Canada
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WWU's Study Canada program teaches teachers about Canada | 2014-03-19 | ||
Canada's cultural policies antiquated | While the CRTC's recent reprimand of three Toronto X-rated channels for failing to meet the required 35 per cent threshold for Canadian content became fodder for Internet humour, Canadian content regulations are no laughing matter for cultural nationalists. |
2014-03-17 | |
False arguments fuel government assistance to Canada’s entertainment industry | The CRTC’s recent crackdown on a trio of X-rated channels for not showing enough Canadian content is a classic example of how government policies supporting Canada’s entertainment industry are costly and inefficient, says Steven Globerman, author of a new Fraser Institute study on the government… |
2014-03-12 | |
Market Report: Impact of weaker Canadian dollar still unclear | Heading into the end of the first quarter of 2014, it's still unclear what impact a weaker Canadian dollar is having on the Whatcom County economy. While some surveys and analyses by economists indicate less cross-border traffic from British Columbia, southbound traffic was actually… |
2014-03-10 | |
Survey suggests more cross-border shoppers are staying home | The Canadian dollar’s fall in value over the past year has caused some residents north of the border to make fewer shopping trips into the U.S., according to a recent poll of people living in lower British Columbia. |
2014-03-04 | |
Viewpoint: We need a 21st century U.S.-Canada border | On Dec. 7, 2011, President Barack Obama and Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper released the Beyond the Border Action Plan, which outlined a shared approach to security and trade facilitation for Canada and the United States. The goal is to address threats within, at and away from our borders… |
2014-02-14 | |
WWU talk to focus on guest-worker policy between U.S., Canada | Laurie Trautman, who was recently appointed as the incoming associate director of Western Washington University’s Border Policy Research Institute, will present a free talk, titled “Temporary Worker, Permanent Alien: Guest Worker Policy in the U.S. and Canada,” at 12:15 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 13… |
2014-02-10 | |
'Temporary Worker, Permanent Alien': BPRI talk scheduled for Feb. 13 | 2014-02-06 | ||
Innovative new B.C. university turns higher-ed on its head | In recent years, many educators have come to question the very stuff that makes up a large part of a modern-day education - the body of knowledge and facts that students learn and memorize, then regurgitate on tests and exams. |
2014-02-03 | |
Loonie falters, but optimism remains for cross-border business | While the recent weakening of the Canadian dollar against the U.S. dollar has raised concerns over potential impacts to Whatcom County’s tourism and retail industries, one Ferndale-based company sees the loonie’s drop a bit differently. |
2014-02-03 |