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WORLD
Jul 1, 2021

Deaths surge in U.S. and Canada from worst heat wave on record

The worst of the heat had passed by Wednesday, but the state of Oregon reported 63 deaths linked to the heat wave.
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BUSINESS
Nov 22, 2019

Propane shortage looms as strike at Canada's biggest railroad enters third day

Shippers scrambled to shift freight onto trucks on Thursday as a strike at Canada's biggest railroad, Canadian National Railway Co., entered its third day and left the critical fuel propane and other goods stranded.
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BUSINESS
Feb 6, 2019

Trump squeezes Texas refineries with Venezuela sanctions amid Keystone pipeline impasse

U.S. refiners are eager to buy Canadian heavy crude to replace supplies they had been importing from Venezuela that are now blocked by Trump administration sanctions.
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WORLD / Crime & Legal
Oct 22, 2022

Canada bans new handgun sales in latest gun control action

Regulations prohibiting the sale, purchase or transfer of handguns within Canada took effect on Friday.
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BUSINESS
May 21, 2022

Bacon, chicken and beef won’t get cheaper anytime soon

Farmers across the world are contending with near-record prices for livestock feed as supplies of grains and soy shrink.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Feb 19, 2022

Curling drifts to the East, where rock stars are being born

In recent years, Japan, China and South Korea have embraced the sport, investing resources, creating celebrities and changing the competitive landscape.
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WORLD / Politics
Feb 15, 2022

Canada PM Trudeau enlists banks to help stop protests in emergency move

In a bid to stop the protests, the Canadian prime minister invoked rarely used emergency powers to choke off the flow of money to demonstrators.
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WORLD
Nov 19, 2021

18,000 still stranded as floods threaten to be Canada's costliest natural disaster

Estimates suggest insured losses will far exceed the CA$3.6 billion caused by wildfires that hit Alberta's oil-producing region of Fort McMurray in 2016.
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WORLD / Science & Health
Aug 4, 2020

'Gnarly' tumor shows dinosaurs also got cancer

When scientists first unearthed fossils of a horned dinosaur called Centrosaurus in the badlands of Dinosaur Provincial Park in Canada's Alberta province in 1989, they spotted a badly malformed leg bone they figured was a healed fracture.
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Apr 25, 2020

Triathlon's Grand Final will not take place in 2020

The World Triathlon Grand Final, scheduled for August in Edmonton, Alberta, will not take place in 2020, with restrictions due to the COVID-19 outbreak making it impossible for the event to take place according to organizers.
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WORLD / Politics
Feb 27, 2020

Trudeau wants it all on climate and oil, but it's not working out

Justin Trudeau's ambition was to forge a grand bargain to develop Canada's resources. In trying to please everyone, he has pleased no one.
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WORLD / Politics
Sep 16, 2019

Concern about climate could carry Greens to breakthrough in Canadian election

With climate change a top concern heading into next month's Canadian election and mainstream candidates offering little inspiration, Green Party leader Elizabeth May could be poised for a breakthrough.
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MORE SPORTS
Sep 3, 2018

Canada's national water polo squad forges new bonds during trip to Japan

Half a world away from home, quality competition is a top priority for the Canada men's national water polo team.
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COMMENTARY / Japan
Mar 13, 2018

Japan's overworked and underpaid teachers

The nation's school teachers are in dire need of better working conditions.
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BUSINESS
Aug 30, 2017

Water-borne drill staged by protesters seeking to block Canada oil pipeline, Vancouver terminal

On a sparsely populated island off the coast of the northwestern United States, more than a hundred environmental activists gathered last weekend to practice seaborne drills to disrupt construction on Kinder Morgan Canada Ltd.'s Westridge crude oil terminal.
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WORLD
Mar 2, 2017

How much urine is in a swimming pool? Canadian study finds the answer

Canadian researchers studying urine levels in swimming pools have discovered just how high the levels are, and the results are not pretty, according to an article published on Wednesday.
WORLD
Dec 29, 2016

Canadian man punches cougar attacking a dog near fast food chain

A Canadian man punched a cougar in the face to stop it from attacking his dog in a wooded area near a fast food chain in Whitecourt, central Alberta, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) said on Wednesday.
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BASKETBALL / B. League / B. LEAGUE NOTEBOOK
Jul 28, 2016

Tohoku Cup offers fans early treat

An annual tradition is growing.
WORLD / Politics
Nov 4, 2015

Trudeau set to take office in Canada, make half of his Cabinet female

Justin Trudeau promised in June that half of his Cabinet would be female if he was elected Canada's prime minister. On Wednesday, he was set to get the job and make good on the vow — bruising the egos of some experienced men who won't make it to the top tier of government.
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WORLD / Science & Health
Apr 16, 2015

Snap, crackle, pop: Study reveals secret behind knuckle-cracking

Some people like the sound of knuckle-cracking and others loathe it, but for years there has been disagreement among scientists about what actually causes it.
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COMMENTARY / World
Mar 13, 2015

How long will the price of oil remain low?

The real struggle over cheap oil prices is between the 'frackers' and Saudi Arabia, because the latter is the 'swing producer' in the OPEC cartel. Regardless of which side wins, the game should end in two years.
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ASIA PACIFIC / Politics / ANALYSIS
Aug 6, 2014

Spy probe heightens China-Canada tensions, reflects split in Ottawa

China's decision to investigate two Canadians for suspected spying highlights a sharp and unexpected deterioration in bilateral ties just months ahead of a trip by Canada's Prime Minister Stephen Harper to Beijing.
WORLD / FOCUS
Jul 10, 2013

Quebec train disaster sparks rail vs. pipeline debate

The railroad put the small lakeside town of Lac-Megantic on the map. And over the weekend, the railroad wiped part of the town off the map.
ENVIRONMENT
Apr 2, 2013

Exxon Mobil mops up large pipeline spill

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COMMENTARY
Aug 31, 2011

Time for U.S. to say yes to Canadian oil sands

When it comes to energy, America is lucky to be next to Canada, whose proven oil reserves are estimated by Oil and Gas Journal at 175 billion barrels.
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COMMUNITY / Voices / HAVE YOUR SAY
Sep 7, 2010

Readers offer their thoughts on jettisoning JET

Following are a selection of readers' responses to the July 27 Zeit Gist column headlined "Ex-students don't want JET grounded" by Eric Johnston and Kanako Nakamura:
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COMMUNITY
Jun 19, 2010

Canadian keeps options open via multitask tack

When Osaka-based entrepreneur Ray Kruger, 60, takes a break from a 70-hour work week to reminisce, his stories command attention. He explains about the haunted Buddhist temple he owns in the mountains near Kameoka, Kyoto Prefecture, a 440-year-old registered national treasure still used for occasional...
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ENVIRONMENT / WILD WATCH
Sep 19, 2007

Serendipity twice over

On a calm evening, I looked out from my balcony toward the mountains to the west, beyond Sapporo. Those distant peaks stretched in an apparently unbroken chain, from the gently sloping flanks of volcanic Mount Tarumae at the southernmost end, rising and falling northward in a bold, time-weathered horizon...

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Wozme, founded by dancer and choreographer Wakaba Kohei, is composed of Kana Kitty, Ami Ishii, Akane Watanabe and Natsuki. Its aim is to inject elegance and beauty, traits traditionally associated with femininity, into the sometimes grotesque art form of butoh dance.
Wozme, an all-women dance troupe, wants to move the needle in butoh