■CANADA
Northern agency planned
The prime minister says if his Conservative party is re-elected, his government will establish a regional development agency devoted to northern Canada. Prime Minister Stephen Harper said the agency would help promote job growth in what is becoming an increasingly important region. The region’s oil, gas and minerals were once thought to be too difficult to recover, but as global warming has been shrinking the polar ice cap, numerous countries including Canada, Russia and the US have been trying to assert control in the area.
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