BORDER

DHS outlines efforts to improve border security on public lands [govmonitor.com]

Celebrating 40 years of cross-border cooperation [pnwlocalnews.com]

Will new Detroit River bridge be built next year? Subcommittee assumes no [Detroit Free Press]

US group against Canadian offer to help pay for new Windsor-Detroit bridge [Daily Brew]

TRADE

Politicians advise retailers to close Canada-US price gap [Toronto Star]

Foreign money shuns Canada: Conference Board [CBC]

Strong loonie helps small business investment, report says [Toronto Star]

HuffPost expands its reach into Canada [Globe and Mail]

Live hog exports to US stabilizing [Commodities News Service Canada]

Parking lots at US malls filled with Canadian license plates [Postmedia News]

MILITARY

Canada mulls call for more jets for Libya campaign [Postmedia News]

At NATO summit, US resists calls for greater engagement in Libya [Washington Post]

NATO showing strain in approach to Libya [NY Times]

John McCain: Libya resolution language ‘nailed down’ [Politico]

Clinton predicts violent spring in Afghanistan [Washington Post]

ENERGY

State Dept. review affirms Keystone XL safety standards [Dow Jones]

US issues new report on Keystone XL [Reuters]

TransCanada’s Keystone XL clears hurdle [Globe and Mail]

New enviro report released on Keystone XL [Lincoln Journal Star - Nebraska]

Keystone XL enviro review misses the mark, again [NRDC.org]

Canadian oil company could open first US oil sands project in Utah [Daily Brew]

Alberta’s premier says US not likely to find many other options to oilsands oil [CP]

TransCanada threatens to use eminent domain to secure rights to build Keystone XL pipeline[AP]

Energy security to prevail in US decision: Suncor [Reuters]

Suncor: Reliable oil supply key to US, Canada security [Fox Business]

Carbon pricing: comparing federal party platforms [Troy Media]

Colonel sees ‘positive momentum’ in Canada’s area of operations in Kandahar [CP]

Exxon ‘megaload’ shipment strikes power pole: cuts off electricity to Idaho residents [NRDC.org]

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BORDER

Rep. Miller urges more booths at Blue Water Bridge crossing [Times Herald - Port Huron, MI]

Kinder Surprise an unkind surprise at border [Calgary Herald]

TRADE

Loonie hinders Canadian firms [WSJ]

High-flying loonie can’t hold rate-hike back [Globe and Mail]

Survey shows importance of Canadian visitor to northern NY economy [digitaljournal.com]

MILITARY

Canadian jets fly nearly 100 mission in Libya [Postmedia News]

Opening of Afghan school a small but important victory [Postmedia News]

Pentagon says it has kept up some strikes on Libya [NY Times]

French, British leaders meet about West’s role in Libya [Washington Post]

NATO steps up airstrikes around besieged Libyan city of Misurata [Washington Post]

ENERGY

US government to review plans to develop oil shale, tar sands [Reuters]

No work in oil patch yet, but you’re hired [Globe and Mail]

Lawmaker: Canadian oil sands are important to America [Examiner - Independence, Missouri]