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How Canada invented ‘American’ football, baseball, basketball and hockey - CBC Sports

North America's favourite sports all have Canadian roots - CBC Sports Longform (2023)


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The ticking bomb under Canada’s constitution | The Economist

The obscure-sounding “notwithstanding clause” is actually rather dangerous | The Americas (2022)


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Charter fights - Canada’s constitution is being trampled by populists | The Economist

The “notwithstanding clause” lets politicians nullify citizens’ rights. It needs to go | Leaders (2022)


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Saskatchewan announces international student growth strategy

The government of Saskatchewan in Canada has announced a new provincial strategy to support the growth of international students. “ As part of t... (2021)


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Tech Workers Are Living the American Dream—in Canada

The short-sighted immigration policies of the US administration is driving top talent north of the border. But there's a new global winner: Cana... (2020)


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Why Do Canadians Say 'Eh'?

The story behind Canada’s most distinctive verbal tic. (2017)


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O Canada, never stop being weird | Emer O’Toole | Opinion

They say my adopted country, 150 this year, is dull. From puppets to survivalism, the truth is far stranger Canada Day is approaching, and it’s ... (2017)


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Canada’s Newest Unicorn: Edtech Startup ApplyBoard Raises $75M At $1.4B Valuation

ApplyBoard's revenue surged by 500 percent year-over-year in 2019. (2020)


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University in Canada - Using your Cambridge qualifications to study in Canada

Destination Canada Using your Cambridge qualifications to study in Canada (2019)


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Canada partly to blame for trash fracas with Philippines, say environmentalists | CBC News

The federal government says it’s pursuing all legal options against the now-defunct company that shipped tons of garbage to the Philippines, but ex... (2019)


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What if Montcalm had won? - The Globe and Mail

New France was not the Golden Age nationalist myth-makers made it out to be (2009)


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America Was 20 Minutes Away From Being French

How French hubris determined the fate of North America. “Go there at dawn. The Plains of Abraham are located in what is now downtown Quebec C... (2016)


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Canada to ban keeping whales, dolphins in captivity - CBC

Animal welfare advocates are celebrating after the House of Commons voted Monday to ban keeping whales, dolphins and porpoises in captivity — in a ... (2019)


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Toronto doesn’t want to be Silicon Valley. It’s building something better - Fast Company

As the U.S. feels less welcoming to enterprising immigrants, Toronto—North America’s fastest-growing tech market—is doubling down on its diversity. (2019)


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Police in Canada Are Tracking People’s ‘Negative’ Behavior In a ‘Risk’ Database - VICE

The database includes detailed, but “de-identified,” information about people’s lives culled from conversations between police, social services, he... (2019)


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How a Canadian Chain Is Reinventing Book Selling - The New York Times

Indigo is expanding to the United States with its new model for how a big bookstore chain can thrive in the era of online retail. (2019)


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You're not poor. You're broke || The Guardian

My heart breaks when my friends conflate the two terms: understanding the difference between ‘broke’ and ‘poor’ is the first step toward building a... (2019)


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Culture Shock for French in Quebec: ‘We Smoke Cigarettes, They Smoke Pot’ - The New York Times

Thousands of French people are coming to live in Quebec and discovering that a common language doesn’t necessarily mean a common culture. (2019)


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How Airbnb is squeezing Toronto’s housing market – VICE News

In the midst of a mounting rental crisis, the city is still unable to enforce rules that would limit ghost hotels. (2019)


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What Is a Polar Vortex and Why Is It Making It So Cold Right Now?

Some scientists believe climate change could make these events more common. (2019)


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The Marijuana Billionaire Who Doesn’t Smoke Weed - Fortune

Marijuana: How Cannabis Stock Tilray Brought Weed to America | Fortune Backed by Big Beer and Big Pharma, a secretive Canadian marijuana company... (2019)


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Historic Quebec City Braces Itself For An Ultra-Modern Skyscraper

Le Phare would stand 65-stories high in Sainte-Foy, an old, low-lying suburb of the historic city. (2019)


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Even With a Housing Oversupply, Quebec City Is Coming For Its Farmland

As agricultural areas are snatched up and transformed into new housing developments, one farmer keeps fighting. (2019)


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Canada Says, ‘Give Me Your MBAs, Your Entrepreneurs’ - 2019 - Bloomberg

Foreign talent helps power the nation’s economic boom... In August, there were about 570,000 international students in Canada, a 60 percent jump fr... (2019)


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What Happened After Two Decades of Affordable Child Care in Quebec - CityLab

With more than two decades behind it, the Quebec program that spawned an affordable child care model has some lessons for the rest of the world. (2019)


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Is Montreal Affordable? Montrealers Say Not Really. - CityLab

Compared to Toronto and Vancouver, Montreal’s real estate market looks enviable—but its rents are shaped by factors other cities can’t replicate. (2018)


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Calgary voters reject city’s pursuit of 2026 Winter Olympics - The Globe and Mail

The Olympic bid appears to be over as 56 per cent of voters said No in a plebiscite held only two weeks after a public funding deal was struck (2018)


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Pipeline Vandals Are Reinventing Climate Activism | WIRED

Angry about climate change, activists shut down an oil pipeline in Minnesota—and then tried to convince a jury that their illegal actions were nece... (2018)


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Quebec's Right-Leaning Party Is Set to Collide With Liberal Montreal - CityLab

A newly elected center-right party could put the province in ideological opposition to its biggest city, a left-leaning metropolis with a mayor tha... (2018)


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Corona beer maker Constellation ups bet on cannabis with $4 billion investment in Canopy Growth

Constellation is not planning to sell a drinkable cannabis product in the U.S. before legalization happens across the nation, but it may begin doin... (2018)


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H-1B visa holders: How The U.S. Lost Thousands Of High-Skilled Workers To Canada

On July 16, 2023 Canada opened visa applications for a pilot program that would allow up to 10,000 H-1B visa holders in the United States to apply ... (2023)


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How I Transformed Canada Goose Into A Billion-Dollar Brand

When Dani Reiss took the reins as CEO of Canada Goose at age 27, he was running a company that brought in $2.2 million a year in revenue. Today, th... (2023)


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LNG, Liquid Natural Gas: Canada’s $30BN Gamble To Become An Energy Superpower

It's one of North America's biggest megaprojects, but you've probably never heard of it. Read how Bluebeam Revu helped one company in the oil and g... (2023)


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Why didn't Canada join the American Revolution? (Short Animated Documentary)

Why didn't Canada join the American Revolution? (Short Animated Documentary) (2023)


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"Who Drew The Map of Canada??" - Jim Gaffigan Stand Up

I toured all across Canada from British Columbia, Calgary, Edmonton and The Maritimes. PALE TOURIST is NOW streaming on Amazon Prime Video. Also ch... (2023)


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Making It | What It Costs To Live in Toronto - Vice News

VICE News Published on Sep 15, 2017 Canada is often lauded for its healthcare system but if you’re trying to buy a place in Toronto, the housin... (2018)


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Canada's New Shipping Shortcut

Wendover Productions Published on Apr 25, 2017 (2018)


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Vancouver: China’s Millionaire Migration

SBS Dateline, 2016: "Over 100,000 Chinese millionaires have moved to Vancouver, sparking everything from a reality show to a property boom making ... (2018)