Digital dishes; stay tuned: satellite TV is about to come to Canada

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Express Vu will unveil Canada's first direct broadcast TV service in fall 1995, with Power DirecTV and Homestar following close on Express Vu's heels. The satellite TV services hope to tap the 1.25 million Canadian homes that lack access to cable, while also reaching dissatisfied cable subscribers.

Services, Direct broadcast satellite television, Satellite television, Expressvu Inc.

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Weighing the 'Mexico' factor

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The impact of the devaluation of the Mexican peso was keenly felt in Canada, which saw its own currency fall sharply against the US dollar in Jan 1995. Mexico's foreign minister, Jose Angel Gurria, travelled to Canada to secure aid and to reassure its NAFTA trading partner that Mexico was solvent.

Economic aspects, Cover Story, Mexico, Mexican foreign relations, Dollar (Canada)

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No more Mr. Nice Guy

Article Abstract:

A Mar 1995, poll of 1,503 Canadians found 89% support Fisheries Minister Brian Tobin's actions to prevent Spain from fishing turbot in the Grand Banks section of the Atlantic. The widespread sentiment may signal a trend towards an increasing nationalism in Canada.

Laws, regulations and rules, Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Spain, Environmental policy, Public opinion, Fisheries, Spanish foreign relations, Canadians, Tobin, Brian

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