BORDER

Michigan governor confident Detroit-Windsor bridge on track [AP]

Vermont targets rail service to Montreal within 3 years [Burlington Free Press]

US-Canada relations are friendly, healthy: letter [Watertown Daily Times]

Cops join in fugitive hunt [Windsor Star]

Mock disaster, explosion planned in preparedness test [Detroit Free Press]

TRADE/ECONOMY

Canada losing its ‘wiggle room’ if US economy goes sour again [Globe and Mail]

Higher Canadian prices irk J. Crew customers [Guelph Mercury]

Electronics sales nosedive in Canada [Financial Post]

Ontario shoppers escape pesticide ban in US [Toronto Sun]

Supercommittee talks have begun [Politico]

Sunstein: Washington is eliminating red tape [Wall Street Journal]

US recession: merely very bad, or catastrophic? [Troy Media]

IRS must do its own dirty work to collect massive tax penalties in Canada [Vancouver Sun]

Border won’t stop Big Brother IRS [Lad du Bonnet Leader]

ARCTIC

North American caribou herds back from the brink [Anchorage Daily News]

Harper to mark Resolute crash on Arctic tour [CBC]

Canada escalates its Arctic presence [Wall Street Journal]

MILITARY

NATO bounces back in Libya but troubles remain [AP]

Hill: Libya redeemed NATO; now what? [CNN]

NATO’s Libya dillemma: you break it, you own it [The Independent]

ENERGY

Over 160 arrested in Keystone protests [democracynow.com]

TransCanada responds to protests [Calgary Sun]

TransCanada addresses concerns in Kansas [KSN.com]

Dozens arrested at Keystone XL pipeline protest [Postmedia News]

Actress Margot Kidder to join protests [i880news.com]

More arrested at oil protests [CTV]

Keystone protests get testy [UPI]

Nebraskans arrested at pipeline protests [Lincoln Journal Star]

Pipeline foes arrested in DC [Omaha World-Herald]

Arrests follow Washington oil protests [Financial Times]

Tar sands and the carbon numbers [New York Times]

What tar sands mean for climate change [The Guardian]

Oil sands anxiety is overblown [theenergycollective.com]

America’s love-hate with Canada’s oil [CBC]

Can protests stop the pipeline? [Triple Pundit]

If we’re going to protest something, protest coal [Time blog]

Canada under attack by environmental extremists [The Foundary, Heritage Foundation]

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BORDER

UBC prof wants $750 exemption for same day visits to US [Vancouver Sun]

Man who shone torch at US border chopper gets 60 days in jail [The Province]

Case spotlights tensions between residents, border guards [Seattle Post-Intelligencer]

TRADE/ECONOMY

Air Canada, WestJet upbeat despite economy [Reuters]

Toyota RAV4 will be built in Canada [AutoGuide.com]

US health care system less efficient: study [QMI]

Canadian jobless rate drops slightly [CP]

US unemployment dips [Washington Post]

Brace for the pain [Washington Post]

Economy stabilizes into a crisis [Washington Post]

MILITARY

Baird: World support lacking in action on Syria [CP]

Panetta warns against defense cuts [Washington Post]

Syria says it put down Hama revolt [NY Times]

ENERGY

Fake twitter accounts used to promote tar sands pipeline [The Guardian]

Series of Nebraska events draws attention to Keystone pipeline [AP]

NE government on Keystone pipeline: Talk to the feds [AP]

Scientific community urging Obama to shoot down pipeline [American Independent]

Clinton vows robust safety standards [The Hill]

Clinton: TransCanada to upgrade pipeline safety [AP]

Clinton gives no hint at Keystone decision [Reuters]

To truck or to pipeline natural gas across Canada? [Alaska Dispatch]

Many sides to Keystone debate [Canadian Business]

Oil sands pin hopes on innovation [Vancouver Sun]

North Dakotans describe Keystone spill [Lincoln Journal Star]

Unions confirm job cuts coming to Environment Canada [CTV]

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