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Special Features
PM releases report on Economic Action Plan
Monday, September 28, 2009
Office of the Prime Minister
Prime Minister Stephen Harper today presented the Government’s latest report on the implementation of Canada’s Economic Action Plan. The Third Report to Canadians entitled “Staying on Course” shows that 90 per cent of the stimulus funding for this fiscal year has now been committed to more than 7,500 infrastructure and housing projects. More than 4,000 of these projects have begun in the first six months of the 24-month plan.
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Minister Cannon and Secretary of State Clinton Express Concern over Continued Detention of Canadian and U.S. Nationals in Iran
Friday, September 25, 2009
Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada
The Honourable Lawrence Cannon, Minister of Foreign Affairs, and U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, made the following joint statement regarding the continued detention of Canadian and American nationals in Iran:
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PM announces Canada to host G20 leaders in 2010
Friday, September 25, 2009
Office of the Prime Minister
Prime Minister Stephen Harper announced today that Canada will host world leaders at the G20 Summit in June 2010, in addition to hosting the G8 Summit to be held in Muskoka June 25-27, 2010. The Prime Minister made the announcement jointly with Korean President Lee Myung-bak during the Pittsburgh Summit.
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International News
Obama's tough new tone on Iran suits Harper
Wednesday, September 30, 2009
Campbell Clark, Globe and Mail
Finally, the Obama administration is facing up to Iran in a way that fits Stephen Harper's tone.
After nine months of appealing to Iran's self-interest and emphasizing his preference for diplomacy, the U.S. President appeared to lose patience last week. “Iran is on notice that they are going to have to come clean and they are going to have to make a choice,” Barack Obama said after another key piece of Iran's clandestine nuclear program was revealed.
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Guy Laliberté en route vers la Station spatiale
Mercredi 30 septembre 2009
La Presse
Guy Laliberté réalise un rêve : il est le premier touriste canadien de l'espace et le premier clown en orbite.
Le fondateur du Cirque du Soleil s'est envolé avec succès vers la Station spatiale internationale à bord d'une fusée Soyouz, tôt mercredi matin, à partir de la base située à Baïkonour, au Kazakhstan. Le décollage s'est déroulé sans encombre, peu après 3h00. La capsule doit voyager pendant deux jours avant de s'arrimer à la Station spatiale internationale, vendredi matin.
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Cirque founder launches into orbit
Wednesday, September 30, 2009
Diana Mehta, Globe and Mail
Billionaire Guy Laliberte has rocketed his way into becoming Canada's first space tourist after blasting into orbit early this morning.
A Russian Soyuz rocket carrying the Cirque du Soleil founder launched successfully from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan and is en route to the International Space Station. Mr. Laliberte gave the cabin's in-flight camera a double thumbs up just minutes into the flight and told ground control he felt “super.”
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Military chief sees signs of progress in Taliban fight
Friday, September 25, 2009
Mike De Souza, Canwest News Service
Canada's top-ranking military official says he agrees with recent warnings about setbacks in NATO's mission in Afghanistan, but believes there are some signs of progress on the ground against the Taliban.
"In some parts of Afghanistan, the situation of the security is deteriorating," Canadian Forces chief of defence staff General Walter Natynczyk said in Washington yesterday.
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G20 meeting 'all going according to plan'
Friday, September 25, 2009
Heather Scoffield, Winnipeg Free Press
Prime Minister Stephen Harper will join other leaders from rich and emerging market countries in agreeing to key reforms to the banking sector on Friday, but the G20 is under mounting pressure to say how it will pay for crucial climate change efforts.
Harper joined U.S. President Barack Obama and the rest of the G20 at a dinner meeting in a garden-ringed glass building in Steeltown Thursday night, as more than 4,000 police kept protesters at bay with tear gas and batons.
Even before the dinner had concluded, it was clear the summit would be productive.
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Dear bad guys: 'This is not a soft target'
Friday, September 25, 2009
Robert Matas, The Canadian Press
The non-descript warehouse is located at the tip of a dead-end road in an industrial park near the Bellingham, Wash., airport, 30 kilometres south of the Canada–U.S. border. A one-storey structure without signage, it offers no clue from the street what goes on behind its cream-coloured walls.
But inside the building, amid an expanse of cubicles and TV screens, the purpose is plain: The U.S. federal government has turned the 25,000-square-foot space into a high-security co-ordination centre for the 2010 Winter Olympics.
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Business and Trade
U.S., Canada working to resolve 'Buy American' issue
Thursday, October 01, 2009
The Canadian Press
Trade Minister Stockwell Day spoke with President Barack Obama's top trade negotiator Wednesday in an effort to resolve the dispute over the "Buy American" provisions of the U.S. stimulus bill.
But both sides said no deal has been reached.
"What was given to him is our plan, our solution on the way out of this problem of Canadian companies being shut out of some of the bidding process in the United States on Buy American provisions," Day told reporters.
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IMF predicts Canada to outpace rest of G7
Thursday, October 01, 2009
Kevin Carmichael, Globe and Mail
Canada is on track to lead the world's wealthiest countries out of recession next year, a testament to sound economic policy and weak competition, according to the International Monetary Fund's latest outlook.
The world's gross domestic product will expand 3.1 per cent in 2010, compared with a July estimate for growth of 2.5 per cent, the IMF says in its biannual report on the economy, providing further evidence that governments have successfully arrested the worst global recession since the Second World War.
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Oil exports to U.S. set record
Wednesday, September 30, 2009
Lisa Schmidt, Calgary Herald
Canada—already the largest oil supplier to the U.S.—pumped out record exports south of the border this summer, as Alberta's oilsands crude fill the gaps left by competitors.
U.S. imports of crude oil from Canada rose 5.4 per cent in July to the highest monthly level in at least 36 years, according to figures released by the U.S. Energy Department.
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Confidence rising in Canada, falling in U.S.
Wednesday, September 30, 2009
Madhavi Acharya-Tom Yew, Toronto Star
Consumer confidence ticked higher in Canada but lower in the United States this month as worries about rising unemployment took hold.
The monthly survey from the Conference Board of Canada, which tracks consumers' sentiments on personal finance, major purchases and jobs, posted a rise of 2.5 percentage points to 90.9 (out of 100) for September, continuing a seven-month long upward streak—the longest since 2002.
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Banks to be forced to increase credit card disclosure
Wednesday, September 30, 2009
Sarah Schmidt, The Ottawa Citizen
The federal government on Wednesday announced it is moving ahead with a plan to force Canada's banks to increase disclosure on credit card statements and provide a standardized grace period for purchases on plastic despite a warning from the Canadian Bankers Association about "unintended consequences" that could hurt consumers.
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Young Canadians saving less than their parents: survey
Wednesday, September 30, 2009
Brenda Bouw, The Canadian Press
Young Canadians are saving less than their parents and grandparents did at the same age, with young men being the worst at sticking to a budget, according to the results of a new survey.
The TD Canada Trust study released Wednesday suggests 80% of Canadians found saving money “too hard” and that young people between the ages of 18 and 34 were more interested in saving for a house than for retirement.
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Canadian News
Cellphone ban while driving in effect Oct. 26
Wednesday, September 30, 2009
Tess Kalinowski, Toronto Star
Ontario's new rules prohibiting cellphone use while driving will go into effect Oct. 26, the government announced.
But it will be Feb. 1 before drivers will be fined up to $500 for chatting, dialing, texting or emailing on hand-held devices.
A three-month education period will preceed the enforcement, according to a government release issued Wednesday.
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Natural gas is the key to B.C.'s future prosperity
Tuesday, September 29, 2009
Richard Dunn, Vancouver Sun
As we officially recognized Oil and Gas Week in British Columbia this month, it is important to acknowledge the contribution that clean-burning natural gas makes to the province's financial and economic well-being.
Many British Columbians are not fully aware of the growing role that natural gas plays in our economy and our standard of living, and the role it can play in improving the environment.
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Ottawa moves to reshape the House
Friday, September 25, 2009
John Ibbitson, Globe and Mail
Democratic Reform Minister Steven Fletcher is in the advanced stages of preparing legislation that would reshape the House of Commons, adding dozens of seats to the three fast-growing provinces that are now seriously underrepresented.
Legislation could be ready this autumn, said a government official speaking on background, or in the new year.
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Fox brings Parkinson's charity to Canada
Friday, September 25, 2009
Carly Weeks, Globe and Mail
Shortly after he revealed to the public that he had Parkinson's disease, Michael J. Fox went to online chat rooms where he could read about the experiences of others dealing with the neurodegenerative condition.
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Munro among Writers' Trust book prize nominees
Wednesday, September 30, 2009
Vit Wagner, Toronto Star
Alice Munro's critically-lauded short story collection Too Much Happiness, withdrawn from consideration by the author for this year's Scotiabank Giller Prize, is one of five nominees for the $25,000 Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize.
The shortlist, announced this morning at Ben McNally Books in Toronto, also includes Douglas Coupland's Generation A, Annabel Lyon's The Golden Mean, Nicole Brossard's Fences in Breathing and Andrew Steinmetz's Eva's Threepenny Theatre. The winner will be announced on Nov. 24.
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Don Cherry likes figure skating?
Wednesday, September 30, 2009
The Canadian Press
Hockey Night in Canada loudmouth Don Cherry will be among the celebrity judges assessing the axel jumps and death spirals that former figure skaters and NHL players plan to unleash on the reality series Battle of the Blades, says Blades co-host Ron MacLean.
MacLean says his Hockey Night in Canada partner is a big fan of figure skating, insisting that Grapes has often lauded the sport's stars as some of the toughest athletes around.
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Les compteurs d'eau ne coûteront rien à Québec
Jeudi 01 octobre 2009
André Noël, La Presse
Pendant que la Ville de Montréal se fend en quatre pour savoir comment se dépêtrer d'un coûteux contrat pour des compteurs d'eau, la Ville de Québec vient de procéder en toute simplicité à l'ouverture de soumissions pour des compteurs identiques... qui ne lui coûteront pas un sou.
Vendredi, la Ville de Québec a supervisé l'ouverture publique des soumissions pour l'achat de 4400 compteurs qui doivent être installés dans autant d'immeubles industriels, commerciaux et institutionnels (ICI). Le prix moyen demandé par les fournisseurs est beaucoup plus bas que ce que Montréal s'apprêtait à payer.
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The road never felt so open
Saturday, September 26, 2009
Ben Kaplan, Weekend Post
Shifting gears on my rented chunky French bike somewhere north of Saratoga Springs, N.Y., I was overcome by the beguiling smell of chicken. Along the gently curved slope of Route 9, I climbed a hill at Cherry Choke Road and came upon PJ's Bar-B-Que, a funky roadside rib shack that had been sending smoke signals over the bike path. I was midway through a five-day journey from Brooklyn to Montreal, but I had to throw down my kickstand. Like all good road trips, this one was being paused temporarily on account of unforeseen circumstances: in this case, home-cooked ribs and chicken.
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Opinion/Editorial
Heart of a soldier
Tuesday, September 29, 2009
The Ottawa Citizen
Nearly 30 years after a young man with a mission sought to run across Canada on one leg and a prosthetic limb, Canadians are, once again, witnessing examples of what a determination to overcome physical disability can accomplish.
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Progress on police, race
Wednesday, September 30, 2009
Toronto Star
Visible minorities now making up almost 20 per cent of Toronto's police, including two out of four deputy chiefs—up from 12.5 per cent five years ago. That's the direct result of progressive new strategies—and attitudes—inside the country's largest municipal police force.
"It's been a very systemic effort on our part," says Alok Mukherjee, chair of the Toronto Police Services Board.
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The Arctic's preservative power has met its match—and it's us
Friday, September 25, 2009
Ken McGoogan, Globe and Mail
The late Pierre Berton liked to describe how, in 1853, when Arctic explorer Leopold McClintock was searching for the lost expedition of Sir John Franklin and travelling across spongy, summertime tundra, he chanced upon cart tracks so fresh that he thought they had been made the previous day. As he studied them, slowly he realized the truth: Those tracks had been made by Sir Edward Parry, another Arctic explorer—not yesterday, but 33 years before.
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