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Rick Desautel, flanked by his daughter and his wife, Linda (right), celebrates his acquittal of illegal hunting charges outside the provincial courthouse in Nelson, British Columbia, in March 2017.

Canada says the Sinixt tribe is extinct. The tribe’s American descendants disagree.

Justice

What do you do when a country has officially declared your people extinct? One descendant of the Sinixt tribe went on an illegal elk hunt.

Bill Moore and Judith Fearing are members of Nelson Friends of Refugees. They've raised money and secured an apartment for a family of Syrian refugees. All they need now are the refugees. But they're still waiting.

Some Canadians really want to sponsor Syrian refugees. Turns out it’s harder than they thought.

Conflict
In China, the education system puts great emphasis on rote memorization. And students of all ages take lots and lots of exams.

It is amazing what happens when you tell kids they are more than their grades and test scores

Development & Education
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