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Dec 25, 2011

CANADA News, Dec 25, 2011

New Canadians know more about Canada than those born here: Survey
Vancouver Sun
Immigrants to Canada claim a stronger knowledge of the country's history than those who were born here, according to one of the surprising results of a nationwide survey probing Canadians' grasp on the past. Immigrants to Canada claim a stronger ...
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World Juniors 2012: 10 of Canada's most memorable hockey moments
National Post (blog)
By Evan Daum When it comes to the world junior championship tournament, Canada has experienced the gamut of highs and lows over the past 35 years. From capturing gold 15 times since the first tournament in 1977, to the lows of being involved in one of ...
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National Post (blog)
Sweden tops Canada in final Tourney tune-up
OurHometown.ca
Edmonton - December 24, 2011 - While many seem to feel this years tournament will be a three horse race between Team Canada, Russia and the USA, the Swedes proved that should not be left out of the mix, in defeating Canada by a score of 5-3 on Friday ...
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Canada: Israelis arrested for illegal work
Ynetnews
Border Authorities and detectives at the Halifax District Police in Canada arrested Israeli citizens who illegally worked in mall carts around the country, Canadian network CBC reported on Saturday. According to a report published on the internet site ...
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Santa Claus ready to make his way around the world: Transport Canada
Montreal Gazette
Santa Claus has been cleared for takeoff from the North Pole, Transport Canadaannounced Friday, and now eager present-seekers can track the man in red's flight through the skies. The North American Aerospace Defense Command (Norad) is once again ...
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New Brunswick teen wants statue of RB Bennett built on Parliament Hill
Winnipeg Free Press
The teen admired Bennett's work and was surprised to find he is not immortalized in Canada's capital. The young history buff also found that a Bennett statue was, in fact, ordered in the early 1970s, but the design was reportedly rejected as unsuitable ...
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Canadians not happy with dual citizenship ban
The News International
The Friends of Pakistan in Canada is a non-profit community based grassroots organisation that aims to provide a platform to Pakistani expatriates at the grassroots level to strengthen ties between Pakistan and other countries. ...
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Governor General and Commander-in-Chief of Canada Visited Canadian Troops and ...
MarketWatch (press release)
OTTAWA, ONTARIO, Dec 25, 2011 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) -- His Excellency the Right Honourable David Johnston, Governor General and Commander-in-Chief of Canada, visited from December 22 to 25, 2011, Canadian troops and civilians deployed in Italy and ...
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Canada freezes Syrian regime's assets
Montreal Gazette
“Canada will continue to put the squeeze on the Assad regime,” he said. “We will not sit idly by, not while Assad and his thugs continue to violate the rights of the Syrian people.” However, Baird could not say how much money and property Canadian ...
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Calendar: The Next Five Days
Montreal Gazette
6: 30 pm The Meeting Place Church and Compassion Canada bring a music for Christmas, in the Mt. Benson Ballroom of the Vancouver Island Conference Centre. Admission is free. 7: 30 pm The Nanaimo Regional Transit System will curtail bus service for the ...
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In family horror, some Canadians see culture clash
The Associated Press
The family had left Afghanistan in 1992 and lived in Pakistan, Australia and Dubai before settling in Canada in 2007. Shafia, a wealthy businessman, married Yahya because his first wife could not have children. The second marriage produced seven...
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Canada's First Christmas Carol Was in Huron Language
Indian Country Today Media Network.com
One such song is Canada's first Christmas carol, written in the early 1640s by Jean de Brébeuf, a Jesuit missionary living among the Huron of Quebec. “Twas in the Moon of Wintertime” is not just notable for being Canada's oldest home-grown carol. ...
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Research In Motion Facing Legal Challenge on BBM Trademark (RIMM)
Beacon Equity Research
BBM Canada, which measures radio and television audience data, now, wants RIM to stop advertising service as BBM. Jim MacLeod, CEO of BBM Canada, wants RIM to stop advertising the BBM moniker; however, he would also consider changing the name of his...
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Nicole LV Mullis: Tim Hortons tutorial
Battle Creek Enquirer
Next summer my family will be returning to Battle Creek from our two-year assignment in Canada. And, ironically, the place that most represents Canada to us will be waiting. I'm referring to the Tim Hortons opening on Beckley Road. You may not know it, ...
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With snow scarce, northern US has brown Christmas
Atlanta Journal Constitution
From New England to the Dakotas and even parts of the Northern Rockies and Pacific Northwest, snowfall has been well below normal through the fall and early winter with cold air bottled up over Canada. Golf courses were open this week in Minneapolis, ...
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Atlanta Journal Constitution
Big brother is watching at world juniors
Ottawa Citizen
By Kristen Odland, Postmedia News December 25, 2011 1:36 PM Team Sweden goalie Johan Gustafsson (L) and Team Canada's Mark Stone (R) watch the puck during the second period of their exhibition hockey game in Edmonton December 23, 2011. ...
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Santa stalled by eggnog?
Duluth News Tribune
'We've got to be in Canada in a half an hour,' said Rudolph. “Suddenly, it dawned on him. 'That glass of eggnog must have tripped the new, federally mandated alcohol sensor on my sleigh! Call a cab, Rudolph.' “ 'Alcohol sensor?' Rudolph cried. ...
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Bell Canada will stop throttling your P2P traffic, might charge instead
Engadget
By James Trew posted Dec 25th 2011 8:14AM Since the CRTC took a swipe at net neutrality a few years back, Bell Canada internet customers have maligned its P2P packet-shaping ways. From March 1st, however, users can file-share at the speeds nature (or ...
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The “Canada effect” at U20
IIHF
CALGARY – Bob Nicholson, president of Hockey Canada since 1998, is one of the most influential men in the world of hockey. He's in charge of putting together Team Canada for all international events, and from his office in Calgary, he also oversees ...
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Canadian laws can't always save heritage buildings
CTV.ca
The Heritage Canada Foundation calls the demolition of Vancouver's Pantages theatre and Toronto's former Empress hotel, which burned down in January, "Canada's worst losses of 2011." The century-old Pantages theatre, with its ornate interior and scenic ...
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CTV.ca
Soccer2011: A Canadian soccer snapshot
CBC.ca
Pachuca, México, June 22, 2011 - Roberts rescues Canada Quillan Roberts wasn't supposed to play at the FIFA U-17 World Cup in Mexico. The promising Toronto FC Academy keeper made the Canadian roster as back-up to the outstanding Maxime Crepeau and ...
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Waterfowl seasons set to begin
Buffalo News
Seasons reopen for ducks, coots, mergansers, sea ducks, Canada geese and snow geese a half hour before sunrise Monday across the Western Zone, which includes all of Western New York. All these seasons remain open until Jan. 9, butCanada geese hunters ...
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Santa's DUI?
Macon Telegraph (blog)
“We've got to be in Canada in a half an hour,” said Rudolph. Suddenly, it dawned on him. “That glass of eggnog must have tripped the new, federally mandated alcohol sensor on my sleigh! Call a cab, Rudolph.” “Alcohol sensor?” Rudolph cried. ...
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Merry Christmas, readers: Here are your Funeral Burgers
Yahoo! Sports (blog)
In 2008, the story of the Chicago Blackhawks' surprise bus trip to the wake of then-General Manager Dale Tallon's father, and subsequent visit to a small-town McDonald's in Canada, became a national sensation after an anonymous email spun a tale of ...
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President Barzani encourages Canada's new ambassador to strengthen political...
Kurdish Globe
Canada's new Ambassador to Iraq and Jordan Mr Mark Gwozdecky met with the Kurdistan Region's leadership this week to discuss potential areas of cooperation in both the public and private sectors. Ambassador Gwozdecky on his first visit to the Region ...
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Canadian heritage buildings lack protection : Breaking News ...
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Jaaliyada Reer North America (US/Canada) oo ... - Togdheer News
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Annagoo ah Jaaliyadda Musse Carre ee ku nool North America (US/Canada) waxaan bogaadin iyo salaan kalgacayl huwan u dirayna Ururka Umadda oo Dr. Gaboose hogaaminayo. Waxaan kaloo soo dhaweynaynaa baaqii ka soo baxay ...
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Mitsubishi sells its first i-MiEV electric car in Canada to a Winnipeg ...
By seftonm
Mitsubishi sells its first i-MiEV electric car in Canada to a Winnipeg man In theNews. ... The keys to Canada's first fully electric Mitsubishi car were handed over to a Winnipeg man on Thursday, at the start of winter. "We have the cleanest ...
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About Canadian-based Immigration Lawyers
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Canada is a great travel destination that is opted for by thousands of foreigners each year. Whether it is to travel for fun and relaxation or to seek.
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Getting the best and most experienced immigration lawyer Canada has to offer is more than essential. So what does these companies or agencies provide? First,
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DogFriendly.com, with tens of thousands of places listed to take your dog to, will be releasing on it's Dog News blog, Facebook page and on Twitter a list of 200 Top Places that you can take your dog in the U.S. and Canada. This list, while ...
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Sinopec unit completes takeover of Canada's ... - Live Trading News
By Shayne Heffernan
Sinopec unit completes takeover of Canada's Daylight Energy A subsidiary of China's energy giant Sinopec said Friday it has completed the final step.
Live Trading News
Daawo Soomaalida Canada Oo Abaal Marin Gudoonsiiyay ...
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Merry Christmas from Top MMA News - Top MMA News at ...
By Top MMA News Staff
2011 was a up and down year for Top MMA News. We said goodbye to co-founder Marc-Andre Drolet and we continued to grow beyond our wildest dreams. There was a record number of MMA shows held in Canada – thanks ...
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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/canada/article/1103785
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/
Family of Canadian held by Taliban appeals to captors - Canada ...
The family of a Toronto man who was kidnapped by the Taliban in Afghanistan last year is trying to bring him home by reaching out to his captors themselves.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/.../afghanistan-toronto-kidnap.html
A Canadian artist takes on the Harper government | Canada Politics ...
Read 'A Canadian artist takes on the Harper government' from our blog CanadaPolitics on Yahoo! News. A Toronto area artist is standing up to her bully.
ca.news.yahoo.com/.../canadian-artist-takes-harper-governmen...
Canadian university's AIDS vaccine wins approval | Canada | News ...
The green light has been given to test a Canadian-made vaccine for HIV/AIDS on humans starting next month.
www.torontosun.com/.../canadian-universitys-aids-vaccine-wi...
Joe O'Connor: Could the United States eclipse Canada as a hockey ...
Gifts on the 25th and a collective Canadian mass on the 26th, commencing at ...as The Hockey News magazine suggests, that hockey enrollment in Canadacould ...
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In Internal Canadian Documents, a Warning on Oil Sands
Postmedia News, a publisher that owns several major Canadian newspapers including The National Post in Toronto, obtained the previously confidential ...
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Ottawa wedded to Blackberry for better or worse
Dominating the news — and the company's stock prices — in recent days are ...been that companies eyeing a takeover of the one-time Canadian champion are ...
www.thestar.com/news/article/1105843
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...
Kyoto Accord: Canada formally withdrawing from climate change ...
Canada will pull out of the Kyoto protocol on climate change, Environment Minister Peter Kent said on Monday, dealing a symbolic blow to the troubled global ...
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BAN KI-MOON News, Dec 25, 2011

United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon promised to 'cut fat' in the organization.
UN chops budget by $250M
CBC.ca
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon pledged more cuts in the coming months, noting that “governments and people everywhere are struggling.” US negotiator Joseph Torsella told Reuters that it was a "budget for a strengthened, more efficient and more ...
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