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CANADA News, Sep 03, 2011


Canada wins 1st World Cup qualifier
CBC.ca
Canada's Dwayne De Rosario, centre, fails to connect with a cross as St. Lucia's Fabian Joseph looks on during first half of the 2014 World Cup Qualifying match in Toronto.Canada's Dwayne De Rosario, centre, fails to connect with a cross as St. Lucia's ...
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CBC.ca
New Air Canada fees called 'money grab'
Montreal Gazette
By ROBERT HILTZ, Postmedia News September 3, 2011 12:00 AM In 2008 Air Canada imposed, then withdrew and then reinstated a second-bag fee for its US and international flights. It initially withdrew the fee because of public outcry. ...
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CANADA STOCKS-TSX slips as US jobs growth stalls, golds gain
Reuters
... markets will be closed on Monday for the Labor Day holiday. Some highlights next week are US non-manufacturing ISM data on Tuesday, the Bank of Canada interest rate announcement on Wednesday and Canadian monthly employment figures on Friday. ECONCA.
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CANADA FX DEBT-C$ hits one-week low on dismal US jobs data
Reuters
[MKTS/GLOB] Canada's dollar fell against all major currencies on concern about the country's link to the US economy. The United States is by far Canada's largest trading partner. The grim employment news will likely keep pressure on the US Federal ...
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US wants confident Canada as closer ally
Globe and Mail
A chastened United States is looking to Canada to help it carry the weight of the world. The question for the people of this increasingly confident and internationally engaged nation is how much of that weight we should bear, and what it means for ...
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Globe and Mail
Canadian rowers look for another medal haul in London
Montreal Gazette
By PAT HICKEY, The Gazette September 3, 2011 12:00 AM Joel Anthony, 19, of Montreal, and a first-round NBA draft choice, has helped Team Canada earn a shot at qualifying for the Olympics after a strong showing at the FIBA Americas. ...
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Armstrong explodes for Canada's first world throwing medal
Toronto Star
Canada's Dylan Armstrong celebrates his silver medal in the shot put at the world track and field championships Friday in Daegu, South Korea. By Randy Starkman Olympic Sports Reporter There's no cookie cutter approach to becoming a world-class shot ...
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Canada ranks among best at playing 'hooligan's game'
Montreal Gazette
Soccer fans would surely disagree, but despite all the kids who play soccer in this country, Canadahas enjoyed much more success on the world stage in rugby. Our national rugby team, which is ranked 14th in the world, has qualified for all seven Rugby ...
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PREVIEW-UPDATE 3-Canada seen adding 25K jobs in Aug
Reuters
[ID:nOAT004865] The two economies are closely linked but Canada's job market has outperformed that of its top trading partner during the economic recovery and its jobless rate is 2 percentage points lower. Analysts say it may be too early for the ...
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Dire Straits 'Money for Nothing' song ban lifted in Canada
Daily Mail
By Daily Mail Reporter The Dire Straits hit Money for Nothing can now be played inCanada after a ban for its use of the word 'faggot' was lifted. The song from the 1980s was pulled from radio playlists in January after just one unidentified listener ...
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Daily Mail
EU Pits Alberta Beef Against Quebec Dairy Products in Canada Trade Talks
Bloomberg
By Andrew Mayeda - Fri Sep 02 21:01:44 GMT 2011 The European Union may refuse to open its market to more Canadian beef, pork and sweet corn unless Canada provides better access to its heavily protected dairy sector, a senior European diplomat said. ...
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Canada to send Guatemalan warcrimes suspect to US
AFP
MONTREAL — A former member of the Guatemalan military who holds both Canadian and American passports and who is accused of war crimes in Guatemala will be extradited to the United States, a Canadian court ruled Friday. Alberta's Chief Justice in Neil ...
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AFP
Trying to prove he's Dief's son
Ottawa Citizen
A Toronto man pursuing his quest to prove that former prime minister John Diefenbaker is his father has hit a new obstacle - the Diefenbaker Canada Centre doesn't have a swath of DNA materials to help confirm or dismiss his beliefs. ...
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The Sticky Problems With Tar Sands
Discovery News
The crowd has been demonstrating against the proposed Keystone Pipeline XL project, which involves building a 1700-mile (2735-kilometer) heavy-oil pipeline from the tar sands of Alberta,Canada, to oil refinement facilities along the Gulf Coast of the ...
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Laurentian Bank tops expectations
Ottawa Citizen
TORONTO — Canada's small Laurentian Bank and Canadian Western Bank reported higher core earnings on Friday, and Laurentian said it had acquired a group of asset management companies for $165 million. Laurentian's shares rose as the bank's profit ...
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Hébert: PMO appointment signals Quebec's fading presence
Toronto Star
On the day of Persichilli's appointment as the Prime Minister's new communications director, Immigration Minister Jason Kenney — who has spearheaded Conservative efforts to secure a foundation within Canada's cultural communities — described him as ...
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Canada's top soldier says military cutbacks need more review
Globe and Mail
Canada's top soldier says a report calling for personnel reductions needs further study to ensure the recommendations won't hurt the military's ability to carry out operations. According to media reports, Lt.-Gen. Andrew Leslie wrote a review calling ...
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Globe and Mail
HMCS Charlottetown returns from Libyan mission
CBC.ca
Beginning of Story Content Defence Minister Peter MacKay, friends and family gathered at Halifax's waterfront Friday morning to welcome HMCS Charlottetown back to Canada. Defence Minister Peter MacKay wades into the crowd welcoming the HMCS ...
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RCMP issue Canada-wide warrant for murder suspect in death of Nancy Swenty
CTV.ca
Police have issued a warrant for a suspect in the murder of 33-year-old Nancy Swenty. Officers said that Russell Gordon McDiarmid, 51, of Fisher Branch faces a charge for second-degree murder. RCMP blocked off a road to search an abandoned house in the...
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CTV.ca
Leaks show US swayed Canada on copyright bill
Toronto Star
When Canada proposed a similar law on digital locks in 2010, education groups noted that it would have prevented students from copying short segments of electronic books to use in classroom assignments. The Canadian bill died when the May 2 election ...
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That's a wrap: Blockbuster stores to close across Canada
The North Bay Nugget
Tomlinson said her family was shocked when news broke that the remaining Blockbuster Canadastores would close their doors permanently. "I don't know what we're going to do. I don't even know if there's another video game store around," she said Friday ...
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9/11 sparked a new world order for Canadians
Montreal Gazette
was the man who made many of Canada's key military decisions in the wake of the 9/11 attacks in the US Watts is photographed at Canadian Forces College in Toronto, Ont., September 1, 2011. OTTAWA — On Sept. 11, 2001, Angus Watt walked into the ...
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Silver and Bronze for Canada; More Boats Qualify
row2k.com
The Canadian women's eight put on an excellent show today in Bled, Slovenia, picking up a silver medal and ensuring that Canada has a spot in the Olympic Games in this event next year. The US won in 06:03.65, with Canada less than a second behind in ...
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Ripples still felt in Canada 10 years after 9-11 horrors
CTV.ca
As a close relative, neighbour and trading partner to the anguished, grief-stricken United States, Canada was emphatically a big part of that world. "We were terrified," recalled Janna Trosman, who was a 12-year-old elementary student in the Toronto ...
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CTV.ca
Journalist stranded in Libya returns to Canada
Montreal Gazette
By Bradley Bouzane, Postmedia News September 2, 2011 An National Trasitional Council fighter looks on at a check point in the capital Tripoli on September 2. Libya's new leaders won massive international support for their plans to rebuild the ...
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We'll soon return to partisan politics - and that's a good thing
Ottawa Citizen
They'll promote a vigorous return to Canada's "traditional" military role of international peacekeeping. They'll work to ensure hard-earned political gains in Quebec in the recent federal election won't be lost in four years' time. ...
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Team Heritage down 2-1 after first day of Canada's Cup racing
HollandSentinel.com
By Lukas Cimbal After a one-day delay due to less than ideal wind conditions, the 23rd Canada'sCup began on Friday morning. As wind speeds hovered around 15 to 16 knots off Holland Harbor on Lake Michigan, Team Heritage, representing the United States ...
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A tongue-twisting labour of love in Canada's Gaelic-speaking community
Globe and Mail
In 2006, Ms. Scott and her husband, Aralt Mac Giolla Chainnigh, pooled their money with that of other contributors from Canada, Ireland and the United States, and bought the land in Tamworth, an area about 30 km north of Napanee, settled originally by ...
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Globe and Mail
Wine country close to home
London Free Press
By HANK DANISZEWSKI, The London Free Press Essex is Canada's southernmost wine region allowing for earlier harvests and unique flavour. (HANK DANISZEWSKI, The London Free Press) Alex Bemben of Alexsander Estate Winery is proud of his Chambourcin VQA, ...
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Canada dramatically outperforms the US in job growth
Vancouver Sun (blog)
US employment growth ground to a halt last month, but in Canada the data — and, granted, it is from July, a full month earlier — showed the Help-Wanted Index, a strong indicator of economic health, at an all-time high. It rose eight points to 127.3, ...
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Canada Post and stairways
Montreal Gazette
Brian Burke and some of his Montreal West neighbours received a letter from Canada Post saying mail delivery would stop if railings were not installed on front steps. "" Re: "Montreal West residents shocked by Canada Post request for railings" (Gazette ...
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Canada News Centre - Canada Welcomes HMCS Charlottetown ...
Her Majesty's Canadian Ship (HMCS) Charlottetownand its 240-member crew returned home to Halifax this morning from its deployment to the Mediterranean Sea, where the ship operated with a multinational formation of surface vessels and ...
Canada News Centre - National News
Bouldering in Squamish, Canada - climbing news, mountaineering.
By info@planetmountain.com (Planetmountain.com)
Video of some of the best bouldering in Squamish, British Columbia, Canada.
Planetmountain.com - Latest news
UBS lowers growth forecast for Canada - Economy & markets ...
Bank of Canada expected to hold off on interest rate hike until Q3 2012.
Investment Executive - News
New Anti-Spam Law to Pass in Canada
Anti-spam solutions have been among the top priorities of businesses across the nation in recent years, as this bothersome and sometimes dangerous method of sending unsolicited messages in bulk has become somewhat commonplace in ...
Proofpoint - Security, Compliance...
Canada Does Not Want NICKELBACK To Play | Latest News | Metal ...
By RobInjection
This story made my week. Apparently, the NHL commissioned fucking Nickelback of all bands to perform at the Winnipeg Jets' first game ever. Gross! Naturally, some residents of Winnipeg are not having it. A pair of critics from the local ...
Metal Injection
Canada Post core business loses $35 million in second quarter ...
By aaron
That represents a $70-million decline from the $35-million profit recorded by the Canada Post segment in the same period a year earlier. During the quarter, the Canada Post segment lost an estimated $167 million in revenues due to the ...
World Stamp News
Suspect sought in Swenty slaying | Canada | News | London Free ...
RCMP have charged a man with the murder of a woman who disappeared more than a month ago.
London Free Press
Canada's Heenan Blaikie bulks up in Paris | News | The Lawyer
Canadian firm Heenan Blaikie has continued the establishment of its Paris office with the hire of a partner and senior associate from French independent Brandford-Griffith & Associés.
The Lawyer - Latest News
Air Canada to charge for checked bags - Delhi News-Record ...
Air Canada will begin charging for all checked baggage on flights to the U.S. starting next month. Until now, the first checked luggage on Air...
Delhi News-Record
Scholarship help for the children of our fallen | Canada | News ...
Adam Naismith feels a great sense of pride every time he's handed a cheque for $4000 towards his university tuition.
Canada stories
Canada geese to be hunted at Morey over weekend ...
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Victoria's CHEK News Livestream Brings Live ... - iPhone in Canada
By Gary Ng
Vancouver Island's first private TV station (and the first employee-owned station in North America), CHEK, is taking their news channel to a new level. They.
iPhone in Canada Blog - Canada's...
World Bank says Canada probing employees of SNC-Lavalin Group
By The Huffington Post News Editors
World Bank says Canada probing employees of SNC-Lavalin Group. First Posted: 9/2/11 09:26 PM ET Updated: 9/2/11 09:47 PM ET. React. Amazing Inspiring Funny Scary Hot Crazy Important Weird. Read more. Home News ...
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Ontario man busted in Mexican pot bust | Canada | News | Winnipeg ...
A southwestern Ontario man is accused of hiding 193 kg of marijuana in a trailer while he attempted to cross into the U.S. from Mexico.
Top News stories
Air Canada charging for checked bags on U.S. flights
By Postmedia News and Calgary Herald September 2, 2011. Tweet. Comment. 0. CALGARY - Travellers flying to the United States with Air Canada will soon have to pay to check even one suitcase. The airline issued a statement on its ...
Calgary Herald - News
Canadian Content - Raptors HQ
By rbala
Big shout to Kyle Johnson doing his thing over in England. Can't hate a guy for taking necessary steps ... Toronto's Kyle Johnson To Suit Up for Great Britain at EuroBasket 2011 - Northpolehoops.com. And now for some NBL Canada news . ...
Raptors HQ
Lloyd ... - Canada News, Commentary, Analysis, Blogs | The Mark
A fixture of Canadian news for more than four decades, the peerless broadcaster signs off one final time tonight. CTV News anchor Lloyd Robertson will host his ...
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