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...This country of 33 million has left less of an artistic footprint than, say, Hong Kong (6 million population) in the 80s or Sweden (4 million) in the Ingmar Bergman years. The provinces have produced a few notable directors - David Cronenberg and Atom Egoyan from Ontario, Denys Arcand from Quebec, Guy Maddin from Manitoba - but their careers date back to the 60s, 70s or 80s. Other Canadians, like directors Norman Jewison and Paul Haggis and a slew of comedy stars, have packed their bags and emigrated to the dominant movie culture...
...their study, the McGill researchers tracked all 3,424 physicians who took the Medical Council of Canada clinical-skills examination between 1993 and 1996, and who were then licensed to practice in Ontario or Quebec. The exam, which was rolled out between 1992 and 1993, requires doctors to interact with actors posing as patients in a series of standardized scenarios; trained physician evaluators then judge how well the doctor takes patient histories, makes diagnoses, manages treatment and communicates with the patients...
Petraeus is making clear that too much American blood has been spilled in Iraq for the U.S. to continue without wholesale progress being made by "the Iraqi security forces, the Iraqi people, the Iraqi political leaders." His comments, echoed by President Bush during the North American summit in Quebec, seem to be a predicate for declaring that if Iraq is lost, it will be the Iraqis' fault. Top U.S. generals are predicting that the 30,000-strong troop surge will begin receding in early 2008, bringing the total U.S. military presence down to 130,000 by next August. Military officials...
...battle them--but to limited effect. The narcos aren't shy about attacking military barracks, and Mexican soldiers, who have a long history of human-rights abuses, are often mistrusted by locals. Officials in both countries expect that when President George W. Bush meets with Calderón in Quebec on Aug. 20-21, the leaders will unveil an antidrug aid package for Mexico totaling at least $500 million, including advanced crime-fighting technologies and Black Hawk helicopters...
Milner, of Montreal, Quebec, will study children’s mental health at Oxford on his Rhodes scholarship...