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CANADA News, Aug 18, 2011


Hébert: Lessons in Duceppe's aborted Radio-Canada career
Toronto Star
By Chantal Hébert National Columnist Defeated Bloc Québécois leader Gilles Duceppe — who was dropped from the Radio-Canada fall lineup on Wednesday a mere 48 hours after his recruitment as a regular contributor to a mid-morning radio show was ...
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CANADA FX DEBT-C$ edges higher in restrained advance
Reuters
By Ka Yan Ng TORONTO, Aug 17 (Reuters) - Canada's dollar edged higher against the US currency on Wednesday, supported by rallying risk assets, although anxiety over the state of the global economy restrained the gain. The nervousness, however, helped ...
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Day in the life of CBC's Canada
National Post
It is an utterly CBC kind of project: The public broadcaster brought its considerable resources to bear, sending crews to all three coasts to collect stories of a day in the life of Canada. Sue Dando, the executive producer, said the CBC was able to ...
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Bus made in Canada nothing new for president
Chicago Sun-Times
The “Yes, America Can” bus in was made in Canada by Prevost. One of the president's critics said, “Seeing the president drive around in his Canadian-made luxury bus is just another reminder of [his] failed economic policies. ...
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Health Canada fails to deliver on promise
Montreal Gazette
By SARAH SCHMIDT, Postmedia News August 18, 2011 12:00 AM Four years after Health Canadasaid it would impose strict limits on trans fats in food products if companies didn't reduce it on their own, the department has failed to move on the promise, ...
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Canada's shrinking, aging work force poses economic problems: Statscan
Globe and Mail
Canada's labour force is becoming much older, more diverse and will grow much more slowly than in the past as the economy absorbs a wave of baby boomers entering retirement. Statistics Canada released new data Wednesday showing the retiring baby boom ...
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Globe and Mail
Canada Private Equity Investments Up 40% In 2Q
Wall Street Journal
By Ben Dummett Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES TORONTO (Dow Jones)--The second quarter marked the most active period for Canada's buyout and private-equity market since the fourth quarter of 2008, while the venture-capital sector continued to struggle, ...
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Election Canada proposes online voting for 2013
CTV.ca
(Chris Young / THE CANADIAN PRESS) A man waits to cast his vote in Canada'sfederal election in Montreal, Monday, May 2, 2011. (Graham Hughes / THE CANADIAN PRESS) Going to the polls might just mean booting up your computer during the next federal ...
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CTV.ca
Military monikers won't revive the monarchy in Canada
Ottawa Citizen
Under the Liberals, the Red Ensign was dispatched, the Royal Mail became Canada Post, and the armed forces were unified - all blows at the monarchical connection. Now the present government has put the Queen prominently back into its revised (and ...
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Canada to fund MRI-guided radiation therapy device
DOTmed.com
Alberta Health Services and industry partners Paramed and ASG Superconductors are putting down $1.1 million, according to the Western Economic Diversification Canada, a federal funding group. (All figures in Canadian dollars. In terms of conversion, ...
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Canada doubles Summer Universiade medal count
Ottawa Citizen
Canada doubled its medal production Wednesday at the Summer Universiade in Shenzhen, China, winning a silver in swimming and a bronze in weightlifting, its first-ever medal in that sport. Tera van Beilen of Oakville, Ont., placed second in the women's ...
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Canada's Dollar Climbs as 'Positive Tone' Bolsters Risk Seeking
Bloomberg
By Chris Fournier - Wed Aug 17 21:14:20 GMT 2011 Canada's dollar gained, touching the strongest level in a week, as stocks ended the day higher and crude oil, the nation's biggest export, rose. The Canadian currency has fallen 2.6 percent in August, ...
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Corvettes on Woodward cruisers show off creativity
Detroit Free Press
Corvette aficionados from the US and Canada participated in the annual Corvettes on Woodward cruise Wednesday. This year, there were more than 400. The event ended at the Open Hands Food Pantry in Royal Oak, which operates out of St. John's Episcopal ...
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Rugby Canada takes 'huge step forward' with Langford home
Victoria Times Colonist
By Cleve Dheensaw, timescolonist.com August 17, 2011 11:02 PM Rugby Canada's Graham Brown, left, and and Rich Bourne hand Langford Mayor Stewart Young a personalized rugby jersey after the official announcement Wednesday that City Centre Park will be ...
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Canada Post honours BlackBerry, other Canadian inventions
Montreal Gazette
By Laura Baziuk and Beatrice Fantoni, Postmedia News August 17, 2011 Canada Post has put the ubiquitous smartphone on a stamp, as part of a new series of stamps released Wednesday that feature four Canadian inventions. The other three Canadian ...
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Canada Post attributes earnings drop to fewer letters, more retirees
Vancouver Sun
By Robert Hiltz, Postmedia News August 17, 2011 Canada Post authorities say the Crown corporation will have to be very diligent and creative in order to continue to be a profit-making entity. OTTAWA — A decline in mail volume and a massive pension ...
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Energy in America: Keystone XL's Oil Sands Pipeline Up in the Air
Fox News
By Dan Springer The national environmental fight over the oil sands in Canada has reached a flashpoint in a pipeline battle. TransCanada wants to build a 2000-mile pipeline from the oil sands of Alberta to refineries in Texas, known as the Keystone XL. ...
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Canada-Colombia trade pact begins as U.S. deals stall : 2011-08-17
Washington Times
Colombia and Canada began a major trade pact this week that allows Canada to export wheat, among other items, tariff-free. The deal took effect almost five years after the Bush administration signed its own free trade agreement with the South American...
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Washington Times
Canadians deliver $20M to African famine relief
CTV.ca
President and CEO of CARE Canada, Kevin McCort speaks during a press conference on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, on Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2011, in response to the Government of Canada's commitment of $50 million to drought-affected East Africa. ...
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CTV.ca
Retailers steeling for tough back-to-school sell
Globe and Mail
Retailers in Canada are bracing for a tough back-to-school season as heightened global economic uncertainty rattles consumer confidence. Still stinging from disappointing spring results, merchants aren't likely to find relief any time soon. ...
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Globe and Mail
Canada grabs early lead in Stephen Ames Cup
Calgary Herald
Blair Hamilton, one of eight young players carrying Canada's flag in this week's Stephen Ames Cup, is listed as being from Burlington, Ont. “I've always told people I'm from the Calgary area,” said the 17-year-old, smiling. “A lot of my family is here ...
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More co-operation than competition among Arctic nations
Montreal Gazette
This development mocks the ludicrous media hype suggesting that there is a bitter rivalry involvingCanada, Russia, the United States and Denmark (Greenland) over their sometimes competing claims and interests in the Arctic. ...
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Drake To Receive Award From Canada's Walk Of Fame
HipHopDX
by Sean Ryon Canada honors its biggest rap export Drizzy with a new award fromCanada's Walk of Fame. Between his numerous Grammy nods, his two Juno Awards and his recent Songwriters Hall of Fame commemoration, Drake has been making the best of his ...
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HipHopDX
Canada's economy doesn't look so bullet-proof any more
Globe and Mail
It's a given now that Canada's economy had a generally lousy second quarter, possibly even suffering a contraction, based on various indicators such as exports and manufacturing. What we don't know, of course, is how the third quarter's shaping up, ...
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Shark water: Several shark species common in Atlantic Canada waters
GlobalNews.ca
But the waters off Atlantic Canada are home to several shark species, plus a few visitors that find their way north in the warm waters of the Gulf Stream. The Canadian Shark Research Laboratory lists almost 20 species of sharks that have been reported ...
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Winnipeg Scout leader charged with sex crimes
Montreal Gazette
WINNIPEG — An award-winning Scouts Canada leader has been arrested and charged with sexually assaulting a teenager repeatedly over two years. A police investigation into Stuart Garrett Young, 39, began last week, quickly leading to his arrest at his ...
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Colombia/Canada launch FTA promoting agro-trade and mining investment
MercoPress
The Canada-Colombia Free Trade Agreement which took effect on Monday August 15 is Canada's fourth bilateral trade deal with a Latin American country and eliminates tariffs on a range of goods and services in an effort to facilitate trade and investment ...
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MercoPress
Canada struggling to prepare for aging boomers, smaller workforce
Vancouver Sun
By Peggy Curran, Postmedia News August 17, 2011 Canada still has no plan to cope with the implications for our public services and our economy of a swelling demographic wave of seniors. Blow out your candles and make a wish. It's 2051, and you've just ...
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Royal military renaming slammed as colonial throwback
CBC.ca
Beginning of Story Content Restoring the "royal" designation to Canada's air force and navy has been praised as a nod to Canada's military history, but some critics argue the move is regressive and unnecessary and will backfire on the Conservative ...
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CBC.ca
If no-one will save RIM, perhaps Canada should
ZDNet (blog)
If the BlackBerry maker is unsellable, or a loose cannon in the current market, why shouldn'tCanada step in? Research in Motion is seriously struggling. As it puts on a brave face to the public by releasing its new BlackBerry smartphones into the wild ...
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China beats out America for Canadian oil — RT
By RT
Massive resources of oil lay under the surface of Alberta, Canada. With the Great White North already the largest foreign supplier of oil to the US, it would make sense for America to ink a deal that would pipe that product right over ...
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USD/CAD: Trading the Canadian Consumer Price Report – American ...
By ABMN Staff
Consumer prices in Canada are projected to increase at an annual pace of 2.8% after expanding 3.1% in June, and the slower rate of inflation is likely to spark...
American Banking News
Drake Honored With Canada's Walk Of Fame « Entertainment News l ...
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Canada honors its biggest rap export Drizzy with a new award from Canada's Walk of Fame. Between his numerous Grammy nods, his two Juno Awards and his recent Songwriters Hall of Fame commemoration, Drake has been making the best of his ...
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August 18 — a date to celebrate in Canadian ... - Bangor Daily News
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Cricket - Hansra guides Canada to victory | Canada v USA, Toronto ...
Match report of Canada v USA, Toronto, 2nd day from Canada. ... News Widget · Features · Features · Magazine Home. Regulars. Ask Steven · On This Day · ESPNcricinfo XI · Numbers Game · Quote Unquote · Rewind to · The List. Highlights ...
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Canada: Canada-Colombia Free Trade Agreement Takes Effect | The ...
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The Canada-Colombia Free Trade Agreement (CCoFTA) took effect on August 15, 2011 and offers relaxed Canadian immigration procedures for Colombian citizens and.
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Deluce makes Team Canada | London Community News
By jmatisz
Canada's National Women's Team roster for the 2011 IIHF 8 Nations Women's Tournament was announced last Thursday (Aug. 11). Part of the 10-player forward unit is London resident Mallory Deluce. From Aug. 24 to Sept. ...
London Community News
Ten Years After 9/11 – Canada's True Cost of Oil – News Watch
By International League of Conservation Photographers
A few years later I had my first glimpse of Canada's Tar Sands. Hovering over them in a helicopter, below me lay devastation on a scale that could be only described as biblical. Vast tar mines, refineries fouling the air, ...
News Watch
Obama's Bus Was Made in … Canada? « Fox News Insider
By Fox and Friends
But the bus wasn't made in America, instead it was built in Canada. Gretchen Carlson said the problem with this is that the president's speeches focused on creating jobs in America and meanwhile he was riding [...]
Fox News Insider
Canada's main stock index gained Wednesday ... - Live Trading News
By Shayne Heffernan
Canada's main stock index gained Wednesday buying returns The S&P/TSX Composite Index rose 0.4%, or 54 pts, to 12578.40. Gold keeps going higher and.
Live Stock Trading News | Equities,...
Barbados:BCC Students To Receive Scholarships To Canada ...
By guest
Eighteen students from the Barbados Community College (BCC) will be formally presented with scholarships later this week, from a number of colleges in Canada. Minister of Education and Human Resource Development, Ronald Jones, ...
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Canadian Punjabi radio host denies worsening domestic violence ...
The host of a popular Punjabi-language radio programme in Canada has denied accusations that his comments have worsened the problem of domestic violence.
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Canada: ELECTROVAYA TO PROVIDE 1.2MWH LITHIUM ION BATTERY ENERGY ...
By dblo
Member of Parliament for Mississauga South, Stella Ambler added, “This investment is good news for Ontario and residents of Mississauga South as we are sustaining high quality jobs while also advancing clean technology in Canada.” ...
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Financial Institutions In Canada Seek Opportunity During Times Of ...
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Formal fight for Canada's Zarlink begins - Page 1 - Communications ...
Microsemi Corp. finally makes an official bid for its competitor, one that has already been rejected by the board and ignored by shareholders - Page 1.
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Canada reaches free trade deal with Honduras - Canada - CBC News
Canada has struck a free trade deal with Honduras. Prime Minister Stephen Harper made the announcement Friday during a visit to the Central American nation.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/.../pol-honduras-free-trade-deal.html
Canada News Centre - Closer Canada-China Economic Ties a Harper ...
The Honourable Ed Fast, Minister of International Trade and Minister for the Asia-Pacific Gateway, today participated in a round table with members of the ...
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Canada News - Cambridge Life Solutions Canada has Developed and ...
Cambridge Life Solutions launches new section of their website.
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