Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper will travel to India and China in following his participation in an APEC summit in Singapore, his office said Wednesday. The Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in Singapore is to be held November 14-15. After the APEC talks, Harper is scheduled to travel to India November 16-18, and will then make an official visit to China December 2-6. Harper's India trip follows eleven ministerial-level visits to the country since 2006, and the opening... Read Full Story
Canada's opposition on Monday accused the government of wasting stimulus funds to buy doorknobs for federal buildings, instead of boosting the economy. Some 800,000 dollars were allocated for "interior door hardware" or doorknobs at a federal building on Prince Edward Island, as well as for other minor upgrades to area government buildings, opposition Liberal MP Wayne Easter told a press conference. Signs were posted outside each of the five buildings in Charlottetown advertising the... Read Full Story
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President Barack Obama is taking part in both public and private events on Wednesday. In the morning, he's conducting a one-on-one session with Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper. The two will also hold an expanded meeting in the Oval Office. Later, the president meets separately with Defense Secretary Robert Gates and former Secretary of State Colin Powell. In the early afternoon, the president and the first lady host an event featuring U.S. Olympians, Paralympians and local... Read Full Story
Yann Martel just sent Prime Minister Stephen Harper a new book -- number 66 in Martel’s continuing campaign to provide Harper with bedtime reading—and Martel hopes the PM has already read it. What Is Stephen Harper Reading?: Yann Martel’s Recommended Reading for a Prime Minisiter and Book Lovers of All Stripes is a collection of the letters that have accompanied the books that Martel has sent every two weeks since April 2007 when he set out to provide a little stillness in the PM’s life... Read Full Story
Until about 50 years ago, the Canadian and U.S. health care systems were fairly similar — part public and part private, for-profit and nonprofit, with large numbers of people uninsured and shouldering their own medical bills. In Canada, change was driven by Tommy Douglas, Saskatchewan's longtime socialist premier. In the late 1940s he launched a campaign to create what became Canadian Medicare. He faced stiff opposition from business and doctors' groups. Doctors in Saskatchewan even went on... Read Full Story
A British publisher has unveiled details of a new novel by Canadian author Yann Martel, his first volume since the 2002 Booker Prize-winner Life of Pi.
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February 20, 2009
Launches clean energy initiative with Canadian prime minister
By David McKeeby
Washington (RushPRnews) 02/20/09 — President Obama and Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper announced a new clean energy initiative and joint efforts to confront the global economic crisis as... Read Full Story
(Stations: Please substitute the following for V4257, slugged Obama, which moved at 6:20 p.m. Eastern time. The new version CORRECTS typo in Canadian prime minister's name.) GUADALAJARA, Mexico (AP) — President Barack Obama has arrived in Mexico for his first three-way meeting with leaders of the United States' neighbors. Obama landed Sunday evening in Guadalajara for a lighting-quick, two-day visit with his counterparts from Mexico and Canada. At the top of the agenda: a swine-flu outbreak... Read Full Story
Prime Minister Stephen Harper had kind words for Maxime Bernier on Friday, during his first visit to the MP's riding since the Julie Couillard affair brought the former cabinet minister down.
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