Presse
Une hausse-surprise des reventes de maisons aux États-Unis. Des consommateurs canadiens un peu moins pessimistes qu'avant. On a même eu droit à une mégatransaction entre Suncor (T.SU) et Petro-Canada (T.PCA)! S'il est un peu tôt pour sortir dans les rues en dansant d'allégresse, la tempête économique a tout de même laissé entrevoir quelques rares signes d'éclaircie, hier.
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Canadian News
Vancouver remains Canada's wealthiest city
Wednesday, March 25, 2009
Joe Friesen, Globe and Mail
Vancouver is still Canada's wealthiest city despite a huge drop in real estate values, according to a new study by Pitney Bowes.
Although house prices in Vancouver fell an average of 11 per cent in 2008, or nearly $57,000, the city's average household net worth was $592,851, still $30,000 greater than in its nearest rival, Toronto. Cities with high real estate values were ranked highest in the study, despite also having the most debt.
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Assurance emploi : des renforts pour traiter la hausse des demandes
Mercredi 25 mars 2009
La Presse
L'augmentation du nombre de chômeurs au pays force le gouvernement Harper à embaucher des centaines de nouveaux employés afin de traiter plus rapidement la demande croissante de nouvellesprestations d'assurance chômage.
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New animal discovered by Canadian researcher
Friday, March 20, 2009
Kate Taylor, Globe and Mail
An international team of paleontologists has discovered a new animal lurking in the depths of the Royal Ontario Museum's fossil collection.
The team, lead by a Canadian researcher at Sweden's Uppsala University working in collaboration with colleagues from the ROM and the Museum of Natural History in London, are publishing a description of the 500-million-year-old hurdia victoria in Science Friday.
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Armies of volunteers brace for Red River's rising
Wednesday, March 25, 2009
Patrick White, Globe and Mail
A witch's brew of snow, rain and ice pellets drenched an area of Manitoba and North Dakota already sopping with thawing snowpacks and bulging streams Tuesday, swamping many parts of a region still bracing for the annual rising of the Red River.
Provincial flood forecasters are portending the highest river levels since the “Flood of the Century” in 1997.
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Canadian 'still reeling' about Brad Pitt deal
Tuesday, March 24, 2009
Simon Houpt, Globe and Mail
Less than a week after her second novel was picked up by Paramount Pictures for adaptation into a romantic comedy starring Brad Pitt and Natalie Portman, the former Toronto art director Leanne Shapton admitted she was still in a bit of shock over the development.
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Natives, Bay Street form country's biggest farm
Thursday, March 26, 2009
Joe Friesen, Globe and Mail
The image of the typical farmer handed down through our national mythology is not that of an investment banker in a suit, nor is it that of a native chief in traditional dress.
But in Saskatoon today, Bay Street investors and a group of chiefs from Saskatchewan and Alberta will formally announce the unlikeliest of marriages, one that will make them the most influential farmers in all of Canada, with a super-sized one-million-acre operation that could rival the largest corporate farms in the world.
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Des robots qui distribuent des médicaments
Mardi 26 mars 2009
Ariane Lacoursière, La Presse
Des robots distribuent maintenant les médicaments aux patients du CHUM. Surnommés Samuel et Ulysse, les deux engins permettent d'éviter plusieurs erreurs d'ordonnance et de servir plus rapidement les patients. Jusqu'à l'an dernier, la distribution de médicaments au CHUM se faisait manuellement. L'ordonnance du médecin était acheminée aux pharmaciens de l'établissement, qui vérifiaient le contenu.
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Opinion/Editorial
How Canada can make the oilsands pretty again
Saturday, March 21, 2009
Roger Gibbins, Calgary Herald
Albertans are understandably nervous about the potential impact of the new American administration on our market for energy south of the border. The rhetorical emphasis on climate change, clean energy and energy security could all be problematic for an Alberta energy industry already hammered by depressed prices, high costs and tight credit.
Our nervous energy, however, should be directed to seizing the Canada–U. S. Clean Energy Dialogue that President Barack Obama and Prime Minister Stephen Harper announced last month.
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Agrandissons la patinoire économique!
Vendredi 20 mars 2009
Pierre Fortin, L'actualité
Le libre-échange, c’est la liberté pour nos entreprises d’exporter sans entraves dans un pays étranger, en échange de la même liberté d’accès des entreprises de ce pays à notre territoire. Dans le domaine économique, c’est l’équivalent des Jeux olympiques. Nos entreprises sont forcées de se battre contre les meilleures. C’est le seul moyen pour elles de parvenir au sommet mondial de l’excellence. La patinoire est agrandie pour tous. On accroît ainsi la création d’emplois et de richesse et on profite d’un plus grand éventail de produits, à meilleur prix.
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