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A 1930s movement wanted to merge the US, Canada and Greenland. Here’s why it has modern resonances

A 1930s movement wanted to merge the US, Canada and Greenland. Here’s why it has modern resonances: A movement that wanted to merge North America into one nation and extend its borders as far as the Panama Canal might sound incredibly familiar. But this group, called the “technocracy movement”, was a group of 1930s nonconformists …

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Rishi Sunak is introducing the polarised climate politics of the US, Canada and Australia to the UK

Rishi Sunak is introducing the polarised climate politics of the US, Canada and Australia to the UK: In two recent speeches, UK prime minister Rishi Sunak highlighted the costs of everything from heat pumps to electric vehicles as justification for weakening the country’s climate policy. There is a strategy behind this, but it’s one that …

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Street gangs in South Africa and Canada are worlds apart – but they have a great deal in common

Street gangs in South Africa and Canada are worlds apart – but they have a great deal in common: A former gang member in Cape Town, South Africa, shows off his tattoos. Courtesy Dariusz Dziewanski At first glance, it would appear that there’s little in common between the vast plains of the Canadian Prairies and …

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Canada wildfires: an area larger than the Netherlands has been burned so far this year — here’s what is causing them

Canada wildfires: an area larger than the Netherlands has been burned so far this year — here’s what is causing them: British Columbia, Canada. EB Adventure Photography/Shutterstock Over the past few weeks, wildfires have ravaged large swathes of Canada. The fires have burned millions of hectares of land, displaced tens of thousands of people and …

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Canada Day at Kits Beach

Check out this Bikini Beach image: Canada Day at Kits Beach Image by Canadian Veggie What a perfect way to spend Canada Day. Relaxing on the beach. Image automatically curated and published by www.free-mail.co.za – CLICK HERE to learn more about WP Robot for WordPress. Have you tried: Diving with Sharks?

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Cool British Library digitised image from page 250 of “[La Maison John Bull et Cie.] John Bull & Co. The Great Colonial Branches of the Firm: Canada, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa” image

A nice South African City image: British Library digitised image from page 250 of “[La Maison John Bull et Cie.] John Bull & Co. The Great Colonial Branches of the Firm: Canada, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa” Image by The British Library Image taken from: Title: "[La Maison John Bull et Cie.] John Bull …

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