canton

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Their research focused on Gossau Upper Secondary School in the northeastern canton of St. Gallen, which introduced flexible school hours three years ago.

From Science Daily • Mar. 11, 2026

Recent snows have also led to evacuations of several communities in Switzerland and northern Italy, as well as power outages and a train derailment at Goppenstein in the south-western Swiss canton of Valais.

From BBC • Feb. 19, 2026

This weekend, the town in southwest Switzerland's Wallis canton hosted the final round of the 2025-2026 Alpine Ski World Cup before the Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics, across the mountains in Italy.

From Barron's • Feb. 1, 2026

Valais canton police said investigators had identified the remains of a Swiss woman of 21, a man of 18, as well as a girl of 16 and a boy of 16.

From Barron's • Jan. 3, 2026

They only rid the canton of its few half-wild dogs.

From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel