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...that aside, and appreciate that these millionaire pros just played a splendid hockey game, with the same spirit as puck-crazed kids skating on the frozen ponds of Manitoba and lakes of Minnesota. The passes were fast, the checks crisp, the saves clutch. With 30 seconds left, and Canada holding a 2-1 lead, the 18,000 fans at the Canada Hockey Place, thousands in the streets of Vancouver, and millions watching on television across all North America, could sense it. Canada would realize its dream and take the men's hockey title. (See TIME's brief history of opening...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Vancouver Olympics Come Full Circle | 3/1/2010 | See Source »

...recent years, another large predator, not quite as big as the polar bear but equally fierce, has been spotted in Wapusk. Although hunters eradicated them from Manitoba more than a 100 years ago, grizzly bears are trickling back and setting the stage for what could be a fascinating natural ecological experiment. (See pictures of Germany's polar bear celebrity...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Canada, Grizzlies Invade Polar-Bear Turf | 2/27/2010 | See Source »

...those high-altitude observations need occasional reality checks from scientists down on the surface. It was during one such on-the-ground research expedition last fall that David Barber, an Arctic climatologist at the University of Manitoba, got an unwelcome surprise. (See pictures of the Arctic...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Melting Arctic Ice: What Satellite Images Don't See | 1/28/2010 | See Source »

...study, on the other hand, found that 35% of those who received online treatment reported that they were "much" or "very much" improved, compared with 50% of those who received in-person group therapy using the same behavioral-cognitive approach at Vincent's sleep clinic at the University of Manitoba in Canada. The benefit of the online strategy, of course, is that it can work for people who don't have access to face-to-face therapy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Study: Web Therapy Can Help Ease Insomnia | 6/1/2009 | See Source »

...researchers’ analysis of peat bogs in northern Manitoba found that a temperature increase of four degrees Celsius—a conservative estimate of future warming—would release 40 percent of stored carbon in shallow peat bogs and up to 86 percent of carbon in deeper bogs, further contributing to the buildup of greenhouse gases...

Author: By Elias J. Groll, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Peat Bogs Can Play Role in Warming | 11/21/2008 | See Source »

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