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Detecting Danger: Africa’s Giant Rats

Miss Marple has a remarkable nose for danger. She is a rat, and she detects landmines by smelling them. She was born in the training lab of the Belgian company Apopo in Tanzania. Here, African giant rats—the size of a cat—are taught to sniff out explosives hidden in the ground. After a year’s training, she…


As This Latin American Country Falls Apart, China Looks on Anxiously

Commentary On first inspection, Peru and China, 11,000 miles apart, appear to have very little in common. However, the two countries share a very close history. As the academic Justina Hwang has noted, in the space of 25 years, between 1849 and 1874, more than 100,000 unskilled workers, many of them from China, arrived in…


Ottawa Greenlights Alberta’s Bid to Build Highways Without Review Required Under Bill C-69

EDMONTON—Alberta’s Minister of Transportation and Economic Corridors Devin Dreeshen has been given the green light by his federal counterpart to forego assessments required under the Impact Assessment Act, also known as Bill C-69, to build highways. Dreeshen met with federal Intergovernmental Affairs, Infrastructure and Communities Minister Dominic LeBlanc at the federal-provincial-territorial infrastructure ministers’ meeting in Moncton, N.B.,…


Russia’s Polymetal Is Studying Possibility of Kazakh Mines Demerger

Russian gold and silver producer Polymetal is analyzing the possibility of breaking off its Kazakh mines at the request of a group of investors, it said on Monday, adding that it was premature to speak of a decision. London-listed Polymetal, which has a free float of 75.2 percent, is not subject to any Western sanctions…


All Miners Safe After Rescue out of Mine Near Sudbury, Ont.

The last four miners trapped deep below the surface in the Totten Mine near Sudbury, Ont. climbed their way to safety early Wednesday morning, the company that owns the mine said. Vale said the rescue operation that saw 39 workers climb a series of ladders is complete. “This is tremendous news flowing from very difficult circumstances,” Vale…