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Canada is a country in the northern part of North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic to the Pacific and northward into the Arctic Ocean, covering 9.98 million square kilometres, making it the world’s second-largest country by total area.

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Meet the Guy Riding a Honda 3-Wheeler More Than 6,000 Miles Across Canada—In Winter

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Meet the Guy Riding a Honda 3-Wheeler More Than 6,000 Miles Across Canada—In Winter

few words come to mind when off-road three-wheelers are brought up in conversation, but "safe" is not one of them. You wouldn't think to take such a rig on a cross-country road trip, then, but that's probably because you aren't Matt Webb. He's trekking across Canada as we speak—in the winter—on a Honda Big Red, all in memory of a departed friend. He also hopes to set a Guinness World Record in the process.

"Twenty years ago, I worked for a guy and my first purchase after getting that paycheck was a Big Red 250," Webb told me over the phone. "I drove that thing back and forth to work for a year."

Thousands head to Ottawa to protest restrictions : NPR

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COVID in Canada: Thousands head to Ottawa to protest restrictions : NPR

OTTAWA, Ontario — Thousands of protesters gathered in Canada's capital on Saturday to protest vaccine mandates, masks and lockdowns.

The sounds of honking horns echoed around Ottawa's downtown core. A convoy of trucks and cars parked in around Parliament Hill with some parking on the grounds of the National War Memorial before police asked them to move.

Why Do Canadians Say ‘Eh’?

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Why Do Canadians Say ‘Eh’?

Jack Chambers, a linguist at the University of Toronto, writes that these “ehsȁ are all of a piece. “All of these uses have one pragmatic purpose in common: they all show politeness,ȁ he wrote in a 2014 paper. Using “ehȁ to end the statement of an opinion or an explanation is a way for the speaker to express solidarity with the listener. It’s not exactly asking for reassurance or confirmation, but it’s not far off: the speaker is basically saying, hey, we’re on the same page here, we agree on this.

Even in the use of “ehȁ as a criticism or a command, the word seeks to find common ground. If I say “you’re an idiot, eh?ȁ, what I’m saying is, you’re an idiot, but you should also think you’re an idiot, and our understanding of you as an idiot finds us on common ground.