01/08/2009
Air Canada, WestJet say planes fuller in December (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
Canada's two major airlines said on Wednesday their planes flew with higher passenger loads in December as Air Canada cut capacity and smaller rival WestJet Airlines Ltd attracted more travelers despite a weak economy.
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01/07/2009
Fundamentalist sect leaders in Canada charged with polygamy (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Prosecutors charged two leaders of a fundamentalist religious sect with polygamy on Wednesday in Canada's westernmost British Columbia province.
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01/07/2009
2 leaders of polygamist group arrested in Canada (AP via Yahoo! News)
Two top leaders of a polygamous community in western Canada have been arrested and charged with practicing polygamy, British Columbia's attorney general said Wednesday.
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01/07/2009
Canada to budget for large but short-term deficits (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
Canada's Conservative government plans to budget for large, but temporary, budget deficits to try to rescue the ailing economy, a top aide to Prime Minister Stephen Harper said on Wednesday.
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01/07/2009
No ransom demand for diplomats missing in Niger: Canada FM (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Canada has not received a ransom demand for two Canadian diplomats missing in Niger since mid-December, and continues to probe their mysterious disappearance, Foreign Minister Lawrence Cannon said Wednesday.
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01/07/2009
Canada says has received no ransom demand for envoy (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
Canada has not received a ransom demand for a special U.N. envoy who was abducted in the impoverished west African nation of Niger last month, Foreign Minister Lawrence Cannon said on Wednesday.
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01/07/2009
Canada budget to address credit access: minister (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
Canada's upcoming budget will address the issue of access to credit and contain a clear plan for the country to eventually emerge from deficit financing, Finance Minister Jim Flaherty said on Tuesday.
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01/07/2009
Canada to see "pretty terrible" start to '09: panel (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
The Canadian economy is in for a rough ride through the first half of the year and will see little or no growth in 2009 as the recession takes hold, top economists from Canada's largest banks said on Wednesday.
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01/07/2009
U.S. soldier avoiding Iraq ordered to leave Canada (USA Today)
The first woman soldier to flee the U.S. military for Canada to avoid the Iraq war said Wednesday that Canadian authorities have ordered that she be deported this month along with her husband and their children.
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01/08/2009
Canada expels US woman deserter (BBC News)
A US army deserter and mother of three is ordered to leave Canada after her appeal for refuge fails.
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