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Haiti's camps of despair
Haitians of all ages jeer and push, some laughing, as the mass of sweating bodies moves along the perimeter of the camp. Unable to escape her captors, the young woman falls to the ground, and, after...
G20 Analysis
That and irate letters-to-the-editor wondering how can it be that this is all we got for a billion bucks, and whether these affairs, if needed at all, couldn't be more frugally managed and the money now pumped into them better spent on worthier initiatives than the "glorified photoops" that critics say such
Throw out the script and have more fun. Albert Nerenberg extols the Improv Revolution
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Radon is invisible, deadly
Two years later, Bedard read an article about radon in Touring magazine, published by CAA-Quebec. Radon is a colourless, odourless and radioactive gas that can seep into buildings, she learned, and has been recognized by the International Agency for Research on Cancer as a direct cause of lung cancer since
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Designing patient care
After years of wistful thinking and months of diligent consultation with everyone from the attending physician and front-line nurse to the folks who scrub the sinks, the McGill University Health Centre settled on a blueprint for the smart hospital room of the future.
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The world is on the ball
A big pool of pla yers, industrial wealth , experience ... Of course, it doesn’t hurt to be Brazil Hubert Bauch looks at the globalized game with the passionate local followers
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Cyclists on the right path in Granby
Granby has 97 kilometres of paved bike paths that attract thousands of cyclists every summer - so many that the paths have become a top tourist draw, on a par with the Granby Zoo.
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Can farming save Haiti?
"There are three million farming families in Haiti," Charles Henri Baker, a leading candidate in Haiti's coming elections, told The Gazette. "The textile sector, to which I belong ... could create 100,000, maybe 200,000 jobs. Agriculture can create three million jobs, bring down the cost of living and decentralize the four million people living in and around Port-au-Prince. ... They could go back to their villages and lead positive lives, rather than stay in Port-au-Prince and just barely make a living."
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Where elms still flourish
Perched on a cliff with a castle, a rampart and a river view to die for, Quebec City is one of the most beautiful cities in the world.
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Yes, we've still got game
Some scientists now believe human beings were made to have fun. So what stops us? In The Gazette's second Science of Fun series, Albert Nerenberg looks at the enemies of fun - the Fun-Busters.
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White-nose syndrome: North American bats are dying
In March, Frédérick Lelièvre found himself crawling through a narrow passage into the final chamber of the Laflèche Cave in Val des Monts. Raising his eyes to the hibernating bats on the rock above him, his heart dropped. The tiny lime-size animals were dusted with a white powdery substance.
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Drug war or drug deal?
Like most cops in the Mexican border city of Ciudad Juarez, Jesus Manuel Fierro-Mendez was dirty.
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Asbestos: silky, strong - deadly
Ask Dr. Fernand Turcotte, a grizzled veteran of the tobacco wars, whether he thinks his side's latest salvo against another deadly industry will be successful, and there is a long sigh on the other end of the phone line.
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