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NEWS ABOUT: Canada

Canada stories: 208 news summaries

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(Newser) - On the day before President Obama’s recent visit to Canada, that nation’s warplanes turned back a Russian bomber, the National Post reports. The plane did not enter Canadian airspace, but the incident still alarmed officials, who have striven to enforce sovereignty. “When we see a Russian bear... More »

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Russia • Canada • fighter jet • scramble • Bear bomber • President Obama • air defense • intercept • NORAD • Peter MacKay

 Adoring Canadians 
 Cheer Obama 

President receives warm welcome in the frost on first foreign trip

Feb 20, 09 5:53 AM CST
(Newser) - Barack Obama found a new world of fans north of the border yesterday. His first foreign trip as president was greeted by a rare wave of pro-American sentiment on the streets of Ottawa, reports the Los Angeles Times. Thousands of people stood for hours in the slush in front of... More »

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Barack Obama • Canada • Stephen Harper • Obama administration • President Obama

ANALYSIS

Cheap Oil Keeps World Economy Off Balance

With crude under $40, investment dries up, nations lose revenue

Feb 20, 09 5:18 AM CST
(Newser) - Oil surged 13% yesterday in New York trading—and still closed at less than $40 a barrel, reports the Washington Post. Cheap oil has been a boon for consumers in the recession, but the collapse in crude prices has contributed to further havoc in international markets from Canada to Kuwait.... More »

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Russia • oil • Venezuela • Canada • recession • Kuwait • oil price

(Newser) - President Obama and PM Stephen Harper today announced an environmental partnership between the US and Canada, the Globe and Mail reports. Harper spoke of a “clean energy dialogue” between top officials to “collaborate on the development of clean energy science and technology.” Said Obama, who was... More »

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climate change • environment • global warming • Canada • United States • press conference • NAFTA • Stephen Harper • prime minister • Obama administration • President Obama

 Obama Heads 
 to Canada Amid 
 Trade Concerns 

NAFTA issues likely to loom large over visit

Feb 19, 09 6:18 AM CST
(Newser) - Barack Obama makes his first foreign trip as president today to Canada, and his talks there are likely to touch on some thorny trade issues, the New York Times reports. Obama spoke forcefully in favor of reopening NAFTA while a candidate, but intends to focus on strengthening the US-Canada trade... More »

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Barack Obama • Canada • NAFTA • free trade • protectionism • Obama administration

 60-Year-Old 
 Canadian Gives 
 Birth to Twins 

Birth raises medical-ethics questions

Feb 5, 09 2:59 PM CST
(Newser) - A 60-year-old Canadian woman gave birth to twins this week, the CBC reports. Ranjit Hayer and her twin boys, delivered 7 weeks prematurely by cesarean section, are recovering in intensive care. Hayer underwent in vitro fertilization after trying to get pregnant for decades, but even her obstetrician has ethical concerns.... More »

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twins • Canada • in vitro fertilization • mothers • birth • multiple births • medical ethics

Figure Skating Talks Up Its
Tough Side

Canadian campaign aims to ice sport's
sissy stereotype

Feb 4, 09 8:03 AM CST
(Newser) - Canada's figure skating authorities have launched a controversial campaign to convince people the sport is as manly as any other, the Globe & Mail reports. Skate Canada, concerned about dwindling interest in the sport, is trying to scrap figure skating's sissy stereotype and play up "the danger, speed, risk,... More »

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Canada • skating • figure skating

 How to Survive the Apocalypse 

Guardian explains how to kill pheasants, build shelter

Feb 1, 09 8:32 AM CST
(Newser) - Economic ruin, climate change, war—the apocalypse can’t be far off, right? Movies tell us that to survive the end of days we need “to sit in desirable country mansions, eat tinned tomatoes, develop post-traumatic psychosis and shoot each other,” Tanya Gold writes in the Guardian, noting... More »

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Canada • survivors • apocalypse • meltdown • armageddon • Election 2012

Canada Rejected Plant's Tainted Peanuts

Firm tried to export unsuitable food weeks before current salmonella outbreak

Jan 30, 09 10:50 AM CST
(AP) - Weeks before the earliest signs of a national salmonella outbreak that now has been traced to peanuts from a Georgia processing plant, peanuts exported by the same company were found to be contaminated and were returned to the United States. The rejected shipment—coming over the US border across a... More »

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Congress • FDA • Canada • salmonella • outbreak • peanut • Peanut Corporation of America

 'Party' With a 
 Backstreet 
 Boy—for 
 Just $15! 

Nick throws birthday bash in Canada

Jan 30, 09 10:27 AM CST
(Newser) - Always wanted to party with the celebs, but just don’t have the cash? Head to Toronto, where you can celebrate Nick Carter’s birthday and virtually dormant music career with the Backstreet Boy himself, Perez Hilton reports. Tickets to the high-profile event are a mere $15, or $20 at... More »

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Canada • celebrity • birthday • birthday party • Toronto • Backstreet Boys • Nick Carter

(Newser) - Former Weatherman Bill Ayers was denied entry yesterday into Canada, where he planned to speak at an education conference, the Globe and Mail reports. The controversial academic, who made headlines during the election for his link to Barack Obama, said he had visited Canada more than a dozen times.... More »

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Canada • border security • Toronto • US-Canadian border • Bill Ayers • University of Toronto • William Ayers • Weather Underground • academic freedom

 Newest Bailout: 2010 Olympics 

Vancouver games get $369M loan approved

Jan 19, 09 11:42 AM CST
(Newser) - The global recession is putting the 2010 Olympics Games in Vancouver in peril, writes Canada's Globe and Mail. This weekend the provincial parliament in British Columbia passed an emergency bill that allows the host city to borrow $369 million to make sure the athletes' village will be ready in time.... More »

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Canada • British Columbia • loan • Vancouver • winter sports • bailout • Olympics • 2010 Vancouver Olympics




 Nortel Files  
 for Bankruptcy 

Telecom company's stock down 30%

Jan 14, 09 8:46 AM CST
(AP) - Nortel Networks Corp filed for bankruptcy protection today in federal court in Delaware, the first major tech company to seek protection since the global downturn started. Nortel, North America's biggest maker of telecommunications equipment, filed a day before the company was due to repay a $107 million interest debt on... More »

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Canada • bankruptcy • telecommunications companies • Nortel

 Canada 
 to Deport 
 US Deserter 

Mother who fled to avoid Iraq could face years in jail on return to US

Jan 8, 09 7:24 AM CST
(Newser) - The first woman soldier to flee to Canada to avoid serving in Iraq has been denied asylum, the Globe & Mail reports. Immigration officials told Kimberly Rivera, a mother of three, that she has until January 27 to leave the country or face deportation. Rivera served in Iraq in... More »

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Canada • US military • Iraq war • conscientious objector • deserter • wowOwow

Toronto Man Loses Lotto Winnings Over 'Misprint'

$135,000 win from misprinted tickets

Jan 6, 09 6:24 PM CST
(Newser) - It's been a rough year already for lottery winner—and loser—Thomas Noftall. The Toronto man netted $135,000 in winnings from four scratch-off tickets on New Year's Eve but was rebuffed when he went to collect his prize, UPI reports. "One guy pulled me into his office and... More »

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Canada • money • mistake • lottery • prize • Toronto

 Avalanche Deaths 
 Haunt Survivor 

Adams describes horror after eighth
body is recovered

Dec 31, 08 2:25 PM CST
(Newser) - One of three survivors of Sunday's devastating avalanche in British Columbia says it was a "gut-wrenching" decision to leave behind eight of his friends—whose buried bodies he since helped recover. Fearing another rush of snow, Jeff Adams left the site with two others. The experienced sledders, all close... More »

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Canada • death • British Columbia • survivors • avalanche • snowmobile

 8 Missing 
 in Canadian 
 Avalanche 

11 initially buried; 3 manage escape

Dec 29, 08 9:34 AM CST
(Newser) - Eight snowmobilers are missing after a British Columbia avalanche buried 11 men, the Vancouver Sun reports. Seven were swamped by an initial avalanche; amid a rescue attempt, the other four were buried. Two men pulled themselves to the surface and were able to save one comrade with the help of... More »

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Canada • rescue • British Columbia • snow • avalanche • snowmobile

US Students Flock North for Cheap Tuition

Canadian universities appeal to Americans in tough economy

Dec 25, 08 7:50 PM CST
(Newser) - Cash-strapped Americans with their sights set on college see Canada as an affordable alternative to domestic institutions, the Boston Globe reports. Low tuition fees and a stronger US dollar—it’s worth $1.21 in Canada right now—are luring more high school students in the northeast across the border,... More »

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Canada • college admissions • higher education • college • recession • college tuition • college applications

 Woman Survives 
 3 Days Buried 
 in Snowbank 

Rescuers stunned by Canadian's survival feat

Dec 24, 08 2:53 AM CST
(Newser) - The family and friends of a Canadian woman missing for three days in a winter snowstorm are hailing her survival as a Christmas miracle, the National Post reports. Police believe the woman, 55, became disoriented after going for a walk in heavy snow near her Ontario home. A rescue dog... More »

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Canada • frostbite • rescue dogs • blizzard • snow • snowstorm • Ontario

(Newser) - Mice started a fire in a Toronto animal shelter that killed 100 cats and three dogs, the Telegraph reports. The rodents likely sparked the blaze by chewing through electrical wires. Canadians nationwide have been donating money and offering temporary homes and meals for the few animal survivors. “People... More »

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Canada • mice • electricity • Toronto • fire • cat • animal shelters

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