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CANADA News, Dec 18, 2011


Another Royal visit to Canada is a pain in the bank account
Calgary Herald
Re: “Charles, Camilla to tour Canada but skip Alberta; Royals will be out and about for Queen's 60th,” and “Does city really need another royal visit?” Dec. 15.Canada isn't made of money. The expense for Prince William and Catherine's trip,...
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Canada places sixth in biathlon relay
Canada.com
By Postmedia News, Postmedia News December 18, 2011 Canada finished a best-ever sixth on Sunday in an IBU mixed biathlon World Cup relay in Hochfilzen, Austria. The Canadians finished the 27-kilometre event in one hour 14 minutes 47.9 seconds. ...
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Moller knows what the Hamiltons are in store for
NHL.com
By Alain Poupart - NHL.com Correspondent That was Randy Moller's reaction when he learned that brothers Dougie and Freddie Hamilton would be teammates for Team Canada at the 2012 World Junior Championship. The Hamiltons will be the second set of ...
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Canada's barefaced multicultural lie
Jamaica Gleaner
Canada's Immigration Minister Jason Kenney made a stunning announcement last Monday. Muslim women who wish to become Canadian citizens must uncover their faces in public at the moment of taking the oath of citizenship. In effect, Muslim women are being ...
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Jamaica Gleaner
Canada's juniors itching for first game
National Post (blog)
“Yeah, it's kinda getting old,” conceded the bruising 212-pound Smith-Pelly, as Team Canada wrapped up Saturday's two-session, 90-minute practice at Banff Rec Centre. “Hitting your own guys . . . after a while, like I said, old. The camp has been good, ...
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National Post (blog)
Canada's Crawford races to cross-country silver
CBC.ca
Canada's Chandra Crawford raced onto the World Cup podium for the first time this season, winning a silver medal in a cross-country skiing skate-sprint race Sunday in Rogla, Switzerland. Norway's Maiken Caspersens Falla put on a surge down the ...
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CBC.ca
Man-made 'vault' to hold low-level waste
Ottawa Citizen
By Ian MacLeod, Ottawa Citizen December 18, 2011 The poster child for nuclear waste disposal in Canada is a proposed man-made rock cavern near the eastern shore of Lake Huron. Unlike a planned national deep geological repository for intensely ...
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Canada's Serwa captures 2nd ski-cross gold
CBC.ca
Canada's Kelsey Serwa has captured her second ski-cross World Cup victory in as many days. Sanna Luedi won silver Sunday while Swiss teammate Katrin Mueller claimed the bronze. Dave Duncan of London, Ont., narrowly missed out on his second medal of the ...
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CBC.ca
Canada's Edney cracks top 10 in men's luge
Vancouver Sun
Not in the men's World Cup luge race Saturday at Canada Olympic Park — the Calgary native was definitely gunning for gold — but he would have enjoyed nothing more than to match Alex Gough's historic feat a night earlier when she became the first ...
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Foreign funds flowing to fight oilsands
London Free Press
A major University of Calgary study released Thursday concluded if pipeline capacity existed to take full advantage of the oilsands, Canada's economy would see a $131 billion boost between 2016 and 2030. Yet opposition to the oilsands has been active ...
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Layton tops Postmedia editors' survey of 2011 newsmakers
Montreal Gazette
The informal poll among newspaper and website journalists across Canada had Layton squeaking past Prime Minister Stephen Harper, who won his first majority after five years of minority government. The political success of both men sidelined the ...
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Environment Canada chemists fingerprint oil in fight against ocean polluters
Winnipeg Free Press
HALIFAX - Ships illegally dumping oil off Canada's coasts are having a harder time getting away with the crime because of a relatively new process used by government scientists. Chemists at Environment Canada in New Brunswick have standardized the ...
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Bam set to shoot down pipeline
New York Post
By MICHAEL GARTLAND A 1700-mile Canada-to-Texas oil pipeline will likely be nixed by President Obama, after Republicans yesterday forced him to make a speedy decision on its construction. As part of a bill to temporarily extend the payroll-tax cut and ...
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New York Post
Blood Services needs platelet donations in Atlantic Canada
CBC.ca
Canadian Blood Services says it's short on platelets in AtlanticCanada.Canadian Blood Services says it's short on platelets in Atlantic Canada. (Reuters/Valentin Flauraud ) The Atlantic region of Canadian Blood Services is asking for blood and ...
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CBC.ca
Canada court won't suspend Wheat Board law for now
San Francisco Luxury News
Federal lawyer Joel Katz said that in any case, a stay of the law would only apply in Manitoba and not the rest of Canada, since the appeal was before a provincial court. Despite the considerable uncertainty created by the legal challenge, ...
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Economic forecast: Yet more uncertainty
TheChronicleHerald.ca
Bank of Canada governor Mark Carney considers his response to a question from the audience after speaking at an economic forum in Toronto last Monday. (THE CANADIAN PRESS) OTTAWA — Warning: This economic forecast may be completely off base. ...
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TheChronicleHerald.ca
Canadian imam says remarks were misinterpreted
Jewish Telegraphic Agency
Calgary-based Syed Soharwardy, president of the Islamic Supreme Council ofCanada, in trying to clarify his earlier comments said Friday that he did not mean to compare Ottawa's new policy banning Islamic face veils at citizenship ceremonies to the ...
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Canada's cold cred
Calgary Herald
In Canada, winter isn't just a season; it's our own collective Mount Kilimanjaro, a six-month long obstacle every Canadians must overcome, only to wake up and discover you're going to have to climb it again next year. All of which makes it that much ...
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Team Canada gives back
Calgary Herald
By Kristen Odland, Calgary Herald December 18, 2011 Corbin King, age 5, gets a lift from Team Canada's Brendan Gallagher during a skate with Banff minor hockey players at the Fenlands Recreation Centre on Saturday. When Brendan Gallagher stepped on the ...
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Russia Endorses Canada's Kyoto Move
The Moscow Times
The Foreign Ministry has supported Canada's decision to pull out of the Kyoto Protocol and reaffirmed that Moscow will not take new commitments. Ministry spokesman Alexander Lukashevich told Friday's briefing that the treaty does not cover all major ...
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Foreign Affairs seeks bids up to $5-million for embassy threat study
Globe and Mail
The Foreign Affairs Department plans to spend up to $5 million next year for a sweeping intelligence study of potential threats toCanada's foreign embassies and missions. The department is soliciting bids from seasoned security intelligence firms to ...
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Globe and Mail
Canada locked on to F-35 jet, no matter the cost: analysis
Montreal Gazette
By Matthew Fisher, Postmedia News December 16, 2011 There is no chance thatCanada will cancel its order for about 65 F-35 joint strike fighters. That fact was underlined again this week with reports from Japan that before Christmas, ...
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Avro Arrow mystery deepens with UK discovery
CTV.ca
(THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette) The discovery of an intact ejection seat from Canada's legendary Avro Arrow is fuelling a half-century-old conspiracy theory that one of the purportedly destroyed jets was smuggled to safety. ...
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CTV.ca
CANADA: Universities form immunology network
University World News
A consortium of universities in Canada is setting up a national network to promote and enhance human immune system research with a $600000 (US$581500) catalyst grant from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, writes Peter Mansell for Pharma Times...
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University World News
Canada miner seeks funding to exploit Kwale deposits
Business Daily Africa
The firm said it would float 17.1 billion shares in a private-placement in Canada at an issue price of $0.35 per unit. Proceeds from the cash-call will be used to conclude the acquisition of the 70 per cent indirect interest in its Kenyan mining ...
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Shameful News from Canada 1.0 | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
By Canadian Pacific
Canada pulls out of Kyoto Accord as powerful oil sand producers refuse to reduce carbon emission.
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Skeptic » Doubtful News » Canada psychic sees political future and ...
By Sharon Hill
This section of skeptic.com is brought to you by the Doubtful Newsblog: Paranormal and pseudoscience news for skeptics (because people really believe this stuff). The blog is run by Sharon Hill and Torkel ØdegÃ¥rd.
Skeptic.com
Canada News Centre - Canada offers condolences following ...
Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird today issued the following statement: "On behalf of all Canadians, I extend my deepest sympathies to the friends and families who have lost loved ones or are otherwise affected by tropical storm Washi.
Canada News Centre - National News
Canada is Increasingly One of the World's Worst GHG Emitters ...
By Richard Matthews
Although Canada has a population of only 30 million people, it is one of the world's worst greenhouse gas emitters. Sadly, under the leadership of Stephen Harper's Conservative government this trend is only getting worse.
Green News | Sustainability News...
Be very afraid: Stephen Harper is inventing a new Canada - Care2 ...
By Michael O.
Stephen Harper first became Prime Minister in 2006 and has already dramatically transformed the old Canada. But with no election due for four more years, we ain't seen nothing yet.
Care2 News Network
Blood Services needs platelet donations in Atlantic Canada ...
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Jimmy Hansra to lead Canada in Caribbean T20 | Cricket News ...
Jimmy Hansra will lead Canada's 14-member squad for the Caribbean T20 in January. The team will be participating in the tournament for the third consecutive year, which will be held in Antigua and Barbados - Cricket news from Caribbean ...
Cricket news from ESPN Cricinfo.com
Canada's critical infrastructure: When is safe safe ... - Beacon News
By Beacon News
In the heady days after the 2001 tragedies, the federal government asserted a leadership role in protecting CI in Canada. What has emerged over the past 10 years, however, would appear to be little real progress beyond setting up ...
Calgary Beacon
Barrel Strength » Blog Archive » Good news! Canadians believe ...
By Dalwhinnie
Good newsCanadians believe least in man-caused global warming. December 18, 2011 9:44 am Dalwhinnie Climate Science, Ecology, Science. The Vicar of the Glebe, the Venerable Archdeacon Geoffrey Simpson, has discovered that ...
Barrel Strength
Local News: Scouts Canada apologizes - keeping it halal ...
Local News: Scouts Canada apologizes 12/17/2011. 0 Comments. On December 8, 2011 Scouts Canada's chief commissioner offered an apology, “to former scouts who were sexually abused by volunteer leaders in the organization. ...
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Canada News: Your call is not important - thestar.com
Ottawa denies Service Canada cuts are wreaking havoc with EI wait times but others, like Stuart McCabe who waited 46 days, beg to differ.
www.thestar.com/news/article/1103785
Alberta highway deaths tied to ex-boyfriend - Canada - CBC News
A man named Derek Jensen was the shooter in a murder-suicide that left four people dead on an Alberta highway, CBC News has confirmed.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/story/.../alberta-shootings1216.html
Google Zeitgeist 2011: Canada Top 10 News Searches
What news mattered most to Canadians in 2011? Google has sorted billions of searches in its annual Zeitgeist list to give us the top 10 news queries in the ...
www.huffingtonpost.ca/.../google-zeitgeist-2011-canada-news...
Canada news: Canada's "Fox News North" takes on the CBC ...
An upstart conservative network takes on Canada's storied state broadcaster. Cue the zingers, and of course, a chicken suit.
www.globalpost.com/.../canadas-fox-news-north-takes-the-cbc
Is Canada becoming a climate change renegade?
Canada on Monday became the first country to announce that it would withdraw ...Environment Minister Peter Kent broke the news on his return from talks in ...
www.csmonitor.com/.../Is-Canada-becoming-a-climate-change...
GOP-controlled House backs bill to sped oil pipeline from Canada
WASHINGTON — Sensing a political opening, House Republicans on Tuesday approved a plan that links speedy approval of an oil pipeline from Canada to a ...
www.washingtonpost.com/.../gIQA1NrGrO_story.html
BBC News - Canada under fire over Kyoto protocol exit
France, China and Japan criticise Canada for formally withdrawing from the Kyoto Protocol on climate change, but Australia defends Ottawa's decision.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-16165033
Canada News Centre - Canada Helps Deliver Global Climate ...
Canada's Environment Minister, the Honourable Peter Kent, today announced new supports so developing countries can be part of the next phase of global ...
news.gc.ca/web/article-eng.do?nid=643009
Movember Canada - News - A Letter of Thanks
A Letter of Thanks. Author: Movember, Date: December 15th. Check out the Mo Map. Moscars. The Moscars is a video competition to find the best Movember ...
ca.movember.com/news/view/id/2980/category/local/
China Canada News - World News Report
China Canada News. The Latest China Canada News from World News Report. 1 - 30 / 35949 More Articles · Lufthansa Cargo Mulls Reduction of China ...
world.einnews.com/news/china-canada-relations
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