Tag: Canada

• Wednesday, October 19th 2011 - 20:51 UTC

  What about “Life is short, have an affair” to sponsor a basketball team

  

  Virtus Roma basketball team is in talks for a sponsorship deal with a website that helps unfaithful married people have an affair. Founder and president of www.ashleymadison.com Noel Biderman has been in talks with Roma president Claudio Toti for two days, something that has brought criticism from the Vatican.

• Wednesday, August 31st 2011 - 00:58 UTC

  Hundreds of thousands remain without electricity in north east US and Quebec

  

  The cleanup after tropical storm Irene continued Tuesday across the Canadian province of Quebec, where the storm washed out roads, downed power lines and possibly contributed to one death. An 81-year old man died after he disappeared for several hours during the storm northeast of Montreal.

• Thursday, August 25th 2011 - 06:08 UTC

  Canada to overhaul and expand Argentine nuclear power plant

  

  Argentina signed contracts worth 444 million dollars on Wednesday with a subsidiary of SNC-Lavalin Group, Canada's top engineering firm, to extend the shelf-life of its Embalse nuclear plant.

• Thursday, August 18th 2011 - 07:06 UTC

  Colombia/Canada launch FTA promoting agro-trade and mining investment

  

  The Canada-Colombia Free Trade Agreement which took effect on Monday August 15 is Canada's fourth bilateral trade deal with a Latin American country and eliminates tariffs on a range of goods and services in an effort to facilitate trade and investment.

• Tuesday, August 9th 2011 - 07:26 UTC

  Canada-Brazil CEO forum to consider trade agreement with Mercosur

  

  Visiting Canadian Primer Minister Stephen Harper and Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff signed on Monday several agreements on air travel, pension benefits, international aid and other areas at the Planalto Executive palace in Brasilia.

• Saturday, August 6th 2011 - 08:41 UTC

  Canadian PM will visit Brazil, Colombia and Central America

  

  Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper will visit Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica and Honduras from August 8 to 12 to promote trade and investments, reinforce democratic governance and advance common security, according to a release from the PM’s office.

• Thursday, July 7th 2011 - 17:00 UTC

  Uruguay praised by WHO as pioneer in combating the global tobacco epidemic

  

  The World Health Organization, WHO praised Uruguay and Canada as pioneers on legislation demanding large graphic health warnings on package of tobacco, on the release of its third periodic report on the global tobacco epidemic.

• Saturday, June 25th 2011 - 08:00 UTC

  Canada interested in closer links with Mercosur announces ‘exploratory talks’

  

  Canada and Mercosur agreed on Friday to hold exploratory talks to strengthen their relationship, Canadian Trade Minister Ed Fast said on Friday. Fast is currently in Asunción to promote bilateral trade and investments, and Paraguay currently holds the Mercosur chair.

• Friday, June 3rd 2011 - 08:09 UTC

  Falklands’ legislators will be meeting US and Canadian officials in Washington and Canada

  

  Falkland Islands Members of the Legislative Assembly Roger Edwards and Dick Sawle will be in New York June 21 to attend the United Nations Committee of 24 sessions and later will meet US and Canada officials in Washington and Ottawa.

• Saturday, March 26th 2011 - 08:03 UTC

  Canada export development agency helps boost trade with Latin America by 40%

  

  Canada’s Export Development agency, (EDC) announced a 40% increase in its Latin American business volumes in 2010, reaching a record 10 billion Canadian dollars.