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Karsh at the Embassy of Canada
The Connect2Canada Team
The Embassy of Canada in Washington, DC, in partnership with the National Gallery of Canada, announces the opening of the exhibit Karsh at 100: Portraits of Artists, a collection of Yousuf Karsh’s celebrated portraits, showcasing a series of twenty-eight famous artists. The exhibit debuts July 2nd and will run at the gallery of the Embassy of Canada until December 18th. For other Canadian events in your area, please visit the Connect2Canada cultural calendar.
Special Features
Canada And The U.S. Work Together On Clean Energy Dialogue
Tuesday, June 30, 2009
Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada
The Honourable Jim Prentice, Minister of the Environment, today delivered closing remarks at the first Canada–U.S. Clean Energy Dialogue (CED) Roundtable meeting in Washington. The CED represents the first stage in Canada–U.S. collaboration on clean energy and climate change.
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Statement by Minister Kent on the situation in Honduras
Sunday, June 28, 2009
Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada
The Honourable Peter Kent, Minister of State of Foreign Affairs (Americas), today issued the following statement on the situation in Honduras
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‘Canada Day 2.0.’
Tuesday, June 30, 2009
Embassy of Canada in Washington, D.C.
Across the U.S. tomorrow, Canadians and friends of Canada in America are celebrating Canada Day! More than 180 parties in 46 states have registered with the Embassy of Canada at http://www.canadadayacrossamerica.com.
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International News
Canada–Russia Arctic frostiness thawing: Russian diplomat
Tuesday, June 30, 2009
Norma Greenaway, Canwest News Service
Canada and Russia have cooled the rhetoric over Arctic sovereignty and are emphasizing co-operation over competition on a range of Arctic issues, a senior Russian official says.
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Afghanistan needs help
Tuesday, June 30, 2009
Steven Edwards, Canwest News Service
It's time for the United Nations to significantly step up its effort in Afghanistan beyond the capital, Foreign Affairs Minister Lawrence Cannon is expected to tell the organization's Security Council on Tuesday.
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Saudi courts' disagreement over Montrealer facing beheading a 'positive,' says minister
Monday, June 29, 2009
Steve Rennie, The Canadian Press
The judicial wrangling in Saudi Arabia over a Montreal man facing beheading is a good sign, says Trade Minister Stockwell Day, because it shows the country's top court isn't sold on a lower court's ruling.
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Canada Afghan initiative wins high praise from U.S.
Friday, June 26, 2009
Craig Pearson, Canwest News Service
Two days after Canada unveiled a village-by-village pilot project to beat the Taliban through community improvement, the top coalition commander in Afghanistan visited the village and suggested other countries should follow suit.
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L'enquête iranienne sur la détention de dissidents inquiète Cannon
Vendredi 26 juin 2009
La Presse Canadianne
Le ministre des Affaires étrangères, Lawrence Cannon, s'est dit inquiet que l'enquête iranienne sur la détention de dissidents repose entre les mains d'un représentant du gouvernement iranien associé à la mort de la photojournaliste canadienne Zahra Kazemi.
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Canada withdraws welcome mat to Iran
Friday, June 26, 2009
Steven Edwards, Canwest News Service
The Canadian government chilled relations with Iran over its appointment of an official known as the “butcher of the press,” diplomatic sources said.
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Business and Trade
Canadian coffee giant set to open in Big Apple
Tuesday, June 30, 2009
Janet Whitman, Financial Post
After a 25-year battle to make inroads in the biggest fast-food market in the world, Tim Hortons Inc. is set to open up a new U.S. front in August when it takes its double-doubles into the heart of New York City's coffee wars.
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Buy American opponents seek reversal
Tuesday, June 30, 2009
Lee-Anne Goodman, The Canadian Press
Opponents of the Obama administration's so-called Buy American provisions are working furiously this summer under a Canadian deadline, trying to convince legislators to do something about the protectionist measure before a full-fledged trade war erupts.
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Olympic projects available for Canadians in Russia, Day says
Monday, June 29, 2009
Bill Curry, The Globe and Mail
Trade Minister Stockwell Day says there are big opportunities for Canadian construction firms winding down their Olympic projects to parlay their expertise into Russian contracts for the 2014 Winter Games. Wrapping up a whirlwind trade mission through Asia, Europe and the Middle East, Mr. Day said his stop in Russia was a particularly successful leg of the trip.
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Accord de libre-échange Canada–Jordanie
Lundi 29 juin 2009
La Presse Canadienne
Le Canada a signé hier un accord de libre-échange avec la Jordanie, a annoncé le ministre du Commerce international, Stockwell Day.
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Manley takes over at top business lobby group
Saturday, June 27, 2009
The Canadian Press
Former Liberal deputy prime minister John Manley says growing government economic activism since the recession needs to be watched to ensure it does not stifle business competitiveness
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Canadian News
“La position canadienne est claire”
Jeudi 02 juillet 2009
Bellavance, Joël-Denis, La Press
Le ministre des Affaires étrangères, Lawrence Cannon, ferme la porte à double tour à une prolongation de la mission des quelque 2500 soldats canadiens en Afghanistan après 2011.
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Ontario won't make nuclear power decision
Wednesday, July 01, 2009
The Times and Transcript
Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty says Ottawa will determine whether Canada's most populous province moves forward with nuclear power.
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Arctic explorer to be celebrated on Canada Day
Tuesday, June 30, 2009
Randy Boswell, Canwest News Service
A century to the day after a little-known Quebec ship captain boldly proclaimed Canadian sovereignty over “the whole Arctic archipelago,” Foreign Affairs Minister Lawrence Cannon will preside over a special Canada Day tribute to rediscovered polar hero Joseph-Elzéar Bernier.
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'One mission. One team'
Friday, June 26, 2009
Peter MacKay, The National Post
What follows is an excerpt from a speech by federal Defence Minister Peter MacKay at the Canadian Club of Toronto on June 19. Mr. MacKay accepted the club's “Canadians of the Year” award on behalf of the men and women of the Canadian Armed Forces.
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Opinion/Editorial
What makes Canada great
Thursday, July 02, 2009
Fred Hazel, The Telegraphjournal
If you travel at all, you can't escape the conclusion that Canada is a place of many differences. And the secret of our success as one of the world's most desirable places to live is the way we accommodate those differences.
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Afghanistan a battle for hearts
Thursday, July 02, 2009
Lyn Cockburn, The London Free Press
It only took eight years for some truly good news to come out of the mess that is Afghanistan.
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