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FIFA Quality Pro Allows a Football 3.2 Millimetres of Slack. FIFA Quality Allows 6.4.

Every ball used in a FIFA or confederation match has…

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Can you lose your heritage?

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Chicano Was Chosen in 1969. Cholo Was Assigned in 1609.

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Bolivia’s Indigenous Share Fell to 38.7 Percent. The Head Count Rose by 1.5 Million.

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Canada Has More Than 800 Curling Clubs. Their Stones Come From Two Quarries.

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Three of My Four Favourite Places in Toronto Cost Nothing to Enter

A red illuminated sign reading MONEY EXCHANGE in white capital letters, mounted on the front of a building

Ten of Canada’s 15 Tracked Remittance Corridors Cost More Than the UN’s 5 Percent Ceiling

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Curaçao Has One MLB Player for Every 39,000 People. Mexico Has One for Every 18.7 Million.

A lone traveller sits with a rolling suitcase among rows of empty red seats at an airport gate at night, below a blank gate display marked E19

Flight Delay Compensation: Canada Pays by the Hour, the EU by the Kilometre, Brazil in Kind

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A white colonial building with a red tiled roof at the water's edge in Casco Viejo, Panama City, with the high rise towers of the modern financial district across the bay behind it

Free Stopovers on the Way to South America: 15 Days in Panama, 24 Hours in Bogota

Four airlines that fly out of Canada will let you…

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The Rhythm of Integration: How Samba Reggae is Forging Community in Toronto

Samba reggae took over Dundas Street West for a fifth…

A lacrosse goalkeeper raises her stick beside the orange goal frame as two opposing players close in across the green turf

The History of Lacrosse in Canada: From Exclusion to National Sport

Lacrosse has been legally recognised as Canada’s national summer sport…

Players in blue and white kit chase a futsal ball on an indoor wooden court during a match

What Is Futsal? Uruguay’s Small-Sided Game Now Has 232 Teams Playing in Canada

Futsal began as a five-a-side experiment in a Montevideo gym…

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Cineplex’s Best Quarter Ever Earned 61 Cents Per Moviegoer

Record Q2: $7.8 million profit and 12.7 million patrons. Divide…

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McDonald’s Bet on Value Meals. Canadians Are Still Cutting Back.

U.S. comparable sales grew just 0.8%. The CEO blames execution,…

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Youth Crime in Canada: Charges Are Down 24% Since 2019, but the Mix Has Changed

StatCan counted 56,956 youth charged in 2025-26. A table comparing…

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57,000 Signatures Against a U.S. Ambassador: What Canada Can Actually Do

More than 57,000 people want Pete Hoekstra expelled. Elizabeth May…

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The Real AI Divide Is Not Budget: Who Gets Trained to Use It

Most enterprise AI pilots fail for organisational reasons, not technical…

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The 2026 World Cup Legacy That Is Not a Stadium: Networks, Ticketing and Who Owns the Expertise

Spain beat Argentina on 19 July. The tournament also left…