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Fast Facts on Trade in 2012

Peter Hall | Posted 05.01.2013 | Canada Business
Peter Hall

Normally, this column is forward-looking, but occasionally, it pays to reflect on recent events. Annual merchandise trade data for 2012 are hot off th...

Sao Paolo Fashion Week's Sizzling Spring/Summer 2013

Ramp1885.com | Posted 10.07.2012 | Canada Style
Ramp1885.com

Sao Paolo Fashion Week displayed curves, lines and plenty of steamy silhouettes as part of their Spring/Summer 2013 presentation. From piles and piles of fabric, to a light and airy surfer girl feel with neoprene, here are our highlights!

How We're Letting Other Countries Take Control of Ours

Diane Francis | Posted 09.30.2012 | Canada Politics
Diane Francis

When we talk about foreign ownership of Canadian resources, it's nothing to do with economics or ideology. This is about street smarts. The foreign buyout of resource, infrastructure and agricultural corporations simply has to stop. Canada must state clearly that all of its resource-related and infrastructure assets and corporations must be Canadian-owned and controlled and that no single foreign entity can own more than 10 per cent, or we'll all regret it.

Can a Single B.C. Forest Change the World?

Jens Wieting | Posted 08.22.2012 | Canada
Jens Wieting

Currently, half of the Great Bear Rainforest remains open to logging. The recommendation to set aside 70 per cent of the natural old-growth forest has yet to be implemented. It's not just in BC, but globally that many agreements to protect the earth must be realized. Hopefully, at the Earth Summit in Rio, Canada can lead the way.

Canada Tracks Oily Footprints All Over Rio+20

Cameron Fenton | Posted 08.17.2012 | Canada Politics
Cameron Fenton

I'm not surprised to find out that Canada is promoting the tar sands at the Rio+20 conference on sustainable development and the environment, after all, they have a long and marked history of using these conferences to promote and defend the image of the tar sands abroad. It might not be surprising, but that doesn't mean it isn't wrong.

Brazil Police Raid Rio's Biggest Slum

CBC | Posted 01.13.2012 | Canada

Officials are calling a raid into Rio de Janeiro's biggest shantytown a success, after more than 3,000 Brazilian security forces backed b...

Rachel Mendleson

When It Comes To Globalization, 'Resistance Is Futile'

HuffingtonPost.com | Rachel Mendleson | Posted 05.02.2013 | Canada Business

With the loonie near parity, transportation costs climbing and protectionist trade provisions on the table in Washington, Canadian businesses can be f...

Massive Underground River Found Beneath Amazon

AP | Posted 10.26.2011 | Canada

SAO PAULO -- (AP) A huge underground river appears to be flowing thousands of feet beneath the Amazon River, Brazilian scientists said Thursday. Va...

Stephen Harper and Brazil: One Step Forward, Two Steps Back?

Andrew Cooper | Posted 10.17.2011 | Canada
Andrew Cooper

Emerging economies have numerous leaders visiting them in efforts to hitch onto success and it is a very good sign that Canada is in the mix. Yet when the troubles hit, Canada will likely to return to established friends -- even when those friends have precipitated risky economic activity.

Harper's Brazil Visit Overshadowed By Market Plunge

CP | Posted 10.08.2011 | Canada

BRASILIA, Brazil - Don't panic. That was Stephen Harper's message on Monday as the Toronto stock market plunged to its lowest point in almost a yea...

Harper Jets Off To Woo Latin America

CP | The Canadian Press | Posted 10.07.2011 | Canada Politics

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Stephen Harper leaves Sunday for a six-day swing through Latin America.His first stop is Brazil, which is now the world's seve...