CBC World News, Mar 28, 2012

Canadian Launch of UN Women's Flagship Report Marks a New Milestone for ... MarketWatch (press release) Laura Turquet, author of the UN Women's Progress Report; Kirstine Stewart, Vice President for CBC English Services; Mike Layton, Ward 19 Councillor; and Dr. Tanjina Mirza, VP, International Programs, PLAN Canada provided insightful remarks on the ... See all stories on this topic »

Moncton one step closer to hosting FIFA cup CBC.ca (CBC) Moncton is now the only Maritime city vying to co-host the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup after Halifax regional council voted Tuesday to withdraw its bid as a host city for the big soccer event. There are now six cities bidding to co-host the event ... See all stories on this topic » CBC.ca

Students slam Ottawa for shutting youth job centres CBC.ca Jessica McCormick worked at the Service Canada Centre for Youth in Sydney, NS, for three summers. This year, a website will replace her. "It was the best job that I could have gotten in my community over the summer," she told CBC News, adding that it... See all stories on this topic » CBC.ca

Q&A: Legalizing brothels and taking the sex trade indoors CBC.ca CBC News spoke to Weitzer about what has happened in other countries after brothels were legalized. CBC News: How is brothel prostitution different than street solicitation? Weitzer: Unlike street prostitution, where it is one woman getting into a car ... See all stories on this topic » CBC.ca

Flaherty tries to calm pre-budget concerns CBC.ca Ottawa has asked federal departments and agencies to come up with budget-saving scenarios of five per cent and 10 per cent, which could mean up to $8 billion in cuts to programs and services, leading to nervousness about how some Canadiansmight feel ... See all stories on this topic » CBC.ca

Tough drug laws harm health and safety, doctors say CBC.ca Criminalizing the use of marijuana and other tough on crime approaches haven't worked, say public health doctors from acrossCanada who propose taxation and regulation instead. The chief medical health officers in British Columbia, Nova Scotia and ... See all stories on this topic » CBC.ca

Canada's royal champion and his heir-in-waiting Vancouver Sun Browning is a four-time world champion, for one thing, and Chan hasn't yet won his second, though he is favoured to do so here this week. Browning is a figure skating Hall of Famer, he's royalty. Chan's lone title got lost, even in his own country, ... See all stories on this topic »

Community reaction to Ontario, New Brunswick budgets CBC.ca "Excessive public sector wages and pensions are sinking and have sunk governments all over the world, not just in Canada, and if something tough is not done about that problem, everything else will just go under in time." - Ancient Marine "It's about ... See all stories on this topic » CBC.ca

North Vancouver teen joins CBC for a day North Shore News By Nicholas M. Pescod, North Shore News March 28, 2012 7:29 AM Taryn Audet, 16, is one of 30 students who will be part of CBC's news team today. More than 500 from the Metro area alone applied for the gig. SIXTEEN-YEAR-OLD Taryn Audet was beyond ... See all stories on this topic »

NDP's Mulcair promises to fight Tory budget cuts CTV.ca (Fred Chartrand / THE CANADIAN PRESS) NDP Leader Thomas Mulcair says his party is ready for a fight if the Conservatives' budget focuses on service cuts, not job creation. Mulcair led his first formal Parliament Hill caucus meeting Wednesday since ... See all stories on this topic » CTV.ca

JetBlue pilot restrained after 'erratic behaviour' CBC.ca The captain of Flight 191 from New York's John F. KennedyInternational Airport had a "medical situation" and the co-pilot diverted the plane to land in Amarillo, Texas, around 10 am Tuesday, JetBlue Airways said in a statement. See all stories on this topic » CBC.ca

Canadian musician Joel Plaskett to play environment fundraiser Salmon Arm Observer And they're making a stop in Salmon Arm in a concert that will help the Shuswap Environmental Action Society raise funds to support the purchase of a property adjacent to the mouth of the Adams River, home to the world-famous sockeye salmon run. See all stories on this topic »

Michael Den Tandt: Self-inflicted wounds hobble party leaders Montreal Gazette In theory, the days ahead should be the very best of times for Canadianparliamentary democracy. Liberal Bob Rae, as anyone can see who watches him perform day after day, is a gifted politician and orator who outshines every other Liberal on the stage, ... See all stories on this topic »

Chan takes training to a new level Montreal Gazette Browning is a four-time world champion, for one thing, and Chan hasn't yet won his second, though he is favoured to do so this week at the World Figure Skating Championships. Browning is a figure skating Hall of Famer, he's royalty. See all stories on this topic »

Training in Collision Repair is about to get an overhaul at Okanagan College. Castanet.net “I had just about given up hope when I got the message from CBC. It was a happy way to start the day,” said Hawley, who will receive $1000 from theCanada Council for the Arts for her short story Tentcity. The short story, which uses a satirical first ... See all stories on this topic »

Federal budget cuts expected to focus on bureaucracy CTV.ca Lets get rid of Canada Post, CBC and not support Air Canada. Thank god that the Harper is willing to tackle the hard issues up front. If it was up to the Dippers and the Libs, tax and spend would be their way to go.As all can see from the Ontario ... See all stories on this topic » CTV.ca

Reality Check, North Canadian Skies In so doing, the program shows just how out of touch mostCanadians are about the realities of Arctic aviation. Such ignorance is not limited to the viewing public and the CBC. With notable exceptions, politicians and various government agencies often ... See all stories on this topic » Canadian Skies

Each leader is bleeding from self-inflicted wounds Ottawa Citizen By Michael Den Tandt, Ottawa Citizen March 28, 2012 In theory, the days ahead should be the very best of times for Canadian parliamentary democracy. Liberal Bob Rae, as anyone can see who watches him perform day after day, is a gifted politician and ... See all stories on this topic »

Howard faces tough test in Basel Toronto Sun Ontario skip Glenn Howard celebrates their win over Alberta during the gold medal game at the Canadian Men's Curling Championship in Saskatoon two weeks ago. Howard's rink is headed to the world's in Basel Switzerland. (REUTERS) Mirjam Ott's Swiss ... See all stories on this topic »

America's Next Top Model proves its impression of Canada is informed and ... A.V. Club by Erik Adams March 28, 2012 Here's what's up in the world of TV for Wednesday, March 28. All times are Eastern. America's Next Top Model (The CW, 9 pm): Oh, Canada—did you know there's such a place? Located north of the United States? See all stories on this topic » A.V. Club

Stage experience puts speller at ease Victoria Times Colonist The final is taking place at the Canadian Broadcasting Centre, where it will be taped before a live audience. It will be presented in a game-show format called Spelling Night in Canada and broadcast on CBC at 7 pm Sunday. The preliminary rounds will be ... See all stories on this topic »

DHX MEDIA LTD : DHX MEDIA AND NETFLIX STRIKE KIDS' CONTENT DEAL 4-traders Halifax, Canada - (March 27, 2012) - DHX Media Ltd. (TSX ticker: DHX), a leading independent international producer, distributor and licensor of mainly children's entertainment content is pleased to announce that it has signed its first content deal ... See all stories on this topic »

MIPTV 2012 : Canadian multiplatform concepts in the spotlight at Cannes DigitalJournal.com (press release) Among the Canadian highlights at MIPTV, Canada, with four nominations, is one of seven countries competing for the International Digital Emmy Awards, to be announced on April 1. The nominees are: in the Digital Program: Fiction category, ... See all stories on this topic »

Signiant and Dalet Digital Media Systems Announce Technology Partnership Exec Digital (press release) Dalet systems are used around the world by many thousands of individual users at hundreds of TV and Radio content producers, including public broadcasters (ABS-CBN, BBC, CBC, DR, France TV, RTBF, RFI, Russia Today, RSR & TSR, RT Malaysia, VOA, WDR), ... See all stories on this topic »

New ScotiaHockey(TM) NHL® VISA* card will give NHL fans another way to show ... DigitalJournal.com (press release) TORONTO, March 28, 2012 /CNW/ - Scotiabank has another way for National Hockey League (NHL) fans to show their team colours with the launch of the new ScotiaHockey NHL VISA card - which lets Canadian hockey fans personalize their credit card with their ... See all stories on this topic »

How the Murdoch scandal turned paranoia into reality Globe and Mail I was thinking of A Very British Coup while watching Scandal: Inside the Murdoch Empire (CBC NN, 10 pm). The 1988 miniseries was superbly made, a fast-moving paranoid thriller, entertaining and thought-provoking. What Scandal reminded me is that, ... See all stories on this topic » Globe and Mail

Budget expected to cut discretionary spending by $7B CTV.ca Canadian Ranger . . . I'm willing to bet you have a job as far removed from international finance as you can get (if you have a job at all). Your opinion is ludicrous!You have no idea what you're talking about!!! Budget cuts. See all stories on this topic » CTV.ca

F-35 firms betting delayed orders won't impact bottom line Embassy Canadian firms say they are mindful of the cut in orders around the world. But they don't believe so far that it will spell the end of the Joint Strike Fighter. "We see the restraint in the US market," said Daniel Zanatta, vice president of business ... See all stories on this topic »

Glass squash court imported for Bluenose Classic takes over Rebecca Cohn stage Open File (blog) The tournament now attracts the world's top squash players and has become the largest professional squash event in Canada with a purse of US$55000." (Chronicle-Herald) The games at the Cohn start today and go until the 31st. The CBC's Colleen Jones, ... See all stories on this topic »

Scrums: 'A mug's game' iPolitics.ca (subscription) After Monday night's revelation from CBC News that, according to a document in the network's possession, the F-35 does not meet Canada's mandatory requirements for its next generation of fighter jets, the planes were top-of-mind with a few ... See all stories on this topic »

Canadian Launch of UN Women's Flagship Report ... - News Blaze Laura Turquet, author of the UN Women's Progress Report; Kirstine Stewart, Vice President for CBC English Services; Mike Layton, Ward 19 Councillor; and Dr. Tanjina Mirza, VP, International Programs, PLAN Canada provided insightful... NewsBlaze.com Current News - Canada

Canada suspends Mali aid after coup d'état - World - CBC News Civilians cheer as mutinous soldiers drive past in Bamako, Mali. Canadaannounced Saturday it is suspending aid to the Malian government following the... www.cbc.ca/news/world/story/2012/03/.../canada-mali-aid.htm...

Brian Stewart: Why Canada is calling Sri Lanka to account - World ... For years, the world gave Sri Lanka a free pass while it was fighting the insurrectionist Tamil Tigers. But now its human rights abuses are too big to ignore , Brian ... www.cbc.ca/news/world/story/.../f-vp-stewart-sri-lanka.html

Toronto Fashion Week launching Canadian designers onto world ... Toronto's Fashion Week, which wraps up March 16, might be Canada'sbiggest fashion event, but it doesn't attract the kind of attention shows in New York, ... www.cbc.ca/news/canada/story/.../f-toronto-fashion-week.html

New Canadian strategy for Americas expected - World - CBC News Prime Minister Stephen Harper is poised to unveil a reinvigoration of his government's muddled Americas strategy when he meets with hemispheric leaders next ... www.cbc.ca/news/world/story/.../harper-americas-strategy.html

Is International Criminal Court verdict a wake-up call for war - CBC.ca The treaty that created the International Criminal Court came into force almost ten years ago, on July 1, 2002. The treaty, the Rome Statute, provided for the ... www.cbc.ca/news/world/story/2012/03/.../f-icc-lubanga.html

Canada, Japan agree to free-trade talks - World - CBC News Canada and Japan have agreed to enter free-trade talks. Prime Minister Stephen Harper and his Japanese counterpart made the announcement following a ... www.cbc.ca/news/world/story/2012/.../harper-japan-trade.html

Harper arrives in Tokyo to launch trade talks - World - CBC News Prime Minister Stephen Harper took his Asian tour to Japan today, where his delegation will remain focused on improving trade relations. www.cbc.ca/news/world/story/.../harper-japan-asia-tour.html

Tibetans end hunger strike outside UN, 1 month after it ... - CBC.ca Tenzin Choeki Gyalsen, one of three Tibetans who have been holding a hunger strike outside UN headquarters in New York for the past month, is handed an ... www.cbc.ca/.../f-david-common-tibetan-hunger-strike.html

Canada urged to segregate elderly prisoners - World - CBC News Cecil Williams has been locked up since 1986. "If you ain't got peace of mind, you can't do the time," says the 64-year-old, who is serving a life sentence for... www.cbc.ca/news/world/.../f-crawford-aging-inmates.html

World leaders vow nuclear security action - World - CBC News Leaders from more than 50 countries have wrapped up a conference on nuclear security in Seoul, South Korea, by pledging to work together to tackle the threat ... www.cbc.ca/news/.../nuclear-safety-summit-harper-obama.htm...

Organ trafficking trial hears Canadian's testimony - World - CBC News Police escort Turkish doctor Yusuf Sonmez, 53, to a local court in Istanbul in January 2011. Sonmez, who allegedly performed transplants at a clinic in Kosovo ... www.cbc.ca/news/world/.../kosovo-organ-trafficking.html

Canada, Mexico, U.S. enhance defence co-operation - World - CBC ... Defence ministers of Canada, the U.S. and Mexico concluded a two-day meeting in Ottawa today designed to enhance co-operation regarding security threats ... www.cbc.ca/news/world/.../pol-defence-summit-tuesday.html

Canada pursues free-trade deal with Thailand - World - CBC News Canada and Thailand have launched a study to determine how the two countries may benefit from a free-trade agreement, Prime Minister Stephen Harper and ... www.cbc.ca/news/world/story/.../harper-thailand-trade.html

Canada in hot seat at nuclear summit for uranium use - World - CBC ... Canada may be the subject of some controversy at the nuclear security summit, which opens today in Seoul, South Korea. The U.S. and several European ... www.cbc.ca/news/world/story/2012/.../obama-north-korea.htm..

info@als-alexander.org or interalex1@yahoo.com