Category Archives: Canada

Canada’s Ice Hotel warms hearts

By doris | Published: February 12, 2011

Full Story atnews.Yahoo.com QUEBEC CITY, Canada (AFP) – A winter wonderland on the outskirts of Quebec City has become one of Canada’s hottest attractions and most sought out accommodations. Guests huddle for warmth in sleeping bags on beds of ice, bonnets pulled over their ears to prevent frostbite, while sipping cocktails in glasses also made [...]

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Russian company seeks to buy U.S. uranium mining operations

By doris | Published: September 25, 2010

Full Story at CNN.com Washington (CNN) — A Russian company is seeking to buy a controlling interest in one of the largest uranium extraction operations in the United States — a sale that requires U.S. government review because of possible national security implications. Uranium One USA, now a subsidiary of a Canadian company, operates a [...]

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Igor lashes Canada; Georgette heads toward Mexico

By doris | Published: September 22, 2010

Full Story at CNN.com (CNN) — The storm known as Igor was moving farther away from Canada on Wednesday morning, but could still produce hurricane-force winds in the area. As of 12:30 a.m. local time (11 p.m. ET), Igor was about 445 kilometers (277 miles) east of St. Anthony, Newfoundland, according to the Canadian Weather [...]

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NBC: Man held in Montreal is terror suspect

By doris | Published: June 1, 2010

Full Story at msnbc.com WASHINGTON – The man removed from an Aeromexico flight bound for Mexico City Sunday was the subject of a terror warning issued for the U.S.-Mexico border last week, senior U.S. counterterrorism officials told NBC News on Monday. Homeland Security had asked law enforcement in Houston to be on the lookout for [...]

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U.S. reaches Winter Olympics peak

By doris | Published: March 1, 2010

Full Story at NBC Olympics.com VANCOUVER — After she won silver in the 1,000-meter race late in these 2010 Vancouver Games, short-track speedskater Katherine Reutter met the press with an American flag draped over her light-blue warm-up jacket. The flag wasn’t going anywhere and neither was the big smile on her face. “I have a [...]

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USA-Canada hockey: No way to treat a neighbor

By doris | Published: February 22, 2010

Full Story at NBC Olympics.com VANCOUVER (AP) — That was no way to treat friends. And neighbors. Not to mention guys you’ll be back working alongside in less than 10 days. But that’s exactly what made USA 5, Canada 3 so special. For two hours Sunday, in what the Olympic program listed as just a [...]

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Olympics host Vancouver ranked world’s most liveable city

By doris | Published: February 14, 2010

Full Story at news.yahoo.com SYDNEY (Reuters Life!) – Vancouver has again topped a list of the top 10 most liveable cities in the world, giving the Canadian west coast city an extra boost as it opens the 2010 Winter Olympics. In the annual survey by the Economist Intelligence Unit, Vancouver scored 98 percent on a [...]

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Super Highway Link Mexico to Canada

By doris | Published: June 7, 2009

Full Story At ClickToNews.com The Bush adminstration is quietly making approval for a super highway 10 lanes wide, train, and oil pipe lines running from the South of Mexico to the Heart of America and onto Canada. This highly restricted highway will eliminate unions as cheap Mexican labour can take all products from the Far [...]

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