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‘Storms are getting bigger’: N.L. fishers celebrate new funding for harbour upgrades
Fishery workers in Newfoundland and Labrador are celebrating new federal funding for small craft harbours, with some saying wharf and breakwater upgrades are critical to keep up with worsening storms.
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How N.S. municipalities are preparing for drought and dry wells
There is currently a patchwork approach to drought across the province, with some municipalities taking action, and others yet to start conversations about long-term plans.
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Posthaste: This condo correction could be one of the longest on record
Back in the late 1980s to mid 1990s, the condo market in the Greater Toronto Area underwent a crash so severe that it took seven years before prices began to turn around. Today the city’s current condo correction is on course — if not to match that record-breaking meltdown — to at least come close,…
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Canada has to build new industries while solidifying the old ones
Canada is entering one of the highest-stakes economic negotiations in its history. Sitting across the table from the world’s largest economy, the instinct will be to protect market share, preserve access and maintain stability. Those instincts are right, but it’s only half the equation. The other half is diversification, and that can’t be negotiated; it…
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U.S. hybrid-car sales soar, along with gas prices
Hybrid ales up 37 per cent since Iran conflict, while EV sales lag, unlike strong gains in Europe. Pick-up truck sales remain strong.
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‘A pathetic attempt at commemoration’: Canada’s Afghan memorial comes under fire
Canada’s proposed Afghanistan war memorial is having trouble connecting with the people it’s designed to honour: The Canadians who fought in the 12-year war. Ground was officially broken on the future site of the National Monument to Canada’s Mission in Afghanistan in Lebreton Flats, near Ottawa’s Canadian War Museum, last Monday. But some vets felt…
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2 boaters plucked from water after boat flips over near Peche Island
Police described the conditions at the time as “hazardous.”
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Police probe what led to a fatal crash in Sarnia
A 28-year-old man died in the single-vehicle collision
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Farmers confront rising cost of fertilizer and fuel as spring seeding underway
Spring seeding is underway and as farmers spend long hours in the tractor planting their crops, they’re facing hefty increases to the cost of fuel and diesel. They’re already concerned about the 2027 crop year year too, since many will be making those large fuel and fertilizer purchases in the months ahead.