Norimitsu Onishi

IQALUIT, Canada -- Louise Flaherty grew up in a treeless Arctic hamlet so far north in Canada that seasons were marked not by falling leaves or budding flowers, but by the polar night in winter and the midnight sun in summer. Yet reading government-suppli... See more

Louise Flaherty grew up in a treeless Arctic hamlet so far north in Canada that seasons were marked not by falling leaves or budding flowers, but by the polar night in winter and the midnight sun in summer. Yet reading government-supplied textbooks as a c... See more

Lambert Léveillé taught high school math forever in Beloeil, Quebec. So it wasn't surprising that middle-aged men came up to greet him as I interviewed him in the parking lot of the elementary school where he had just voted last Monday. Léveillé, 80, may ... See more

MONTREAL -- The separatist Parti Québécois won the provincial election in Quebec on Monday, possibly setting the stage for a referendum on the French-speaking province's independence from Canada in the next few years. Voters hungry for change returned the... See more

The separatist Parti Québécois won the provincial election in Quebec on Monday, possibly setting the stage for a referendum on the French-speaking province's independence from Canada in the next few years. Voters hungry for change returned the Parti Québé... See more