canada
Posted Jan 26, 2013, 5:23 pm
Ted Prezelski
/TucsonSentinel.com
An inexperienced Canadian side fell victim to a veteran Danish team on Saturday at Kino Stadium. The Danes won the friendly match by an emphatic 4-0, led by a young forward who scored a hat trick.... Read more»
Posted Jan 26, 2013, 11:32 am
Dylan Smith
/TucsonSentinel.com
Saturday’s match between Canada and Denmark will proceed as planned, organizers at FC Tucson said. The teams will hit the field for a friendly contest at 1 p.m. at Kino Stadium.... Read more»
Posted Dec 7, 2012, 8:41 am
Julian Aguilar
/The Texas Tribune
Two decades after a pact created the world’s largest free trade area, economists are calling NAFTA a resounding success, crediting it for fueling unprecedented trade and creating millions of jobs in the United States. But opponents say the trade pact has resulted in a loss of manufacturing and shipping jobs in the U.S. and in less oversight of production.... Read more»
Posted Dec 4, 2012, 11:51 am
Kaitlin Funaro
/Global Post
The world is producing too much carbon dioxide to limit global warming to a few degrees, reports the AP.... Read more»
Updated Nov 19, 2012, 3:19 pm
Ted Prezelski
/TucsonSentinel.com
FC Tucson announced Monday that the team will host an international friendly between Canada and Denmark at Kino Veterans Memorial Stadium on Jan. 26... Read more»
Posted Oct 18, 2012, 11:58 pm
Sebastian Rotella
/ProPublica
In May 1985, a Guatemalan Army lieutenant named Jorge Vinicio Sosa Orantes deserted, flew to San Francisco and requested political asylum, asserting that leftist guerrillas in his war-torn homeland were gunning for him.... Read more»
Posted Sep 3, 2012, 12:58 pm
Sarah Pringle
/Cronkite News Service
A favorable exchange rate, the state’s real estate woes and a strong economy north of the border are combining to make Canadians prime buyers for luxury homes in Arizona. One Scottsdale real estate agent says almost all of his business these days is with Canadians.... Read more»
Posted Jun 14, 2012, 10:30 am
Aaron Mehta
/The Center for Public Integrity
A new internal audit from the Department of Homeland Security has raised concerns about the utility of those drones, focusing on their high costs and how they have been managed.... Read more»
Posted Apr 16, 2012, 8:04 am
Nick Miroff
/GlobalPost
Forget the horny Secret Service agents and their Colombian hookers. It was U.S. diplomacy that really got screwed at this weekend’s Summit of the Americas in Cartagena.... Read more»
Posted Apr 2, 2012, 3:24 pm
Global Post
President Obama, Mexican President Felipe Calderón and Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper wrapped up the “three amigos” North America summit Monday where energy and trade topped the agenda.... Read more»
Posted Apr 2, 2012, 12:07 pm
Brooks Jackson & Eugene Kiely/Factcheck.org
The misleading assault on the president’s energy policies continues. Regarding the pipeline, there’s nothing stopping more Canadian oil from coming into the U.S. right now. Existing cross-border pipelines could carry perhaps 1 million additional barrels of oil per day.... Read more»
Posted Feb 22, 2012, 12:08 pm
David Trifunov
/Global Post
Steven Dyer, a regular on America’s Most Wanted, is back in police custody after a decade running from a dozen sexual abuse charges in Arizona.... Read more»
Posted Dec 21, 2011, 5:19 am
Ioan Grillo
/GlobalPost
U.S. and Canadian Christmas trees have flooded into Mexico in recent years, along with increased North American trade in everything from avocados to artisan liquor.... Read more»
Posted Dec 8, 2011, 10:56 am
Freya Petersen
/GlobalPost
President Barack Obama and Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper have unveiled new border security deals aimed at guarding against terrorism and speeding up cross-border traffic... Read more»
Posted Nov 3, 2011, 10:43 am
Curtis Prendergast
/TucsonSentinel.com
A roundup of news coverage from the Mexican side of the border: Gringos causing trouble, holiday observances, Mexicans in Canada, and Anonymous vs. Los Zetas.... Read more»
Posted Oct 12, 2011, 12:06 pm
Global Post
Amnesty International says the Canadian government must arrest former U.S. president George W. Bush when he visits the country on Oct. 20. The human rights group says Canada is obliged to arrest Bush and investigate him for war crimes and authorizing torture.... Read more»