Nova Scotia

An image from "Ducks," a graphic novel by Kate Beaton, depicting the "Highway of Death."

‘Wherever the work is, we’re all going’: Graphic novelist on working in Alberta’s tar sands

Books

“Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands,” a graphic novel by Kate Beaton, from Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, tells the story of leaving home and joining thousands of others to work in the oil sands of Alberta, Canada. Beaton joined The World’s host Marco Werman to talk about her experience.

Residents receive food aid at the besieged al-Yarmouk camp,south of Damascus, April 24 2014, in this handout photograph distributed by Syria's national news agency SANA.

Scandinavians, for the first time, are joining the jihad

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What’s for Lunch? Fresh Seafood from Northumberland Strait Off Nova Scotia

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The World

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