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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 2009
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Canada stories: 208 news summaries

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A Zombie's Worst Enemy: Canadian Math Geeks

Scholars devise method to eliminate pesky Hollywood bugaboo

Aug 15, 09 3:41 PM CDT
(Newser) - Decades of terrorizing sleepy towns in grade-B horror flicks hasn't prepared zombies for their newest foe: Canadian math geeks. Scholars in Ottawa have formulated a mathematical model to combat a zombie outbreak, dismissing quarantines and cures: “The most effective way to contain the rise of the undead is to... More »

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Hollywood • Canada • outbreak • mathematicians • zombie

 New Passport Rules 
 Burden Businesses 
 on US Borders 

Fewer traveling into US

Aug 14, 09 5:28 PM CDT
(Newser) - Businesses on the US side of the Canadian border say they're struggling now that travelers must show a passport to get into the country. In June, when the new law went into effect, the 11 busiest border bridges saw 23% less traffic than last year, the Wall Street Journal reports.... More »

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Mexico • Canada • businesses • passport • border • identification • Customs and Border Protection

(Newser) - Trouble at nuclear reactors that produce two-thirds of the world’s medical isotopes have created massive testing delays in the US, the Philadelphia Inquirer reports. The isotopes, created in Canada and the Netherlands, are used for presurgery stress tests and to locate some cancers; doctors are limping along with... More »

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cancer • surgery • Canada • Netherlands • nuclear reactor • tests • thyroid cancer • radioactive isotopes • medical isotopes • nuclear medicine

(Newser) - A Texas district court judge has ruled in favor of a Canadian software company and issued an injunction barring Microsoft from selling copies of its Word program, which can read and write XML files, the Seattle Post-Intelligencer reports. XML capability is central to Microsoft Word; i4i claims the company... More »

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Microsoft • Texas • Canada • patent infringement • Open XML • US District Court • Microsoft Word • word processor • i4i

'Three Amigos' Summit May Not Be So Amicable

Canada, Mexico both angry about Obama protectionism

Aug 9, 09 6:58 AM CDT
(Newser) - President Obama is headed to Guadalajara today for his first "Three Amigos" summit with the leaders of Canada and Mexico, but the meeting may be less than completely friendly. Trade and drug trafficking will dominate the agenda, and the leaders have some grievances they plan to press, reports Reuters.... More »

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Barack Obama • diplomacy • Mexico • Canada • NAFTA • Stephen Harper • Three Amigos • protectionism • protectionist trade measures • Felipe Calderón

(Newser) - The collapse of Detroit has turned its Canadian counterpart into a veritable ghost town, the Economist reports. Located just across the Detroit River in Ontario, Windsor depends heavily on the Big Three, and now claims Canada’s highest unemployment rate at 14.4%. But Ontario’s problems go beyond “... More »

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Canada • Detroit • recession • unemployment • auto industry • border security • Windsor • Ontario • auto bailout

(Newser) - Canada and the US are letting their Arctic rivalry thaw long enough to launch an exploration mission, the Globe & Mail reports. A pair of icebreakers—one from each country—will set off next week into uncharted waters, working in tandem to clear a path and map North America's... More »

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Canada • United States • North Pole • Arctic • Arctic race • Arctic Sea • icebreaker

(Newser) - Facebook suffers from "serious privacy gaps" and must become more transparent about how personal information is handled to comply with the law, says a government watchdog in Canada. The report by the country's privacy commissioner marks the first time a government has found Facebook to be acting illegally, reports... More »

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social networking • Canada • privacy • Facebook • online data storage • Internet privacy • privacy policy

Women Won't Ski Jump in  2010 Olympics

Judge agrees it's discrimination, but has no power to help

Jul 11, 09 12:48 PM CDT
(Newser) - A Canadian judge says the International Olympic Committee is clearly discriminating against female ski jumpers by not including their event in the 2010 Vancouver Olympics—but there’s nothing she can do about it, NPR reports. A group of women jumpers had sued the organizing committee, hoping to have their... More »

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Canada • court • gender discrimination • International Olympic Committee • winter sports • 2010 Vancouver Olympics • ski jump • women athletes

(Newser) - Canadians—contrary to popular belief—are pretty sure they live in the best country in the world. In a poll pegged to today’s Canada Day celebrations, the Globe and Mail found that 89% of Canucks think their nation can’t be beat, and 87% consider it best suited to... More »

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Queen Elizabeth • Canada • England • nationalism • national pride • opinion polls • Canada Day • self-image

(AP) - Hillary Clinton said today the US hopes the outcome of the contested Iranian presidential election reflects the "genuine will and desire" of the Iranian people. "We are monitoring the situation as it unfolds in Iran, but we, like the rest of the world, are waiting and watching to... More »

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Iran • Hillary Clinton • Mahmoud Ahmadinejad • Canada • Iranian Revolutionary Guard • Obama administration • Robert Gibbs • Iranian election • Mir Hossein Mousavi

(Newser) - Things are tough all over. Retirees from Molson brewing in Canada are up in arms after learning that their lifetime supply of free beer is running out, the Toronto Star reports. The company told pensioners it will gradually cut their allotment from the current 72 dozen bottles per year to... More »

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Canada • beer • retirement benefits • Molson

 Vancouver Tops 
 Most Livable Cities 

Canadian, Australian cities ranked among the world's best to live in

Jun 9, 09 7:39 AM CDT
(Newser) - Vancouver has once again topped the Economist's list of the most livable cities in the world. Canadian and Australian cities dominated the upper reaches of the list, which is ranked by factors including stability, health care, and environment. The highest-ranked US city was Pittsburgh, at 29th out of 140 while... More »

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Canada • cities • Vancouver

Canadian Gov Guts Seal,
Eats Raw Heart

'Delicious' gesture meant to show support for Inuit hunts

May 26, 09 1:53 PM CDT
(Newser) - When in Rome, do as the Romans do. And in Canada's Arctic, that means gutting a freshly slaughtered seal, slicing out its heart, and chowing down, reports AFP. Canadian Governor General Michaelle Jean kicked off a tour of the region yesterday by dining on raw seal as a gesture of... More »

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European Union • Canada • heart • hunting • seal • Michaelle Jean • governor general • raw meat

Canadian Plays World-Record Piano Solo

Musician Gonzales tickles ivories for 27 consecutive hours

May 18, 09 3:11 PM CDT
(Newser) - Canadian musician and producer Gonzales set the world record for longest solo piano performance today, AFP reports, clocking in at 27 hours, 3 minutes, and 44 seconds. The harrowing performance incorporated 300 musical pieces, from Britney Spears to Beethoven. Gonzales was allowed a 15-minute break between three-hour sets, and 30... More »

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Canada • piano • Guinness World Record

(Newser) - Canada has a message for Europe: Keep your mitts off our Arctic. The government has begun a multi-pronged strategy that combines tough diplomatic talk with a flurry of cultural events across the continent that stress the nation's long ties to the region, the Globe and Mail reports. Canada knows it... More »

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Russia • European Union • Canada • United States • Arctic • sovereignty • foreign policy

(Newser) - Maine lobster prices are uncharacteristically low, leaving the industry unsettled on the eve of the all-important summer tourist season, the Portland Press Herald reports. Wholesale prices are as low as $3.25, and retail prices start at $5.50. But some aren’t worried by the mercurial interplay of supply,... More »

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Canada • Atlantic Ocean • fishing • Maine • Portland, Maine • lobster • commercial fishing

(Newser) - Canadian Tamil demonstrators protesting fighting in Sri Lanka shut down a highway in Toronto for several hours, reports CNN. Some estimated the crowd at several thousands. As many as 70,000 people have been killed in Sri Lanka's civil war. Government troops are pressing a final assault on the rebel... More »

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Canada • Sri Lanka • Tamil Tigers • protests • Toronto • protesters • Sri Lankan Army • Jay-ZTV

(Newser) - An Alberta woman is the first Canadian to die in connection with swine flu, though the province's heath chief said today she also had serious underlying medical conditions, the AP reports. A source told the Globe and Mail the woman, in her 30s, had asthma; she died April 28. Her... More »

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Canada • asthma • swine flu • H1N1 virus • Alberta

 Seasonal Flu Strain 
 May Have Mutated 

Canadian researchers say H3N2 virus mutated from vaccine strain

May 6, 09 2:48 PM CDT
(Newser) - A mutated version of the seasonal strain of flu targeted by this season's vaccine has surfaced in a traveler entering Canada from Mexico, Reuters reports. The development complicates the tracking of the virus in Mexico, which has suffered the majority of infections and deaths. The variant was previously found in... More »

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Mexico • Canada • vaccine • mutation • virus • influenza • swine flu • H1N1 virus • H3N2 virus

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