Canadians Like the Internet 17% More Than Americans
For a respite from the usual way North America's biggest rivalry plays out, today we learn which nation, the United States or Canada, goes on the Internet most.
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Chaperones at St. David Catholic Secondary School near Waterloo, Ontario in Canada had 15 of its teenagers go missing on a school trip intended to teach "survival and backcountry camping" in a national park.
For a respite from the usual way North America's biggest rivalry plays out, today we learn which nation, the United States or Canada, goes on the Internet most.
Today in publishing and literature: HarperCollins shelled out "close to $4 million) for the former exchange student's jailhouse diaries, a Toronto library thinks it has a lost piece of correspondence from Jorge Luis Borges, and the origins of a very specific Cormac McCarthy word choice.
After raising greenhouse gas emissions by 20 percent over the past two decades -- that's four times faster than the United States's rate -- Canada is abandoning its commitment to the Kyoto Protocol.
Canada will no longer allow Muslim women to cover their faces during the citizenship oath, the country's 's immigration minister Jason Kenney announced on Monday.
Today, as both the President and Canadian PM announced a new border deal that will supposedly make crossing the border easier, more secure and better for trade all at the same time, a Toronto Star reporter asked White House officials why the U.S. media wasn't paying attention to its northern neighbors.
Some photo editor is having a really bad day at work, we're guessing, after accidentally illustrating a Guardian column on Canada with a joke Canadian flag bearing a pot leaf instead of the standard maple.
If the Kyoto Protocol, already weak, collapses entirely, there could be good reason to blame Canada.
After a day of staring at Twitter, we're sharing our favorite tweets that made no sense.
Setting aside a contentious political issue until after the 2012 election, the Obama Administration is postponing a decision on whether to allow an oil pipeline to run from Canada to the Gulf Coast.
According to Canadians, Canada's new polymer bills feature naked women, sex toys, ghosts, and Pinocchio.
Senior officials at the State Department cheered the company's quest for approval
A Canadian band named after a drug reference is hoping to cash in on U.S. politics
A student misunderstood a professor's comment in class and raised the alarm
Melbourne now holds the distinction, and it's gloating
Jack Layton passed away Monday morning from complications with cancer
Stage collapsed after windstorm swept through Canada's capitol
Canoeing, cooking, visiting, wearing different kinds of clothing… So many activities!
Cooks invited to compete at ambassador's house in Ottawa
The Royal Couple's tour of Canada gets competitive
Plus: dispatches from the mail embargo
Protests native to Twitter have recently occurred in Canada, the U.K., and Turkey
A triumph by Stephen Harper's Conservative government leaves the Liberals in disarray
Stephen Harper's Conservative government fell after a no-confidence vote
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