Mining in parts of the Pacific Ocean was meant to benefit poor countries, but an international agency gave a Canadian company access to prized seabed sites with metals crucial to the green energy revolution.
Tag: Canada
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In Sarah Nurse, a Found Voice for Hockey
Nurse, 27, is the first Black woman to win Olympic gold in women’s hockey. Before she set the single-tournament points record in Beijing, she faced years of underestimation.
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Churchill Portrait Disappears in Art Heist in Canada
An original print of the famous photograph taken by Yousuf Karsh is missing after staff at a hotel in Ottawa realized last week that someone had swapped it for a fake.
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In Vancouver, Indigenous Communities Get Prime Land, and Power
After acquiring some of the biggest and most coveted parcels of land in Vancouver, the city’s three First Nations are becoming players in the biggest game in town — real estate.
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Canada’s Growing Linguistic Diversity
A new report from Canada’s census agency shows that one in four people speak a language other than English or French as their native tongue.