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From the Rockies to the Charlevoix region, the locavore movement gains steam

When the last train rolls out of a Canadian town it leaves an echo that never fades

A couple days before he questioned Christy Clark, Conservative MP Brent Rathgeber wrote about a train trip he took and questioned VIA’s value as a publicly funded service.

Whether it takes two days of queuing up, using a mannequin to keep your place in line, or stripping naked in the middle of the train station to protest the wait, the Chinese are determined to get home. A record 230 million people, almost seven times Canada’s population, were expected to board trains, buses and airplanes during the two weeks before the Chinese New Year, which this year falls on Feb. 3—a total of 2.85 billion trips over a 40-day period. It is the world’s largest annual human migration, and a yearly odyssey for people trying to reunite with their families for what is China’s most important festivity.

Suicide bombers bring the North Caucasus conflict to Moscow’s doorstep

From 2009: The really important thing, according to this professional, is to ‘get inside a cat’s mind’

The dream never dies, writes Andrew Coyne, because those pushing high-speed rail are impervious to reality