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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