New international school opening in Jutland
It’s rumoured that a new international school will be opening in August. All teaching will be in English. The school will be located in mid Jutland, in Ikast. More details to follow.
Hello all
Hi, I just joined this web site to connect with Canadians living in Denmark:) I have not moved to Denmark yet but I will be spending 3 weeks there in August. Take care.
Canadian NHL-star to Aalborg Ice hockey Club
The Canadian NHL star, Chris Dingman has signed a contract with Aalborg Ice hockey Club for the remainder of this season.
The 31-year old ice hockey player has 437 NHL matches and two Stanley Cups trophies behind him.
Chris Dingman, who is currently in Edmonton, will replace Swedish player Tobias Holm, and is due in Aalborg next week.
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Poppies avail at Canadian embassy in Copenhagen
The embassy has a poppy donation box filled with poppies at their front counter. It was full when I stopped by on Tuesday so should be lots left.
Dispatches interviews on CBC
Inside the sovereignty smackdown. Canada pushes its claim on the Arctic Ocean, and annoys its Danish neighbours at the same time. We’ll hear their take on petroleum and the politics of the North Pole.
Welcome
Welcome to the opening of
Please take a peek at the gratitude journal I have created focusing on gratitude, love and peace.
Wendy Mac Dougall
Canadian
Where the grass is greener
From www.economist.com
Cities in Australia and Canada are rated the most liveable in the world
With low crime, little threat from instability or terrorism and a highly developed transport and communications infrastructure, Canada and Australia are home to the most liveable destinations in the world. Four of the ten most liveable cities surveyed by the Economist Intelligence Unit are in Australia, and two of the top five are Canadian. Vancouver is the most attractive destination, with a liveability index of just 1.3%.
Map casts doubt over Hans Island
New satellite imagery shows barren isle, also claimed by Denmark, not squarely in Canada.
OTTAWA–Modern mapping technology has pinpointed a new wrinkle in Canada’s war of words with Denmark over tiny Hans Island.
After reviewing the latest satellite imagery, federal officials concede the international boundary line runs roughly through the middle of the island in Arctic waters – not east of the rocky outcrop as previously believed, memos obtained by The Canadian Press reveal.
It means the most up-to-date map endorsed by Ottawa no longer places Hans Island squarely in Canadian territory.
Uninhabited Hans Island, the size of several city blocks, sits in the Kennedy Channel of Nares Strait between Canada’s Ellesmere Island and Greenland, which is controlled by Denmark.
Each country claims the barren patch of rock as its own, leading to a much-publicized dispute.
Canada and Denmark called a truce in September 2005 and have met periodically to discuss the issue. The most recent negotiations took place last month in Ottawa.
A draft December 2006 memo prepared by Natural Resources Canada says due to the “sensitivity related to sovereignty” the department had been reviewing all requests for topographic information related to Hans Island.
As a result, it was discovered that topographic maps originally used in 1967 to determine the island’s co-ordinates are not as accurate as maps more recently compiled with newer satellite imagery, says the memo, obtained under the Access to Information Act.
The boundaries of the continental shelf between Ellesmere Island and Greenland were agreed upon in 1973. Since Hans Island was under dispute, the shelf line was drawn up to a point south of the island and continued from a point north of it.
On the 1967 map, Hans Island was set at co-ordinates “clearly positioning the entire island in Canadian territory,” the draft memo says.
However, the latest imagery places the island somewhat to the east, “which then puts the international boundary approximately in the middle of the Island.”
Rob Huebert, a political science professor at the University of Calgary, said Denmark will likely use the new information as ammunition in its sovereignty claim.
July 26, 2007
TheStar.com
Jim Bronskill
Canadian Press
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This guy burnt me and a number of friends, please don’t let him burn you.
Canada Customs Officers to be Armed
Commencing September 2007, Canadian border guards will be armed; however, the process will take 10 years to fully implement the plan.