Word: winnipeg
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...sooner had the deal been made than the critics of agricultural biotechnology erupted. "A rip-off of the public trust," grumbled the Rural Advancement Foundation International, an advocacy group based in Winnipeg, Canada. "Asian farmers get (unproved) genetically modified rice, and AstraZeneca gets the 'gold.'" Potrykus was dismayed by such negative reaction. "It would be irresponsible," he exclaimed, "not to say immoral, not to use biotechnology to try to solve this problem!" But such expressions of good intentions would not be enough to allay his opponents' fears...
...listed the Norse origins of three days of the week, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. Actually, the Norse are responsible for four weekday names. There is also Tuesday, named for Tyr (or Tiw in Old English), the war god, guarantor of contracts and treaties. MARLON C. RAYBURN Winnipeg...
Three days a week, year-round, the train travels between Vancouver and Toronto, stopping in Jasper, Edmonton, Saskatoon and Winnipeg. A Silver & Blue ticket, which costs from $747 to $2,128, includes sleeping accommodations, meals and exclusive use of the Park Car with its dome section and lounges (www.viarail.ca, 888-VIARail). --By Valerie Marchant...
...train that carried them across Canada on their 1939 royal tour that they granted the title Royal to a group of Hudson locomotives. One of these, Locomotive 2860, traveled proudly through British Columbia for 16 years before it was forced off the tracks by diesel engines. Rescued from the Winnipeg scrap yards by the government of British Columbia, 2860 was refurbished in 1974 and is now the only steam engine in regular mainline service in North America. Tom Savio, a former stationmaster and now a rail-travel consultant, says the black-and-silver locomotive, which "blends Canadian robustness and English...
...exodus has already begun. The Quebec Nordiques are now the Colorado Avalanche; the Winnipeg Jets are the Phoenix Coyotes...