LOS ANGELES, March 7, 2011 /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- CCG Investor Relations ("CCG"), a leading US-headquartered global investor relations and strategic communications agency, today announced the release of a new white paper, entitled, "Dodd-Frank Act Significantly Expands Corporate Disclosure and Transparency Standards," which explores the impact of the Dodd-Frank Act ("the Act") on investor relations and the dramatic changes that are occurring in corporate governance in the aftermath of the recession.

The Canadian government announced Tuesday it plans to invest 35 million dollars in meteorological and navigational warning services in the Arctic over the next five years to provide enhanced accessibility to weather data and shipping information for mariners, businesses and the general population there.

By Melanie Patten And Michael Macdonald, THE CANADIAN PRESS HALIFAX - Ottawa's decision Saturday to board and seize a vessel owned by a militant conservation group opposed to the annual East Coast seal hunt amounts to "an act of war," says Paul Watson, head of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society.

By Andy Blatchford And Les Perreaux, THE CANADIAN PRESS ILES-DE-LA-MADELEINE, Que. - Claude Deraspe was naked and clinging to a piece of ice in the North Atlantic when he noted with grim satisfaction that his bone-chilling escape from L'Acadien II had accomplished at least one thing.

By Jonathan Montpetit, THE CANADIAN PRESS ILES-DE-LA-MADELEINE, Que. - Seal hunters limped back to port Monday from a disastrous start to their annual hunting season, which saw punishing ice floes and a failed rescue mission that claimed at least three lives.