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Fall mini-budget aims to help Canada compete with U.S. clean energy investments
OTTAWA - Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland is to table her mid-year budget update in the House of Commons today focused heavily on driving investment to Canada's clean energy industries in response t...
Nov 03, 2022
Fertilizer greenhouse gas cuts may take longer than Ottawa wants, farm groups say
The goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions from fertilizer use by 30 per cent kicked up more dust than a tractor on a grid road when it was first announced by the federal Liberal government last su...
Nov 03, 2022
Canadian War Museum oral history project examines war's aftermath
HALIFAX - The pride in Blanche Bennett's voice was evident as she vividly recounted the day 80 years ago when she volunteered to serve in the Canadian Women's Army Corps. Bennett, who turns 100 on Nov...
Nov 03, 2022
Republican wave could prove emboldening for left-leaning Democrats on Capitol Hill
WASHINGTON - Their arrival atop a cresting "blue wave" of Democrats in 2018, two years into the caustic presidency of Donald Trump, heralded a bold new era of young, diverse and left-leaning political...
Nov 03, 2022
Pristine alpine lake contaminated by dust from mountaintop coal mines, study shows
New Alberta government research has found windblown dust from mountaintop removal coal mines has polluted a pristine alpine lake to the point where its waters are as contaminated as lakes downwind fro...
Nov 03, 2022
Canadian recalls 'pandemonium' in South Korean district where 150 died in stampede
SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - A Canadian in Seoul says he's had trouble sleeping since witnessing tens of thousands of people crowding into side streets and alleys in the city's nightclub district on Sa...
Nov 03, 2022
Powerball prize up to $1.5 billion, 3rd-largest ever in US
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - The bad news is that no one won Wednesday night's huge $1.2 billion Powerball jackpot. The good news is that means the prize has grown even larger to $1.5 billion ahead of the ...
Nov 03, 2022
North Korea keeps up its missile barrage with launch of ICBM
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - Residents in northern Japan were rattled Thursday morning by alarms blaring from mobile phones, radios and public loudspeakers after North Korea fired an intercontinental bal...
Nov 02, 2022
CPL unveils newest franchise Vancouver FC, names first head coach
LANGLEY, B.C. - The Canadian Premier League revealed its newest franchise on Wednesday night - Vancouver FC. Afshin Ghotbi was also named the franchise's first head coach. Vancouver is set to take to ...
Nov 02, 2022
Javier, Astros pitch 2nd no-hitter in World Series history
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Cristian Javier and Houston's bullpen combined on just the second no-hitter in World Series history, silencing a booming lineup and boisterous ballpark as the Astros blanked the Ph...
Nov 02, 2022