(BASEL, Switzerland) – Governor Mark Carney has been named Chairman of the Committee on the Global Financial System (CGFS), a forum for central banks to discuss policy issues related to financial markets and systems. The appointment, effective 1 July 2010 for a term of three years, was made in Basel by the central bank governors [...]
(HALIFAX, NS) – Prime Minister Stephen Harper today joined Her Majesty The Queen, His Royal Highness The Duke of Edinburgh and other dignitaries at the International Fleet Review, the highlight of the centennial celebrations of the founding of the Royal Canadian Navy. “Today we honour the hundreds of thousands of Canadian men and women who [...]
Vienna, Austria: The waltz might have celebrated a Blue Danube, but for those who lived on its banks it was the polluted and often smelly Danube. But now, as the 83 million people in the basin of the world’s most international river prepare to celebrate Danube Day, there is plenty to celebrate – the Blue [...]
Windsor Police have laid a total of 57 charges against five people after executing search warrants in Windsor and Amherstburg on June 24, 2010. Officers from the DIGS (Drugs, Intelligence, Guns, Surveillance) Unit received information on a number of suspects involved in cocaine trafficking in the city of Windsor. In the afternoon hours of Thursday [...]
(CAYUGA, ON) – Four individuals were found guilty and fined a total of $2,800 for possession of 10,260 unmarked cigarettes in the Ontario Court of Justice in Cayuga on June 4, 2010. Each of the individuals was charged by the Ministry of Revenue’s Special Investigations Branch in separate incidents during which the Ontario Provincial Police [...]
During the summer months Windsor-Essex County beaches are a great way to relax, cool down, and have some fun. But make sure your day at the beach doesn’t become a day at the doctor and check to see if the water is safe to swim in. The Windsor-Essex County Health Unit monitors ten public beaches [...]
(ORILLIA, ON) – “Motorists travelling the highways and roadways, heading to cottages, camp sites and beaches this Canada Day Long Weekend will do so under the watchful eye of the Ontario Provincial Police,” said Commissioner Julian Fantino. Traditionally, this long weekend is one of the busiest for holiday traffic. Children are out of school and [...]
KANSAS CITY, KS–(Marketwire – June 29, 2010) – Oncimmune LLC, provider of EarlyCDT-Lung, a simple physician-ordered blood test that aids physicians in the risk assessment and early detection of lung cancer in high-risk patients, most notably long-term smokers or former smokers, today announced that the test is now commercially available in Canada after receiving strong [...]
WASHINGTON—Eight individuals were arrested Sunday for allegedly carrying out long-term, “deep-cover” assignments in the United States on behalf of the Russian Federation, the Justice Department announced today. Two additional defendants were also arrested Sunday for allegedly participating in the same Russian intelligence program within the United States. In total, 11 defendants, including the 10 arrested, [...]
(HUNTSVILLE, ON) – Prime Minister Stephen Harper announced that Canada has paid off its share of Haiti’s debt to the Inter-American Development Bank and the International Fund for Agricultural Development. Canada is the first country to make all of the payments required to cancel the debt Haiti owes to all international financial institutions. “Two weeks after [...]
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