Lord Abandons Bid for Conservative Leadership
New Brunswick premier Bernard Lord, 38, says he will not seek the leadership of the merged Conservative Party of Canada, opting to continue governing while observers note a likely challenging race against Stephen Harper. The leadership contest has Jim Prentice as an official candidate, with Harper set to declare on Jan 12 and Peter MacKay考虑进入竞选。
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Bernard Lord
New Brunswick
Conservative Party of Canada
Lord
Canadian Alliance
Stephen Harper
Harper
Progressive Conservative Party of Canada
Alberta
Ralph Klein
Progressive Conservative
Joe Clark
Sid Don Desserud
University of New Brunswick
Calgary
Jim Prentice
Peter MacKay
MacKay
Nova Scotia
Atlantic Canada
Hugh Segal
Toronto
Belinda Stronach
Stronach
Alliance
The
Tories
Loonie hits fresh 10 year high against U S dollar
The Canadian dollar rose to a fresh 10 year high against the U S dollar, closing at 77.26 cents US after a day of gains. It intraday peaked at 77.48 cents, extending the year’s surge amid weak American data and global currency strength.
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U.S
Florida
California
Steve Butler
Foreign Exchange
Scotia Capital
Global Mercury bioterrorism drill exposes comms gaps
A Canada led 56 hour multi country exercise on a simulated smallpox attack showed major flaws in intergovernmental communication and response capacity. Email overload crashed a Canadian server for four hours while language barriers and incompatible terminology hindered coordination among Canada France Mexico and others.
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Toronto
France
Mexico
Health Canada
European Commission
World Healthy Organization
Centre For Emergency Preparedness and Response
Ron St. John
WHO
Thompson
Vancouver International
Canada
Germany
Italy
Japan
Britain
United States
St. John
Ue National Microbiology Laboratory
Winnipeg
Agarn
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