Updated 1:08 PM HAWAIIAN-ALEUTIAN STANDARD TIME

BORDER

Matty Maroun in billionaire’s row [Windsor Star]

Ambassador Bridge ratchets up fight [Windsor Star]

Muslim Americans question scrutiny at border [NPR]

NPR correspondent dons headscarf in sting to expose border guard bias [newsbusters.org]

US-Canadian border to get military grade radar [Watertown Daily Times - NY]

Renowned scientist, Vandana Shiva, held at Canadian border [Pacific Free Press]

Crossing the border: Life in the fast lane [Canadian Business]

One card to speed them [Edmonton Journal]

US citizen jailed for smuggling weapons into Canada [Vancouverite]

US plans military radar for Canadian border [AFP]

DIPLOMACY

Alberta envoy to DC, Gary Mar, to run for Alberta’s top job [Global]

Gary Mar’s long hello [Edmonton Journal]

He’s returned without any baggage [AM 770 - Calgary]

Gary Doer honoured before US audience [CTV News]

TRADE

VP Biden compares US trade with Canada, Russia [Canadian  Business]

Canadians take comedy seriously [Variety]

WA legislature stops Canadian sales tax exemption [Seattle Times]

Canadians could keep paying sales tax in Whatcom County [KGMI - WA]

Automation Alley supports Detroit Bridge crossing [Oakland Press]

Soaring loonie a boon for travelers [Financial Post]

Millions at stake in fight against Great Lakes carp invasion [Globe and Mail]

Sales of Asian carp threaten Great Lakes [Cleveland.com]

CRIME

$160,000 returned to LA man targeted in Canadian lottery scam [MMD Newswire]

ENERGY

TransCanada agrees to extra safety steps for proposed pipeline expansion [WSJ]

Canadian pipeline boosted by turmoil, former ambassador says [Bloomberg]

Imperial Oil CEO: Expansion of pipeline from Canada vital to US [WSJ]

Hispanic Professionals urge Clinton permit pipeline now [thestreet.com]

Barrett-Brown: What Senator Landrieu’s letter is missing [NRDC.org]

Contaminated snow linked to oil sands operations [Fort McMurray Today]

Montana citizens temporarily block tar sands megaloads [itsgettinghotinhere.org]

We want your bitumen, Gulf refiners tell Alberta [Petroleum Economist]

The dirt on cheap tar sands oil [Mercury News - Bay Area]

Oil sands leaking contaminants into Alberta watersheds [CP]

Barratt-Brown: Turmoil in the Middle East and tar sands: what’s really at stake [NRDC.org]

The #1 reason America should be really nice to Canada right now [Examiner]

House committee delays bill that would impede Northern Pass [New Hampshire Union Leader]

CONSPIRACY THEORIES

Globalists behind financial chaos to create New World Order [Canada Free Press]

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Updated 9:20 am HAWAII-ALEUTIAN STANDARD TIME

 

BORDER

Ambassador Bridge owners hire Dick Morris [mlive.com]

Canadian Construction Association wants national infrastructure task force [Journal of Commerce]

Bill on Canadian cattle trucks passes WA House [Aginfo.net]

Drugs coming over Canadian border [Fox 40 - NY]

Woman cites pregnancy in alleged attempt to smuggle 34,000 ecstasy pills into US [Fox News]

US, Canadian officials rescue air craft crash survivor [US Air Force]

Canadian man killed in Aroostook County plan crash [Morning Sentinel - Maine]

The paradoxes of a new security perimeter [Commerce Times]

Water problem closes border crossing [Telegraph-Journal]

How Canada laid a hard welome mat for the Sun Sea [Globe and Mail]

 

DIPLOMACY

Clemson officially opens Canada Center, board chairman is former US ambassador to Canada [AP]

Clemson University Inaugurates Canada Center [Clemson University -- Greenville, SC]

Canadian ambassador helps launch Clemson Canada Center [greenvilleonline.com - SC]

Gary Doer to be feted before US audience [CP]

Reynolds: Canada’s disrespect for Mexico a bad bet on future [Globe and Mail]

Critics call secret Canada-US border talks an ‘end run around democracy’ [straightgoods.ca]

 

TRADE

Why Canadian trade deals strike fear into hearts of US senators [Globe and Mail]

Canada fines US carp exporters [UPI]

Canada pork industry wants South Korean trade deal [Reuters]

Canadian dollar rises to three-year high as commodities advance [Bloomberg Businessweek]

How about that Canadian dollar strength? We remain highly skeptical [forex-rateit.com]

Canada gas prices higher than US because of taxes [Marketwatch]

BC drivers head to Point Roberts for gas bargains [CTV News]

Atlanta Thrashers may be one step closer to not moving to Canada [11 Alive - Atlanta]

 

CRIME

Treaty transfer program could shorten sentences of two “BC bud” smugglers [Peninsula Daily News - Washington State]

Ex-Canadian cop sentences in Westmoreland teen sex sting [WTAE - Pittsburgh]

 

ENERGY

Approval of Keystone XL pipeline is risk depleted Aquafer can’t afford [northcentralpa.com]

Keystone XL, critics remain at odds [Lincoln Journal Star - Nebraska]

Libyan unrest causes oil sands rethink [CBC]

Alberta calls for more study of oil sands effect on environment [CTV News]

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