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Emma Jacobs

Scotch distilleries take on the hefty carbon footprint of their industry
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Scottish try to slow erosion of historic monuments due to climate change
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Pope Francis makes historic apology in Canada
Canada’s sky-high housing prices are crushing buyers
Canada welcomes Ukrainian refugees, while Afghans still blocked by bureaucracy
Live music brings joy to retirees in Quebec
Land border reopens and Canadian ‘snowbirds’ head south
Canada’s promise to resettle Afghans delayed during government reshuffle
Resettling Afghans in the US is proving a slow process
Climate change an issue in Canada’s upcoming election
Syrian musical group performs for seniors in Québec 
Canada criticized for not helping Afghans who helped their military
The sun sets over the Toronto skyline during the opening ceremony for the Pan Am Games
Economics
Canada’s soaring housing prices leave potential homeowners with limited choices. Local and federal govts are trying to help.
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau delivers a media statement at EU headquarters in Brussels, Wednesday, March 23, 2022. 
Refugees
As Canada prioritizes expedited arrivals for Ukrainians, at-risk Afghans remain trapped abroad
People walk while vehicle move through historical Khyber Pass in Jamrud, the main town of Pakistan's Khyber district bordering Afghanistan, Monday, Oct. 11, 2021.
Afghanistan
Canada promised to resettle 40,000 Afghans. Many are still waiting for answers.
In this image provided by the US Army, Spc. Alejandro Haro, military police, Task Force Ever Vigilant, scans documents as he checks-in Afghan evacuees at Camp Bondsteel, Kosovo, on Sept. 20, 2021.
Afghanistan
The spotlight has faded on Afghanistan, but not the urgency for Afghans seeking safety
Taraf Syriana at Montreal’s Moroccan Centre.
Music
In Québec, musicians play for seniors as pandemic restrictions ease
In this Aug. 21, 2021, image provided by the U.S. Air Force, US Airmen and U.S. Marines guide evacuees aboard a US Air Force C-17 Globemaster III in support of the Afghanistan evacuation at Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan. 
Afghanistan
Canada faces criticism for its slow evacuation of Afghans who helped the government
With Canadian and Haitian flags hoisted, marchers take part in demonstration in support of asylum-seekers working in Quebec's long-term care homes in Montreal, Canada, in June.
Immigration
Canada is granting residency to some asylum-seekers working in pandemic health care
A Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) officer announces to a group of asylum-seekers that they will be crossing illegally into Canada as they wait in line to to enter at the US-Canada border in Champlain, New York, August 7, 2017.
Borders
Canada judge rules sending asylum-seekers back to the US violates their rights
Two people look at Notre Dame
Music
How researchers hope to restore the unique sound of Notre Dame
Three siblings in Mevasseret Zion, near Jerusalem, wave to their their grandmother in Haifa as she joins their Passover Seder via Zoom application as Israel takes stringent steps to contain the coronavirus (COVID-19) April 8, 2020. 
COVID-19
For this year’s Passover Seder, to Zoom or not to Zoom? 
Sandra Morales speaks at Dec. 19 action in front of Member of Parliament Bardish Chagger’s office.
What happens to the American children of asylum-seekers in Canada?
line of asylum-seekers
Canadian court weighs whether the US is safe for asylum-seekers
A man holds a sign that says "Let my peoplegault into the public service"
In Québec, teachers return to school under new religious symbols ban
Facebook
Social media
‘Straight-up debunking’: How a fact-checker vets fake news
an illustration of a child in the car with her father
Books
Bataclan survivor’s graphic memoir tells the story of his recovery
Hadi Jasim was an Iraqi translator for the US military. Now he's a "global guide" at the Penn Museum in Philadelphia.
Arts, Culture & Media
This Philadelphia museum hired Iraqi and Syrian refugees as tour guides for its Middle East gallery
Awa Timera works in corporate recruiting in France. She says it can hard to put your finger on discrimination in France because it's often subtle.
Culture
How France uses ‘le testing’ to combat hiring discrimination
Lawrence Davidson and Yaroub Al-Obaidi crossed paths in Iraq.
Arts
Ten years later, two men reflect on their very different experiences of wartime Iraq
17-year-old Jonathan, who has DACA status, had been planning his path to college. Then the Trump administration announced the end of DACA.
Conflict
High school is hard enough without having to deal with the loss of DACA
A mother and her young daughter are watched by Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) officers as they prepare to cross the US-Canada border from New York into Quebec earlier this month. Like thousands of others fleeing the US for Canada, the woman told off
Justice
Immigrants fearing Trump are heading to Canada in droves. But will they be able to stay?
Students
Education
Colleges create ‘safe zones’ on campus for undocumented students
Sarah Zouak is one of the co-founders of Lallab, a new webzine featuring the voices of Muslim women in France.
Religion
One group aims to give Muslim women in France a voice
Russia's President Vladimir Putin inside a C-Explorer 5 submersible
Global Politics
In Europe, accusations of Russian meddling in elections come as no surprise
Jacques Fesch was arrested in Paris on February 25, 1954 after having committed a hold-up at a currency exchange stand. While fleeing the scene, he killed a policeman and wounded three persons.
Belief
Jacques Fesch killed a cop in the 1950s. Here’s why the French Catholic Church wants to make him a saint.
A Stollwerck toy phonograph, with chocolate recordd, circa 1903.
Culture
Paris’s museum of recorded sound enjoys a reprieve
It's now a usual sight to see soldiers patrol the city streets in France.
Conflict
Trump’s immigrant ban has echoes of France’s counterterror measures
Audric de Campeau pours a glass of mead in the Paris catacombs with his dog, Filou.
Culture
A French beekeeper makes mead in the Paris catacombs
Sirine Bidjou (right) and Hanifa Benrahou (left) are both students at Sciences Po, which they entered through the CEP program. It's France's answer to American-style affirmative action.
Education
A French take on affirmative action relies on geography, not race
Penelope Maitrot took part in an anti-Trump demonstration in Paris. The next day, the left-leaning student crossed party lines to vote in a primary for the political right.
Global Politics
Fear of Marine Le Pen has France’s left crossing party lines
The scene outside the Bataclan in December 2015
Culture
These archivists are working to preserve the tributes left behind for victims of the Paris attacks
Marine Le Pen, French National Front leader, gestures during a rally
Global Politics
Will France be next to elect a radical populist leader?
A French soldier patrols under the gaze of Korean tourists at Montmartre's Sacre Coeur Church in Paris.
Culture
A year of attacks leaves Paris’ streets emptier than usual
Khady Sy Savane in her boutique, Mia Dreams, in the Goutte D'Or section of Paris. Many of her designs incorporate African wax print fabrics with names like "your foot my foot."
Arts
This designer combines African fabrics with Paris couture
Assa Traoré and the family's lawyer Frédéric Zajac, spoke to the press and supporters three days after the death of her brother, Adama Traoré, in police custody.
Conflict
In France, there’s a call for a Black Lives Matter movement
Obaidullah Naseri and Mortaza Behboudi at the Migrants' ball in Paris. Behboudi, right, is an Afghan journalist who sought aslyum in France.
Music
Paris hosts a ‘Migrant Ball,’ but it wasn’t just for migrants
Gérard Depardieu stars in Netflix's new series, "Marseille."
Media
Netflix’s new series, ‘Marseille,’ isn’t going over so well in Marseille
Pastéis de nata (singular: pastel), the custard tarts that are the regional pastry of the Lisbon area, as served up at Pastéis de Belém since 1837.
Culture
Only a few people in the world know how to make this Portuguese pastry
Acadieman is a French Acadian superhero (or perhaps anti-superhero) who speaks Chiac.
Culture
Purists don’t like this mix of Acadian French and English, but it may be helping the French language in Canada
Parisians observe a moment of silence in front of City Hall in honor of the Belgian victims and their own.
Conflict
For many in Paris, the attacks in Brussels brings up recent memories of their own tragedy
Actress Zita Hanrot holds her trophy after receiving the Best Female Newcomer Award for her role in the film "Fatima" at the 41st Cesar Awards ceremony in Paris, France.
Culture
France has its own version of #OscarsSoWhite
A French soldier secures access to a Jewish school in Marseille, France, January 11, 2016 after a teenager, armed with a machete, slightly wounded a Jewish teacher before being arrested. Armed guards are the new normal for Jewish institutions in France.
Belief
France’s Jews are thankful for armed guards outside their synagogues — but say it makes them feel different
Graffiti on the island of La Réunion from January of 2015.
Conflict
Charlie Hebdo’s aftermath looks a little different on the very French island of La Réunion