Detroit bridge owner gets Koch help [Bloomberg]

More secure passports coming next year [CP]

US federal prosecutors discuss northern border issues [WSJ]

Holder: Officers from US, Canada will work on cross-border investigations [AP]

Harper, Obama to give details of border security deal [Postmedia News]

Much good has come from tightened border security [Peace Arch News]

TRADE/ECONOMY

Ottawa says it will fight Buy American measures [Toronto Star]

US envoy says trade with Canada is top issue [AP]

Canadians anxious about Buy American provisions in Obama’s jobs bill [CP]

Geithner: Economy in an early stage of crisis [Real Clear Politics]

Obama declares ‘national emergency’ for jobs [Politico]

Strong Cdn dollar not only reason for shopping in US [CBC]

Weak job market has Canadians looking north [Postmedia News]

US media juggernaut still a threat to Canada [Troy Media News]

Cdn doctors still make dramatically less than US counterparts: study [National Post]

DIPLOMACY

Doer says he won’t run for NDP leadership [Toronto Star]

MILITARY

Canada to extend Libya mission by 3 months [CTV]

Canadian companies will benefit from military intervention: Libyan official [Postmedia News]

NATO balks at Libya nation-building, policing [AP]

ENERGY

Oliver stumps for Keystone pipeline in California [CP]

Peter Lougheed opposes Keystone pipeline [CBC]

Yedlin: Lougheed comment sparks pipeline debate [Calgary Herald]

Oil patch steams ahead [Financial Post]

Tar-sands showdown [Wired]

10 reasons why the Keystone pipeline will be built [National Review]

Over 1,200 Keystone protesters arrested [Living on Earth]

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Border agent says there’s nothing to do, money is being wasted [CNN]

Canada dropped $92-billion on security post-9/11 [Postmedia News]

Canadian trucker admits smuggling cocaine from US [AP]

Tragedy forged new reality [CP]

Schumer calls on Feds to move ahead with joint border crossing [newzjunky.com]

Hampson: 9/11 and the Remaking of Canada [iPolitics.ca]

Robertson: The border: The bygone days of ‘pass friend’ [Embassy mag]

After 9/11, border patrol doubles, fewer tourists cross border, more criminals caught [Detroit Free Press]

More Canadian manufacturers encountering difficulty as they try to cross into the US [NB Business Journal]

Georgia man stays in jail after border child porn bust [Winnipeg Sun]

TRADE/ECONOMY

Flaherty wants probe into ‘irritating’ US-Canada price gaps [Postmedia News]

How Canadians get access to US-only deals [Globe and Mail]

Is the US ready for Little Mosque on the Prairie [BBC]

Canadian dealers get ‘carve out’ from US regulations [Financial Post]

MILITARY

Lt. Gen. Bouchard assesses NATO’s mission in Libya [NPR]

Plan would keep small force in Iraq past deadline [NY Times]

ENERGY

Sen. Johannes, second prominent Nebraska Republican opposes Keystone pipeline [Des Moines Register]

Study: Tar sands oil will reach US sans pipeline [Forbes]

Oil sands need US workers: Alberta minister [Bloomberg]

Dalai Lama joins Keystone pipeline opponents [Calgary Sun]

McKibben: What comes next for oil sands action [grist.org]

Nobel Laureates urge Obama to reject pipeline [Huffington Post]

Canada minister ‘increasingly optimistic’ about Keystone approval [Dow Jones]

Cdn ambassador confident pipeline will be approved for jobs [Postmedia News]

Oil-funded study: more drilling would add 1.4 million jobs [Reuters]

Are Canadians growing apathetic about the oil sands? [Huffington Post]

Keystone XL benefactor to send oil overseas [Michigan Messenger]

Letter to Oprah Winfrey on ‘ethical oil’ ads [rabble.ca]

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Don’t sell out sovereignty for border deal, Canadians tell Harper [Toronto Star]

Baird promises Canadian sovereignty ‘will not be compromised’ by border deal [National Post]

Canadian border guard tells lesbians to fill out separate forms [xtra.ca]

Cross-border policing concerns some Canadians: report [CP]

Canada-US border talks raise privacy concerns [CBC]

Automakers applaud progress on perimeter security [newswire.ca]

Calls for a freer border [Toronto Sun]

TRADE/ECONOMY

Target Canada hiring [money.canoe.ca]

Canadian duty-free sales grow in July [dfnionline.com]

Eileen Fisher opens in Vancouver [Vancouver Sun]

Seeking scholarships south of the border [New Westminster News Leader]

Upcoming Harper-Obama talks last best hope to slow post-9/11 border chokehold [Toronto Star]

NAFTA surface trade up 11% in June [thetrucker.com]

Will Obama go bold on jobs plan? [Politico]

ARCTIC

Exxon wins prized access to Arctic with Russia deal [NY Times]

Canada tries to force Russia out of Arctic [Pravda]

MILITARY

NATO may pressure Canada to stay on in Libya [Toronto Sun]

Canada looking at options to free up Libya assets: Official [Dow Jones]

NATO’s teachable moment [New York Times]

If we helped oust Gadhafi, then good on Canada [QMI]

Rebels set deadline for Gadhafi loyalists’ surrender [CTV]
ENERGY

Ambassador Gary Doer’s letter to editor on Keystone XL [New York Times]

Alberta energy minister to speak in NYC Friday [Calgary Herald]

Darryl Hannah arrested outside White House in oil sands protest [ABC News]

NASA scientist arrested at oil sands protest [solveclimatenews.com]

First Nations leaders join climate protests [CBC]

Greenpeace executive director arrested at White House [greenpeace.org]

TransCanada reaffirms environmental impact of project [istockanalyst.com]

Obama still has green energy vote for 2012 [Daily Caller]

Pipeline or no, oil is not the future [Baltimore Sun]

McKibben: Coming together in central cell block [NPR]

Pipeline will carry more than just bitumen [Calgary Herald]

Oil sands costs on rise with oil prices [Calgary Herald]

Jefferson County blesses pipeline to bring oil from Canada to Texas [Beaumont Enterprise - Texas]

Alberta-Texas pipeline looking like a sure thing [marketwatch.com]

Critics unhappy with oil sands land-use plan [The Gazette - Montreal]

Samuelson: Say yes to Canadian oil sands [Washington Post]

Oil sands pipeline environmental fears are overdone [Financial Post]

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DRIC will soon go ahead [Windsor Star]

Interview with Michigan governor on DRIC and border crossing politics [mlive.com]

A grand plan for the Great Lakes? [Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel]

Seattle to Vancouver train remains a viable travel option [Vancouver Sun]

Ottawa to give failed refugees cash and a ticket home [Toronto Sun]

Windsor boasts startling dearth of violent deaths — in ‘startling contrast’ to Detroit [Postmedia News]

Highway project will ease congestion at US-Canadian border [Daily Commercial News]

Abbotsford police apprehend man fleeing US border patrol [The Province]

TRADE/ECONOMY

Canadians paying to protect industries that no longer exist in the country [Toronto Star]

Loonie’s up, but prices aren’t down, so we shop American [The Gazette]

Americans renounce citizenship over taxes [Winnipeg Free Press]

Americans in Canada may be unknowing tax evaders [CBC]

Buffet helps shore up wobbly Bank of America [New York Times]

AFL-CIO head: labor to ditch Democrats [Politico]

US may back mortgage refinance plan [New York Times]

ARCTIC

Prime Minister Harper continues Arctic tour [allvoices.com]

Asserting our Arctic sovereignty [Toronto Sun]

Harper announces $60million for Arctic health care [CBC]

Harper defends controversial Arctic mine [National Post]

MILITARY

Libyan rebels reportedly used tiny Canadian surveillance drone [New York Times]

Ottawa man shot dead storming Gaddhafi compound [QMI]

NATO helps in hunt for Gaddhafi [New York Times]

Rebels, allies implement plans to prevent anarchy in Libya [Washington Post]

Cheney says he urged Bush to bomb Syria in ’07 [New York Times]

ENERGY

Canada steps up lobbying for Keystone ahead of deadline [Wall Street Journal]

Choking the oil sands [Maclean's]

Enbridge touts support, others call it ‘hollow’ [Globe and Mail]

Gulf protesters against tar sands oil [Huffington Post]

Mitt Romney tweaks climate stance [Politico]

Clinton review of pipeline ignores risks, groups say [Bloomberg]

Pipeline protests planned for Ottawa [Postmedia News]

Margot Kidder arrested at White House protest [CBC]

Obama’s charm fades for some environmentalists [NewsMax]

CO2 from Canadian oil sands – higher, not horrifying [fuelfix.com]

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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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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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North Africa, Middle East likely to top agenda during Baird’s trip to Washington [Globe and Mail]

BORDER

FAA partial- shutdown continues while Congress squabbles [Washington Post]

Norton interview: Politics at US and Canada’s busiest border crossing [mlive.com]

Bridge Brouhaha [London Free Press]

Stricter customs rules rock Canadian boat owners [Niagara Falls Review]

Peace Bridge encourages biking on the bridge [WKBW - Buffalo]

CRIME

Canadian man embroiled in case of US historical document theft [CP]

TRADE/ECONOMY

Drastic US spending cuts would hurt Canadian, American economies: Flaherty [Toronto Star]

Ugly jobs report expected [Politico]

Debt ceiling now permanent part of political arsenal [NY Times]

Chrysler, Ford pull in record Canadian July sales [CP]

Provinces want trade role outlined in writing [Embassy mag]

Canada’s royal Lincoln stays in US [Toronto Star]

Shoppers clog bridges as Canadian dollar soars [AP]

Loonie drives shoppers stateside – 25% increase [The Province - Vancouver]

FCC inks spectrum deals with Canada, Mexico [Global Telecoms Business]

MILITARY

Canadian Navy joins US Coast Guard in Arctic mission [CP]

UN Security Council condemns Syria [Washington Post]

ENERGY

Massive tar sands pipeline protest to hit White House this month [treehugger.com]

Oil demand to increase, supply less certain [PR Newswire]

US scientists write Obama letter opposing Keystone XL [CP]

Federal judge dismisses enviro oil sands lawsuit [The Hill]

Letter: Fight Keystone XL [Columbus Telegram]

Looming deadlines heat up tar sands debate [Minneapolis Star Tribune]

US Chamber launches tar sands effort [treehugger.com]

Oil sands critics target new concern – pipelines [Globe and Mail]

Steward: Canadian jobs lost down the pipeline [Toronto Star]

EPA questions Enbridge monitoring work [Michigan Messenger]

True alternative to our oil isn’t pretty [Edmonton Journal]

Editorial: the oil-diamond analogy [Globe and Mail]

Picking up the pace in Alberta’s oil sands [Edmonton Journal]

Imperial to park modules at the border [Calgary Herald]

Court tells Ottawa to revisit refusal of caribou plan [CP]

Tailings simplified: what the oil companies are doing [Edmonton Journal]

Suncor’s Libyan exit illustrates shifting attitudes [Vancouver Sun]

Oliver goes to Washington to sell oil pipeline [CNews]

Canada stumps in US for oil pipeline [UPI]
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Checkpoint challenges slow US-Canada trips [Marketwatch.com]

Grandmother arrested, detained 12 days at border, over motor oil [CP]

Feds to review border bust that humiliated senior [Winnipeg Free Press]

Canadian policy on St. Lawrence boaters roils US tempers [Ottawa Citizen]

Bus carrying passengers from Idaho to Edmonton crashes [inews880.com]

Truckers critical of Ambassador Bridge ads [TodaysTrucking.com]

Passports a hot commodity [Postmedia News]

TRADE

Why do Americans and Canadians see RIM so differently? [Forbes]

US securities regulators threaten to reach into Canada [Globe and Mail]

Boehner presses debt plan opposed by Dems, Obama [Washington Post]

MILITARY

Crocker says US will not rush for exits in Afghanistan [Washington Post]

In shift, Britain says Gaddafi could remain in Libya [NY Times]

First Afghanistan, now Libya: Can NATO actually win any of its wars? [The Guardian]

ENERGY

US House debates Keystone pipeline [Omaha World-Herald]

US lawmakers to vote on Keystone deadline bill [CP]

Oil spills haunt Keystone extension [UPI]

US to issue final Keystone EIS in August [rttnews.com]

House members take early shots at Canada pipeline bill [The Hill]

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US tourists were held in Canadian jail [UPI]

Canada says 30 immigrants suspected of war crimes [Wall Street Journal]

Border security satisfies Toews [London Free Press]

Ont. checking if US cash paid for attack on Liberals [CTV]

Canadian tour bus crashes in NY [QMI]

TRADE/ECONOMY

Premiers vow to expand markets in Pacific Rim [The Gazette - Montreal]

Canada-US retail price gaps begin to narrow [Financial Post]

Obama stresses need for more tax revenue [Washington Post]

US Senate rejects “Cut, Cap, Balance” [Politico]

MILITARY

NATO operation kills 50 militants in Afghanistan [AFP]

Anonymous still accessing, downloading NATO data [cnet.com]

Pentagon mulls NATO request for more US drones in Libya campaign [LA Times]

ENERGY

T. Boone Pickens – Koch feud tests Republican principles [Politico]

Quebec drives wedge into national energy plan [Globe and Mail]

Powerful oil sands group hires same Washington lobby firm as Alberta gov [Tyee]

Canada to monitor tar sands, eyes key US pipeline [Reuters]

Ottawa unveils oil sands monitoring plan [Postmedia News]

Canada readies new plan to monitor oil sands [Wall Street Journal]

Why oil sands monitoring is still a long way off [Globe and Mail]

Alberta, Ottawa not quite aligned on monitoring [Edmonton Journal]

Toothlessness of Alberta’s oil sands plan worries conservationists [solveclimatenews.com]

Casey-Lefkowitz: Why more oil sands crude doesn’t make sense [Globe and Mail]

China acquires Canadian oil sands producer [UPI]

“Irresponsible and unsustainable” [NRDC.org]

Permitting for megaloads in Idaho, Montana lacked coordination [Spokesman-Review]

Tar sands: Environmental loss or economic gain? [Grand Junction Free Press - Colorado]

Canada: Energy superpower? [Al-Arabiya]

Letter: Upgrade here [Calgary Herald]

Groundwater at risk from oil sands: report [Calgary Herald]

Ontario premier irritates Western Canada [QMI]

Montana officials to fight ruling on megaloads [Great Falls Tribune]

Mining activity boosts tire demand [Calgary Herald]

Canadian delegation talks pipeline impacts in Washington [The Dominion]

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Stricter US rules prompt more scrutiny at Canadian border [CP]

Border issue a “significant” challenge for Whistler tourism [whistlerquestion.com]

Public Security minister visits bridge [Windsor Star]

Moroun attack ads target McGuinty [Windsor Star]

Are US opponents of Windsor bridge trying to influence Ontario election? [Globe and Mail]

Why did a stolen goat lead to a border ban? [Globe and Mail]

Influx of Americans caught bringing guns into BC [CTV]

Canadian border guards to Americans: Declare those weapons [CP]

BC border weapons seizure [The Province]

“Low risk” travelers smuggling at border [Niagara Gazette]

Canada testing software US will use to end “naked” airport scans [Calgary Herald]

Conflicting customs rules for boaters break treaty [Watertown Daily Times]

DIPLOMACY

Canada-US relations: In praise of the ‘hidden wiring’ [Vancouver Sun]

US-Canada Northeast connections [Eurasia Review]

TRADE/ECONOMY

Economy tops agenda as premiers meet [Calgary Herald/Postmedia News]

Wall Street makes fallback plans in case of debt crisis [NY Times]

Obama looks for debt-deal endgame [Politico]

Carney is wise to be cautious on rates [The Gazette - Montreal]

TV’s CanCon conundrum [National Post]

Memo to America: employment standards different up North [hrreporter.com]

Many cash in on grocery deals south of the border [CTV]

Surge of Canadian deal-hunters boosts Bellingham [Vancouver Sun]

US industry watches Canadian vote on wheat board [Capital Press]

MILITARY

Pentagon braces for deep military spending cuts [Washington Post]

In southern Afghanistan, a modest transition [Washington Post]

France says Gaddafi can stay in Libya [NY Times]

ENERGY

House presses Clinton on Keystone XL [UPI]

US panel backs Canadian oil pipeline [AFP]

Ministers vows to boost Canada’s energy exports [Postmedia News]

East-West energy spat looms as premier gather [Calgary Herald]

Ontario refuses to call Alberta oil sands “sustainable and responsible” [Globe and Mail]

Ottawa to lay out plans for more oil sands scrutiny [Calgary Herald]

Bruce Carson’s fingerprints on National Energy Strategy [Tyee]

Analyst predicts Keystone approval [Calgary Herald]

Wrong pipeline, wrong assessment [NY Times]

US needs Canadian oil: study [Fort McMurray Today]

Energy minister visits Alberta oil sands [CBC]

Earth First wrong on Keystone project [Great Falls Tribune - Montana]

Landowners challenge Keystone pipeline [Huffington Post]

Keystone pipeline takes centre stage [Calgary Sun]

Dirty coal ducks its bad rep [Edmonton Journal]

Limiting Canadian oil will drive US to repressive regimes: report [Postmedia News]

Ruling creates hurdle for Imperial loads [Calgary Herald]

ExxonMobil looks for other routes for megaloads [KUOW.org]

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