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Apr 25, 2012

CBC World News, Apr 25, 2012

US mad cow case deemed no threat to Canada
CBC.ca
The first US case of mad cow disease in six years has surfaced in a dairy cow in central California, but the animal was not bound for the country's food supply and poses no danger either toCanadians, according to one government agency.
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UN's Annan calls Syria situation 'bleak'
CBC.ca
Canada's Foreign Affairs Minister, John Baird, told CBC News he finds the escalation in violence by Syrian forces "deeply disturbing" and reiterated that Canada would not support calls to arm the rebels. "On the humanitarian side, we're prepared to be ...
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Occupy Fredericton protesters sue city
CBC.ca
(CBC) Occupy Fredericton protesters filed a small claims lawsuit against the City of Fredericton, Mayor Brad Woodside and another city official on Tuesday. The protesters' downtown camp was dismantled by city staff on Jan 3, as a police officer stood ...
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Water park vote faces last-minute delay
CBC.ca
Two city councillors have told CBC News that Canalta Hotels wants more time to explain their plans in greater detail. Canalta, along with water park designer Waterfun Products, wants to build a 50000-square-foot facility on city-owned land near the ...
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Don't mess with curling fans
CANOE
In Stursberg's new Douglas & McIntyre book, The Tower of Babble: Sins, Secrets and Successes Inside the CBC, the CBC side of 2005's TV curling debacle is finally told, and Canadian curling fans come off as bug-eyed freaks. Some excerpts: The enraged ...
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Ignatieff's quote on Quebec separation sparks strong reaction
CBC.ca
Ignatieff responds Excerpts from a statement provided to CBC News: "The interview on the issue of the referendum on Scottish independence made clear that Canada offers an internationally recognized model for the conciliation of political differences.
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Don't mess with curling fans
Toronto Sun
In Stursberg's new Douglas & McIntyre book, The Tower of Babble: Sins, Secrets and Successes Inside the CBC, the CBC side of 2005's TV curling debacle is finally told, and Canadian curling fans come off as bug-eyed freaks. Some excerpts: The enraged ...
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Lack of meningitis vaccine pains grieving parents
CBC.ca
(CBC) A BC father says he's growing increasingly frustrated that a vaccine against a deadly infection that killed his teenage son is still not covered by health care. Tuesday is the fifth anniversary of the death of Brodie Campbell, 15 who died of ...
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Neil Macdonald: Why Europe is broken
CBC.ca
The latest IMF projections on the global economy 2012 2013 Worldoutput 3.5 % 4.1 % US 2.1 2.4 Euro area -0.3 0.9 Italy -1.9 -0.3Canada 2.1 2.2 China 6.9 8.8 Percentage change in GDP growth, IMF, April 2012 The most obvious problem is debt.
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Picasso's art collection unveiled in Toronto display
CBC.ca
"When it comes out of the crate… there's that moment of 'Eureka! It's here!'" he told CBC News. "It's the greatest display of Picassos in the world, at the moment, and it's here!" The Toronto venue is the sole Canadian stop for the exhibit.
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Barrick Gold $1M sponsorship of nature museum irks activists
CBC.ca
Environmental groups are upset over a decision to rename a room at the Canadian Museum of Nature after corporate mining giant Barrick Gold. Barrick Gold Corp., based out of Toronto, purchased the room's naming rights for about $1 million.
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The new politics of fear
Sun News Network
Wildrose Party leader Danielle Smith (left), Progressive Conservative leader Alison Redford (centre right), Alberta Liberal leader Raj Sherman (centre left) and Alberta NDP leader Brian Mason (right) met at CBC studios in Edmonton, Alberta, ...
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Vancouver Sun Student Video Award winners announced
Vancouver Sun
The winner of each category will receive $1000 gift card from Best Buy CanadaThe judging was completed by the Vancouver Sun's Mark Yuen, CBC's Wayne Williams and Sheila Peacock and Vancouver Film School's Paula Simson.
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VFS presents the 4th Annual Women in Games Scholarship
Gamasutra
April 24, 2012 – Vancouver, BC – Vancouver Film School (VFS), Canada'spremier entertainment arts institution and one of the most distinguished in theworld, is pleased to present the Women in Games Scholarship to Kristina Soltvedt Wiik of Norway.
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Funding cools but docs still hot
rabble.ca
By June Chua "People keep saying to me 'this is the Golden Age of Documentary,'" sighs Lisa Fitzgibbons, executive director of the Documentary Organization of Canada (DOC). "But there's a huge disconnect between what people think and the reality.
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ING DIRECT introduces Canadians to forward banking
Sacramento Bee
ING DIRECT will introduce the new brand to Canadians through a 60-second national television spot, called "Old Ways", airing from April 25 to May 1. This commercial will run in various prime time spots in English and French on both network (CBC, CTV, ...
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BuzzTaxi finds bevy of buyers
Realscreen
Toronto-based distributor BuzzTaxi Communications has announced a raft ofinternational and domestic sales, with Beyond Survival (pictured) headed to Quebec, Sibling Rivalry to Finland and GetConnected to Korea. In Canada,CBC's digital channel ...
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Not coming to our backyard
South Shore Now
... the other sites Michelin has around the world,” said Dana LeBlanc, according to a CBC news report. “It's not do or die, but it's very serious.” Both opposition parties, the Retail Council of Canada, the Canadian Federation of Independent Businesses ...
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Occupy Fredericton protesters sue city
Updated News
In November, Mayor Woodside told CBC News he wanted Fredericton to be a “shining example” for the rest of Canada on how to deal with the Occupy protesters. At the time, he said there was no plan to follow the lead of other cities, such as Halifax, ...
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Montreal conference looks at the changing nature of journalism
rabble.ca
OpenFile.ca is an investor-backed news service operating in six Canadiancities in which citizens suggest stories that they want covered and then are linked up with journalists who investigate. The value of OpenFile is its "ability to grow the story" ...
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Jason Kenney makes last-minute intervention in family's deportation to Guinea
Yahoo! News Canada (blog)
As Postmedia News reports, Mansaré brought her daughters toCanada in 2007 fearing they would be subjected to forced marriages and the aforementioned genital mutilation. But when the family's application for refugee status was denied, notes the CBC,...
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Quebec headed for independence? That's news to its premier
GlobalNews.ca
There are some surprised reactions to remarks from ex-Liberal leader Michael Ignatieff, who suggested in a BBC interview that Quebec and Canada are almost two separate countries floating towards a breakup. THE CANADIANPRESS/Paul Chiasson MONTREAL - Is ...
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Doctor captivates Appleby College students
InsideHalton.com
Students and faculty sat captivated for nearly an hour as the founder of War Child Canada — a non-profit organization that helps raise awareness and support of war-affected children globally through local and internationalinitiatives — told stories ...
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Mexican refugee deported from Toronto is killed one month after being expelled ...
Open File (blog)
Canada can argue about how many immigrants and refugees to accept in any given year, but inevitably there are going to be horrible stories about the people we send back to their homelands, since people who move thousands of miles to come here are ...
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Today in Drugs
The Mark
But that doesn't stop the world's scientists from trying to figure out just what effects they have on the human brain. Take cocaine, for instance. New research suggests heavy use of the expensive white powder drastically increases aging of the brain.
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Yep, James Cameron and The Google Guys Will Mine Asteroids
The Mark
Also gone is the historical drama Camelot and the entirely superfluous talent show Cover Me Canada, while the future of Battle of the Blades remains uncertain at this point. Among the new additions to the CBC lineup will be a Titanic: Blood and Steel, ...
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Kazakhstan Thanks Borat For Tourism 'Boom'
The Mark
But that doesn't stop the world's scientists from trying to figure out just what effects they have on the human brain. Take cocaine, for instance. New research suggests heavy use of the expensive white powder drastically increases aging of the brain.
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Brian Brett wins Lieutenant Governor's Award for Literary Excellence
Gulf Islands Driftwood
Brett has been a celebrated journalist and his cultural advocacy work includes initiating the BC Poetry-In-The-Schools program, which introduced school children of all ages to world poetry. He has given writing workshops all overCanada and is a ...
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Thinking about the Earth through song
NorthernLife.ca
... dubbed “Canada's greatest eco-troubador for young people.” He uses exotic instruments from around the world to entertain, enticing audiences with his original songs that have appeared on shows like Mr. Dressup, YTV's Treehouse, TVOntario and CBC.
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Science for partygoers — and youth
Ottawa Citizen
Present in the 320-person crowd was former Nortel executive Greg Mumford, chair of the soiree and incoming chair of the Canada Science and Technology Museum Corporation (CSTMC) Foundation. Also seen were the museum's new director general, Luc Fournier, ...
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Wife fears for Canadian on death row in Iran - World - CBC News
The wife of a Canadian on death row in Iran says she spoke with her husband on Sunday, as he waits to learn his fate and the Canadian government pleads for ...
www.cbc.ca/news/.../iran-death-sentence-ghassemi-shall.html
Canada and U.S. singled out at summit over drugs, Cuba - World ...
Canada and the United States are finding themselves at odds with Latin American countries on two thorny issues — the war on drugs and the exclusion of Cuba ...
www.cbc.ca/news/world/story/.../harper-summit-americas.html
Canada, U.S. scuttle Summit of the Americas statement - World ...
The summit of nearly 30 Western Hemisphere leaders meeting in Colombia has ended without a joint declaration due to divisions over Cuba and Argentine...
www.cbc.ca/news/world/.../summit-of-the-americas-ends.html
Canadian accused in Gadhafi plot cries for Ottawa's help - World ...
Canadian consultant Cyndy Vanier is calling on Ottawa to intervene in her case, accusing Mexico of human rights abuses and wrongly imprisoning her on ...
www.cbc.ca/news/world/story/.../vanier-mexico-gadhafi.html
Canada suspending Burma sanctions - World - CBC News
Canada is suspending its sanctions against Burma in recognition of its moves towards democracy.
www.cbc.ca/news/world/.../burma-canada-sanctions.html?cmp...
RCMP secretly ended probe into Canadian held by Taliban - World ...
Documents obtained through access to information show that Foreign Affairs secretly asked the RCMP to stop investigating the abduction and death of Beverley ...
www.cbc.ca/.../bc-giesbrecht-kidnap-investigation-closed-rcm...
Harper gains trade support in Chile - World - CBC News
Prime Minister Stephen Harper and Chilean President Sebastian Pinera announced an agreement Monday to modernize the free trade deal between their two ...
www.cbc.ca/news/world/story/2012/04/.../pol-harper-chile.htm...
Harper arrives at Summit of Americas meeting - World - CBC News
Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper has arrived in Colombia to attend the Summit of the Americas, where the war on drugs and trade issues are expected ...
www.cbc.ca/news/world/story/.../summit-americas-harper.html
EU delays 'anti-oilsands' fuel quality directive decision - World - CBC ...
The European Union is delaying its decision on a fuel quality directive until early 2013. The Canadian government calls the measure that would disadvantage ...
www.cbc.ca/news/.../pol-fuel-directive-europe-canada.html
Canadian sets world record in men's wheelchair at Boston ... - CBC.ca
Joshua Cassidy knew he'd win his first Boston Marathon once he reached the top of the course's Heartbreak Hill with the lead in the men's wheelchair race.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/.../04/.../toronto-cassidy-boston.html
Canada-U.S. price gap blamed on multinational companies - World ...
Many brand-name products still cost 35 to 40 per cent more in Canada compared to south of the border, and a major retail group says suppliers — not...
www.cbc.ca/.../canada-us-price-gap-senate-hearings-retail-cou...
Kabul warfare ends as Taliban holdouts killed - World - CBC News
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Brian Stewart: New Libya post-mortems highlight NATO's ... - CBC.ca
New post-mortems on the war in Libya are making it harder for Canada and our NATO partners to portray their Libyan air and sea campaign as an unblemished...
www.cbc.ca/news/world/story/.../f-vp-stewart-nato-libya.html
CBC's Margaret Evans on conflict zones, vulnerable interviewees ...
Welcome to the second installation of Ask CBC News. ... questions and get answers from the CBC News team, journalists across Canada and around theworld.
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Giant puppets march through Liverpool - World - CBC News
Three giant puppets have made their way across the streets of Liverpool, England, as the city ushers in a week of theatrical festivities to mark the anniversary of ...
www.cbc.ca/news/world/story/.../giant-puppets-liverpool.html
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BARACK OBAMA News, Apr 25, 2012


Obama stresses own struggle with loans on youth-focused trip
Chicago Tribune
CHAPEL HILL, North Carolina (Reuters) - Describing his own struggle to pay off college debt and taking another dig at his likely White House rival's wealth, President Barack Obama sought on Tuesday to expand his popularity among young voters with a ...
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Obama pushes low-rate student loans, wooing young
San Jose Mercury News
By BEN FELLER AP White House Correspondent President Barack Obamaspeaks at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Tuesday, April 24, 2012. CHAPEL HILL, NC—President Barack Obama went after the college vote Tuesday, pitching cheaper student ...
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AL JAZEERA News, Apr 25, 2012

Eat Gulf seafood
Daily Comet
Much has been reported about the Gulf's physical and economic health since the Deepwater Horizon spill two years ago. Just last week, a report from the Arabic news network Al Jazeera dredged up a raft of questions about deformities of Gulf seafood.
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Annan says Syria violence 'unacceptable'
Aljazeera.com
Peace envoy alarmed by reports that government targeted people in areas where UN monitors met civilians. The United Nations special envoy to Syria has told the Security Council that the country is still experiencing unacceptable levels of violence, ...
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ABC World News, Apr 25, 2012

Wednesday TV Picks: ABC's 'Don't Trust the B — — in Apartment 23'
The Seattle Times
TV picks for Wednesday, April 25, 2012, include "Don't Trust the B — — in Apartment 23" on ABC; "Betty White's Off Their Rockers" on NBC; and "Survivor: One World" on CBS. Dreama Walker, left, and Krysten Ritter on "Don't Trust the B — — in ...
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ABC News Launches “Hidden America” — A Special Long-Terms, Cross Platform Series
ABC News (blog)
Reports from ABC News anchors and correspondents will air across all broadcasts and platforms including “World News with Diane Sawyer, “Nightline,” and “20/20.” Plus, ABC News will produce a series of photo essays for ABCNEWS.com and Yahoo! to capture ...
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NEW ZEALAND HERALD News, Apr 25, 2012


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(AP Photo/New Zealand Herald, Natalie Slade) NEW ZEALAND OUT, AUSTRALIA OUT Natalie Slade / AP The Associated Press AUCKLAND, New Zealand -- An African elephant has killed a zookeeper caring for her at the New Zealand zoo where the animal was retired ...
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