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Canada: Farmer possibly gave swine flu to pigs
More than a week after the swine flu outbreak rattled the world, with cases of infected people popping up from Mexico to South Korea, the new virus strain has shown up in a herd of swine. The catch, Canadian officials say, is that the animals may have caught the flu from a human. Canadian officials are quarantining pigs that tested positive for the virus — scientifically known as 2009 H1N1 — at an Alberta farm in what could be the first identified case of pigs infected during the recent outbreak
Four Canadians killed in Afghanistan
Four Canadian soldiers were killed and another eight wounded in separate bomb attacks in southern Afghanistan early Friday, Canada’s Defense Ministry reported.
Chopper ditches in frigid Atlantic with 18 aboard
A helicopter carrying 18 people who work in the oil industry ditched Thursday in the frigid Atlantic Ocean off Newfoundland, a Canadian rescue official in Halifax told CNN.
Man survives plunge over Niagara Falls
A man went over Niagara Falls and survived Wednesday afternoon, one of the few people to ever survive the plunge unprotected, authorities said. Niagara Falls, Ontario, Fire Chief Lee Smith said the man was seen entering the icy water just above Horseshoe Falls, on the Canadian side, and apparently jumped in about 2:15 p.m.
Canadians intercepted Russian bombers before Obama visit
One day before U.S. President Barack Obama’s Canadian visit last week, Canadian fighter jets intercepted two Russian bombers near Canadian air space, the defense minister said Friday
Obama tackles thorny economic, military issues in Canada trip
President Obama visited Canada on Thursday in his first foreign trip as head of state, meeting with Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper to discuss a range of complicated economic and military issues. Obama and Harper discussed possible remedies for the global economic downturn, a new initiative to fight global warming and the ongoing struggle against Taliban and al Qaeda elements in Afghanistan, the leaders said during a joint news conference. The struggling economy was at the top of the agenda, with emphasis on the controversy surrounding the “buy American” clause in the recently passed U.S
Will Obama convince allies to help out in Afghanistan?
As the debate plays out about whether President Obama’s decision to send an additional 17,000 troops to Afghanistan will help ease the increase in Taliban insurgency, the president is reaching out to allies for help. Obama said in an interview on Canadian television Tuesday that diplomacy will play a bigger role in U.S. efforts in Afghanistan.
Obama: Troops alone cannot win in Afghanistan
Diplomacy will play a bigger role in U.S. efforts in Afghanistan in future even as the Pentagon announced a significant troop increase, President Barack Obama said Tuesday in an interview on Canadian television. “I am absolutely convinced that you cannot solve the problem of Afghanistan, the Taliban, the spread of extremism in that region solely through military means,” Obama told journalist Peter Mansbridge as part of a wide-ranging interview with the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.