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C2C Podcast: Experimental Ebola vaccine used on human
The Connect2Canada Team
After a German scientist accidentally pricked herself with a needle containing the deadly Ebola virus, an experimental vaccine was rushed to her from a microbiology research lab in Manitoba. In our latest podcast, the lab's director, Dr. Frank Plummer, discusses the Canadian vaccine that was used to save her life.
Special features
PM hails success of G-20 London Summit
Friday, April 3, 2009
Office of the Prime Minister
Prime Minister Stephen Harper today hailed the unprecedented, coordinated fast action by G-20 leaders to restore economic growth and confidence in the global economy.
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Canada Expresses serious concern over North Korean long-range rocket launch
Sunday, April 5, 2009
Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada
The Honourable Lawrence Cannon, Minister of Foreign Affairs, today expressed serious concern regarding North Korea’s use of a long-range rocket in the attempted launch of a satellite on April 5.
“Canada is very concerned by North Korea’s decision to launch a long-range rocket,” said Minister Cannon. “This ill-advised action undermines confidence in North Korea’s commitment to peace and security.”
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Government of Canada invests $2 million to bolster Canada’s safety and security
Monday, April 6, 2009
National Defence
The Honourable Peter Gordon MacKay, Minister of National Defence and Minister for the Atlantic Gateway, and the Honourable Peter Van Loan, Minister of Public Safety, today announced that the Government of Canada is investing $2 million for 10 new research projects to advance Canada’s capability to prevent and prepare for safety and security threats, whether caused by terrorist or criminal activity, accident, or natural disaster.
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International news
U.S. supports Arctic treaty in turf battle over oil riches
Tuesday, April 7, 2009
Sheldon Alberts, Edmonton Journal
United States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Monday said the Obama administration is “committed” to ratifying the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, touting the decades-old treaty as the best way for Arctic powers to resolve competing territorial claims over the Far North’s resource-rich seabed.
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Canadian warship thwarts Somali pirate attack
Monday, April 6, 2009
Katie DeRosa, National Post
A Canadian warship based at Canadian Forces Base Esquimalt thwarted a pirate attack in the Arabian Sea Saturday and on Sunday came to the rescue of Somali refugees.
HMCS Winnipeg, part of a NATO-led counter-piracy mission known as Operation Allied Protector, saw three small pirate skiffs closing in on an Indian merchant vessel, the Pacific Opal, in the Gulf of Aden.
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’Unprecedented’ international co-operation hailed at economic forum
Friday, April 3, 2009
Times & Transcript
Prime Minister Stephen Harper couldn’t resist a little Canadian bragging yesterday as leaders of the world’s biggest economies agreed to prime the recession pump and put some constraints on unfettered banking giants.
“I think we’re back to where Canada has been all along,” Harper told a news conference after the two-day Group of 20 economic summit concluded.
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NATO leaders blast Afghan ‘rape’ law
Sunday, April 5, 2009
Allan Woods, Toronto Star
As their two-day summit ended yesterday, NATO leaders, one by one, went to the microphone to denounce a controversial law that proposes to restrict the rights of some Afghan women.
“I think this law is abhorrent,” said U.S. President Barack Obama of the Taliban-style law, which reportedly legislates when Shiite women must have sex with their husbands and confines them to the home without a male escort.
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Canada’s role ‘crucial’: General
Monday, April 6, 2009
Matthew Fisher, National Post
The American general overseeing the influx of 20,000 to 30,000 U. S. troops into southern Afghanistan is convinced the war can be won and believes that Canada’s forces in Kandahar have a crucial role to play in “the toughest place to fight in Afghanistan.”
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Les hélicoptères canadiens devront s’adapter aux changements
Lundi 6 avril 2009
Patrice Bergeron, La Presse
Après avoir charrié des dizaines de tonnes de matériel et des milliers de soldats au cours des trois derniers mois, le groupe d’hélicoptères canadiens posté à Kandahar devra maintenant s’adapter à l’arrivée massive des renforts américains.
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Business and trade
Les manufacturiers canadiens plus rentables que les américains
Mercredi 8 avril 2009
Rudy Le Cours, La Presse
Depuis l’entrée du Canada en récession cet automne, la rentabilité de ses manufacturiers s’est maintenue tandis que celle de leurs concurrents américains s’est affaissée.
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Auto sector no longer “too big to fail”: Clement
Tuesday, April 7, 2009
Paul Vieira and Nicolas Van Praet, Globe and Mail
The federal government is bracing Canadians for the possibility that General Motors Corp. and Chrysler LLC will slide into bankruptcy, unveiling plans to guarantee warranties on all new cars and trucks the automakers sell and boosting protection for auto-supplier shipments by $700-million.
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Deal reached on Churchill hydro power
Friday, April 3, 2009
Paul Delean, Montreal Gazette
After years of friction on the hydroelectric front, Newfoundland and Quebec have concluded what Newfoundland Premier Danny Williams called a historic transmission agreement.
The deal, which took effect April 1, allows Newfoundland-owned power to be sold into the U.S. or Canadian market with Hydro-Québec acting as a conduit rather than a reseller.
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U.S. slaps 10% duty on lumber
Wednesday, April 8, 2009
Roberta Rampton, Toronto Star
The United States will slap a 10 per cent duty on some imports of Canadian lumber after Ottawa failed to abide by a trade tribunal ruling, the U.S. Trade Representative said yesterday.
The new tax in the long-running bilateral dispute between the world’s two biggest trading partners comes amid growing concerns over nations around the world walling off their borders to protect jobs.
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Tighter rules feared if U.S. clampdown spreads north
Monday, April 6, 2009
Alia McMullen, National Post
Canadian businesses are facing the threat of tightened U.S. border regulations amid a growing concern stricter regulations aimed at Mexico would also be applied to Canada.
The issue is of increasing importance to Canada, which needs improved fluidity at the border in order to improve business relationships and trade, a panel of speakers said at a conference presented by the Richard Ivey School of Business and the Lawrence National Centre for Policy and Management in Toronto Monday.
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Exports at risk from U.S. climate change bill
Friday, April 3, 2009
Shawn McCarthy, Globe and Mail
Proposed U.S. legislation could slap import levies on a range of Canadian products — from steel and cement to paper and ceramics — if Washington deems Canada is lax in fighting global warming.
The climate change legislation also includes low-carbon standards that could drive up the cost of imports from the Alberta oil sands.
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Canada tops U.S. in direct investing
Thursday, April 9, 2009
Greg Quinn, Globe and Mail
Canada recorded its first ever surplus in bilateral direct investment with the United States last year, overtaking an economy 10 times its size.
Direct Canadian investment in the United States was $17.1-billion greater last year than U.S. direct investment in Canada, Statistics Canada said yesterday. In 2007, the balance of such investments favoured the United States by $62.1-billion.
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Canadian news
Ottawa injects $100M into cultural festivals
Monday, April 6, 2009
Martin Knelman, Toronto Star
The federal government announced details today of a new $100 million program to fund festivals and other annual events that draw tourists.
Diane Ablonczy, the minister of state responsible for small business and tourism outlined the goals and rules of the Marquee Tourism Events Program at the Royal Ontario Museum.
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First woman takes command of warship
Tuesday, April 7, 2009
The Canadian Press, Toronto Star
HMCS Halifax was preparing to steam through the city’s harbour today under the control of Canada’s first female commander of a warship.
Cmdr. Josée Kurtz says she’s thrilled to be making her mark in history but adds that her gender doesn’t seem to make much of a difference to her crew.
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Job seekers swarming to Atlantic provinces
Friday, April 3, 2009
Tavia Grant, Globe and Mail
George Halliwell has been a headhunter in Charlottetown for the past seven years and has never seen such a wave of Canadians clamouring to move east.
“I’m searching for an engineer in Halifax right now — and everyone from the automotive industry in Ontario is applying for the job. They might make $60,000 in Toronto or Guelph, but they’re willing to take $50,000 here because of the housing costs, the way of life is a lot simpler, there are no traffic jams and it’s more family oriented.”
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Le Canadien aux enchères
Mardi 7 avril 2009
Jean-François Bégin et Denis Lessard, La Presse
Confronté à un fort endettement, le propriétaire du Canadien, George Gillett tente bel et bien de vendre le Tricolore et le Centre Bell et essaie présentement de faire monter les enchères afin d’obtenir le meilleur prix possible, qui pourrait atteindre, voire dépasser, les 400 millions de dollars.
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Mounties win right to form union
Tuesday, April 7, 2009
Colin Freeze, Globe and Mail
An Ontario Superior Court judge yesterday awarded the Mounties the right to unionize in a landmark decision that may have huge implications for the RCMP, its culture, and government budgets across the country.
Mr. Justice Ian MacDonnell struck down a section of the RCMP Act that precludes unionization, finding the law unconstitutional. He gave the federal government 18 months to prepare for the decision to take effect, given that it could fundamentally alter the power structure of one or Canada’s most important institutions.
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Toronto’s Google Street View goes live within ‘weeks’
Thursday, April 9, 2009
Rob Roberts, National Post
Google will launch its Street View map of Toronto in a few weeks, even as the company’s vehicles criss-cross the GTA gathering additional street-level images.
Greater Toronto residents — and indeed anyone around the world — will soon be able to see everything from their front door to the sidewalk patio of their favourite restaurant on Google Street View, although the exact date has not been released. “We hope to launch it in the coming weeks,” said Tamara Micner of Google Canada.
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Opinion/editorial
Canada makes its mark on financial regulation for G20
Friday, April 3, 2009
Vancouver Sun
The final communique that emerged Thursday from the G20 summit in London may and may not help revive the ailing world economy. But the good work that has been done leading up to the meeting, particularly by Canada and India, should be acknowledged.
Working Group 1 was asked to make recommendations related to international standards in accounting and disclosure, prudential oversight and risk management and, more generally, on the scope and consistency of regulatory regimes related to financial systems.
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Stuck at the border
Friday, April 3, 2009
David Bradley, National Post
Two-thirds (by value) of Canada’s trade with the United States moves by truck. So, I often get asked the question: How are things at the border these days?
Before answering that, it is important to understand that North America — especially its manufacturing regions — has been in a freight recession for at least two years. Initially, the reduction in freight volumes — particularly a drop-off in southbound shipments — reflected the impact from the appreciation in the value of the Canadian dollar, and ongoing problems in the auto and forestry sectors.
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