Science, Tech & Environment
PRI's The World
July 21, 2017
A new oil pipeline from Alberta to British Columbia would cross native land and send more than six times as many tankers through crowded waterways between Vancouver and Seattle. That has people on both sides of the border vowing to fight.
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Health & Medicine
Vancouver combats heroin by giving its addicts the best smack in the world
PRI's The World
February 04, 2015
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Heroin has been a major problem in Vancouver for decades. To battle it, the city has launched a new program that provides serious addicts pure heroin three times a day. Is that actually a good idea?
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Conflict & Justice
'They look at our children as monsters, and they're not,' argues mom of ISIS fighter
PRI's The World
December 30, 2015
Christianne Boudreau's son Damian died fighting with ISIS in Syria last year. Now she's reaching out to other parents, coping with jihadist radicalization.
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Arts, Culture & Media
Purists don't like this mix of Acadian French and English, but it may be helping the French language in Canada
The World in Words
April 05, 2016
If you want to upset French language purists, learn to speak Chiac. It's a dialect of Acadian French spoken in New Brunswick that borrows liberally from English. Even as other North American dialects and languages are vanishing, Chiac seems to be sticking around.
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Arts, Culture & Media
How a Canadian radio host's firing started a global conversation about sexual assault
PRI's The World
November 04, 2014
Statistics show that rape is a crime that is rarely reported. But a scandal involving a Canadian radio talk show host has sparked a global conversation about sexual assault. Now thousands of men and women are tweeting about their experiences using the hashtag #BeenRapedNeverReported.
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Conflict & Justice
An ex-US soldier sues his adversary in Afghanistan to keep him from reaping millions of dollars
PRI's The World
June 02, 2014
Canadian Omar Khadr was just 15 when he allegedly threw a grenade in Afghanistan that injured Sergeant Layne Morris and killed another American. Now Khadr is suing the Canadian government for $20 million and Sergeant Morris intends to stop him from using that money.
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Arts, Culture & Media
Why I’m actually moving to Canada
PRI's The World
November 16, 2016
The United States, which gave refuge to my Kosovar wife, is no place for our future children.
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Conflict & Justice
Habib Zahori was scared to seek asylum in the US. So he pushed a rickety bicycle through snow to get to Canada.
PRI's The World
February 23, 2017
"I think I was the only living thing walking there, with my bicycle. ... I've never felt as miserable as that day."
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Health & Medicine
Historical photos circulating depict women medical pioneers
PRI's The World
July 15, 2013
A photo of three pioneering women doctors has been circulating in social media -- but they're not wearing white lab coats. They're wearing culturally significant dress and they represent the first women doctors from their countries, back in the 1800s.
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Lifestyle & Belief
The ayatollah and the rabbi who teamed up to help Syrian refugees
PRI's The World
April 06, 2016
In Canada, an imam from Iran has joined up with his next-door neighbor, a Reform rabbi, to help raise funds to resettle families fleeing civil war. What brought the unlikely duo together? It began with parking.
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Conflict & Justice
Christianne Boudreau lost her son when he went to fight with ISIS. Now she's doing something about it.
PRI's The World
January 13, 2015
Damian Clairmont converted to Islam and died fighting for ISIS in Syria one year ago this week. His mother is reaching out to other parents who fear the same future for their children.