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Blue Sky Uranium Ahead of the Pack in Argentina

Vancouver-based Blue Sky Uranium Corp. (TSX.V: BSK), barely out of the starting gate, makes no bones about its international ambitions.

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Goldcliff sees Growing Bulk Tonnage Opportunity at Panorama Ridge

Although Goldcliff has thus far focused on reporting drilling results from a few high-grade zones on the property, according to Sanders, Panorama Ridge in fact has substantial bulk tonnage, open pit potential. In addition to the high-grade gold that Goldcliff is drilling, Sanders explains that in today’s gold market the low-grade material at Panorama is becoming economic, and in turn substantially increasing the potential size of the Panorama resource.

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Pennant Energy Proves a Profitable Producer

Instead of running with risk in view of huge oil findings, the company maintains a conservative approach based on guaranteed opportunities and diversification on drill-ready or existing wells within Canada.

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Canadian taser death sparks calls for police review

Tasers, or stun guns, are meant to be a substitute for lethal force. Every police force in Australia at the moment is either conducting trials of taser guns or already using them officially. But an incident in Canada has again raised questions about their safety.

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War dead remembered 89 years on

Millions of people in the United Kingdom, Canada and many other Commonwealth countries observed two minutes silence in memory of the millions who died fighting for their countries during the First World War which ended exactly 89 years ago today.

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Canadian PM meets Dalai Lama despite protest by China

Prime Minister Stephen Harper became the first Canadian premier to hold formal talks with the Dalai Lama when he met the Tibetan spiritual leader in his office, ignoring China's warning that it could affect Sino-Canadian relations.

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Canada creates world's biggest water reserve

Prime Minister Stephen Harper announced the creation of the largest freshwater marine protected area in the world, spanning more than one million hectares of Lake Superior.

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Family Travel to Vancouver Just Got Easier

The complication of family travel has just been eased with the start of a new Vancouver based company called Petite Passengers Baby Equipment Rentals. Family travel just got a whole lot easier...

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EC urges Canada to make visa-free travel for all EU members

The European Commission will ward Tuesday that if Canada doesn’t lift visa requirements on new EU member states, it will face possible retaliatory steps.

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Canada Invests in 15 African Mining and Oil Projects

Natural Resources Canada director-general Denis Legace says in a report that Canadian companies are set to pour some C$46-billion inot new mining projects and more than C$90-billion into the oil and gas sector on the continent by 2010.

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Bush, Harper, Calderon to tackle economy, security

U.S. President George W. Bush will review the credit crunch and global market turmoil with Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper and Mexican President Felipe Calderon at a two-day summit that starts on Monday.

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Pipeline Broke Causing Oil Leakage in Canada

A major pipeline has broken near a busy port in Canada, spewing thousands of litres of crude oil and causing homes to be evacuated amid safety fears.

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