canton
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The canton of Geneva issues a permit for comfort cooling only to people who prove they need it.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 29, 2026
Unable to find a reasonably priced house after a two-year search, the 62-year-old moved with his wife to the neighboring canton of Aargau around nine years ago.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026
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
Crans-Montana is in the Swiss canton of Valais, where fire-safety inspections are the responsibility of Mayor Feraud and his colleagues, and they are supposed to happen every 12 months.
From BBC ● Jan. 10, 2026
They only rid the canton of its few half-wild dogs.
From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel
For it to pass, it would need to win not just a majority of votes cast but also majorities in more than half of Switzerland's 26 cantons.
From Barron's ● Jun. 14, 2026
It’s levied annually by individual cantons on all residents, at rates reaching up to about 1% of net worth, after deductions and exclusions for certain categories of assets.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 8, 2026
More than 30 specialists drawn from several Swiss cantons are involved in the process of identifying victims, Swiss officials said Friday at a press conference.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 2, 2026
In the Swiss cantons of Geneva and Ticino, construction was paused during the 2023 heatwave, a move welcomed by Switzerland's largest trade union, Unia.
From BBC ● Aug. 22, 2025
In some cantons of Switzerland the prohibition was introduced in the decalogue, next to the commandment against adultery.
From Curiosities of Medical Experience by J. G. (John Gideon) Millingen
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