Canada's hoop dreams

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The two NBA expansion teams should raise the growing Canadian interest in basketball to a fever pitch. However, the Grizzlies and Raptors are realistic about their immediate impact on NBA competition. The antitrust lawsuit filed by players against the league also casts a shadow.

Human resource management, Appointments, resignations and dismissals, Basketball (Professional), Basketball drafts, Toronto Raptors, Vancouver Grizzlies, Reeves, Bryant, Stoudamire, Damon

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'A great way to go out:' In their last Olympic pairing, Heddle and McBean row to a gold Medal

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Heddle and McBean were exhausted, but elated when they finished their double-scull race and found out that they had won Olympic gold medals. Other Canadian rowers who won medals were single scullers Derek Porter and Silken Laumann, who each won a silver medal.

Cover Story, Competitions, Olympics, Rowing, 1996 AD, Laumann, Silken, Heddle, Kathleen, McBean, Marnie, Porter, Derek

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Birth of a continent: scientists unearth Canada's long history

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More than 400 scientists and students have participated in the Lithoprobe project since its inception in 1984. The $50 million project has revealed much of the geological make-up of Canada. Analysis of the data recovered may take at least 10 years.

Research, Canada, Natural history, Geologists

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