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The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition

Calais , city (1990 pop. 78,836), Pas-de-Calais dept., N France, in Picardy, on the Straits of Dover. An industrial center with a great variety of manufactures, it has been a major commercial seaport and a communications center with England since the Middle Ages. A major cross-channel ferry and hovercraft port, it is near the site of the Channel Tunnel linking France with England. It was fortified (13th cent.) by the counts of Boulogne. In 1347, after a siege of 11 months, Calais fell to Edward III of England. A bronze monument by Rodin commemorates the famous episode of the six burghers who... Read more

Calais
Calais City and seaport in Pas-de-Calais department, nw France. An important port and commercial centre...retaken in 1558. It suffered much damage during World War II . Calais lies c. 34km (21mi) across the English Channel from Dover , and... Read more

Pas‐de‐Calais
Pas‐de‐Calais, Nord‐Pas‐de‐Calais/France A department meaning the ‘Strait of Calais’, otherwise known as the ‘Strait of Dover’, from pas ‘strait’ or ‘pass’. Read more

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	Calais woman charged in theft of $197,000 Checks taken were made out to education program ; CALAIS - A local woman who served as a secretary and bookkeeper...Tuesday and charged with stealing nearly $200,000 from the Calais School Department. Tina Moholland, 36, was charged with...own accounts even though they were made out to the city's Calais Day Treatment Program, Povich said. One check was ... Read more
	Developers promote Calais LNG project Navigation at issue, but support claimed ; CALAIS - A group of developers looking to build a liquefied natural gas facility on a stretch of Calais shoreline spent the past week promoting the project, though...a retired utility executive from Pennsylvania, to form Calais LNG Project Co. Gelber and Emery said in an interview Tuesday... Read more
	Football: Calais find honour in glorious capitulation ; QUEEN MARY, having lost Calais to the French in the 16th century, said...later, the amateur football players of Calais have engraved themselves in the hearts...over Reginald Becque, the captain of Calais. The two young men - the professional... Read more
	Devils win 55th in a row Cam Shorey '3' lifts Calais over Pandas ; CALAIS - The rumblings were evident throughout the Eastern Maine...armed with confidence and memories of a narrow loss to Calais on the opening night of the season, and the Pandas pushed...the left baseline with less than two minutes left gave Calais the lead for good, and the Blue Devils held on to edge... Read more
	Calais bridge project clears another hurdle ; CALAIS - The proposed bridge between Calais and St. Stephen, New Brunswick, cleared a significant hurdle Wednesday...Maine Department of Transportation announced the permit for the Calais-St. Stephen border-crossing project had been received, than opponents... Read more
	Calais, MA Lynx in split Blue Devils post win in girls game ; CALAIS - Good shooting was the key for the Calais girls and Mattanawcook boys basketball teams in a doubleheader...girls and Blue Devil boys at the high school gym here. The Calais girls shot 64.5 percent from the floor and hit 17 of 23... Read more
	Tribal officials lay out plans for Calais LNG site ; CALAIS - It could become the first and only tribally owned liquefied natural gas facility in the country...Passamaquoddy Tribe at Indian Township hopes that this city will be its partner. At a joint meeting of the Calais City Council and planning board last week, Calais LNG and its business partner - ... Read more
	Calais day treatment employee accused of theft appears in court ; MACHIAS - A 36-year-old Calais woman learned Monday that if she is...of stealing nearly $200,000 from the Calais Day Treatment Program she could be sentenced...ordered to have no contact with the Calais Day Treatment Program and to report... Read more
	Calais claims regional Class C prize ; ...It's difficult enough to defeat the Calais boys basketball team when it's playing...points and seven assists as top-ranked Calais shot 66 percent from the field to earn...big-time players came to play tonight," said Calais coach Ed Leeman. "Sammy stepped up and... Read more
	Unbeaten Calais boys spell relief with two straight C's ; ...One of the biggest challenges facing the Calais boys basketball team has been the expectation...suggested, but top- ranked and undefeated Calais is right back where it wants to be after...sigh of relief for us right now," said Calais coach Ed Leeman. "As much jubilation as... Read more

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	France has opened Delta 3, a new multimodal rail/road/waterways logistics hub in the Nord Pas de Calais region.(Francepln)(Brief Article)
	A new so-called tri-modal terminal, incorporating rail, road, and waterway facilities, has opened at Dourges, Nord-Pas-de-Calais.(France)
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