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Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika (R) arrives in a landau 14 May 2000 accompanied by two Royal Canadian Mounted Police during a welcoming ceremony at Rideau Hall in Ottawa, Canada. President Bouteflika is on a five-day visit to Canada.
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It's a phenomenal thing to have a PGA Tour Canada event here in Cape Breton. We want to showcase our other golf product as well and it's a great springboard to work from. I mean it's the PGA tour
It it is so new in Canada that it is unregulated as a financial service, and thus there is always a theoretical risk of the proceeds from a fund-raising campaign being used for criminal activities, including money laundering and terrorist financing
The ideal decision, of course, would be for the 27 EU members to conclude – as the United States, Canada, and the Netherlands already have done – that Hezbollah cannot be bifurcated into so-called political and military wings. It is a single entity, with a unified leadership ... But if the EU can mobilize next month to finally take action against Hezbollah on European soil, this will be a positive step toward cracking down on the terrorist organization, including its support network across Europe.More quotes »
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Truck in Wash. span collapse hauled drilling equip
north part of the four-lane Interstate 5 bridge near Mount Vernon, about 60 miles north of Seattle and 40 miles south of the Canada border, and disrupted travel in both directions.Washington State Patrol Trooper Mark Francis told the Skagit Valley Herald (http://bit.ly/1afx3lU 11:48 AM Read more »
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Deputy mayor urges mayor to address crack video
duck questions. He avoided a throng of reporters on Tuesday in his first public appearances following a long holiday weekend in Canada."The mayor has to come out and speak to the media. I don't know when that is going to take place, but I believe it has to Read more »
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Town rethinks plan to euthanize Canada geese
Hempstead officials are rethinking their plan to call in federal workers to kill Canada geese residing in town parks after the idea raised a hue and cry among wildlife advocates, who plan to protest Thursday in front of town hall."Everything's on hold until Read more »
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Canada trying to lure Silicon Valley tech workers
U.S. under an H-1B visa, from 65,000 to 110,000."The Canadian perspective is they would love to re-create Silicon Valley in Canada," said Irene Bloemraad, a professor who chairs the Canadian studies program at UC Berkeley. "And they recognize that under the Read more »
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Gregory Stefkovic charged with animal cruelty for shooting Canada goose in Mahopac
Mahopac man was charged Monday with animal cruelty after shooting a Canada goose by the shore of Lake Ossi, Putnam County authorities said.Gregory Stefkovic, 44, was charged by officers with the county's Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals after Read more »
Around the web
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Pew study: Canadians feel better about economy than Americans
think tank reported that more than half of the Canadians (55 per cent) surveyed are satisfied with the way things are going in Canada. However, less than a third of the American public (31 per cent) is pleased with the direction their economy is taking. While 4 m ago from Toronto Star Read more »
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A New Model To Pay For Infrastructure in Chicago
and Tim Logan has done a deep dive on what that means at Next American City. The core idea is simple: Governments across Europe, Canada and Australia have long turned to the private sector to help finance public assets, and even in the U.S., more places are 18 m ago from Fast Company Read more »
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Federal government tests remote video screening at small border crossings
entering Canada overnight at some remote border crossings will soon be speaking to a faraway agent via video camera. The federal government is testing the new technology at two crossings – Piney, Man., and Morses Line, Que. – that are usually closed overnight. 18 m ago from Globe and Mail Read more »
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Where can I blow my visitors’ minds with Canada’s best wildlife?
B.C. with Prince Rupert Adventure Tours (adventuretours.net) surveys the furry shoreline of the Khutzeymateen Valley , home of Canada’s first grizzly sanctuary. A sleepover at the floating Great Bear Lodge (greatbeartours.com) in the province’s remote Great 21 m ago from Globe and Mail Read more »
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A major critic says we’ve forgotten how to read. Does it matter?
that you are listening to a book club discuss a novel. Let’s say it’s Lisa Moore’s bestseller February , this year’s survivor of Canada Reads and a likely choice for the months and meetings ahead. One woman says she loved the book because she identifies with 21 m ago from Globe and Mail Read more »
