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Give Even More Power to Canada's Big Telecoms, Think Tank Says
History suggests this might not be a great idea.
Why It's So Hard to Get Mental Healthcare in Rural America
When I was diagnosed with schizophrenia, living in rural Maine became a nightmare.
In Canada’s North, a Single Satellite Outage Means Losing Basic Services
No ATMs, no flights, no internet.
'Pokémon Go' in Rural Texas Is a Different Kind of Fun
You might have to fork out some cash to actually see pokemon, but there are other attractions to rural Pokémon Go.
City Birds Are Angrier Than Country Birds
A new study finds that birds in the city are more aggressive than birds in the country.
Photos of a Dairy Farmer Inseminating Cute Cows
In this week's installment of First-Person Shooter, we gave two disposable cameras to a dairy farmer in upstate New York who snapped pics of herself milking and artificially inseminating a bunch of adorable cows.
How Your Hometown Is Voting in the EU Referendum, and Why
We analysed over 350,000 tweets to find out the general sentiment of every region in the UK.
Bill Gates Plans to Give Away 100,000 Chickens to Rural Africans
The American billionaire, tech entrepreneur, and philanthropist penned an impassioned blog post earlier this week, in which he pledged to hand out 100,000 chickens to families throughout rural Africa.
Photos of Childhood in Europe's Poorest Nation
Asa Sjöström documents the resilience of childhood in the ex-Soviet nation.
At Shoal Lake 40, Trudeau Vows to Close Digital Divide
The prime minister revealed few details of the plan.
Down on the Farm
Being a farmer isn’t all verdant pastures. It’s a physically demanding job with all-weather hours—often working alone. Add in easier access to firearms and declining food prices, and you have a potentially lethal combination.
Supreme Court Rejects Texas Voter Challenge That Would Have Favored Republicans
Petitioners sought to redraw voting districts based on eligible voters rather than total population, which could have upset the political balance in a number of states with large populations of minorities and non-citizens.