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We are proud to report that the trade mission of Lublin entrepreneurs to Toronto, co-organized by the PCCC, was very fruitful. The delegation came back to Poland with new business ideas, new partners, business opportunities and … good memories from Canada. During the four days the delegation has spent in Toronto they met with the representatives of Ontario’s Automotive, Metallurgy, Robotics sector as well as with government institutions and bilateral chambers. They have visited two facilities: Cyclone Manufacturing and Promation Nuclear as their study tour. At the last day of their visit, the delegation took part in Metals Investors Forum.

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Bernard Otterstein, President of the PCCC taking about trade relations between Poland and Canada (Poland-In).

Congratulations to the Irish – Polish Chamber of Commerce for winning the IGCC Football Tournament. Thank you to the PCCC team players from WSP Polska and Raben Group for all your effort, ambition and talent that you have shown in every match. Special mention to Matthew Fogo, the youngest player of the Tournament for your courage and commitment. Hope to see you all representing Canada next year!

Please find below a few pictures from the Tournament.

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The International Group of Chambers of Commerce organizes its annual Football Tournament. We are happy to announce, this year, Polish Canadian Chamber of Commerce formed a team composed of players from following companies: Embassy of Canada, Raben Logistic Polska sp. z o.o., WSP Polska sp. z o.o. This year, 7 teams will compete in order to win a trophy: Italian, Spanish, German, Irish, Portugal, International and Canadian. If you would like to support our team please join us 21^st of September at Sinus Wilanów (the tournament starts at 10:15 am).

The official launch of the Circle K brand in Poland took place on May 11th at their centrally located fuel and retail outlet on ul. Puławska 86, Warsaw.  The branding roll-out will start with all Warsaw locations extending to all 352 stations throughout Poland until March 2018.  Despite the change in brand, the stations will continue to offer its high quality food, drink and other products and customer loyalty programs.  This marks the joining of Poland to the Circle K family of convenience retail outlets, which are already known and successfully operating in other global markets.

Canada is once again champions at the 2016 IIHF World Tournament held in Moscow and St Petersburg May 6-22.  The Canadian team entered as returning champions defeating Finland 2-0 in the final match.

Air Canada are delighted to launch direct flights between Warsaw and Toronto from June 15, 2016.  This is a summer season addition that will be operated by Air Canada Rouge, Air Canada’s leisure carrier.

The flights will be flown with Boeing 767-300ER aircraft offering a choice of premium and economy cabins.  The flights will operate four times weekly with service ending for the season on September 30, 2016.

Travel to Canada now requires all visa-exempt foreign nationals who fly or transit through Canada to have an Electronic Travel Authorization (eTA).

Exceptions include U.S. citizens and travellers with a valid Canadian visa.  Until September 29, 2016, travellers who do not have an eTA can board their flight as long as they have appropriate travel documents, such as a valid passport.

Entry requirements for other methods of travel (land, sea) have not changed.

The eTA can be obtained via an online application that takes a few minutes to complete and costs CAD $7.  To find out if you need an eTA and to apply online, please see this link: http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/visit/eta.asp

Quebec director Xavier Dolan is feeling proud after winning the pretigious second-place Grand Prix at the 69th Cannes Film Festival for “Juste la fin du monde” (It’s only the end of the world).

The young 27-year old filmmaker is not new to the international stage as he made his first foray into the Canne festival in 2009 with “J’ai tue ma mere” (I killed my mother), which he wrote when he was only 17.