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CANADA News, Sep 15, 2011


Regulator Probing Sino-Forest Says Canada Should Discuss Reverse Takeovers
Bloomberg
By Hugo Miller - Wed Sep 14 20:39:02 GMT 2011 The head of Canada's largest regulator, investigating fraud allegations at Sino-Forest Corp. (TRE), said the country needs to discuss whether reverse takeovers are appropriate for Toronto-listed companies ...
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Holder: Officers from US, Canada will be allowed to work across the border on ...
Washington Post
By AP, LAKE PLACID, NYAttorney General Eric Holder says the US and Canada will each designate officers who can work investigations on both sides of the border in a new pilot program next year. Holder on Wednesday told a group of federal prosecutors ...
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Should Canada be exempt from the Buy American clause?
CBC.ca
Martinez Monsivais/Associated Press The White House released a new American Jobs Act this week, and it contains one provision that could cause trade tensions between the US and Canada, The Canadian Press reports. President Obama's proposed new American ...
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CBC.ca
CANADA STOCKS-TSX gains on euro zone relief, golds drag
Reuters
By Trish Nixon TORONTO, Sept 14 (Reuters) - Toronto's main stock index rose along with global equities on Wednesday, as European leaders displayed new urgency in efforts to contain the euro zone debt crisis. German and French leaders urged Greece to ...
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CANADA FX DEBT-C$ ends weaker but euro zone hope limits loss
Reuters
By Andrea Hopkins TORONTO, Sept 14 (Reuters) - The Canadian dollar ended lower against the US dollar on Wednesday but its losses were limited as some positive news on resolving the euro zone's debt crisis perked up risk appetite. ...
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Rare Victory for Canada
New York Times
By REUTERS Phil Mackenzie scored a try with seven minutes left to give Canada a thrilling 25-20 victory over Tonga at the Rugby World Cup in New Zealand. Mackenzie picked up the ball at the foot of a ruck and wriggled between two tacklers to touch down ...
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Conrad Black could be stripped of Order of Canada
Toronto Star
OTTAWA—Fresh off losing his freedom, Conrad Black faces losing yet another privilege — his Order of Canada. Rideau Hall confirmed that the honour handed to the once powerful media baron more than two decades ago is under review after he was ordered ...
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Putting politics before democracy
National Post
But not in Canada. Here we must always increase the size of the House of Commons to make room for more seats from the fast-growing provinces, in large part because our Constitution guarantees Quebec 75 seats in perpetuity, no matter how small that ...
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Municipalities want a say in Canada's immigration policy
Montreal Gazette
OTTAWA — Canada's economic stability and growth risk falling apart if municipalities aren't given a formal role in helping develop federal immigration policies, the Federation of Canadian Municipalities said Wednesday. "This government has identified ...
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NHL trying to deal with summer tragedies
Chicago Tribune
Mourners leave after the funeral service of Derek Boogaard in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada on May 21. Boogaard, who played for the Wild and Rangers, died May 13 at his apartment in Minneapolis. (MCT PHOTO) By Chris Kuc, Chicago Tribune reporter As ...
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Canada's Got Talent producers confident a star will be born ... or made
Vancouver Sun
By Brad Oswald, Postmedia News September 14, 2011 There's no doubt that Canada, like any other nation on this pop-culture-obsessed planet, has got talent. But is a TV show in this country capable of turning some of those talented types into legitimate, ...
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Air Canada flight attendants will be in position to strike Sept. 21. Fred Lum ...
Globe and Mail
As a strike deadline approaches, Air Canada AC.BT is coming out swinging by telling flight attendants to buck up and accept the unpredictable nature of their jobs. “This departure from the routine is what makes the role attractive, and why we receive, ...
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Globe and Mail
Detroit Bridge Owner Gets Koch Help to Keep Canada Crossing
Bloomberg
At stake is control of the busiest US-Canada border crossing. (Source: Bloomberg) Billionaire Manuel Moroun, who beat out Warren Buffett to buy the Ambassador Bridge more than three decades ago, is fighting a plan championed by Michigan Governor Rick ...
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There's oil up there
Chicago Tribune
Police arrest protesters opposed to the proposed pipeline stretching 1711 miles across the Plains from Canada's deposits to the US refineries and terminals along the Gulf of Mexico. (Mandel Ngan/Getty-AFP) It's a boom time in the Canadian province of ...
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Canada honours slaves
Aljazeera.net (blog)
The eighty seventh annual Buxton Homecoming was a commemoration and celebration of the flight to freedom that frequently stretched north of the border into Canada. When I went to Buxton I arrived just in time to hear a roll-call of family members ...
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Aljazeera.net (blog)
Easy victory over Canada leaves Ireland in good stead
Irish Times
CRICKET: IT WAS a measure of the meek challenge put up by Canada in this Intercontinental Cup match over its two-day duration that the moment of most concern for Ireland came in an unscheduled meeting between two of their players while going for the ...
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Fallout from Dechert affair creates ripples in China
Globe and Mail
The Chinese embassy in Canada only infrequently makes public statements to Canadian news media. An embassy spokesman told The Globe and Mail that China considers Mr. Dechert's travails a private matter. He also said it's “irresponsible” for the press ...
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Globe and Mail
US workers eye Canada for jobs
Vancouver Sun
By Amy Chung, Postmedia News With Files From Reuters September 14, 2011 More Americans are knocking on Canada's door for jobs as their economy worsens and unemployment rates rise. In July, the unemployment rate in the US stood at 9.1 per cent versus ...
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British PM David Cameron to visit Canada
CBC.ca
Sean Kilpatrick/Canadian Press British Prime Minister David Cameron will be returning to Canada next week, and is scheduled to address Members of Parliament and Senators next Thursday. The last British leader to do the same was Tony Blair, ...
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CBC.ca
CTV Axes 'So You Think You Can Dance Canada' After Fourth Season Finale
Hollywood Reporter
TORONTO – Canuck broadcaster CTV has axed So You Think You Can DanceCanada. The cancellation is the latest for local versions of US network reality competition series that continue to dominate Canadian primetime. CTV will not be ordering a fifth ...
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Hollywood Reporter
Canada shares lessons on booming Native tourism
AFP
During their weeklong tour in western Canada, the Taiwanese students hope to forge strong ties with various tribes from Vancouver Island. And they will be honored guests during a visit to the Department of Anthropology at the University of British ...
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AFP
Memorial should wait for Afghan mission to end: Historian
Vancouver Sun
By Robert Hiltz, Postmedia News September 14, 2011 OTTAWA — One of Canada's most prominent war historians says it is reasonable for a proposal to include the war in Afghanistan on the National War Memorial to be scrapped because the mission has not ...
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Canada, Quebec Governments Extend Deadline On Sales-Tax Talks
Wall Street Journal
"The talks between representatives of our two governments are going well and we are making headway toward harmonizing the Quebec sales tax," said Canada Finance Minister Jim Flaherty. Quebec received no compensation when it blended the sales taxes in ...
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Biometric passports to be ready by end of 2012
Montreal Gazette
By Amy Chung, Postmedia News September 14, 2011 Canada's long awaited ePassports will be ready by the end of 2012, making this country the last among G8 nations to have enhanced digital security measures on the documents. OTTAWA — Canada's long ...
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Harper government cutting vital climate science: Critics
Vancouver Sun
By Margaret Munro, Postmedia News September 14, 2011 Environment Canada is planning to axe a monitoring network that is key to assessing Earth's protective ozone layer, according to a report in a leading science journal. Environment Canada is planning ...
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Running in Terry's footsteps
Toronto Star
Through 71 weeks of chemotherapy, he said thoughts of Terry Fox and his goal to run acrossCanada with a prosthetic leg helped keep his spirits up. “Terry has been my hero. He didn't let his cancer get in his way,” Jason said. ...
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Cooler Weather Aids Fight Against Minnesota Wildfire
Wall Street Journal
Four National Guard helicopters, two water bombers and an air attack plane from Canada were assisting. Crews also were patrolling the fire's perimeter and monitoring hot spots. By Wednesday, fire crews had come in from New Jersey, Montana, Nevada, ...
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BOYS' SOCCER: West Canada Valley beats Mohawk in consolation match
Little Falls Evening Times
West Canada Valley goalkeeper Justin Victor grabs the ball off a corner kick in the second half of Sunday's match against Mohawk. By Jon Rathbun Three Indians scored goals Sunday as WestCanada Valley defeated Mohawk's Mohicans 3-1 for its first win of ...
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Greenpeace returns to birthplace of Vancouver to mark 40th anniversary
Winnipeg Free Press
Bohlen was among the founders of the Green Party of Canada and was Director of GreenpeaceCanada for a while, Cote left after a few months. THE CANADIAN PRESS/ HO VANCOUVER - Greenpeace is marking its 40th anniversary today in Vancouver, the city where ...
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For undergrads at Canada's universities, a new way of learning
Globe and Mail
The quality of undergraduate education at Canada's universities is eroding, even as the price of earning a degree rises steadily, leaving students more anxious about their prospects after graduating. University leaders in all corners of the country are ...
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Globe and Mail
EU seal ban challenge rejected in court
CBC.ca
Beginning of Story Content A court ruling in Europe has struck another blow toCanada's embattled seal products industry. The European General Court, in a judgment released Wednesday, rejected a bid by Canada's largest Inuit organization to challenge ...
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CBC.ca
Canada huffs at Obama's economic protectionism | Canada | News ...
Canada could get pushed aside in a new wave of economic protectionism sweeping the United States.
Canada stories
Canada News Centre - Bank of Canada Calls for Nominations for ...
The Bank of Canada is calling for nominations for its Fellowship and Governor's Awards for 2012.Canadian universities are invited to nominate exceptional academics for these prestigious awards.
Canada News Centre - National News
Pranksters target Environment Canada again | iPolitics
By Canadian Press
A release sent to media outlets used the Environment Canada news template to tout the “re-release” of what it claimed was a two-decade-old teaching tool on climate issues for Canadian students. The teaching unit, called “What a Difference a ...
iPolitics
NDP says flirty MP should resign | Canada | News | Winnipeg Sun
The official Opposition is joining the chorus of calls for MP Bob Dechert to resign.
Top News stories
First Sikh Canadian takes command of BC ... - Global Sikh News
By GSN
Harjit Singh Sajjan, has become the first Sikh in Canada to take command of a British Columbia regiment. In a historic ceremony, a change of command in the British Columbia Regiment (Duke of Connaught's Own) took place ...
Global Sikh News
Ireland v Canada, Intercontinental Cup, Dublin: Ireland wrap up ...
Match report of Ireland v Canada, Intercontinental Cup, Dublin, 2nd day from ICC Intercontinental Cup.... Albert Van Der Merwe celebrates a wicket, Ireland v Canada, Intercontinental Cup, 2nd ...
Cricket news from ESPN Cricinfo.com
So You Think You Can Dance Canada cancelled - Celebrity Gossip
By AH
CTV has axed the high-rated dance competition reality show So You Think You Can Dance Canada. Although it ranked as one of the highest rated Canadian-produced.
Celebrity Gossip and Movie News
ICMCC News Page » ICD-10-CA: 8 lessons from Canada that can ...
By Lodewijk
ICMCC, International Council on Medical & Care Compunetics.
ICMCC » Articles
British PM to address Canadian Parliament | Canada | News ...
British Prime Minister David Cameron is scheduled to address Canada's Parliament next Thursday, QMI Agency has learned.
Top News stories
Air Canada flight attendant strike looming
Air Canada's flight attendants gave their union a strong strike mandate today. The union is still negotiating with management to avert a walkout after September 20.
RSS Feed - Top Digital Journal News
Budget woes force closure of Canadian ozone-monitoring network ...
By Physics Today
Nature: Canada's environment agency has informed researchers that it intends to severely cut back its network of ground-based ozone-monitoring stations because of budget constraints. As Nature's Quirin Schiermeier reports, the news ...
Physics Today News Picks
Canadian visas in demand by young Irish workers
Almost all of the Canadian working holiday visas allotted to Irish passport holders have been taken up, with less than 500 of the initial 5000 visas remaining.
Canadian Visa Bureau News
Students say hazing expulsion 'unfair' | Canada | News | London ...
A Grade 12 student and his friends say it's unfair he was expelled for a hazing prank that ended with him running down a Grade 9 student with a car.
London Free Press
UFC Fight Night 25: For Canada's Jason ... - Top MMA News
By Elton Hobson
UFC Fight Night 25: For Canada's Jason MacDonald, It's Do or Die in New Orleans.
Top MMA News at topmmanews.com
Best Buy Canada Opens at Midnight for Gears of War 3 « Hugh's News
By Hugh Bennett
14, 2011 – Best Buy, Canada's fastest growing retailer and e-tailer of consumer electronics, computers and entertainment products, will launch one of the most anticipated games of 2011 Gears of War 3 for XBOX 360 at midnight opening ...
Hugh's News
Regulatory Compliance News by Nexreg Compliance » Sept. 14 ...
By Nexreg Compliance
From Health Canada: This recall involves “Unbelievable!® Goo D-solv-rTM” by Core Products Co., Inc. The product is available in a 473 milliliters (16 ounces), heat sealed, flip top bottle. Product recommendation is for the removal of grease, ...
Regulatory Compliance News by...
TV News in Canada: Is it Worth a Damn? | The Mark
Kai Nagata believes Canada's TV news is dangerously sick. So too does Tim Knight. In an exclusive exchange at The Mark, the former TV journalists discuss ...
www.themarknews.com/.../12-the-future-of-tv-news-in-canada
Canada News Centre - Minister Fast Says a Canada-EU Agreement ...
The Honourable Ed Fast, Minister of International Trade and Minister for the Asia- Pacific Gateway, and Gerald Keddy, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of ...
www.vicinityjobs.com/cgi-bin/externalpage_news.pl?id...
Twitter / TechSoup Canada: Great news - a #NetTuesday ...
Great news - a #NetTuesday is starting up in Kitchener-Waterloo! In the area? Get involved & learn more: http://t.co/0Ye04Oy.
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