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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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Biosphere of Montreal – Montreal, Québec - Atlas Obscura

Discover Biosphere of Montreal in Montreal, Québec: Designed by Buckminster Fuller, this relic of the 67 Expo survived fire and ice. (2021)


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Why Do Canadians Say 'Eh'?

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


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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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Billions in Dirty Cash Helped Fuel Vancouver's Housing Boom - Bloomberg

- Some $5 billion laundered in province last year: government - Laundering increased provincial home prices as much as 7.5% Vancouver pen... (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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College Kids Are Living Like Kings in Vancouver’s Empty Mansions - 2019 - Bloomberg

Globe-trotting landlords can avoid vacancy taxes by renting. It’s the latest twist for a housing market down 8.5% from its peak. (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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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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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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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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Canada’s climate policy - Trudeau and the Toronto troublemaker - The Economist

DOUG FORD, who is due to be sworn in as Ontario’s premier on June 29th, will not dally. The “very first item” on his agenda will be to “cancel the ... (2018)


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Inside Ontario’s Big, Bold Basic Income Experiment | Fast Company

Alana Baltzer bought her first new winter coat recently. She’s eating vegetables and fruit now instead of junk food. And, because she’s not worryin... (2018)


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Why Newfoundland has so many icebergs this year - The Economist explains

WHEN a giant and extremely photogenic iceberg grounded near the Newfoundland town of Ferryland in April, it brought global attention to the annual ... (2018)


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Why is Canada’s 150th birthday controversial? - The Economist explains

CANADA celebrates its 150th birthday on July 1st. (2018)


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Why a rocky archipelago south of Newfoundland is officially part of France - The Economist explains

THE first voters in France to cast their ballots in the May 7th presidential elections were not in Europe but on a rocky archipelago in the Atlanti... (2017)


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Why Airbus’s tie-up with Bombardier is so damaging for Boeing

The Economist, 2017: "The American aerospace giant’s campaign for tariffs against the C-Series aircraft has backfired. Aviation Week, a trade jour... (2017)


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Trump invokes War of 1812 in testy call with Trudeau over tariffs - CNN

President Donald Trump and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau had a testy phone call on May 25 over new tariffs imposed by the Trump administra... (2018)


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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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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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Bootstrapping An Online Fabric Shop and Growing to $20K/mo - Starter Story

Hi - my name is Alanna Banks and I’m the owner of Fridays Off Fabric Shop. Fridays Off is an online fabric store based in Toronto, Canada that supp... (2018)


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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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Toronto wants to kill the smart city forever | MIT Technology Review

The Canadian city wants to get right what Sidewalk Labs got so wrong. (2022)


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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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Top Hat to Acquire Nelson’s Canadian Domestic Higher Ed Textbook Business

More than 400 textbooks trusted by educators across Canada will be converted into digital courseware on Top Hat’s active learning platform, Transfo... (2020)


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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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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)


Podcast

How subsidies helped Montreal become "the Hollywood of video games" : Planet Money : NPR

For decades, Montreal has used generous tax subsidies to boost its video game industry. The policy has succeeded, but the city may need to keep the... (2022)


Book

The Day the World Came to Town: 9/11 in Gander, Newfoundland by Jim DeFede

When 38 jetliners bound for the United States were forced to land at Gander International Airport in Canada by the closing of U.S. airspace on Sept... (2018)