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List of Foreign Embassies or Consulates & Diplomatic Missions or Foreign Representatives in Ottawa, Canada

Diplomatic Missions In Ottawa
Afghanistan: Embassy of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
240 Argyle Avenue
Ottawa, Ontario, K2P 1B9, Canada
Telephone
(613) 563-4223; 563-4265
Fax
(613) 563-4962
Internet
www.afghanemb-canada.net – contact@afghanemb-canada.net
Albania: Embassy of the Republic of Albania
130 Albert Street
Ottawa, Ontario, K1P 5G4, Canada
Telephone
(613) 236-4114
Fax
(613) 236-0804
Internet
Algeria: Embassy of the People’s Democratic Republic of Algeria
500 Wilbrod Street
Ottawa, Ontario, K1N 6N2, Canada
Telephone
(613) 789-8505; -0282;-7035;-8247
Fax
(613) 789-1406;-9124;-0334
Internet
www.ambalgott.com [...]

New airport security systems coming

Better scanners for carry-on bags to be in 5 Canadian airports by February
Last Updated: Tuesday, November 24, 2009 | 8:34 PM PT Comments86Recommend45
The Canadian Press

New security scanners coming early next year may shorten airport lineups like this one at Vancouver International, officials say. (CBC)
Canada’s major airports will soon have new X-ray scanning [...]

Canada inks trade deal with India

NEW DELHI – Canada and India signed two trade agreements Tuesday that Prime Minister Stephen Harper said will bring the two countries closer together.
The two countries said they intend to establish a Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement – a free-trade agreement in all but name – and have set up the first study group that [...]

Talks fail, BCAA Travel to close 27 brick and mortar stores, 157 employees affected

VANCOUVER — Failure to find a partner for BCAA Travel has led parent company BCAA to slash its retail travel services, moving from brick and mortar at 27 B.C. locations to either ‘click’ or ‘call’.
The graduated closures, to be fully completed by Jan. 15, 2010, will affect 157 full-time and part-time positions, 124 in BCAA’s [...]

Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 – update 71

Weekly update
As of 17 October 2009, worldwide there have been more than 414,000 laboratory confirmed cases of pandemic influenza H1N1 2009 and nearly 5000 deaths reported to WHO.
As many countries have stopped counting individual cases, particularly of milder illness, the case count is significantly lower than the actually number of cases that have occurred. [...]

TRAVEL CLINICS IN CALGARY

TRAVEL CLINICS

Bowmont Travel Clinic
6535 Bowness Road, NW
(403) 247-9797

Calgary, AB. T3B 0E8
(403) 247-0787

Odyssey Travel &
2004 14th Street, NW.
(403) 210-4770

Tropical Medicine Clinic
Suite 208

Calgary, AB. T2M 3N3

Medisys Health Group
321 6th Avenue, SW.
(403) 323-6244

Suite 960

Calgary, AB. T2P 3H3

Starpoint Health Corp.
Foothills Industrial Park
(403) 236-8400

#202, 3716 61st Avenue, SE

Calgary, AB T2C 1Z4

The ECM Group
880 16th Avenue, SW.
(403) 216-6120

Lower Mt. Royal [...]

Good Advice/H1N1 Preventive Methods

This is worth the couple minutes it will take to read.
Some new points that haven’t yet been drilled into us thru the media (yet):
Apparently it is a similar strain to the flu of 1918, which took over 50 million.
It also targeted women and children.  So I guess we’ll get in line
The following advice, given by [...]

Travel Report on Costa Rica

 
Visitors should be vigilant at all times when travelling in the country due to high levels of crime.
The hurricane season extends from June 1st to November 30th. For more information, please see our Global Issue on the hurricane season.
OFFICIAL REGISTRATION RECOMMENDATION: We offer a registration service for all Canadians travelling or living abroad. This service [...]

Pilots embroiled in argument overfly destination by 241km

From: Reuters  Fri Oct 23 16:03:43 EST 2009 Fri Oct 23 16:03:43 EST 2009
 A NORTHWEST Airlines flight carrying 144 passengers from San Diego to Minneapolis in the US, lost contact with air controllers for more than an hour and overflew its destination by 241km, officials said today.
The National Transportation Safety Board said the two [...]