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Neil Young, Michael Buble among Canadian Grammy hopefuls
December 3, 2009
While Beyonce is leading the pack, a number of Canadians are up for Grammys this year — with big names like Neil Young and Michael Buble in the mix.
Young is nominated in two categories: best solo rock vocal performance for the title track from Fork in the Road, and best boxed or special limited edition package for The Neil Young Archives. He will also receive the MusiCares Person of the Year honour at a gala dinner.
Michael Buble garnered a nod in the traditional pop vocal album category for Michael Buble Meets Madison Square Garden, and Nickelback will compete for the best hard rock performance hardware for Burn It To The Ground.
Canadian rapper Drake is up for both best rap song and best rap solo performance for his hit track Best I Ever Had, while Edmonton-born actor Michael J. Fox was nominated for his spoken word album Always Looking Up.
The Grammy nominations were announced Wednesday night in L.A. and Beyonce is leading the race. The pop star is up for 10 awards including Song of the Year (Single Ladies (Put a Ring On It)), Album of the Year (I Am . . . Sasha Fierce) and Record of the Year (Halo).
Among the other mega-nominees, country princess Taylor Swift is up against Beyonce in the Big 3 categories, and has bagged eight total nominations. The Black Eyed Peas — who’ve been popping up everywhere from the Victoria Secret Fashion Show to the AMAs lately — follow with six nods. Kanye West and R&B star Maxwell also racked up six nominations apiece. Lady Gaga, Jay-Z and David Guetta garnered five nods.
The nominations for the 52nd Grammy Awards were announced during a CBS special Wednesday night. The awards themselves will be doled out Jan. 31.
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Neil Young, Michael Buble among Canadian Grammy hopefuls
December 3, 2009
While Beyonce is leading the pack, a number of Canadians are up for Grammys this year — with big names like Neil Young and Michael Buble in the mix.
Young is nominated in two categories: best solo rock vocal performance for the title track from Fork in the Road, and best boxed or special limited edition package for The Neil Young Archives. He will also receive the MusiCares Person of the Year honour at a gala dinner.
Michael Buble garnered a nod in the traditional pop vocal album category for Michael Buble Meets Madison Square Garden, and Nickelback will compete for the best hard rock performance hardware for Burn It To The Ground.
Canadian rapper Drake is up for both best rap song and best rap solo performance for his hit track Best I Ever Had, while Edmonton-born actor Michael J. Fox was nominated for his spoken word album Always Looking Up.
The Grammy nominations were announced Wednesday night in L.A. and Beyonce is leading the race. The pop star is up for 10 awards including Song of the Year (Single Ladies (Put a Ring On It)), Album of the Year (I Am . . . Sasha Fierce) and Record of the Year (Halo).
Among the other mega-nominees, country princess Taylor Swift is up against Beyonce in the Big 3 categories, and has bagged eight total nominations. The Black Eyed Peas — who’ve been popping up everywhere from the Victoria Secret Fashion Show to the AMAs lately — follow with six nods. Kanye West and R&B star Maxwell also racked up six nominations apiece. Lady Gaga, Jay-Z and David Guetta garnered five nods.
The nominations for the 52nd Grammy Awards were announced during a CBS special Wednesday night. The awards themselves will be doled out Jan. 31.
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CSIS to heighten security for Olympics
December 2, 2009
The Canadian Security Intelligence Service will “augment” its B.C. resources substantially during the 2010 Olympics, B.C. office operations manager Alan Budde said this week.
CSIS employs about 2,600 people across Canada and in foreign offices and, while Budde wouldn’t say how many of those employees would have a presence in Vancouver or Whistler during the Olympics, he said the Winter Games are one of six CSIS priorities as determined by the federal cabinet.
Speaking at a session of the Emergency Preparedness Conference in Vancouver, Budde said the domestic intelligence agency gathers information with six major priorities in mind: terrorism and extremism; the Afghan mission; foreign espionage interference; proliferation of weapons of mass destruction; international security and prosperity of Canada; and the Vancouver 2010 Games.
Budde said CSIS does not have a mandate to gather evidence for criminal convictions and noted disclosure of the information it does gather has been ongoing.
“If there are ever instances where public safety is an issue, that information does get through to the necessary recipients,” he said.”We also deal with a number of corporate entities.
“So if RBC, a corporate sponsor of the Olympic Games, was to be a target of attack, we would ensure the information not only went to the responsible law-enforcement agency, but that it got through to their corporate security officers as well.”
The intelligence agency’s basic Olympic duties will include processing accreditations, producing threat assessments and giving advice to the federal government.
But Budde said ordinary Canadians need to do their part, too, and be vigilant about reporting suspicious behaviour.
“There’s often a reluctance in Canada to (report when) you see a neighbour doing something suspicious. … In the U.S., because of the nature of some of the incidents that have affected them, they are much more prone to volunteer that information without being prompted.”
Budde assured the audience CSIS cannot investigate lawful protest or dissent, unless those activities are carried out with specific threats to national security.”So if you don’t want the Olympics to be here and you intend to carry a placard, we won’t be bothering you.”
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CSIS to heighten security for Olympics
December 2, 2009
The Canadian Security Intelligence Service will “augment” its B.C. resources substantially during the 2010 Olympics, B.C. office operations manager Alan Budde said this week.
CSIS employs about 2,600 people across Canada and in foreign offices and, while Budde wouldn’t say how many of those employees would have a presence in Vancouver or Whistler during the Olympics, he said the Winter Games are one of six CSIS priorities as determined by the federal cabinet.
Speaking at a session of the Emergency Preparedness Conference in Vancouver, Budde said the domestic intelligence agency gathers information with six major priorities in mind: terrorism and extremism; the Afghan mission; foreign espionage interference; proliferation of weapons of mass destruction; international security and prosperity of Canada; and the Vancouver 2010 Games.
Budde said CSIS does not have a mandate to gather evidence for criminal convictions and noted disclosure of the information it does gather has been ongoing.
“If there are ever instances where public safety is an issue, that information does get through to the necessary recipients,” he said.”We also deal with a number of corporate entities.
“So if RBC, a corporate sponsor of the Olympic Games, was to be a target of attack, we would ensure the information not only went to the responsible law-enforcement agency, but that it got through to their corporate security officers as well.”
The intelligence agency’s basic Olympic duties will include processing accreditations, producing threat assessments and giving advice to the federal government.
But Budde said ordinary Canadians need to do their part, too, and be vigilant about reporting suspicious behaviour.
“There’s often a reluctance in Canada to (report when) you see a neighbour doing something suspicious. … In the U.S., because of the nature of some of the incidents that have affected them, they are much more prone to volunteer that information without being prompted.”
Budde assured the audience CSIS cannot investigate lawful protest or dissent, unless those activities are carried out with specific threats to national security.”So if you don’t want the Olympics to be here and you intend to carry a placard, we won’t be bothering you.”
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CSIS to heighten security for Olympics
December 2, 2009
The Canadian Security Intelligence Service will “augment” its B.C. resources substantially during the 2010 Olympics, B.C. office operations manager Alan Budde said this week.
CSIS employs about 2,600 people across Canada and in foreign offices and, while Budde wouldn’t say how many of those employees would have a presence in Vancouver or Whistler during the Olympics, he said the Winter Games are one of six CSIS priorities as determined by the federal cabinet.
Speaking at a session of the Emergency Preparedness Conference in Vancouver, Budde said the domestic intelligence agency gathers information with six major priorities in mind: terrorism and extremism; the Afghan mission; foreign espionage interference; proliferation of weapons of mass destruction; international security and prosperity of Canada; and the Vancouver 2010 Games.
Budde said CSIS does not have a mandate to gather evidence for criminal convictions and noted disclosure of the information it does gather has been ongoing.
“If there are ever instances where public safety is an issue, that information does get through to the necessary recipients,” he said.”We also deal with a number of corporate entities.
“So if RBC, a corporate sponsor of the Olympic Games, was to be a target of attack, we would ensure the information not only went to the responsible law-enforcement agency, but that it got through to their corporate security officers as well.”
The intelligence agency’s basic Olympic duties will include processing accreditations, producing threat assessments and giving advice to the federal government.
But Budde said ordinary Canadians need to do their part, too, and be vigilant about reporting suspicious behaviour.
“There’s often a reluctance in Canada to (report when) you see a neighbour doing something suspicious. … In the U.S., because of the nature of some of the incidents that have affected them, they are much more prone to volunteer that information without being prompted.”
Budde assured the audience CSIS cannot investigate lawful protest or dissent, unless those activities are carried out with specific threats to national security.”So if you don’t want the Olympics to be here and you intend to carry a placard, we won’t be bothering you.”
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