Topic: Canada
Canada jumps into spring after having recorded the mildest and driest winter on record, Environment Canada reported Friday. The agency, which has compiled data from 1948, determined the average temperature throughout the country was four degrees Celsius (seven degrees Fahrenheit) above normal, said meteorologist Andre Cantin. Cantin said the country also saw 20 percent less precipitation than normal, also a ...
A US envoy delivered two cases of beers Friday to Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper to settle a bet US President Barack Obama lost when Canada beat the United States for Olympic ice hockey gold. David Jacobson, the US ambassador to Ottawa, delivered a case of Molson Canadian and an extra case of Obama's brew of choice, Yuengling from ...
President Barack Obama followed through on his hockey bet with Canada, sending beer to the prime minister. Stephen Harper received the delivery of Molson Canadian on Friday. Canada won the men's gold-medal game on Sidney Crosby's overtime goal. Harper and Obama had each wagered a ...
