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Saturday, November 29, 2014

Canada- NY Times

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Brent Lewin/Bloomberg News
News about Canada, including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times.

Chronology of Coverage

  1. Nov. 25, 2014
    Study published in journal The Proceedings of the Royal Society B reports that tiny, jelly-clad crustaceans known as Holopedium are thriving in some Canadian lakes after years of acid rain have polluted them. MORE
  2. Nov. 18, 2014
    Op-Ed article by Canadian journalist Andrew Nikiforuk warns that approval of the Keystone XL pipeline will further threaten vast stretch of western Canada's boreal forest, which has already lost some two million acres to tar sands mining; contends process of extracting bitumen, petroleum in Canada's tar sands that pipeline would transport to the United States, is environmentally devastating and a hugely inefficient system. MORE
  3. Nov. 12, 2014
    Tens of thousands of Canadians gather at the National War Memorial in Ottawa, just three weeks after fatal rampage by gunman, to commemorate nation's annual Remembrance Day service; crowds are largest seen at memorial in decades. MORE
  4. Nov. 1, 2014
    Justin Bourque of Canada, convicted of fatally shooting three Royal Canadian Mounted Police officers and wounding two others, is sentenced to life in prison with no chance of parole for 75 years. MORE
  5. Oct. 29, 2014
    Terrorist attacks by extremists in Canada may prove to be a political gift for Prime Min Stephen Harper, whose Conservative Party had begun to trail in polls with elections no more than a year away; party had been saddled with scandal and faced surge among opposition in the traditionally liberal country; how adroitly Harper manages sense of national unity in wake of attacks could determine whether he cements a conservative legacy, or undoes it. MORE

Articles

Exchange-Rate Issue Is Cold Cash to N.H.L.

The decline in the value of the Canadian dollar against the United States dollar could have an impact on the size of an increase, if any, in the N.H.L.’s salary cap next season.
November 30, 2014, Sunday

Off Vancouver, an Island Home Worth the Journey

Couple builds a vacation home on a secluded waterfront.
November 28, 2014, Friday

G.M.'s Futurliner to Take Its Place Among Historically Important Vehicles

Futurliner No. 10, one of 12 G.M. built for its Parade of Progress, is scheduled for inclusion on the National Historic Vehicle Register.
November 27, 2014, Thursday

Jian Ghomeshi, Canadian Radio Host Facing Sexual Assault Charges, Is Granted Bail

Jian Ghomeshi, the former host of “Q” for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, faces four counts of sexual assault and one count of choking.
November 27, 2014, Thursday

Hacker Disrupts Government Websites in Canada

A gyrating banana greeted many visiting the pages for Parliament, the Supreme Court, the city of Ottawa and the Ottawa and Toronto police forces.
November 25, 2014, Tuesday

Iran Said to Free Imprisoned Pioneer Blogger

A prominent Iranian blogger, Hossein Derakhshan, was released from Evin Prison in Tehran, where he had been held for six years.
November 21, 2014, Friday

Cory Arcangel Teams Up With the Musician and Composer Chris D'Eon at the Met

On Saturday, the Arcangel-composed series “Dances for the Electric Piano” will be staged for the first time in the United States. Listen to it here.
November 19, 2014, Wednesday

Keystone Pipeline Pros, Cons and Steps to a Final Decision

What is the pipeline, what would it do, who wants to build it and why is it the subject of so much debate?
November 19, 2014, Wednesday

Study Shows Polar Bears Disappearing in Region

A key polar bear population fell nearly by half in the past decade, a joint study by the United States and Canada found, with scientists seeing a dramatic increase in young cubs starving and dying.
November 18, 2014, Tuesday

A Forest Threatened by Keystone XL

The pipeline would add to the ruin caused by the mining of the tar sands.
November 18, 2014, Tuesday
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