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Can·so

(kăn′sō), Strait of also Gut of

A narrow channel between Cape Breton Island and the northeast mainland of Nova Scotia, Canada.

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Canso

(ˈkænsəʊ)

1. (Placename) a cape in Canada, at the NE tip of Nova Scotia

2. (Placename) Strait of Canso Gut of Canso a channel in Canada, between the Nova Scotia mainland and S Cape Breton Island

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Can•so

(ˈkæn soʊ)

n.

1. Cape, a cape in SE Canada, the NE extremity of Nova Scotia.

2. Strait of. Also called Gut of Canso. a channel in SE Canada that separates mainland Nova Scotia from Cape Breton Island, flowing NW from the Atlantic Ocean to Northumberland Strait. ab. 17 mi. (27 km) long and 1 mi. (1.6 km) wide.

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Cape Breton Island

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The Funds and/or Accounts currently hold the above securities for investment purposes only and not for the purpose of influencing control or direction of the issuer, Canso said.

Canso Investment Counsel Funds Acquire Stake in Postmedia Network Canada

Caption: Outgoing ICAO Council President, Roberto Kobeh Gonzalez (centre), receives a special award from CANSO DG, Jeff Poole (far left), ACIDG, Angela Gittens (second from left), IATA DG, Tony Tyler (second from right).

Aviation leaders honour outgoing ICAO council president

Blackberry will receive $250m in financing from Fairfax, its largest shareholder, and $300m from Canso. The remainder will come from the other investors.

Blackberry Could Face $250m Break Fee If Upcoming Debt-Deal Collapses

The President Director of PT Angkasa Pura II Tri S Sunoko said that the event would be attended by 286 representative delegates of 33 member countries of CANSO Asia-Pacific-wide.

Angkasa Pura II Hosts CANSO Asia Pasific Conference 2013

With a working level focus, the CANSO MEAUSE conference brings all stakeholders together - Regulators, ANSPs, Airports, Military & Civil Airspace Users and Suppliers - to join their Middle East Colleagues to discuss progress on agreed activities, to share experiences and views, to exchange best practice, to evaluate emerging issues and to jointly take the next step towards successful regional stakeholder collaboration.

Air Navigation Service Providers Conference kicks off in Amman

The UAE Declaration, which was developed by Canso's Middle East CEO Coordination Committee, aims to address the various air transport capacity challenges facing the Middle East's aviation industry.

Call to optimise region's airspace

Graham Lake, Director General, CANSO, Aon Al Garni, Director General ATM/ANS, General Authority of Civil Aviation -- Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and Vinod K.

ATC Global Middle East Conference

It was endorsed on January 25 by all the organisations attending the Canso Middle East High Level meeting.

Canso announces ME declaration

THE manuscript attribution of "Na Maria, pretz e fina valors" to Bietris de Roman has caused no small amount of controversy among critics, for even those who accept the attribution often struggle to account for what appears to be the sole Occitan canso, or courtly love lyric, written by one woman for another.

"Na Maria, pretz e fina valors": a new argument for female authorship

JEDDAH: The General Authority of Civil Aviation (GACA) and the Civil Air Navigation Services Organization (CANSO) opened the first Air Navigation Service Providers' (ANSP) conference in the Middle East at the Jeddah Meridian yesterday morning.

Cooperation in aviation sector underlined

Alexandre Ter Kuile (Secretary-General of the Civil Air Navigation Services Organisation - CANSO)

AIR TRANSPORT : HIGH-LEVEL GROUP TO ADVISE COMMISSION ON AVIATION REGULATION

Within the Scotian Shelf region off of Nova Scotia, this area is due south of Cape Breton Island in the area of Canso Bank.