Updated 1:28 pm EST

Todays is President’s Day, a federal holiday in the US.

BORDER

US/Canada border fee proposed [Tax-news.com]

Two in three believe Canada will compromise too much to get security perimeter deal with US [Ipsos]

Canadians wary of Harper’s border talks [Postmedia News]

Local officials blast inspection fee plan [Watertown Daily News - NY]

US downplays concern over cross-border fees [CTV]

US ambassador downplays commercial traffic-tax proposal [Postmedia News]

Reports: Reforming border security could save billions [Florida Independent]

Fee equals a tax [Windsor Star]

Making the comparison between two Niagara Falls [AP]

Institute to study wait times at Canadian border [AP]

ENERGY

Tar sands row threatens Canada-EU trade deal [Reuters]

Profile of Keystone XL opponent in Nebraska [The Independent - Nebraska]

Uncertainty of Mideast oil supplies boosts value of Alberta’s oil sands to US [Canada Free Press]

Approve this pipeline quickly [The Messenger -- Fort Dodge, Iowa]

Some see Keystone XL as path to higher gas prices in Midwest [Sioux City Journal - Iowa]

Hyperion refinery would process Canadian crude [Sioux City Journal - Iowa]

Tar sands oil poses risk, report says [Argus Leader - Sioux Falls, South Dakota]

What is flowing underfoot? New concerns over local oil pipelines [Chicagoist]

TranCanada pushes out a false line on Middle Eastern oil [NRDC.org]

Yet another tar sands hazard [High Country News - Paonia, Colorado]

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

Canada’s copyright modernization acts tries to please everyone, pleases no one [American University intellectual property brief]

RIAA labels Spain, Canada piracy havens [Torrentfreak]

Writers’ Guild calls on government to fix copyright bill [Broadcaster magazine]

CANADIAN FORCES

Canadian Navy helps US Coast Guard arrest drug smugglers [AFP]

Military helps seize cocaine in Caribbean worth $33million [Postmedia News]

Afghan sweep seizes weapons, drugs [CBC]

Commander building trust in Afghanistan’s Ambush Alley [CTV]

Massive operation seen as key test for Afghan planning, logistics skills [Postmedia News]

ARCTIC

Inuit to stand together on summit on resource development [CP]

Soldiers train in Manitoba’s North [CBC]