- http://www.swontario.usvpp.gov/content/index.asp en-us Tue, 19 Jan 2010 13:00:00 GMT © 2009 U.S. Embassy Ottawa, Canada Latest Headlines from the U.S. Virtual Presence Post, Southwest Ontario Gateway, Canada - covering topics from U.S. Canada relations and trade issues to environmental and security issues. http://ottawa.usembassy.gov/content/embconsul/images/headlines_swog_rss.jpg http://www.swontario.usvpp.gov/content/index.asp 144 318 - http://www.america.gov/world/americas.html The latest information from the U.S. government on the Earthquake in Haiti
]]> http://www.america.gov/world/americas.html Tue, 19 Jan 2010 13:00:00 GMT - http://www.jpac.pacom.mil/ 21 August 2009 - As the new crescent moon ushers in Ramadan, the President extends his best wishes to Muslim communities in the United States and around the world. Each Ramadan, the ninth month on the lunar calendar, Muslims fast daily from dawn to sunset for 29 or 30 days. Fasting is a tradition in many religious faiths and is meant to increase spirituality, discipline, thankfulness, and consciousness of God's mercy. Ramadan is also a time of giving and reaching out to those less fortunate, and this summer, American Muslims have joined their fellow citizens in serving communities across the country. Over the course of the month, we will highlight the perspectives of various faiths on fasting and profile faith-based organizations making real impacts in American cities and towns. http://www.jpac.pacom.mil/ Fri, 21 Aug 2009 13:00:00 GMT - http://ottawa.usembassy.gov/content/embconsul/pdfs/Fourth_of_July_Message.pdf Today, we are called upon to remember not only the day our country was born, but also the indomitable spirit of the first American citizens who made that day possible. We are called to remember how unlikely it was that our American experiment would succeed at all; that a small band of patriots would declare independence from a powerful empire; and that they would form, in the new world, what the old world had never known - a government of, by, and for the people. http://ottawa.usembassy.gov/content/embconsul/pdfs/Fourth_of_July_Message.pdf Thu, 02 Jul 2009 13:00:00 GMT - http://ottawa.usembassy.gov/content/content.asp?section=can_usa&document=borderissues_boundary_waters_treaty_remarks Remarks at the 100th Anniversary of the Boundary Waters Treaty - Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State http://ottawa.usembassy.gov/content/content.asp?section=can_usa&document=borderissues_boundary_waters_treaty_remarks Mon, 15 Jun 2009 13:00:00 GMT - http://ottawa.usembassy.gov/content/content.asp?section=can_usa&document=borderissues_boundary_waters_treaty On June 13, 2009, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton will join Canadian Foreign Minister Lawrence Cannon on the Rainbow Bridge connecting Niagara Falls, New York to Ontario, Canada to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Boundary Waters Treaty. The Boundary Waters Treaty of 1909 created the independent International Joint Commission (IJC) to prevent and resolve boundary waters disputes between Canada and the United States. The IJC makes decisions on applications for projects such as dams in boundary waters and regulates the operations of many of those projects. The IJC also has a permanent reference under the 1972 Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement to help the two national governments restore and maintain the chemical, physical, and biological integrity of those waters. http://ottawa.usembassy.gov/content/content.asp?section=can_usa&document=borderissues_boundary_waters_treaty Fri, 12 Jun 2009 13:00:00 GMT - http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2009/06a/124634.htm Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton will travel to Niagara Falls, New York, and Niagara Falls, Ontario, on Saturday, June 13, 2009, to participate in the 100th anniversary of the signing of the Canada-U.S. Boundary Waters Treaty. Secretary Clinton will meet with Canadian Foreign Minister Lawrence Cannon following the centennial celebration. Secretary Clinton and Foreign Minister Cannon will then hold a joint press availability. http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2009/06a/124634.htm Thu, 11 Jun 2009 13:00:00 GMT - http://ottawa.usembassy.gov/content/content.asp?section=issues&document=President_Obama_Cairo_speech_June_09 A New Beginning - I am honored to be in the timeless city of Cairo, and to be hosted by two remarkable institutions. For over a thousand years, Al-Azhar has stood as a beacon of Islamic learning, and for over a century, Cairo University has been a source of Egypt's advancement. Together, you represent the harmony between tradition and progress. I am grateful for your hospitality, and the hospitality of the people of Egypt. I am also proud to carry with me the goodwill of the American people, and a greeting of peace from Muslim communities in my country: assalaamu alaykum. http://ottawa.usembassy.gov/content/content.asp?section=issues&document=President_Obama_Cairo_speech_June_09 Thu, 04 Jun 2009 13:00:00 GMT - http://www.america.gov/obama_cairo.html A New Beginning - Engaging the Muslim World - Obama to Speak to Muslim World from Cairo June 4 http://www.america.gov/obama_cairo.html Wed, 03 Jun 2009 13:00:00 GMT - http://townhall.america.gov/ The focus of the Fifth Summit will be on human prosperity, energy security, climate change and sustainable development. Secretary Clinton will answer questions submitted online for her live Digital Town Hall of the Americas in the Dominican Republic Friday, April 17th, 2009 http://townhall.america.gov/ Wed, 15 Apr 2009 13:00:00 GMT - http://ottawa.usembassy.gov/content/content.asp?section=can_usa&subsection1=general&document=relations_westernhemisphere 27 March 2009 - Jeffrey Davidow, White House Advisor on the Summit of the Americas, was formerly U.S. Ambassador to Venezuela and Mexico. He discusses the U.S. agenda for the Fifth Summit of the Americas, to take place in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, April 17-19. http://ottawa.usembassy.gov/content/content.asp?section=can_usa&subsection1=general&document=relations_westernhemisphere Fri, 27 Mar 2009 13:00:00 GMT - http://www.swontario.usvpp.gov/content/content.asp?section=about_SWOG&document=detroit_Windsor_border_crossing_system Federal government approves new Detroit-Windsor border crossing system . http://www.swontario.usvpp.gov/content/content.asp?section=about_SWOG&document=detroit_Windsor_border_crossing_system Wed, 21 Jan 2009 13:00:00 GMT - http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2008/dec/113151.htm Pathways to Prosperity in the Americas Initiative. http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2008/dec/113151.htm Mon, 22 Dec 2008 13:00:00 GMT - http://ottawa.usembassy.gov/content/content.asp?section=issues&subsection1=podcasts&document=general_howard December, 2008 - Brigadier General (Ret.) Howard was in Toronto to speak on the history of terrorism. Brigadier General Howard is a Faculty Associate at the University of Montana's Defense Critical Language/Culture Program and a Joint Special Operations University (JSOU) senior fellow. Previously he was the director of the Jebsen Center for Counter Terrorism Studies at the Fletcher School at Tufts University. Other past positions include Head of the Department of Social Sciences and director of the Combating Terrorism Center at West Point. http://ottawa.usembassy.gov/content/content.asp?section=issues&subsection1=podcasts&document=general_howard - http://www.swontario.usvpp.gov/content/content.asp?section=about_SWOG&document=book_presentation U.S. Consul General Toronto John R. Nay presented books to the F.W. Begley School in Windsor, Ontario. http://www.swontario.usvpp.gov/content/content.asp?section=about_SWOG&document=book_presentation Wed, 19 Nov 2008 13:00:00 GMT - http://uspolitics.america.gov/uspolitics/elections/index.html Barack Obama, unknown to most Americans just four years ago, will become the 44th president and the first African-American president of the United States. Obama, a senator from Illinois, and his running mate Joe Biden will take the oath of office on January 20, 2009. http://uspolitics.america.gov/uspolitics/elections/index.html Wed, 05 Nov 2008 13:00:00 GMT - http://toronto.usconsulate.gov/content/content.asp?section=about&document=thousand_islands Ambassador Wilkins traveled to the "Capital Corridor" Thousand Islands Bridge Authority facilities on September 29 to commemorate the 70th Anniversary Celebration of the bridge. The Capital Corridor, which includes bridges and highways linking Ottawa and Washington, is a truly splendid example of the close cooperation between United States and Canada. The Thousand Islands Bridge crosses the St. Lawrence River and is a strategic gateway between United States and Canada. It facilitates land and water transportation to both American and Canadian ports. During his visit, the Ambassador highlighted the important role that the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative (WHTE), which will be fully implemented in June 2009, plays as it enhances border security and facilitates border crossings. http://toronto.usconsulate.gov/content/content.asp?section=about&document=thousand_islands Thu, 02 Oct 2008 13:00:00 GMT - http://toronto.usconsulate.gov/content/content.asp?section=about&document=nay_080108 August 01 - U.S. Consul General John R. Nay addressed the gala reception at the Emancipation Day Celebration in Windsor, Ontario http://toronto.usconsulate.gov/content/content.asp?section=about&document=nay_080108 Fri, 22 Aug 2008 13:00:00 GMT - http://www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/newsroom/news_releases/archives/2008_news_releases/august_2008/08082008_5.xml June 18 Detroit - U.S. Customs and Border Protection officially opened the Great Lakes Air and Marine Branch today at Selfridge Air National Guard Base near Detroit to enhance CBP's northern border security operations. The Great Lakes Air and Marine Branch is the last of five planned new air and marine facilities that make up the Northern Border Air Wing as mandated by Congress after the terrorist attack of September 11, 2001. http://www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/newsroom/news_releases/archives/2008_news_releases/august_2008/08082008_5.xml Wed, 13 Aug 2008 13:00:00 GMT - http://toronto.usconsulate.gov/content/content.asp?section=about&document=nay_border_bridge June 18 - U.S. Consul General John R. Nay joined the Hon. Lawrence Cannon, Minister of Transportation, Infrastructure and Communities; Hon. Stockwell Day, Minister of Public Safety; and Jeffrey Watson, Member of Parliament for Essex-Windsor for the Canadian announcement of the technically preferred location of the plaza and the bridge for the new border crossing bridge between Windsor and Detroit on June 18, 2008. Consul General Nay stated that "the United States, like Canada, supports projects such as the Detroit River International Crossing (DRIC) to improve infrastructure in the corridor and make sure that there is the capacity to handle increased trade and traffic" http://toronto.usconsulate.gov/content/content.asp?section=about&document=nay_border_bridge Wed, 18 Jun 2008 13:00:00 GMT - http://toronto.usconsulate.gov/content/content.asp?section=about&document=ijc June 10 - At a Rotary Luncheon in Niagara Falls, Ontario, the International Joint Commission and the Niagara 10 Leaders announced preliminary details for plans for the Niagara Falls region to host the centennial celebration of the Boundary Waters Treaty of 1909 on Saturday June 13, 2009. The region is designating 2009 as the "Year of Our Shared Waters" and has numerous activites planned to comemorate this important environmental agreement. http://toronto.usconsulate.gov/content/content.asp?section=about&document=ijc Tue, 10 Jun 2008 13:00:00 GMT - http://www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/newsroom/news_releases/archives/2008_news_releases/may_2008/05192008_2.xml May 22 - Detroit - Planning ahead for getting across the border this weekend - the traditional start of heavy summer cross-border travel - may spare motorists the unwanted angst of a traffic jam. That's the advice from U.S. Customs & Border Protection officials who are gearing up for the upcoming Memorial Day weekend. http://www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/newsroom/news_releases/archives/2008_news_releases/may_2008/05192008_2.xml Thu, 22 May 2008 13:00:00 GMT - http://www.swontario.usvpp.gov/content/content.asp?section=about_SWOG&document=battlecreek In celebration of Earth Day 2008, the Battle Creek Academy Band, from Battle Creek, Michigan, has taken Toronto by musical storm. Noting that these were the first international performances by the group, Battle Creek Academy alumnus Consul General John R. Nay introduced the band and spoke of the importance of Earth Day. http://www.swontario.usvpp.gov/content/content.asp?section=about_SWOG&document=battlecreek Tue, 22 Apr 2008 13:00:00 GMT - http://www.brookings.edu/reports/2008/0324_greatlakes_canada_austin.aspx John Austin, University of Michigan Professor and Senior Nonresident Fellow at the Brookings Institution, visited Toronto to present the Metropolitan Policy Program's latest analysis, "The Vital Connection: Reclaiming Great Lakes Economic Leadership in the Bi-National U.S.-Canadian Region" to a variety of audiences. The report shows how the region, comprised of the U.S. states bordering the Great Lakes, the upper Mississippi and Ohio watersheds, and the Canadian provinces of Ontario and Quebec, can continue to model what economic regions will look like in the global economy—and also how they can thrive. http://www.brookings.edu/reports/2008/0324_greatlakes_canada_austin.aspx Thu, 27 Mar 2008 13:00:00 GMT - http://www.swontario.usvpp.gov/content/about_SWOG/pdfs/bwtCentennialnewsrelease.pdf The International Joint Commission of Canada and the United States announced that the Centennial Celebration of the Boundary Waters Treaty of 1909 and the Creation of the Commission will be held in Niagara Falls in June of 2009. http://www.swontario.usvpp.gov/content/about_SWOG/pdfs/bwtCentennialnewsrelease.pdf Mon, 10 Mar 2008 13:00:00 GMT - http://www.partnershipborderstudy.com/index.asp The Michigan Department of Transportation is accepting comments on the Draft Environmental Impact Statement / 4(f) Evaluation for the Detroit River International Crossing through April 29, 2008. http://www.partnershipborderstudy.com/index.asp Thu, 21 Feb 2008 13:00:00 GMT - http://www.swontario.usvpp.gov/content/content.asp?section=about_SWOG&document=headlines_archive For more news from the U.S. Virtual Presence Post, Southwest Ontario Gateway please visit the headlines archive page (by clicking the title above). http://www.swontario.usvpp.gov/content/content.asp?section=about_SWOG&document=headlines_archive Wed, 20 Feb 2008 13:00:00 GMT