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Canada, home to the biggest Sri Lankan Tamil diaspora, Thursday urged Sri Lanka to lift the state of emergency imposed during the onslaught on the Tamil Tigers. ...

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It will mark a step forward for Canada's maturity as a trading nation - not to mention an intellectually open society -A if the federal government allows Amazon.com to hurdle our foolish restrictions on foreign ownership of booksellers and build a physical plant in Canada. ...

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Canada reported a larger than expected trade surplus earlier today.  At C$0.8 bln, it was four times larger than expected and the December figures were revised to show a C$0.1 bln surplus instead of a C$0.2 bln deficit.  Canada also reported a strong rise in Q4 capacity utilization rate to 70.9% from a revised 68.7% in Q3 (previously estimated at 67.5%).    Tomorrow Canada will report February employment figures tomorrow. The unemployment rate is expected to have remained steady at 8.3%.  It appears that Canadian unemployment may have peaked in the middle of Q3 09 at 8.7%. A favorable fundamental case for the US dollar can be built on ideas that the output gap will close in the US before Japan and Europe.  However, Canada appears to be the only other G7 country that can match the US.  Canada is expected to either match US growth this year or nearly match it.    Canada often experiences price pressures earlier on its the expansion phases.  This, coupled with a healthier banking system, which is an important transmission mechanism of monetary policy, will likely result in the Bank of Canada hiking rates before the Federal Reserve.  Canada’s 2-year note yields 62 bp more than the US currently.  Last week it reached 66 bp, the most in about 6 months. The US dollar has fallen about 4.5% against the Canadian dollar since testing CAD1.07 on February 25th.  If one shares 1) our view that through the growth differentials, North America will ...

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Canada's northern territory of the Yukon tries to lure tourists, taking advantage of the success of the Winter Olympics in Vancouver, writes Brandy Yanchyk. ...

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Canada’s air transportation and accommodation industries are expected to stage slim recoveries this year, although the strong Canadian dollar will benefit the former while weighing on the latter, the Conference Board of Canada said Tuesday ...

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14 golds in an Olympics where underdogs ruled, favourites faltered ...

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HELENA, Mont. (AP) - Gov. Brian Schweitzer said Thursday that he is seeking federal permission to import cheaper drugs from Canada for use in state insurance programs. Schweitzer said he thinks the move could chop 40 percent off the $100 million the state spends each year on prescription drugs for ... ...

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Canadian politicians on Thursday accused the nation's transportation agency of failing to take swift action after receiving acceleration-related complaints in Toyota vehicles three years before the company began a series of safety recalls. ...

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By Karen Mullins CAIRO – One of the most influential clerics in the Islamic world – the Grand Imam Mohamed Sayyid Tantawi – who took on the 9/11 attackers and described them as cowards, has passed away. Canada and the United States joined Egypt and several Islamic countries in mourning the passing of the man who headed [...] ...

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Gov. Brian Schweitzer said Thursday that he is seeking federal permission to import cheaper drugs from Canada for use in state insurance programs. ...

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A former refugee from Bosnia-Herzegovina was extradited back to Colorado from Toronto today to face drug charges in Arapahoe County, according to the U. ...