Finland

Matthew Almusa from Saskatchewan and Roy Rissanen from Ontario are looking for mates on ‘Maajussille morsian maailmalla,’ or ‘Farmer Wants a Wife in the World.’ Think ‘The Bachelor’ for country folk: no roses, but plenty of cattle.

Four key figures in Finland’s new government are women in their 30s, including the world’s youngest PM—a profound changing of the guard

Allen Abel: For a few fleeting moments, a composed and cerebral leader sat next to the president in the Oval Office. The contrast was striking.

A successful holdout by U.S. players was good for the sport. Patriotism aside, so was Finland’s shocking defeat of Canada.

The lure of Nesbø and Knausgaard has stars like Matt Damon, Kristin Wiig and Michael Fassbender turning Scandinavia into the new Hollywood North

Credited with cutting infant mortality rates, the program has been adopted by more than 30 countries—and in January, it comes to Canada

The Canadian women’s hockey team gets a scare from the Finns

As lectures grow, special classes emerge for the academically-inclined

Madonna’s newest epiphany, Stephen Harper’s women problem, and signs of sanity from Jan Brewer

The House comes to grips with what Clinton thinks of our approach to Arctic sovereignty and the war in Afghanistan

AARON WHERRY reports from Canada 150 in Montreal: dystopian visions, Twitter love and Stephane Dion

Finland ranks fifth worldwide in gun owners per capita