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18 results for Nova Scotia

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Hammer time

17 August 2008

Few architects would know how to build their own designs. that’s where the ghost laboratory comes in: this visionary two-week summer camp in rugged nova scotia gives students and qualified architects the chance to practise…

Radio

The Monocle Daily - Wednesday 22 March

22 March 2017

We speak to an eyewitness and the former head of the UK’s counterterrorism unit about the attack in London and ask whether Venezuela’s future is being determined by its tumultuous past. Plus: could Nova Scotia soon be home…

Monocle Minute

Ray of light

12 February 2016

One of the world’s major oil exporters is in the midst of a green-energy conversion at home. Under the Green Municipal grants scheme announced earlier this week, Canada’s federal government is setting aside CA$31.5m (€20m…

Monocle Minute

Claws for thought

21 September 2016

When it comes to fishing, Canada’s east coast hasn’t had much to brag about in decades. With the decline of the industry, the provinces of Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island and New Brunswick have long suffered an economic…

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Island hopper

17 March 2011

The North Atlantic French overseas territory may have only a few thousand inhabitants but it can count on regular flights to Canada thanks to local air carrier Air Saint-Pierre.

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Call of the wild

2 November 2021

In the rugged wilderness of Alaska, people can easily become lost. Thankfully, a trusty pack of dogs and their human handlers are ready to help should something go awry.

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Raw materials

20 October 2016

Canada’s architects know all too well that its wilds cannot be conquered; instead they’re working with the wilderness to create a new kind of structural language. We go cross-country to visit three rural retreats and meet…

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Culture

20 October 2016

Our usual rounded round-up which this month features, without a hint of irony, Alanis Morissette.

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Politics

21 March 2019

Canada’s new ministerial position, Finland heads to the polls and campaigning in Indonesia.

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Design/Architecture

19 August 2010

Latest news, projects and products, from a museum makeover in Seoul to beautifully designed cement packaging in Croatia.

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Media

20 October 2016

This month’s audio and visual highlights.

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Room for all

17 September 2020

Having a library isn’t about hoarding stuffy, leather-bound books. It could just be a modest bedside pile. It’s more about keeping a paper trail of where you’ve been and what you were thinking, while saving room for surp…

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Chef’s kiss

23 March 2023

The cosmopolitan restaurant redefining the Parisian sandwich, a west London trattoria that aspires to be a palazzo to pleasure, the secret to making the perfect Japanese milk bread and more – we have plenty for you to feast…

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Beat a retreat

20 October 2016

The Canadians’ love of cottage country is more than a lifestyle choice: it’s a way of linking to that vast landscape and being part of the nation.

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Inventory N°98

20 October 2016

We look to the Great White North for finely made products, from fire-tending tools to a dram of whiskey.

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The Opener

30 November 2023

Protest music in Iceland, the UK talks turkey and why some authors get cabin fever.