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<title>Theatre Review: &quot;Miss Caledonia&quot; in the NAC Studio</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (May 20, 2013) &quot;Miss Caledonia&quot; is playing in the Studio at the National Arts Centre in Ottawa through May 25.  Melody A. Johnson runs the gamut from farmer girl to beauty pageant contestant in a delightful eighty minutes. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/22013/20130520/theatre-review-quot-miss-caledonia-quot-in-the-nac-studio">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>US won&apos;t move forward with Canada border fee, North Country relieved</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (May 14, 2013) Leaders on both sides of the U.S.-Canada border are pleased that the U.S. isn&apos;t moving forward on a border crossing fee.The Department of Homeland Security recently asked Congress to authorize a border fee study. The department wanted to charge everyone entering the U.S. by land from Canada and Mexico. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/21978/20130514/us-won-apos-t-move-forward-with-canada-border-fee-north-country-relieved">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>North Country, VT reps: Canada to US entrance fee &quot;bad idea&quot;</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Apr 26, 2013) Members of Congress from the North Country and Vermont are urging the Homeland Security Department to drop a proposal that could add new fees for travelers entering the US from Canada.In a letter sent to Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napoitano, Vermont Representative Peter Welch and the North Country&apos;s Bill Owens described the concept as &quot;a bad idea.&quot; [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/21872/20130426/north-country-vt-reps-canada-to-us-entrance-fee-quot-bad-idea-quot">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 26 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Canada disrupts Al Qaeda-supported &quot;major terror plot&quot;</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Apr 23, 2013) Canadian officials say they have disrupted a &quot;major&quot; terror plot involving two men in Montreal and Toronto who were planning to derail a VIA passenger train.According to the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, the pair were working with support from Al Qaeda elements based in Iran. Sources in the US say the men were planning to attack a train traveling from Toronto to New York City.This news comes at a time when concerns are rising about terrorism activity based in Canada. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/21836/20130423/canada-disrupts-al-qaeda-supported-quot-major-terror-plot-quot">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 23 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Theatre Review: &quot;The Edward Curtis Story&quot; at GCTC in Ottawa</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Apr 10, 2013) The Edward Curtis Story, a co-production of the Great Canadian Theatre Company and the National Arts Centre, is running at GCTC through April 21. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/21772/20130410/theatre-review-quot-the-edward-curtis-story-quot-at-gctc-in-ottawa">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 10 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Will the US follow Canada&apos;s entrepreneur visa lead?</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Apr 8, 2013) Canada is aiming to woo bright young entrepreneurs with a startup visa program. The scheme offers immediate permanent residence to foreign nationals who are able to secure business funding from Canadian investors. But, there are mixed feelings in the US about the benefits of following suit.Introduced on April 1, the pilot program will have an initial annual allotment of almost 3,000 visas for entrepreneurs who secure at least $200,000 from Canadian venture capital funds or $75,000 from a private investor. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/21763/20130408/will-the-us-follow-canada-apos-s-entrepreneur-visa-lead">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 08 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Travel, job creation on table at Owens US/Canada border forum</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Apr 8, 2013) In the aftermath of the September 11th attacks, crossing the border with Canada has become a much more difficult experience. Congressman Bill Owens hosted a group of security officials and business leaders at Clarkson University on Friday, April 5, to talk about how to move people and goods over the border securely, and create jobs. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/21760/20130408/travel-job-creation-on-table-at-owens-us-canada-border-forum">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 08 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Would Quebec-NYC power line benefit North Country? </title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Mar 25, 2013) The Champlain Hudson Power Express is a proposed underground transmission line that could supply New York City with hydropower generated in Quebec. But opponents say the line won&apos;t benefit New York state&apos;s energy producers - or communities along the route. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/21677/20130325/would-quebec-nyc-power-line-benefit-north-country">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 25 Mar 2013 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Long Lake explores its French Canadian roots</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Mar 18, 2013) Students and faculty at Long Lake Central School are focusing on the community&apos;s French Canadian history and culture this week. The school will host an evening of music, dancing, stories and food Tuesday night. Todd Moe has more. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/21634/20130318/long-lake-explores-its-french-canadian-roots">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 18 Mar 2013 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Aerial photos reveal Ontario communities flooded 50 years</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Mar 13, 2013) It&apos;s been more than 50 years since Inundation Day — July 1, 1958, when ten Ontario communities along the St. Lawrence were purposefully flooded and 6,500 people relocated so the St. Lawrence Seaway could come into being.    This spring, an Ottawa photographer will be collecting stories about the so-called &quot;sunken villages&quot; - that handful of Canadian villages have been hidden under the St. Lawrence Seaway for over 50 years.Todd Moe talks with Ottawa aerial photographer Louis Helbig about his &quot;Sunken Villages&quot; project of photos of the lost communities between Cornwall and Prescott, Ontario.   For the last few years, Helbig has arranged exhibitions of his birds-eye-view of the underwater remnants of houses and streets.  Now, he&apos;s looking for stories and family histories to accompany the photos. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/21608/20130313/aerial-photos-reveal-ontario-communities-flooded-50-years">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 13 Mar 2013 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Sequester means fewer agents along Canadian border</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Mar 12, 2013) The union representing border patrol agents says it&apos;s being unfairly targeted for spending cuts under the sequester, and that there will be less of a law enforcement presence along the North Country&apos;s border with Canada. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/21599/20130312/sequester-means-fewer-agents-along-canadian-border">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 12 Mar 2013 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>&quot;Seed swaps&quot; let gardeners share and explore</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Mar 8, 2013) As gardeners look ahead to spring, some take advantage of what&apos;s called a &quot;seed swap&quot;. It&apos;s a good way to recycle unwanted seeds, share a surplus, or take a chance on a few new varieties.Ottawa&apos;s 20th &quot;Seedy Saturday&quot; took place March 2 in a community hall at Britannia Beach. The busy event featured educational booths and a number of regular seed vendors, plus workshops on saving seeds, permaculture and worm composting. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/21547/20130308/quot-seed-swaps-quot-let-gardeners-share-and-explore">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 08 Mar 2013 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Theatre Review: &quot;Innocence Lost&quot; at the NAC</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Mar 4, 2013) &quot;Innocence Lost, A Play about Steven Truscott&quot; is currently running at the National Arts Centre in Ottawa through March 16.  It premiered at the Blyth Festival in 2008 and this mounting is a co-production of the National Arts Centre English Theatre and the Centaur Theatre Company of Montreal. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/21546/20130304/theatre-review-quot-innocence-lost-quot-at-the-nac">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 04 Mar 2013 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Montreal firm plans to buy Gouverneur zinc mines</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Feb 25, 2013) A Canadian company has signed a letter of intent to buy the zinc mines outside Gouverneur for $12 million. Beaufield Resources says it plans to hire workers this year. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/21502/20130225/montreal-firm-plans-to-buy-gouverneur-zinc-mines">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 25 Feb 2013 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>When Ogdensburg was a battleground, 200 years ago</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Feb 21, 2013) The bicentennial of the Battle of Ogdensburg will be commemorated on the streets of the city this weekend.  On February 22nd, 1813, hundreds of British-Canadian soldiers crossed the frozen St. Lawrence River and attacked Ogdensburg.  Historical re-enactors with the group, Forsyth&apos;s Rifles, will battle the British on Ford and State Streets to commemorate the skirmish. Both sides will fire period muskets and firearms in recreating the battle.It was a Canadian victory during the War of 1812, and an end to the American threat to trade in Upper Canada.  Depending on what side of the border you lived on, the battle had its share of heroes and legends. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/21484/20130221/when-ogdensburg-was-a-battleground-200-years-ago">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 21 Feb 2013 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Ice slides a thrill at Ottawa&apos;s Winterlude</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Feb 13, 2013) Winter has been a cooperative partner for Ottawa&apos;s winter carnival.  Plenty of snow, ice, and temperatures mostly below freezing have kept the main events in fine form.  This weekend is the last weekend to enjoy Winterlude in Canada&apos;s capital.The Rideau skating canal is a huge crowd pleaser.  But so are more than a dozen ice slides carved into huge mountains of snow in Jacques Cartier park.  There are kiddie slides and long, wide chutes that half a dozen people can slide down together.Two years ago, David Sommerstein and friends brought along a gaggle of kids.  He sampled the slides, the sounds, and the crowds. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/21426/20130213/ice-slides-a-thrill-at-ottawa-apos-s-winterlude">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 13 Feb 2013 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Theatre Review: &quot;Metamorphoses&quot; at the NAC</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Feb 4, 2013) &quot;Metamorphoses&quot; is running at the National Arts Centre in Ottawa through February 16.  The play contains adult material and is not suitable for children under 16.  Running only an hour and 20 minutes without intermission, it manages to cover some of the best known of Ovid&apos;s myths. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/21374/20130204/theatre-review-quot-metamorphoses-quot-at-the-nac">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 04 Feb 2013 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Court upholds Quebec rule for common law couples </title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Feb 1, 2013) A third of all Quebec couples have &quot;common law&quot; partnerships - not marriages. A ruling last week in a case that&apos;s been making its way through the courts now confirms that if they split up, no one can claim alimony. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/21362/20130201/court-upholds-quebec-rule-for-common-law-couples">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 01 Feb 2013 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Theatre Review: &quot;Blue Box&quot; at the Great Canadian Theatre Company</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Jan 21, 2013) Carmen Aguirre&apos;s BLUE BOX is running at GCTC in Ottawa through February 3.  The 90-minute play, performed without intermission, is autobiographical and broad in scope. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/21291/20130121/theatre-review-quot-blue-box-quot-at-the-great-canadian-theatre-company">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jan 2013 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Rideau Canal Skateway opens today	</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Jan 18, 2013) This month&apos;s &apos;January thaw&apos; was followed by colder temperatures. Enough, apparently, to put the final freeze on Ottawa&apos;s famous Rideau Canal Skateway.Organizers said a 2.2 kilometer section would be open to the public as of 7 a.m. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/21282/20130118/rideau-canal-skateway-opens-today">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jan 2013 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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