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Engines Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 3210: Scourge of the Sea

Roger Kaza

Posted on August 10, 2022 · Episode: 3210 Scourge of the Sea, the long search for a cure for scurvy. Today, a medical cure, lost and found.

Tags ascorbic acid Canada Jacques Cartier James Lind sailors scurvy Vitamin C

Environment

Endangered Whooping Cranes Nest In Texas For The First Time In More Than A Century

Katie Watkins

Posted on May 21, 2021 · Two pairs of whooping cranes nested on private land in Jefferson and Chambers counties this year. It’s believed to be the first time the endangered birds have nested in Texas since the 1800s.

Tags Aransas National Wildlife Refuge Canada environment Jefferson County Louisiana nature U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service whooping cranes

Houston Matters

Bacon-Scented Face Masks Are A Thing: The Good, Bad, And Ugly Of The News

Michael Hagerty

Posted on October 23, 2020 · The Houston Matters panel of non-experts weighs in on stories from the week’s news and decides if they’re good, bad, or ugly.

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2018 FIFA World Cup Trophy

Houston Matters

Will Houston Host World Cup Matches In 2026?

Michael Hagerty

Posted on May 14, 2019 · Houston's one of 17 American cities vying for 10 spots when the matches are played in North America.

Tags 2026 FIFA World Cup Canada Chris Canetti fifa mexico soccer sports stadium transportation Victor Matheson world cup

Top Stories

Post-Harvey Legal Aid, E. Coli Outbreak Linked To Romaine Lettuce, Restoration Grants From BP’s 2010 Oil Spill, And More

HPM Digital Team

Posted on November 20, 2018 · These are some of the stories Houston Public Media is covering.

Tags AFM Canada cdc e. coli fda harvey houston Kaiser U.S.

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Health Officials In U.S. And Canada Warn About E. Coli Outbreak Linked To Romaine Lettuce

Associated Press

Posted on November 20, 2018 · The outbreak has sickened 32 people in 11 states in the U.S. and 18 people in Canada.

Tags Canada e. coli fda Romaine Lettuce U.S.

Dr. James P. Allison, the 2018 Nobel Prize winner for Medicine, speaks during a press conference, Monday Oct. 1, 2018, in New York. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)

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Houston Scientist Wins Nobel Prize, Texas Health Systems Merger, And President Trump Announces NAFTA’s Replacement

HPM Digital Team

Posted on October 1, 2018 · These are some of the stories Houston Public Media is covering

Tags Canada James Allison mexico nafta Trump USMCA

President Donald Trump speaks as he announces a revamped North American free trade deal, in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, Monday, Oct. 1, 2018. The new deal, reached just before a midnight deadline imposed by the U.S., will be called the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement, or USMCA. It replaces the 24-year-old North American Free Trade Agreement, which President Donald Trump had called a job-killing disaster. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

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Trump Celebrates New Trade Deal with Mexico And Canada, Called USMCA

Associated Press

Posted on October 1, 2018 · The agreement gives U.S. farmers greater access to the Canadian dairy market

Tags Canada mexico nafta Trump United States USMCA

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UPDATE: U.S. And Mexico Tentatively Set to Replace NAFTA with New Deal

Paul Wiseman, Associated Press / Associated Press / HPM News Staff

Posted on August 27, 2018 · President Trump suggests he might leave Canada out of a new agreement

Tags Canada Donald Trump Enrique Peña Nieto greg abbott john cornyn mexico nafta United States

Bauer Business Focus

Quebec’s NAFTA Negotiator: Playoffs Haven’t Started Yet

Florian Martin

Posted on August 24, 2018 · Raymond Bachand visited Houston to talk about Quebec-Texas trade and the North American Free Trade Agreement

Tags Canada nafta North American Free Trade Agreement Texas economy trade

Houston Matters

How Mexico’s Election And Canada’s Tariffs Might Affect International Trade With Houston

Abner Fletcher

Posted on July 2, 2018 · Houston Matters examines how Mexico's election and retaliatory tariffs from Canada might affect international trade with Houston.

Tags Alfonso de la Osa Escribano AMLO Andrés Manuel López Obrador Canada Mexico's election nafta North American Free Trade Agreement

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EU, Canada And Mexico Threaten Tariffs To Retaliate Against U.S.

Yuki Noguchi, NPR

Posted on May 31, 2018 · The Trump administration's latest move to impose tariffs on steel and aluminum imports from the U.S.'s biggest strategic and trade partners has touched off a barrage of criticism and retaliation.

Tags aluminum Canada European Union mexico Steel tariffs tariffs

News

15 Injured, Some Critically, After 2 Men Set Off Bomb At Ontario Restaurant

James Doubek, NPR

Posted on May 25, 2018 · Police in Ontario say two men walked into an Indian restaurant near Toronto Thursday night and set off an improvised explosive device, then fled. Three people had "critical blast injuries."

Tags Canada ontario

News

NAFTA Deadline Looming For Trump Administration

Ryan Poppe, TPR

Posted on May 16, 2018 · If the Trump administration misses the deadline, the existing NAFTA deal remains in place unless Canada, Mexico or the United States withdraws, which would require six months notice

Tags Canada mexico nafta Trump administration USA

News

UPDATE: 10 Pedestrians Killed, Hit By Van In Toronto, Police Say

Merrit Kennedy, NPR / SASHA INGBER, NPR

Posted on April 23, 2018 · Canadian news agencies had identified the suspect as Alek Minassian. The reason for the discrepancy is not clear.

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Endangered Whooping Cranes Nest In Texas For The First Time In More Than A Century

Katie Watkins

Posted on May 21, 2021 · Two pairs of whooping cranes nested on private land in Jefferson and Chambers counties this year. It’s believed to be the first time the endangered birds have nested in Texas since the 1800s.

Tags Aransas National Wildlife Refuge Canada environment Jefferson County Louisiana nature U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service whooping cranes

Houston Matters

Bacon-Scented Face Masks Are A Thing: The Good, Bad, And Ugly Of The News

Michael Hagerty

Posted on October 23, 2020 · The Houston Matters panel of non-experts weighs in on stories from the week’s news and decides if they’re good, bad, or ugly.

Tags asbestos Canada Charles Kuffner face masks Luis Carrasco Natalie Arceneaux quebec

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Will Houston Host World Cup Matches In 2026?

Michael Hagerty

Posted on May 14, 2019 · Houston's one of 17 American cities vying for 10 spots when the matches are played in North America.

Tags 2026 FIFA World Cup Canada Chris Canetti fifa mexico soccer sports stadium transportation Victor Matheson world cup

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Post-Harvey Legal Aid, E. Coli Outbreak Linked To Romaine Lettuce, Restoration Grants From BP’s 2010 Oil Spill, And More

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Posted on November 20, 2018 · These are some of the stories Houston Public Media is covering.

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