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Special Features
Canada and U.S. to Conduct Second Joint Survey of Extended Continental Shelf in the Arctic
Tuesday, July 28, 2009
Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada
From August 7 to September 16, Canada and the United States are teaming up a second time to conduct a joint survey of the extended continental shelf in the western Arctic Ocean. The 40-day survey will continue the data-collection collaboration that began during last summer’s joint mission. This year’s survey will focus on the region north of Alaska onto Alpha-Mendeleev Ridge and eastward toward the Canadian Arctic Archipelago.
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Federal Government's Northern Strategy Delivers for All Canadians—Ministers Highlight Progress Towards Canada's Northern Vision
Sunday, July 26, 2009
Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada
The Honourable Chuck Strahl, Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development and Federal Interlocutor for Métis and Non-Status Indians, together with the Minister of Foreign Affairs, the Honourable Lawrence Cannon, today released "Canada's Northern Strategy", a document and website that outline the Government of Canada's ongoing work and future plans for Canada's North.
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Canada to Pursue WTO Consultations in Response to European Union’s Seal Products Ban
Monday, July 27, 2009
Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada
The Government of Canada is acting to protect the Canadian families and communities that will be hurt by the European Union’s regulation to ban trade in seal products.
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International News
Don’t let higher border security hurt trade, tourism, B.C. minister tells U.S.
Monday, July 27, 2009
Jeff Lee, Vancouver Sun
It’s good to have heightened border security between B.C. and Washington state during the 2010 Winter Olympics, but it shouldn’t be so onerous that it discourages trade and tourism.
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Le lobby américain de la santé s'active en coulisses
Dimanche 26 juillet 2009
Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar, La Presse
La réforme du système de santé américain semble piétiner au Congrès. Mais en coulisses, une autre force est à l'oeuvre, encore plus susceptible que Barack Obama lui-même de faire avancer le dossier, celle des lobbyistes: car l'industrie pharmaceutique, les groupes hospitaliers et les syndicats de médecins et le groupement des assureurs estiment tous que le Congrès doit adopter une réforme cette année, mais se mobilisent tous azimuts pour éviter qu'elle ne se fasse à leurs dépends.
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Anti-medicare Americans cite Canada's system—wrongly
Tuesday, July 28, 2009
Barbara Yaffe, Vancouver Sun
Debate about health care reform in the U.S. has been overtaken by frivolous tales of doom and disaster.
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Anti-drug efforts beefed up along US-Canada border
Sunday, July 26, 2009
David Crary, The Associated Press
The world's longest undefended border. It's a catchy yet increasingly imprecise term for the U.S.–Canada frontier, as authorities on both sides ratchet up efforts to curb bustling traffic in illegal drugs and guns.
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U.S. green bill presents challenges, opportunities to Canadian manufacturers
Tuesday, July 28, 2009
Canadian Press
A sweeping climate change bill currently winding its way through U.S. Congress could mean higher costs for Canadian manufacturers that sell their goods south of the border.
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Canada probing drug firm after U.S. inspection raises red flag
Tuesday, July 28, 2009
Sarah Schmidt, Calgary Herald
Health Canada is probing whether drugs produced by Canadian generic drug giant Apotex are safe for consumers after U.S. regulators found "significant deviations" from good manufacturing practises during an inspection at one of the company's key facilities.
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From Toronto with love, a new theatre for St. Petersburg
Wednesday, July 29, 2009
James Adams, Globe and Mail
Jack Diamond normally isn't a vodka man.
But he certainly was yesterday as he celebrated the Russian government's announcement that the Canadian architect had won an international competition to design one of the world's most sought-after commissions, the new Mariinsky Theatre in St. Petersburg.
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Business and Trade
New U.S. passport rules stamping out tourism
Tuesday, July 28, 2009
Ottawa Sun
David Tetrault has noticed a 50% drop in business at his bed and breakfast in Niagara Falls this year and he estimates a chunk of that is the result of new passport regulations at the Canada–U.S. border.
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L'écart de prix se réduit
Jeudi 30 juillet 2009
Radio-Canada
Il est de moins en moins profitable de traverser la frontière pour faire des emplettes, selon une étude de BMO Marché des capitaux.
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Canada, U.S. self-regulatory agencies to work more closely
Monday, July 27, 2009
Barbara Shecter, Financial Post
The self-regulatory agencies of investment dealers in Canada and the United States have forged an agreement to work more closely together on oversight and enforcement.
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Better economic ties may reduce protectionism
Tuesday, July 28, 2009
Dave Bartlett, The Telegram
Georgia Gov. Sonny Perdue suggests the best way to overcome American protectionism is through greater co-operation between states and provinces.
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Premier looking to trade farther south
Monday, July 27, 2009
Quentin Casey, Telegraph Journal
Premier Shawn Graham arrived in Newfoundland and Labrador over the weekend for meetings he hopes will expand New Brunswick trade deeper into the United States.
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Signs of life at U.S. Steel; Canadian sites remain idle
Wednesday, July 29, 2009
Andy Hoffman and Greg Keenan, Globe and Mail
One of the world's major steel makers is seeing early signs of a pickup in demand in key areas, a glimmer of hope for a battered sector whose fortunes rise and fall with products ranging from autos to appliances.
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Canadian News
World record for Pierse
Thursday, July 30, 2009
Globe and Mail
Vancouver’s Annamay Pierse has set the 24th world record at the world swimming championships, eclipsing Rebecca Soni’s time in the semi-finals of the 200-metre breaststroke.
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Tories' actions on swine flu get Canadians' OK
Thursday, July 30, 2009
CBC News
A majority of Canadians support the way the government has handled the swine-flu issue, according to a new poll.
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Canada completes Atlantic seabed map
Tuesday, July 28, 2009
Randy Boswell, Globe and Mail
With all eyes on the prospect of overlapping territorial claims among polar nations in the Arctic Ocean, Canada has completed a five-year mission to map a huge—and potentially contentious—swath of the Atlantic Ocean sea floor.
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EI claims peak, Flaherty warns more to come
Wednesday, July 29, 2009
Madhavi Acharya-Tom Yew, The Toronto Star
Desiree Hartman is trying to share Mark Carney's enthusiasm.
Hartman, out of work since February, heard the Bank of Canada governor's pronouncement last week that the recession is over, and that, slowly, growth will return to the economy.
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Les Molson abandonnés
Mardi 28 juillet 2009
Danny Vear, Journal de Montréal
Au bord de la faillite, le groupe financier CIT aurait renoncé à son engagement de prêter 225 M$US à la famille Molson pour l'achat du Canadien de Montréal, selon la dernière édition du magazine SportsBusiness Journal. La transaction n'est toutefois pas en danger puisque les frères Molson auraient obtenu le support financier d'une des grandes banques canadiennes.
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New bidders would bring Coyotes to Canada
Tuesday, July 28, 2009
Paul Hunter, The Toronto Star
A group of businessmen wishing to buy the Phoenix Coyotes has a creative plan for the team to play five games each season in Canada, likely in either Saskatoon or Halifax, to help keep it financially viable in Arizona.
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Amelia Earhart hunt revived
Wednesday, July 29, 2009
Jason Miller, Toronto Star
Two Ontario DNA labs could play a key role in solving the mystery of famed aviator Amelia Earhart's disappearance 72 years ago.
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Opinion/Editorial
Right this way to economic recovery
Tuesday, July 28, 2009
Andrew Hanon, Sudbury Star
The recession is over, the Bank of Canada declared this week.
But, bank governor Mark Carney was quick to add, while the economy is no longer shrinking, it's going to be a long, uphill road back to a full recovery and plentiful jobs.
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L'optimiste
Samedi 25 juillet 2009
Jean-Pascal Beaupré, La Presse
Le ciel économique se dégage au-dessus du pays, claironne la Banque du Canada. Les nuages de la récession se dissipent peu à peu. Même si le gouverneur Mark Carney s'attend à une reprise graduelle, ses prévisions optimistes de croissance pour 2010 et 2011 ont de quoi faire sourciller plus d'un économiste.
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Sacrifices will be for naught if we flee Afghanistan
Tuesday, July 28, 2009
Nigel Hannford, Calgary Herald
The unfortunate thing about Canada's military mission to Afghanistan is that Canadians are not being reminded daily of why we're really there.
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