MACKENZIE VALLEY GAS PIPELINE IN RETROSPECT by Alaz Munzur

“…Canada’s history is punctuated with a number of big and bold national projects, such as the Trans-Canada Highway and the Canadian Pacific Railway, that have played defining roles for the country and its citizens’ prosperity.1 However, over more recent decades, there has been much less success in bringing such projects to fruition. …”
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Moisture and soil strength monitoring of a railway embankment remediated with wicking geotextile by Alvarenga Camila, Parisa Haji Abdulrazagh, Michael T. Hendry

“…A 45 m section of a railway embankment located at Fort Saskatchewan County in Alberta, Canada, was remediated as a part of the Canadian Pacific Railway’s (CP) Grade Stabilization/Remediation Plan. …”
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In Search of Work – the Life of Croatian Immigrant Men in Canada between the Two World Wars by Snježana Ružić

“…In her article the author provides a short survey of the emigration of Croatians to Canada which grows after an agreement was signed in 1925 between the Canadian government and the two large railway companies, Canadian Pacific Railway and Canadian National Railway. The major portion of the work examines the life of Croatian men in isolated labour camps, the hard working conditions, the constant search for work, and the psychological effects of long years of separation from family. …”
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Population Analysis of the Settlement Movement in Western Canada by Luiza Antonie, Peter Baskerville, Gary Grewal, Benjamin Turcotte

“…These homesteaders will be individually linked to three twentieth century Canadian censuses and the Canadian Pacific Railway's land records to provide an unprecedented holistic analysis of Alberta's early European population. …”
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Transforming Image-Objects into Multiscale Fields: A GEOBIA Approach to Mitigate Urban Microclimatic Variability within H-Res Thermal Infrared Airborne Flight-Lines by Mir Mustafizur Rahman, Geoffrey J. Hay, Isabelle Couloigner, Bharanidharan Hemachandran

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Leveraging Professional Sports Teams to Encourage Healthy Behavior: A Review of 4 Years of Calgary Flames Health Training Camp Events by Elaine M. Ori, Elaine M. Ori, Tanya R. Berry, Gavin R. McCormack, Gavin R. McCormack, Kelly R. Brett, George A. Lambros, William A. Ghali

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A Multi-Faceted Debris-Flood Hazard Assessment for Cougar Creek, Alberta, Canada by Matthias Jakob, Hamish Weatherly, Stephanie Bale, Ashley Perkins, Brent MacDonald

“…While no lives were lost, the event resulted in approximately $40 M of damage and closed both the Trans-Canada Highway (Highway 1) and the Canadian Pacific Railway line for a period of several days. …”
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Legal and Social Aspects of the Belarusian Economic Emigration to Canada in the 1920s-30s by Olga V. Koval

“…Particular attention is paid to the role of the Canadian railway companies “Canadian National Railways” and “Canadian Pacific Railways” in the selection of emigrants and their employment in agriculture and industry. …”
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