On behalf of the CNBA Board of Directors, we would like to extend our warmest welcome to our new members:

OSO Hotwater
OSO Hotwater is one of the largest manufacturers of Word class electric and indirect stainelss steel hot water cylinders. Manufactured in Norway since 1932, OSO cylinders have won countless awards ...

On September 27, the CNBA, together with the Canadian Embassy to Norway, hosted our first event post relaunch. The Canadian Ambassador to Norway Deirdre Kent graciously welcomed around 40 guests to the official residence for an evening of networking and reconnecting with past, current, and future members of the CNBA. ...

The Offshore Northern Seas 2022 will take place in Stavanger from Monday 29th of August until Thursday 1st of September.

A two-year pause has allowed us to review, revamp and reorganise.

On June 17, the Norwegian Embassy in Ottawa and Innovation Norway are hosting a webinar presenting the status and opportunities for Norwegian businesses in Canada, in a COVID-19 perspective.

The Corona crisis has hit many businesses very hard, and during a very short time, extensive measures have been implemented to ensure that companies will survive the crisis. Some have conducted large layoffs, others have reduced staff, and some have already gone out of business.

Want to read CNBA's Yearly Newsletter, where we show an overview of our activities for 2019 and our plans for 2020? Click here!

Norway Canada Institute Award of Excellence

Value: $1,000 USD
Application Deadline: April 1, 2020

The Norway Canada Institute is an initiative of Huntington University, an independent liberal arts university in Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada.

En storslagen danseforestilling for barn og voksne med Beethovens 9. symfoni i sentrum. For barn fra 9 år.

https://www.dansenshus.com/forestillinger/9

"engaging, energising and highly original performance"
-CultureWhisper

"a joyous exploration of the act of communication"
-Seeing ...

The Embassy of Canada and Cinemateket have the pleasure to invite you to the screening of the inspiring Canadian feature film "The Grizzlies".

You will also meet director Miranda de Pencier and two of the young actors, Emerald MacDonald and Anna Lambe, after the screening.

The event is free of ...

The inaugural Norway Day took over the Notorious City on Friday, and nearly 100 people made an appearance at the Tourism Center.

Norway’s US$1-trillion wealth fund, the biggest of its kind in the world, will begin dumping shares in oil and gas companies including some Canadian names, but stopped short of barring major producers like Suncor, ExxonMobil and Chevron.

Read the CNBA's February Newsletter which includes a list of all the events we are planning for 2019!

May Schuller grew up in Norway with dreams of travelling the world. So as soon as she turned 21 she set out for Canada with great excitement. Her initial plan was to travel for two years and then return to Norway.

May’s journey began in Canada where she started working for a bank in Toronto. Soon afterwards, ...

Women foreign ministers from around the world kicked off a first-of-its-kind meeting on Friday, bringing together more than half of the world's top women diplomats in Montreal.

Earlier today, Team Canada continued its run of dominance within the United States Group Stage of the 2018 Overwatch World Cup. Striking up a 4-0 victory over Team Norway, the win gave Canada its third victory overall of the Stage, pushing their record to 3-0 (12-0) and remaining unblemished heading into the ...

Maud, the ship that Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen tried to reach the North Pole with, returned to Norway on Monday after nearly a century.

The vessel arrived in Bergen, where she spent two days back in July 1918 on her way to the high Arctic.

Maud was raised from the seabed in Cambridge Bay, Canada, over the ...

Canada is still evaluating potential enhancements for its fleet of Leonardo Helicopters CH-149 Cormorant search and rescue rotorcraft, with a delegation present at Farnborough as part of the process.

The CH-149 is the local designation for Leonardo's AW101. The airframer has a SAR-roled example on its ...

Request for Proposals Issue Date: Tuesday, May 29, 2018

Responses to this Request for Proposals must be received at the office of:

Nova Scotia Business Inc.
1800 Argyle Street
Suite 701
Halifax, Nova Scotia
B3J 3N8

No later than 12:00 pm AST on Friday, June 29, 2018.

TSX-V-listed Cruz Cobalt has signed a letter of intent with EMX Royalty and Fennoscandian Investment Group to acquire two cobalt/nickel/copper projects in Norway.

“We are pleased to have the opportunity to acquire these projects. The properties are located in one of the top mining jurisdictions in the world ...

The currencies of some of the world’s top oil producers are set to become intertwined with crude prices once again as the commodity surges to the highest since 2014.

After shedding much of their linkage to oil last year, Norway’s krone and Canada’s dollar are poised to re-establish their ...

Years of federal bureaucratic delay may cost the North millions of dollars in investment in an emerging high-tech industry.

A Norwegian company has been waiting since 2016 for Ottawa to grant an operating licence for a satellite ground receiving station in Inuvik, N.W.T. The delay has limited services the ...

Canadian Tire Corp will buy Norway-based Helly Hansen for C$985 million ($771.2 million) including debt, the retailer said on Thursday, making a bigger push into high-end sportswear in a bid to diversify itself further.

Toronto-based Canadian Tire, whose stores sell everything from clothes to kitchen appliances ...

Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA has shelved flights between Europe and Canada until next year after delivery delays afflicting Boeing Co. 737 Max narrow-body jets left too little time to market the planned routes.

Services won’t now begin until spring 2019 following a slippage of about four weeks in the handover of ...

The move comes after years of campaigning by animal rights groups who argued that seals and seal pups go through undue suffering when they are shot ...

As the most recent Arctic Council meeting in Finland indicates, interest in the Arctic is as avid as ever.

The Arctic Council itself, however, serves as a reminder of the dominance of the eight Arctic states — Canada, the United States, Russia, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Iceland and Finland — in the ...

Revealed: oil giants pay billions less tax in Canada than abroad

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At Davos, top execs discuss the #MeToo movement and women at work. Read more here.

Photo credit: Denis Balibouse | Reuters

Denne uken er en rekke helseaktører i Toronto for å lære om helseinnovasjon. På bildet er visepresident i SINTEF, Randi E. Reinertsen, kommunikasjonsdirektør i HOD Arve Paulsen, helseminister Bent Høie og ambassadør Anne Kari Hansen Ovind.

Not the Canadian or Norwegian model? Read more.

http://www.norwayhealthtech.com/news/signing-agreement-synapse-making-canada-desirable-market-norwegian-health-tech/

Read more here.

News out of Norway that its government plans to phase out fur farming in that country by 2025 has caught a lot of people connected to the industry by surprise.

The project represents an investment of CAD 25 million (USD 20 million, EUR 16 million) into the economy of rural Newfoundland and Labrador, Grieg said. The company looks forward to working with the area’s community, and establishing an integral presence there. Read more here.

Trump's perception of immigrants from countries like Haiti and Norway is at the very least a consequence of ignorance, or as many have suggested, racism.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/norway-court-arctic-drilling-1.4472884

Canada projected to rival Norway at the Winter Olympics - read more

A Canadian marijuana maker is set to sell cannabis in several European countries after striking a deal with Denmark's biggest tomato producer.

Vancouver is home to two battery makers specializing in the marine sector, which is expected to generate $3 billion annually by 2026.

Read more here.

Among this year's Business for Peace Honourees is Canadian Murad Al-Katib, son of Turkish immigrants to Canada. Mr Al-Katib receives the Award for his entrepreneurship in leading the way in sustainable agriculture and contributing to feeding millions of refugee families in the Syrian crisis

Joint video produced by the Embassy of Norway to Canada, and the Embassy of Canada to Norway commemorating the 75 years of formal diplomatic relations between Canada and Norway, featuring Norway's Ambassador Anne Kari H. Ovind, and Canada's Ambassador Artur Wilczynski.

CALGARY – Oil and gas investments may have soured for managers of the Norwegian sovereign wealth fund but two Canadian funds say they have plenty of room for such securities in their portfolios.

Canadian funds like energy stocks despite potential rejection in Norway

Norway's sovereign fund plans to drop oil & gas stocks

Norway and Canada Intensify Joint Space Research

This year marks the 75th anniversary of formal diplomatic relations between Norway and Canada, the same year that Canada celebrates the 150th anniversary of Confederation. This provides a good opportunity for reflecting on what shaped our relations then, and what will be essential for the future.

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Some 32,000 international students currently enrolled at Greater Montréal schools, colleges and universities can now turn to a brand-new website (www.ichoosemontreal.com) for information on immigration and life and work in Québec.

During the CBIE conference in Ottawa, a new bilateral initiative between Norway and Canada was signed. The goal is to increase collaboration in higher education, research and innovation.