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Killer Whales trapped in Hudson Bay ice

...ice-over happened later than usual this year. Local residents have no means to help the orcas; they have asked the Canadian government to send an icebreaker. The normal January high temperature for the area is 5 below zero F with a low around 18...

http://brainerddispatch.com/weather/2013-01-10/killer-whales-trapped-hudson-bay-
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Common anti-bacterial compound found in Minnesota waterways

...be using products with triclosan. People should read product labels to understand what they are buying." The Canadian government determined the compound was harmful enough to the environment to warrant regulation last year following a request...

http://brainerddispatch.com/news/2013-01-22/common-anti-bacterial-compound-found
News
'Swish and spit' looks effective on would-be invasives

...dose of saltwater. The exchange, which started as voluntary in 1993 but has been required by the U.S. and Canadian governments since 2006, is done with the ships still well out at sea."That salinity shock is unbelievably powerful. It's...

http://brainerddispatch.com/news/2012-04-15/swish-and-spit-looks-effective-would
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Obama delays another energy decision

...have been fair to everyone involved in the $7 billion Keystone XL project. It also would have been fair to the Canadian government, which is considering an alternative, the Northern Gateway pipeline to the Pacific Ocean terminal at Kitimat...

http://brainerddispatch.com/opinion/guest-columns/2011-11-21/obama-delays-anothe
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Canadian government comes to rescue of NHL teams

OTTAWA (AP) -- The Canadian government is offering financial help to the country's six NHL franchises in a bid to keep the teams competitive and prevent them from moving...

http://brainerddispatch.com/stories/011900/spo_0119000004.shtml
Sports
National sports briefs

...Assocaited Press The NHL is intent on keeping six teams in Canada -- but less hopeful of doing so -- after the Canadian government abandoned its bailout of those clubs. Without the federal aid plan, further migration of teams from Canada to...

http://brainerddispatch.com/stories/012200/nsp_0122000021.shtml
Sports
Suits over abuse at aboriginal schools threaten Anglicans

...hit home,'' Boyles said Thursday from his Toronto office. About 7,000 claims have been filed against the Canadian government involving residential schools, which aboriginal children were forced to attend. Dating back to the 19th century...

http://brainerddispatch.com/stories/060200/nne_0602000009.shtml
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An era in Canadian golf ends with Mallon's third major title

...fifth with Juli Inkster. It was the final du Maurier Classic because the cigarette brand is being forced by the Canadian government to give up its sponsorship of the event after 16 years due to laws limiting tobacco promotion. So far, no sponsor...

http://brainerddispatch.com/stories/081400/gol_0814000038.shtml
Sports
Canadian government, Indians clash over fishing

...government regulations requiring them to obtain a license to catch lobsters from the bay. They say they don't need a Canadian government license to fish, arguing they have the right to manage the lobster fishery themselves. They note they have a...

http://brainerddispatch.com/stories/091600/out_0916000019.shtml
Outdoors
Flame-retardant chemical could prove as troublesome a pollutant as PCBs or DDT

...least 40 times the highest concentrations found in Sweden. "It's humongously high," said Mehran Alaee, a Canadian government scientist who compiled the North American data. "If you let it go like this, it will reach a point sooner or...

http://brainerddispatch.com/stories/020502/liv_0205020004.shtml
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