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The Quebecois soft cheese fries drowned in brown sauce, wants to make it as the “next culinary trend” worldwide
At 3,304 and counting, the list of officially recognized emojis includes more than just happy faces, hearts and clinking beer mugs. With certain icons there are politics at play, and even questions about regional pride and sovereignty, as lawmakers in the Canadian province of Quebec made clear in recent days. For now, there is no […]
The truth, the whole truth … and exactly what he thinks — but should never say out loud.
While some cities are plagued by youth gangs and others by encroaching wild animals, one neighborhood of Ottawa is reckoning with a small but very scary cat. According to the Ottawa Citizen, the Glebe area of the Canadian capital has been terrorized by a relentless pet feline aggressor who swipes at peoples’ faces and bullies […]
Long considered the ‘capital of Canadian humor,’ the Quebec city is currently facing simultaeous storms: the pandemic, #MeToo accusations and a deeper debate on the limits of comedy.
As the pandemic’s first wave of lockdowns began, there was plenty of chatter about how it would affect couples, relationships and sex — and consequently what it would mean for contraception. Earlier this year, the UN warned in a report that more than 47 million women in 114 countries could lose access to contraception if […]
In developed countries, this long period of self-isolation has caused waistlines to bulge — a serious matter, especially since obesity is a clear COVID-19 risk factor.
-OpEd- Let’s talk about the words that are at the center of this wake-up-call of a debate. There’s the word “racism,” for starters. It’s a garbage dump of a word, one that embodies a stinking reality, that brings to mind filth like Hitler and the Ku Klux Klan. That’s what comes to the mind of […]
Welcome to Monday, where China ends its two-child policy, Netanyahu risks losing his job, and Darth Vader’s house is up for sale. We’ve also zoomed in on a single photo to mark the 100th anniversary of the Tulsa Race Massacre in our This Happened video. • China bumps two-child policy up to three: China announces […]
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Not Quite Groundhog Day
I had to be quick to snap a photo of this little fellow in Banff National Park in the Canadian Rockies, before it dashed back into its burrow. I’d always assumed it was a groundhog, like those I’m used to seeing in the French Alps. But looking at it now, I’m quite sure it’s a […]
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Miles And Miles Across Canada
In the westernmost point of British Columbia, we found the “Mile 0” marker of the Trans-Canada Highway. Though we covered a lot of Canadian ground, we never made it the 4,860 miles across to the “Mile 1” marker in St. John’s, Newfoundland Labrador. I’m not sure whether it makes more sense to call the starting […]
These easy-to-build and ‘climate-change-proof’ homes are growing popular in places like Miami that are prone to hurricanes and flooding.
Algorithms can certainly speed things up. But are they an appropriate tool processing residency and asylum claims that are nuanced and complex by nature?
MONTREAL — The video lasted just seven seconds, but it was enough to unleash a fury of online outrage. “They could have chosen anyone else to make an ad,” one Facebook user wrote. “Things start to stink a hell of a lot when governments and big companies push the neighbor’s religion on us …” The […]
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Multi-Layered Selfie
Fellow travelers were posing next to Queen Elizabeth Park’s famous “Photo Session” statues, with the city of Vancouver as a backdrop. I added a layer to this already self-referential work of art: The shadow on the bottom right, next to the bronze statue of the photographer, is mine.
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En Français, Please
The language situation in Canada“s predominantly French-speaking province of Quebec can lead to baffling bilingual signs like this one at the Montreal airport.
-OpEd- MONTREAL — The news spread around the world: Canada had just changed the English version of its national anthem, replacing the line “in all thy sons command” with “in all of us command.” Why? To make it gender neutral of course. Officially, and in order to reduce the significance of this change, they pretend […]
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The Grandfather Of Selfies
My wife and I were ahead of the times with this selfie from the early 90s in the Butchart Gardens near Vancouver.
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Little House On The Canadian Prairie
Neither Mormon, nor Amish — just some actors bringing 19th Acadia back to life in the open-air museum of Village Historique Acadien in Canada’s New Brunswick.
PARIS — What is France to do, as neighbors, and we Europeans, as fellow citizens, faced with the declaration of independence of Catalonia? It undermines a large European democracy on our border, Spain, and places us in the face of an unprecedented challenge. Within what right do we say “yes’ or “no” when the nationalism […]
OTTAWA — One has brown hair, the other orange. One is effortlessly bilingual, the other horrifies editors of the Oxford English Dictionary. One openly calls himself a feminist, the other grabs female genitals. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau makes for a tempting contrast with President Trump. He seems like the picture of serene and right-thinking liberal mindedness compared with all of the United States’ most cartoonishly boorish elements. As a Canadian, I’m not surprised that the American news media and the Internet are saturated by swooning profiles. The Rolling Stone cover story “Why Can’t He Be Our President” was only […]
Admitting newcomers based on their skills is smart; cutting their numbers in half is a mistake.
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Diamond Hunting In The Arctic
The pay is good. And much of the work is automated. But life at the isolated Gahcho Kué diamond mine, in northern Canada, isn’t for the faint of heart.
I see a wisdom behind the slowness. I’ve learned that he must give the question full attention and respect, and won’t answer lightly.
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One Unfriendly Canadian
Banff National Park in the Canadian Rockies varies widely in elevation, climate, and plant life, making it the perfect place to catch (from a respectable distance) an incredible diversity of wildlife in their natural habitat. That was one grouchy-looking bighorn sheep. See more slides from My Grand-Père’s World here.
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Faraway Forge
This traditional blacksmith, in the open-air museum of Village Historique Acadien in Canada’s New Brunswick province, brought back memories of my hometown. I grew up — and still live — near one of the oldest forges in France.
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Need A Bigger Boat
Don’t worry: This little vessel in the port of Caraquet, New Brunswick, was not about to crash down. It was simply attached to the hull of a bigger fishing boat.
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On This Day – October 30
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The Bay of Fundy, on the Atlantic coast of Canada, boasts the highest tides in the world … and apparently some of the tallest suds as well.
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Poles Of Attraction
The nine totem poles in Vancouver’s Stanley Park were impressive both for the carvings, and the height. For some perspective, my wife Claudine, in the foreground, was about 5ft7.
An estimated 4,500 Westerners have joined ISIS so far — leaving behind devastated parents who never saw the signs of radicalization. Here’s one story from Canada.
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Laundry International
When you travel as much as I did, laundry drying in the heat is one of the sights you get to see around the world and through the ages.
-Essay- I am short of breath. My brow is wet with sweat, and my fingertips are tingling. I can’t seem to concentrate. I’m happy, but there’s this idea nagging inside of me that I might lose that very happiness I’m feeling. That is indeed the cause of my anxiety. It’s not the fault of the […]
Of the various measures emerging to combat global warming, a small Canadian company says its solution to manipulate Carbon Dioxide is both easy to set up, and scalable.
WHAT A MUSLIM MAYOR COULD MEAN FOR LONDON It’s Super Thursday in the UK, with voters in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland choosing their next parliaments. But it’s the British capital, which is set to replace maverick Boris Johnson as mayor, that has eyeballs from around the world. Frontrunner Sadiq Khan, if elected, would be […]
The entire population of the western Canadian city of Fort McMurray has been ordered to leave because of massive wildfires sparked by record high heat. Abnormally warm and dry weather — with temperatures hitting 90.6 °F (32 °C) Tuesday — in Fort McMurray is fuelling the fire, whose origin is as of yet unknown. About […]