
Connect2Canada / Lien Canada Happy New Year! Bonne année!

Connect2Canada / Lien Canada Important update from Transport Canada re: carry-on luggage on U.S.-bound Canadian flights
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As a result of a terrorist incident on Northwest Flight 253 from Amsterdam to Detroit on December 25, 2009, additional security measures were put in place at Canada's airports for flights to the United States.

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Statement on Northwest flight 253 http://www.publicsafety.gc.ca/media/nr/2 009/nr20091226-eng.aspx?rss=false

Connect2Canada / Lien Canada Happy Holidays from the Connect2Canada team!

Connect2Canada / Lien Canada Just posted: The December issue of our Business and Economic Monitor
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“Something changed around the beginning of October. Going into this Christmas season, people are more positive. They're spending.”

Connect2Canada / Lien Canada New podcast is up!
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Ward Elcock, Coordinator for 2010 Winter Olympics and G8 Security, joins us to discuss the approaches that Canada is taking to ensure these Games will be safe and secure.

Connect2Canada / Lien Canada Border crossing expect a busy holiday season
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The holidays may be light at the airport, but they'll be busy on the roads -- especially at Michigan's international border crossings.

Connect2Canada / Lien Canada Our latest podcast: How Vancouver secured the 2010 Winter Games. An interview with John Furlong, CEO of the Vancouver Organizing Committee for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games.
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In under 100 days, the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games will open in Vancouver. John Furlong, CEO of the Vancouver Organizing Committee for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games (VANOC), joins us to discuss the bidding process, vision, and legacy for Canada.

Connect2Canada / Lien Canada Canada swings to trade surplus as exports jump
www.financialpost.com
Canada posted a surprise trade surplus of $428- million in October due to a jump in exports, Statistics Canada said Thursday.

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Both Canada and the United States had low interest rates during the first part of this decade, so why has Canada been able to avoid the severe housing correction that has hit the United States?

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When the 2010 Vancouver Olympics begin barely two months from now, everybody expects the host Canadians to field their most competitive team ever, potentially hoarding most of the medals for themselves in front of a massive audience on home soil.

Connect2Canada / Lien Canada Stephen Colbert's ancestry has maple-leaf vein
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Stephen Colbert, left, has been called what his mock pundit character would deem a traitorous insult: Canadian.

Connect2Canada / Lien Canada A beautiful set of photos from the Olympic Torch Relay.
www.boston.com
After departing Athens, Greece on October 30th, the Olympic Flame has been traveling across Canada, now about 1/3 of the way into its 106-day, 26,000 km overland relay (another 18,000 km by air). Over ...












