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How Google Maps helped one Toronto commuter beat traffic — and the tax collector

A simple question lies behind Patrick de Kruyff’s Tax Court of Canada victory last month over the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA): Who on earth would suggest taking Toronto’s Don Valley Parkway at rush hour? An auditor in Vancouver, that’s who. The Toronto-based financial advisor reluctantly uses the words “smoking gun” when …

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Gulf of Mexico or Gulf of America? Here’s what Google Maps will say – National

Descrease article font size Increase article font size A week after U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order for the U.S. to recognize the Gulf of Mexico as the “Gulf of America,” Google says it will change the name for U.S. users of Google Maps. Trump’s executive order, signed …

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Dealing with ‘erasure’: The role of Indigenous knowledge in drawing maps of Canada

It’s early spring on the South Coast of B.C. – not exactly swimming weather. But some “citizen scientists” are taking the plunge: snorkeling in the frigid waters of Howe Sound, or Átl’ḵa7tsem (pronounced ‘Atkatsim’ in the Squamish language). They’re looking for a minuscule but all-important fish – herring. The presence …

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