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Walmart Canada has publicly closed a small number of underperforming and safety-impacted stores in recent years, most notably a six‑store wave announced in March 2021 and a separate permanent closure ...
Walmart is not closing all Canadian stores. Available reporting shows targeted, local closures (six announced in March 2021 and six announced in late 2024) plus a handful of other permanent single-sto...
Federal law requires voters to prove both identity and address to vote in a Canadian federal election; Elections Canada says you must show ID accepted by them and typically need two pieces if one lack...
Claims that people of African descent — often phrased as “Black tribes” or pre‑Columbian African visitors — were present in the Americas long before the trans‑Atlantic slave trade are a long‑running a...
Scholars agree there is no accepted, clear archaeological proof that Romans established contact or settlements in North America before Columbus; claims rest on isolated artifacts and speculative inter...
Nova Scotia does not currently operate any petroleum refineries and therefore sources most of its gasoline and other refined petroleum products (RPPs) from refineries outside the province—principally ...
Canada has moved from aspiration to allocation: the federal government and Department of National Defence have launched targeted programs and budget lines to create a sovereign launch capability while...
Research and investigative reporting show both documented abuses in specific orphanages (eg. Mount Cashel, St Joseph’s/Burlington, Madonna Manor) and large multi-country studies that complicate a simp...
The British North America Act of 1867 (later renamed the Constitution Act, 1867) created the Dominion of Canada by uniting the Province of Canada (which became Ontario and Quebec), Nova Scotia and New...
Canada does not have a single national age of majority; provinces and territories set it at , creating two distinct legal adulthood thresholds across the country, while the United States sets the age ...
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