Canada defined by diversity as poll on Canadiana shows varied views
A Historica Canada Ipsos poll finds Canadians disagree widely on national symbols words and dinner companions with freedom and home as leading descriptors. Trudeau tops dinner guest list at 8 percent, while beaver and Canada Goose win strong approval and 150th birthday celebrations loom large.
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Canada
Historica Canada
Ipsos
Justin Trudeau
Anthony Wilson-Smith
Wilson-Smith
Trudeau
Celine Dion
John A. MacDonald
Pierre Trudeau
Wayne Gretzky
Marketing Research and Intelligence Association
Junk food bans in Canadian schools show health benefit
A study across six provinces finds school junk food bans reduce BMI by about 0.05 per year of exposure. Youth with five or more years under bans average two pounds lighter, with stronger effects in females and younger students. Policies seen as part of broader obesity efforts.
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Halifax
Canada
Philip Leonard
University of New Brunswick
Leonard
New Brunswick Institute For Research, Data and Training
McDonald’s
New Brunswick
Department of Education
Prince Edward Island
Nova Scotia
Quebec
British Columbia
Ontario
World Health Organization
Statistics Canada
Federal Health Department
Churchill rail out of service tests options to move train
With Churchill cut off by flood damage, Via Rail weighs options to retrieve its two locomotives and five passenger cars stranded at the station. Omnitrax cites heavy track damage and may barge or ship cars out, while Nunavut Sea Link and local plans explore lifting by crane and fuel storage solutions for winter.
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Man
Manitoba
Hudson Bay
Via Rail
Omnitrax
Peter Tousenard
Via
Tousenard
Belanger
Francois Gaudreau
Nunavut
Sea Link Supply- Desgagne Trans-Arctik
Gaudreau
Ithaca
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