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Video: Tom Brokaw on Canada
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NBC's Tom Brokaw provides an overview of Canada and Canada–U.S. relations during the Opening Ceremonies of the Vancouver Winter Games. Watch the video.
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Special Features
Government of Canada Brings G20 Summit to Toronto
Friday, February 19, 2010
Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada
The Honourable Lisa Raitt, Minister of Labour, today announced, on behalf of the Government of Canada, that the Metro Toronto Convention Centre (MTCC) will be the venue for the G20 Summit on June 26-27, 2010. Minister Raitt also unveiled the official summit logo.
“The G20 is the premier forum for international economic cooperation,” said Minister Raitt. “Canada’s leadership will be reflected at the summit in Toronto, and hosting it will provide an ideal opportunity to showcase this great city.”
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Last Known Canadian First World War Veteran
Friday, February 19, 2010
Veterans Affairs Canada
The country has recently shared an important historical moment. On February 18, 2010, Canada's last known First World War Veteran passed away. This event marks the end of an era.
Born on July 23, 1900, Mr. John “Jack” Babcock grew up on a farm near Kingston, Ontario as part of a family of 13 children. When he was quite young, his father died in a tree-cutting accident. Despite this devastating loss, Mr. Babcock went on to bravely serve his country in the First World War before moving to the United States where he settled in Spokane, Washington.
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Government of Canada helps youth in Woodstock area prepare for jobs
Thursday, February 25, 2010
Canada News Centre
Local youth who face barriers to employment will get job-preparation training and work experience through the Government of Canada’s support for an employment project. Mr. Mike Allen, Member of Parliament for Tobique–Mactaquac, made the announcement today on behalf of the Honourable Diane Finley, Minister of Human Resources and Skills Development.
“In today’s environment, it is more important than ever that youth develop the skills they need to participate and succeed in the job market,” said Mr. Allen.
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International News
Tom Brokaw's love letter to Canada
Tuesday, February 23, 2010
Lee Ferguson, CBC News
A new video is getting a lot of airplay on both YouTube and Twitter today, and it's one that's got normally reserved Canucks feeling more than a little chuffed and patriotic.
The clip, entitled "Tom Brokaw Explains Canada to Americans," was originally prepared by the revered former anchor of the NBC Nightly News as part of that network's Olympics coverage, and aired before the Olympic opening ceremonies on February 12.
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Pour réaliser un rêve…
Jeudi 25 février 2010
Simon Drouin, La Presse
Deux jours après avoir ému le pays en entier, Joannie Rochette retourne sur la glace ce soir. Pour réaliser un rêve. Le sien et celui de sa mère.
Troisième à l'issue du programme court, la patineuse de l'île Dupas n'a qu'un objectif en tête.
« Joannie est réaliste, mais perfectionniste comme elle est, elle pense à la médaille d'or », croit Benoît Lavoie, président de Patinage Canada, joint au téléphone hier en fin de journée.
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U.S. governors sing the praises of Canada
Sunday, February 21, 2010
Sheldon Alberts, National Post
Canadian politicians have long complained about the challenges of getting their voices heard in America's halls of power. But for seven Canadian premiers, there's no longer any reason to complain.
Armed with arguments and statistics in favour of free trade, and employing a bit of Canuck charm, Canada's provincial leaders got an enthusiastic welcome this weekend from U.S. state governors who generally endorsed calls for stronger cross-border ties and commerce.
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Forget the podium, we've got the embassy
Wednesday, February 24, 2010
Jane Taber, Globe and Mail
Washington’s new hot spot. Brad Wall says Gary Doer is making Canada “cool” in America.
While many Harper ministers have come to Vancouver for the Olympic Games trying to drum up investment opportunities, the provincial premiers went to Washington last weekend on their own investment mission of sorts.
Fresh from that trip was the Saskatchewan Premier, who was in Vancouver yesterday for his provincial day at the Olympic Winter Games. And on his mind was his trip to the U.S. capital and his upcoming March 24 budget—a budget he says will be “fiscally tight,” indicating his province will likely not be giving any money to the Own the Podium program, designed to support elite athletes.
Washington’s new hot spot. Brad Wall says Gary Doer is making Canada “cool” in America.
While many Harper ministers have come to Vancouver for the Olympic Games trying to drum up investment opportunities, the provincial premiers went to Washington last weekend on their own investment mission of sorts.
Fresh from that trip was the Saskatchewan Premier, who was in Vancouver yesterday for his provincial day at the Olympic Winter Games.
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Oh, happy day: Four medals and a hockey win
Wednesday, February 24, 2010
James McCarten, MSN Canada
A one-two podium punch in bobsled, an unexpected speedskating silver and a bronze swan song from a flame-haired flag-bearer: the women went to work Wednesday, giving Canada its best day of the Vancouver Games and one of its best Olympic days ever.
It began with Canadian long-track sweetheart Clara Hughes wearing the Maple Leaf flag like Superman's cape, jogging a victory lap and beaming at the crowd after a third-place finish in the women's 5,000 metres, the last race of her career.
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Canada's Virtue, Moir win ice dance gold
Tuesday, February 23, 2010
Mihira Lakshman, CBC Sports
They entered the third and final segment of the Olympic ice dance competition in the lead, and Canada's Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir refused to give up their hold on that gold-medal position.
The young Ontario skaters won Canada's first-ever Olympic ice dance gold medal with a dazzling performance in the free dance Monday night at Vancouver's Pacific Coliseum.
They earned a score of 110.42 points, boosting their total to 221.57.
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Designer Helmer Joseph stages fundraiser for Haiti for Montreal Fashion Week
Tuesday, February 23, 2010
Eva Friede, National Post
For five years, fashion designer Helmer Joseph has been working to help the handicapped in Haiti. Now, in the wake of the devastating earthquake in his native land, he's stepping up his efforts, pairing with Handicap International and, next week, staging his fall show at Montreal Fashion Week as a fundraiser.
"I grew up with a cousin, my age, who was handicapped," said Joseph, a master couturier trained in the grand ateliers of Paris. "All the kids teased him. I know handicapped people. I know that it doesn't take much to make a difference."
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McIvor seizes gold in Games' newest event
Tuesday, February 23, 2010
Hayley Mick, CTV Sports
The day before her Olympic debut, ski cross racer Ashleigh McIvor calmed her nerves by speaking to her boyfriend and teammate, Chris Del Bosco.
"Our coaches were saying, it's going to be crazy. It's going to be so overwhelming. You're going to hear the crowds from the top. It's 10 times bigger than anything you've ever done before," she said.
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Business and Trade
Bombardier lands $3.1B US airliner deal
Thursday, February 25, 2010
CBC News
Bombardier Aerospace has a $3.1 billion US deal to sell 40 of its CS300 jet airliners to Republic Airways Holdings, a U.S. operator of 1,600 daily flights under half a dozen different airline names.
There is a firm deal for 40 of the planes, and an option on another 40, Montreal-based Bombardier said in a news release Thursday. If the option is exercised, the deal will be worth $6.3 billion US to Bombardier.
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Economy added 22,000 jobs in December
Thursday, February 25, 2010
CBC News
Payroll employment in Canada increased by 22,000 in December 2009, its fourth straight month of modest gains.
Payroll employment is a measure that tracks the number of paid positions based on tax information submitted to the Canada Revenue Agency by businesses and excludes some volatile sectors, such as agriculture.
It has been on an upward trend since August 2009 but remains down 380,000 from its October 2008 peak, despite the recent gains, Statistics Canada said Thursday.
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La CIBC quadruple ses profits
Jeudi 25 février 2010
Radio-Canada
Première des grandes banques canadiennes à dévoiler ses résultats financiers, la CIBC améliore sa rentabilité à son premier trimestre de 2010.
Pour la période de trois mois terminée le 31 janvier dernier, l'institution financière enregistre un bénéfice net de 652 millions de dollars. Ces profits sont quatre fois plus importants que ceux dégagés à la même période un an plus tôt. En plein coeur de la crise du crédit, au premier trimestre de 2009, les résultats financiers de la CIBC avaient été lourdement affectés par une perte liée aux activités de crédit en voie de restructuration.
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Olympic glory lures more advertisers
Tuesday, February 23, 2010
CBC News
A little gold-medal moxie may stretch further these days, say some analysts who suggest the endorsement game in Canada has shifted course significantly.
Take freestyle skiing champ Alexandre Bilodeau's breathtaking swoosh down the moguls to capture Canada's first Olympic gold on home soil. Bilodeau's grit and all-Canadian humility could help him rein in $1 million in product endorsements, watchers say.
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Wal-Mart to expand Canadian supercentres
Tuesday, February 23, 2010
CBC News
Wal-Mart Canada plans to open 35 to 40 supercentres across Canada in 2010.
Through a combination of new openings, relocations and renovations of existing stores, the company will spend $500 million and create more than 6,500 jobs, it said Tuesday.
The company said specific store locations will be announced over the coming weeks and months.
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Shaw's bid for Canwest approved
Friday, February 19, 2010
CBC News
A group of financiers has launched a rival $120-million bid for Canwest Global Communications, a week after cable firm Shaw Communications Inc. made a move for the broadcaster.
Financiers have presented a rival bid to control Winnipeg-based Canwest Global Communications Corp., the headquarters of which are shown here. (John Woods/Canadian Press)
In an Ontario court Friday, Toronto-based private equity fund Catalyst Capital Group Inc. unveiled a $120-million bid for 32 per cent control of Canwest Media Inc., the Canwest unit that holds the company's specialty television assets.
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Ottawa to tweet budget speech
Wednesday, February 24, 2010
Globe and Mail
The Finance Department is turning to Twitter to deliver its message in bite-sized chunks of 140 characters or less.
The department plans to begin tweeting when the Finance Minister Jim Flaherty rises in the House of Commons to deliver his latest budget on March 4.
Links to relevant portions of the budget will be tweeted in real time.
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Canadian News
Michaëlle Jean de passage à McGill
Vendredi 19 février 2010
Catherine Handfield, La Presse
Un mois après le séisme en Haïti, l'aide humanitaire semble se maintenir, s'est réjouie hier la gouverneure générale du Canada, Michaëlle Jean, de passage à l'Université McGill.
Au terme de son allocution, la gouverneure générale a déclaré que l'humanité semblait entrer dans une «nouvelle ère où commence à prévaloir une formidable éthique du partage».
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Canada's last First World War soldier
Friday, February 19, 2010
CBC News
When John Babcock celebrated his 107th birthday in 2007, he received greetings from around the world. The Queen sent a letter of congratulations and Prime Minister Stephen Harper gave him a tie decorated with red poppies.
They were small tokens of appreciation for the man believed to be the last surviving Canadian veteran of the First World War.
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Canadians living longer
Tuesday, February 23, 2010
Jill Mahoney, Globe and Mail
Canadians are living longer than ever.
Babies born between 2005 and 2007 have a life expectancy of 80.7 years, according to new data from Statistics Canada. This is up considerably from the average 78.4 years for Canadians born in the mid-1990s.
“People are living longer in Canada,” said Shiang Ying Dai, a senior Statscan analyst.
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The ROM reopens the bat cave
Wednesday, February 24, 2010
Denise Balkissoon, The Toronto Star
Never mind the fangs—bats have really cool noses.
The protruding, folded coils of their ornate smell organs are what many bats use to echolocate, which is how they navigate in the dark. Emitting a high pitched noise through their noses (or sometimes mouths), echolocating bats wait to hear the sound bounce off stationary objects they don’t want to fly into, or off the bugs, flowers and animals they might want to eat.
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Canadian authors vie for Commonwealth prize
Friday, February 19, 2010
CBC News
Established Canadian authors Anne Michaels, Lisa Moore and Michael Crummey have been shortlisted for the regional edition of the Commonwealth Writers' Prize.
Organizers revealed on Thursday the contenders for the annual literary honours, which recognize the best book and the best first book in four regions: Africa; the Caribbean and Canada; South Asia and Europe; and South East Asia and the Pacific.
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Pope Benedict approves sainthood for Montreal’s Brother André
Friday, February 19, 2010
The Toronto Star
Pope Benedict has approved sainthood for Montreal’s Brother André.
The Pope made the announcement during a ceremony at the Vatican Friday and set the formal canonization for Oct. 17 in Rome.
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Adams, Sainte-Marie win GG awards
Tuesday, February 23, 2010
CBC News
Singers Bryan Adams and Buffy Sainte-Marie are two of six Canadians to win this year's Governor General's Performing Arts Awards.
The honour recognizes "outstanding lifetime contribution to Canada's cultural life."
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Opinion/Editorial
How Canada's Olympians won our hearts
Wednesday, February 24, 2010
Margaret Wente, The Globe and Mail
Thank God we're likely to see the end of Own the Podium (the slogan, not the program). I never liked it. The problem wasn't that it was boastful, self-regarding and un-Canadian. The problem was that it wildly over-promised and then did not deliver. It myopically exaggerated what Canada could accomplish in the great scheme of things—which, come to think of it, is a very Canadian characteristic indeed.
The idea behind Own the Podium—to raise Canada's game by investing serious money in its athletes—was absolutely right.
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True North free and strong
Thursday, February 25, 2010
Martin Hutchinson, Financial Post
While Sunday's Olympic hockey game between Canada and the United States was a close-fought match ending in a U.S. victory, the economic competition between the two countries appears close—but isn't. Canada has achieved similar results to its neighbour to the south, but without a large bank bailout or excessive fiscal stimulus. As a result, the Canadian economic position looks much sounder and its long-term prognosis healthier.
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