Canada

Soccer official with Iranian ties says he is shocked national team won't play in B.C.

VICTORIA — Babak Shahbazi has travelled to France, Germany, Brazil and Russia to watch the Iranian national team play for the World Cup, and when he heard that Iran could be playing in Vancouver in the...

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Eager students plus gruelling six-hour math exam equals 'fun' at Putnam competition

ST. JOHN'S — Undergraduate students across North America sat down on Saturday to write a gruelling six-hour math exam, many of them unlikely to solve a single problem. The notoriously brutal William...

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Eager students write gruelling six-hour math exam at Putnam competition

ST. JOHN'S — Undergraduate students across North America sat down on Saturday to write a gruelling six-hour math exam, many of them unlikely to solve a single problem. The notoriously brutal William...

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Writer and photographer Stephen Thorne remembered as dogged, keen-eyed storyteller

OTTAWA — Journalist Stephen Thorne, who movingly chronicled some of the most difficult episodes in recent Canadian history, died Friday after being ill with prostate cancer. He was 66. Thorne spent much...

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Writer and photographer Stephen Thorne remembered as dogged, keen-eyed storyteller

OTTAWA — Journalist Stephen Thorne, who movingly chronicled some of the most difficult episodes in recent Canadian history, died Friday after being ill with prostate cancer. He was 66. Thorne spent much...

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Air Transat to start halting flights Monday after pilots issue 72-hour strike notice

MONTREAL — Air Transat pilots set the stage for a strike as early as Wednesday morning, issuing a 72-hour notice to the struggling company on the cusp of the busy holiday travel season. The Air Line...

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Air Transat to start cancelling flights Monday after pilots issue 72-hour strike notice

Air Transat pilots set the stage for a strike as early as Wednesday morning, issuing a 72-hour notice to the struggling company on the cusp of the busy holiday travel season. The Air Line Pilots Association...

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Document reveals approval to harvest remnant old-growth in B.C.'s northwest

British Columbia's logging agency has changed a policy that conserved remnant old-growth forest in the province's northwest, with a government briefing note showing a plan to open those areas for harvesting...

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Experts urge Ottawa to seek new trading opportunities within the Western Hemisphere

OTTAWA — Canada is missing out on economic opportunities in its own backyard, says a new report from the Canadian Council for the Americas. "Latin America is the neglected ... close cousin of Canada,"...

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Experts urge Ottawa to seek new trading opportunities within the Western Hemisphere

OTTAWA — Canada is missing out on economic opportunities in its own backyard, says a new report from the Canadian Council for the Americas. "Latin America is the neglected ... close cousin of Canada,"...

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