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CANADA News, Aug 19, 2011


Canada Rebound After Weak Second Quarter Tops Agenda for Carney, Flaherty
Bloomberg
By Theophilos Argitis and Ilan Kolet - Fri Aug 19 04:01:02 GMT 2011 Canada's economic policy makers may try to bolster investor confidence by telling lawmakers a global slump and market turmoil won't derail a recovery in the world's ninth-largest ...
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Welcome upgrades to Canada's democracy
National Post
Canada's democratic machinery functioned smoothly, and voter turnout was up to 61%, a disappointingly low figure, but at least a move in the right direction. The final cost of the election - $291-million, or $12 per voter - is a small price to pay for ...
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Canada Again Seeks Public Help To Find Criminals
Wall Street Journal
By Nirmala Menon Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES OTTAWA (Canada)--The Canadian government, buoyed by the success of an unusual move last month to release names and photographs of suspected war criminals, expanded the list to include another 32 people with ...
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Building on Canada's history
Winnipeg Free Press
During the valiant years of the Second World War, the Royal Canadian Navy secured the vital North Atlantic sea lanes while the RCAF, training thousands of Commonwealth and allied crew, would earn for Canada the title "aerodrome of democracy. ...
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Health Canada warns of worsening drug shortages
Globe and Mail
Health Canada announced Thursday that more than a dozen drugs imported by several different companies may be indefinitely in short supply in this country as a result of “deficiencies” identified at Ben Venue Laboratories Inc., a contract manufacturer ...
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Globe and Mail
A Quest to Clean Up Canada's Oil Sands Carbon
National Geographic
The Quest Carbon Capture and Storage project would be the first major effort to capture and store greenhouse gas emissions from Canada's energy-intensive oil sands operations. The first large-scale effort to capture carbon dioxide emissions in the ...
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National Geographic
Canada wants to deport 32 on list
Winnipeg Free Press
VANCOUVER -- A new list of "most- wanted" criminals released by the Canada Border Services Agency Thursday includes a BC killer who has avoided deportation for more than 20 years. The CBSA released the names and photos of 32 immigrants who have been ...
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Goldman Sachs to offer Canada new market
Vancouver Sun
Goldman Sachs Canada Inc. will give clients and other broker-dealers access to Sigma X Canadafor securities listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange, Adam Mazur, co-head of business development at Goldman Sachs Electronic Trading in New York, ...
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Man extradited to Canada in killing
Las Cruces Sun-News
LAS CRUCES - A man charged with murder in Canada has been extradited from Las Cruces, the US Marshals Service announced Thursday. Luis Alfonso Ochoa-Gamez allegedly shot 24-year-old Mauro Hernandez-Renteria in Alberta, Canada, after a failed drug deal ...
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Canada's police chief to represent Interpol at UN
Xinhua
OTTAWA, Aug. 18 (Xinhua) -- The outgoing commissioner of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), William Elliott, has been appointed to a three-year term as the international police agency Interpol's Special Representative to the United Nations, ...
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Lots of talk, but few details emerge
Montreal Gazette
Dave Sidaway THE GAZET Politicians at Thursday's meeting agreed on one thing: The Champlain Bridge, Canada's busiest bridge, needs to be replaced. Here's a breakdown of what was said and what wasn't said at Thursday's news conference addressing traffic ...
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Busy weekend for NBL of Canada teams
Journal Pioneer
CORNWALL - It will be a busy and historic weekend for the seven teams in the National Basketball League of Canada. The league, which will tip-off its inaugural season in late October, will hold an owners meeting, coaches meeting, two-day player combine ...
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Journal Pioneer
Canada's handyman, Mike Holmes, lends talents to Edmonton housing project
Vancouver Sun
EDMONTON — Canada's most recognizable handyman is bringing his talents to an affordable housing project in inner-city Edmonton. Mike Holmes and his housing company, The Holmes Group, have partnered with the Metis Capital Housing Corp. to build an ...
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Doctors ask doctor-MP to stop Canadian asbestos exports
Montreal Gazette
OTTAWA — More than 200 doctors in Canada and worldwide are asking Conservative MP — and orthopedic surgeon — Kellie Leitch to honour her professional and medical duty by helping to stop the use of Canadian asbestos in this country and abroad. ...
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Bobrosky wins Canada's first gold at junior swimming worlds
Vancouver Sun
Bobrosky won silver in the 400 metres and was a part of Canada's silver-medal effort in the 4x100-metre freestyle relay, both on Tuesday. On Wednesday, he finished ahead of silver medallist Pawel Werner of Poland (1:49.39) and bronze medallist Cameron ...
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Universiade: Canada's men's basketball team secures first
TSN
SHENZHEN, China (CIS) - Canada's men's basketball team continues to be the darling of the Summer Universiade and on Thursday the Canucks secured first place in Group B and a spot in the quarter-finals with an 83-50 drubbing of Hong Kong (0-4). ...
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Canada Post union to challenge arbitrator
CBC.ca
Beginning of Story Content The union representing postal workers is planning a court challenge over the federal government's choice of the arbitrator mandated to settle theCanada Post labour dispute. Canada Post and the Canadian Union of Postal ...
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CBC.ca
Shoreline litter list puzzles township residents
The Kingston Whig-Standard
On Wednesday, the World Wildlife Fund Canada and the Vancouver Aquarium released the results of the 2010 Great Canadian Shoreline Cleanup. The 17th annual cleanup named Sydenham Lake as the most littered shoreline in Canada, topping a list of 1200 ...
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Ontario is Canada Cup champ
Toronto Sun
By Bob Elliott ,Toronto Sun It took a while, but Ontario scored in the bottom of the seventh to beat the Green Machine and win gold at the annual Canada Cup in Moncton, NB, on Sunday night. Scarborough's Mitch Triolo hit a fly ball with the bases ...
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Canada's Wonderland to Build Leviathan, a B&M Giga, in 2012
COASTER-net.com
Certainly the name sounds fitting for what Canada's Wonderland is about to unleash. For those brave souls who do decide to challenge the mighty Leviathan, they will be boarding into one of three classic style B&M hyper trains. ...
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Canadians becoming more attached to Internet, smartphones: CRTC
Vancouver Sun
By Sarah Schmidt, Postmedia News August 18, 2011 Canadians are turning off their televisions and cutting their land lines in favour of online streaming and smartphones in record numbers, Canada'stelecommunications regulator flags in a report released ...
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Americans living in Canada risk facing massive tax penalties
Vancouver Sun
31 deadline looms for an untold number of Americans living in Canada — certainly many thousands, and possibly hundreds of thousands — who are at risk of massive penalties from the IRS, even if they have no US income, owe no back taxes and haven't ...
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Food court king adds Mr. Sub to menu
Financial Post (blog)
Stanley Ma, head of MTY Group, one of Canada's largest fast-food franchisors, grabs a bite to eat in a familiar food court setting. MTY makes money by taking royalties from the sales at its various restaurants. MONTREAL — Quebec food court king ...
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Canada's 'twin' teens too tough for Trinidad-Tobago
Calgary Herald
By Bryce Forbes, For the Calgary Herald August 18, 2011 11:12 PM Jessel Mohammed of Trinidad and Tobago, shown, teamed with Talin Rajendranath to defeat Canada's Blair Hamilton and Kieren Standen one up in the Stephen Ames Cup on Thursday at Canyon ...
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Court blocks release of criminal by immigration judge
National Post (blog)
Federal Court of Canada has twice overturned rulings by Immigration and Refugee Board adjudicator Otto Nupponen. Canada's Immigration and Refugee Board ordered a career criminal released from custody despite his being deemed “an undue risk to society,” ...
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Hockey Canada Hires Well-Traveled Ron Tugnutt as Goalie Coach
Suite101.com
Ron Tugnutt to Work to Keep Canada Tops in Hockey. - Photo by Michael F. McCarthy Hockey Canada has hired a full-time goalie coach and he's a former NHLer. Ron Tugnutt got lots of goaltending knowledge playing for 8 NHL teams. A former National Hockey ...
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Suite101.com
President's $1.1 M "Stagecoach" Made in Canada
The New American
"The contract lists the country of origin as Canada and place of manufacture as 'outside US - Trade Agreements,' a possible reference to the North American Free Trade Agreement," the Post reported. An ad on the Hemphill web site for a similar bus, ...
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Chill Out Canada-Students Smarter than You Think About Credit Cards
MarketWatch (press release)
According to BMO Bank of Montreal's 2011 Student Summer Survey, Canada's youth are prudent users of credit cards, treating them as payment vehicles, instead of borrowing instruments. In the study conducted by Leger Marketing, post-secondary students ...
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Meteorites may have landed in the region
Warren Tribune Chronicle
8, sky cameras belonging to the Southern Ontario Meteor Network in Canada recorded a meteor as it entered the Earth's atmosphere over Lake Erie, and scientists at NASA say they have "high confidence" that pieces of the meteor landed in northern ...
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Amnesty defends its concern for rights of Canada's 'most wanted'
Globe and Mail
It's all over the Harper government's “most wanted” list, in which it released the names and photographs of 30 men living in Canada accused of war crimes. So successful was the initial list – six of those men have been apprehended in less than a month ...
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Globe and Mail
Oh, Canada. You can keep the geese
Chicago Tribune (blog)
Yet I admit that I'm having trouble feeling too terrible about news reports that at least 16 Canadageese have been found dead in Chicago this week, evidently the victims of a bird disease. This protected species has become pigeon-esque, only they're ...
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Canada News Centre - The Government of Canada helps youth prepare ...
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 program. Mr. David Tilson, Member of Parliament for Dufferin-Caledon and Mr. ...
Canada News Centre - National News
USD/CAD: Trading the Canadian Retail Sales ... - American Banking News
By ABMN Staff
Retail spending in Canada is projected to increase another 0.5% in June after climbing 0.1% in the previous month, and the ongoing expansion in household...
American Banking News
News N Economics: G7 expansion? Not even close. Canada's in a ...
By newsneconomics@gmail.com (Rebecca Wilder)
The Q2 real GDP data across the G7 are now in, except for Canada who is always the last to release their statistics. We now know that the G7 expansion has been nothing short of pathetic. Why? Because among the G7, ONLY Canada - the G7 ...
News N Economics
Canadian Dollar Feels Pressure from Falling Stocks ... - Forex News
By NewsInspector
If you have any questions, comments or opinions regarding the Canadian Dollar, feel free to post them using the commentary form below. Earlier News About the Canadian Dollar: CAD Gains vs. USD as Investors Seek Higher Yield (2011-08-17) ...
Forex News
Is The Next Domino To Fall.... Canada? | ZeroHedge
By Tyler Durden
It IS laughable and hardly news. Anyone paying attention merely has to check out the derivatives exposure of our Canadian banks (Canadian Imperial Bank Of Commerce, TD Canada Trust, Bank of Montreal, Royal Bank of Canada, et al). ...
Canada to oust foreign criminals: Toews | Canada | News | Ottawa Sun
Convicted foreign murderers, rapists and robbers are next on a list of the most wanted being sought for deportation with public help.
Top Home stories
Statoil admits Canada environmental breaches, Greens concerned / News
By Michael Sandelson#John Price
Statoil admits Canada environmental breaches, Greens concerned. Norway oil giant Statoil admitted yesterday it broke the Province of Alberta's environmental laws in connection with its oil sands project but environmental organisations ...
The Foreigner / Norwegian News...
Canadian Forces need more teeth: Transition chief | Canada | News ...
The Department of Defence and the Canadian Forces are top heavy with too many civilian bosses in Ottawa and need to shift resources to the front lines, according to a secret defence report.
Canada stories
Frontier Post :: Afghanistan News :: Canada hands mily honour to ...
By shimran
OTTAWA (Agencies): The former top US military commander in Iraq and Afghanistan is being honoured for his service by Canada's commander-in-chief.Gov.-Gen. David Johnston will give a meritorious service decoration to US Gen. ...
Frontier Post
PICKS OF THE WEEK FROM WINES IN NIAGARA: Canada's first organic ...
By admin
Rick Vansickle is a veteran journalist, wine reviewer and publisher of Wines in Niagara. His reviews will appear each Friday in Bullet News. Previous reviews are archived under the entertainment tab on the Bullet News home page, ...
Bullet News Niagara | Niagara...
Ask McDonald's® Canada To Go Cage-Free ! PLEASE SIGN ! ! - Care2 ...
By Cher C.
Right now, eggs served at McDonald's® come from hens kept in battery cages. By serving cage-free eggs, McDonald's® -- the world's biggest fast food chain and the largest purchaser of eggs in theCanadian food service industry.
Care2 News Network
Jessica Chastain at Elle Canada | The Fan Sites Network News ...
By Luciana
Jessica Chastain is cover of September issue of Elle Canada, in a beautiful photo session done by Giuliano Bekor, celebrity and fashion photographer. A behind-the-scenes of this shoot has surfaced, and it's insanely beautiful! ...
The Fan Sites Network News/Updates/Go...
May Auto Sales Lie Flat for Canadian Market | Automotive News
By Admin
This improve in sales saw Hyundai outsell Honda by a little a lot more than 1000 units, placing them in the leading-five position for the 1st time in the auto-maker's history, seeing them claim 8.6 per cent of the Canadian marketplace. ...
Automotive News
Canada should allow social media to convey federal election ...
By Ian Tennant
The independent body that oversees national elections in Canada has urged the federal government to reform a 73-year-old law that bans the transmission of news, opinions and results before polls close in the Western part of the nation, ...
JOURNALISM IN THE AMERICAS Blog
GOVERNMENTS OF CANADA AND SASKATCHEWAN CELEBRATE NEW AFFORDABLE ...
Leon Benoit, Member of Parliament for Vegreville-Wainwright, on behalf of the Honourable Diane Finley, Minister of Human Resources and Skills Development and Minister Responsible for CanadaMortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC), ...
Government of Saskatchewan -...
Elections Canada lobbies for test of online voting - Toronto - CBC ...
By nbcdipper
Elections Canada lobbies for test of online voting - Toronto - CBC News. Well, with a majority government in place now, there's definetely no need for this nonsense is there Mr Harper? Who needs more voters when you can win an election ...
New Democrats Online
List of drugs in short supply in Canada grows longer
Health Canada on Thursday added 16 more medications to its list of drugs in short supply across the. ... By Teresa Smith, Postmedia News August 18, 2011. Tweet. Story; Photos ( 1 ) ...
Calgary Herald - News
Canada News: A violent end for oldest of B.C.'s notorious Bacon ...
Jonathan Bacon died Sunday after he and five other passengers were gunned down by a masked assailant, outside one of Kelowna's grandest hotels.
www.thestar.com/.../1039544--a-violent-end-for-oldest-of-b-c...
Raymond Lahey News | Canada News
Raymond lahey news raymond lahey daily photos videos Canada News man with breast cancer denied coverage.
www.newcanadanews.com/raymond-lahey/news

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