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Nick Abrantes walks after purchased three pairs of shoes during a phased reopening from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) restrictions in Toronto, Ontario, Canada May 19, 2020. REUTERS/Carlos Osorio/File Photo

Canadian universal basic income experiment has been life-changing for those unemployed amid coronavirus 

Economics

One economist calls it a “modern policy for a modern labor market.”

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The Cheapest Way To See Hamilton

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An I-Don’t-Like-Musicals Musical Theater Playlist

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How to See “Hamilton”

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Lin-Manuel Miranda in "Hamilton" on opening night on Broadway in New York, Aug. 6, 2015.

Lin-Manuel Miranda will bring ‘Hamilton’ to Puerto Rico

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Henry Evans-Tenbrinke with supporters of his sit-in in Hamilton, Ontario.

One Canadian man’s fight to keep his mailbox

Justice

Armed with just a lawn chair and his dog, this man is taking on Canada’s postal system.

Canadian Scientists Suggest Plants Show Altruistic Behavior

Environment

Canadian scientists have found evidence that some plants embrace family values. These plants can recognize their siblings — and are “friendly” toward them. NOVA’s Anna Rothschild reports. NOVA

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Ontario Plastics Fire

For 4 days last July a black toxic cloud hung over the city of Hamilton, Canada’s steel city on the shores of Lake Ontario. It was the worst fire in Hamilton’s history, and one of the worst fires of its kind in the world. The Hamilton conflagration was a plastics fire. Polyvinyl chloride or PVC, […]

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Burning Trust

Residents of Hamilton, Ontario say they were burned in more ways than one by a huge industrial blaze that blanketed their city in toxic smoke for days. It was a disaster, they say, that could have been prevented. For four days last July, a black, toxic cloud hung over the city of Hamilton; Canada’s “steel […]

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Geo answer

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The Golden Horseshoe was the place we were looking for in today’s Geo Quiz. It’s located in Southern Ontario — on the western end of the Niagara Peninsula and around the westernmost part of Lake Ontario. Anchor Lisa Mullins speaks with reporter Ken Peters in Hamilton, Ontario, about a bid to move the NHL’s Phoenix Coyotes to Hamilton.