NORWEGIAN MEDIA WATCH:1366 Stories from 175 publication/organisations, NTB news agency, & 2 MPs

1) Åpning av Worldskills i Calgary 1. september (Håvard Arne Mathisen) 2 September 2009 http://www.nbf.no/article.php?articleID=396&categoryID=130 In this story about the World Skills competition Canada hosted in the province of Alberta, the Norwegian writer states: "Canadas statsminister Stephen Harper, undervisningsministeren, guvernøren i delstaten Alberta, ordføreren i Calgary og representanter for WorldSkills Calgary og WorldSkills International hilste deltakerne og det store publikummet som fulgte det utendørs åpningsshowet fra "Grand stand". State Governor?? State?? This is not correct. How can Alberta have a "state governor" and be a state when there are no states, and no "state governors" in Canada. The only countries in North America that have states and state governors are Mexico and the USA. This story is an excellent example of how many Norwegian writers just guess or assume Canada is the same as the USA. Canada has been using provi

1) Skred, drugs & rock´n´roll ( Erlend Sande ) 22 November, 2009 http://www.friflyt.no/index.php?pagenr=12&articlenr=57881 In this story the Norwegian writer states Swiss-Canadian Pascal Haegeli from Canada, with the consulting firm Avisualanche is a "Swiss-American." American? How can that be when he has Swiss and Canadian citizenship? This is not correct. After consulting with Pascal Haegeli, he confirmed his citizenship is Swiss and Canadian. He lives in Canada, his firm is located in Canada, he comes from British Columbia - a province in Canada, yet his nationality is identified as Swiss and American. He is not an American citizen. The story talks about Canada, mentions the province of British Columbia, and he is also a director of the Canadian Avalanche Association, but yet, his nationality and citizenship is identified as American, not Canadian. The story was corrected two days later, and no response was received from Fri Flyt in Norway. 2) Nyheter fra bobilen

1) Breckenridge (Anders Backe) 11 December, 2009 http://andersbacke.origo.no/-/bulletin/show/509645_breckenridge?ref=mst In this post the writer states: "Visum for å komme inn i Canada. Greit maxern det! " Har du med deg våpen, sprengstoff, er du terrosist" Ja eller Nei?" Norwegians do not need a visa to enter Canada. The form mentioned in this posting is a Canadian customs declration card. The Canadian Customs card states: "Tous les voyageurs doivent être identifiés sur une carte de déclaration de l’Agence des services frontaliers du Canada (ASFC). Vous pouvez inscrire jusqu’à quatre personnes résidant à la même adresse sur une carte. Chaque voyageur est responsable de sa propre déclaration. En vertu de la loi, le fait de ne pas déclarer correctement les marchandises, tout instrument monétaire et/ou toute devise, apportés au Canada peut entraîner une saisie, des sanctions pécuniaires et/ou des poursuites au criminel..." This declaration card is issued

1) Åpning av Worldskills i Calgary 1. september (Håvard Arne Mathisen) 2 September 2009 http://www.nbf.no/article.php?articleID=396&categoryID=130 In this story about the World Skills competition Canada hosted in the province of Alberta, the Norwegian writer states: "Canadas statsminister Stephen Harper, undervisningsministeren, guvernøren i delstaten Alberta, ordføreren i Calgary og representanter for WorldSkills Calgary og WorldSkills International hilste deltakerne og det store publikummet som fulgte det utendørs åpningsshowet fra "Grand stand". State Governor?? State?? This is not correct. How can Alberta have a "state governor" and be a state when there are no states, and no "state governors" in Canada. The only countries in North America that have states and state governors are Mexico and the USA. This story is an excellent example of how many Norwegian writers just guess or assume Canada is the same as the USA. Canada has been using provi

1) Spår større rederier (Grete de Lange ) 28 June 2005 http://n24.no/arkiv/article1069088.ece In this story about Canadian shipping company, Teekay Shipping, the Norwegian journalist has placed the Canadian city of Vancouver ( Teekay Shipping's head office) in the wrong country. She writes: "Vancouver, USA." In the USA?? The Canadian city of Vancouver is the largest city in the province of British Columbia located on the Canadian west coast, and Canada's third largest city after Toronto and Montreal. Vancouver has several million inhabitants, and is also the Canadian host city for the 2010 Olympic Winter Games. Is it no wonder so many Norwegians think that Canada is somehow a part of the United States when so often Canadian cities aren't even located in correct country - Canada? This is a fairly common problem in the Norwegian media's Canadian coverage. This would be like a Canadian journalist writing that Statoil or Statnett is in "Oslo, Swede

1) Arbeidsløsheten øker neste år (Nils Petter Tanderø) 22 September 2009 http://www.nordensnyheter.no/default.aspx?Id=2196 "Amerikansk prestisjetap Styreleder Frank Stronach, som startet Magna, er født i Weiz, i Østerrike og emigrerte til Canada i 1954. "