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Psychedelics helped Mooretown man deal with terminal illness anxiety, but it was a long, strange trip
Five years after Pete Pearson, 75, was diagnosed with a terminal lung condition, he was experiencing debilitating anxiety and depression known as “end-of-life distress.” He wanted to try psilocybin — commonly known as magic mushrooms — to see if it helped. After a lengthy and futile attempt to gain access to the drug legally through…
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NextStar Energy’s parent company flags 1st quarter operating loss on weak EV demand
LGES, which supplies Tesla, General Motors and Hyundai Motor among others, has been grappling with weaker EV battery demand, with one of its major customers, GM, idling a Detroit EV plant until April .
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Michigan muscles its way to program’s 2nd national title, beating stubborn UConn 69-63
Michigan’s new Fab Five threw style points out the door and brought home a prize not even the school’s most famous team could capture.
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The Alberta tax advantage is disappearing three decades after Ralph Klein’s reforms
Back in the mid-1990s, former Alberta premier Ralph Klein embarked on a series of tax and spending cuts that laid the foundation for what would become known as the “Alberta advantage.” Oil prices had collapsed the previous decade, and a series of deficits were cranking up the dial on the province’s debt servicing costs. To…
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A Canadian boy genius turns to international villainy: Canada Did What? podcast
He was an all-Canadian whiz kid, a celebrated rocket-engineering prodigy, who wanted to make this country a serious player in the 1960s space race. But when science sidestepped Gerald Bull’s plan to build gargantuan guns that could launch projectiles into orbit, he just … broke. He turned his brilliance in missile design to darker pursuits,…
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Still have to file your taxes? Here’s how to find yourself some money
Tick, tick, tick. This year’s tax deadline is coming quick. Here’s what tax experts who spoke with CBC News say you should keep in mind as you’re filling out your return so you don’t miss out on opportunities to find and save money.
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House prices dropping in Canada’s most expensive cities, but still out of reach for many
Housing prices are dipping in Canada’s priciest markets, but real estate experts say it’s not necessarily the break for which potential first-time homebuyers have been waiting — and that break may never come.
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How Canadian military members violated intelligence-gathering rules during COVID-19
Canadian Armed Forces members used their own personal social media accounts, computers and networks at home during the COVID-19 pandemic and gathered information about Canadians, violating intelligence-gathering rules, according to a newly released report.
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Watchdog’s report on controversial RCMP unit delayed due to lack of chairperson
A years-long investigation into a special RCMP unit that polices protests against resource extraction in British Columbia is finished but can’t be finalized because the RCMP’s oversight body has been without a chairperson for more than a year.
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The Ambassador Bridge has lost its spot as the busiest U.S.-Canada trade corridor
High tolls at Windsor’s Ambassador Bridge are pushing commercial truck traffic north to Sarnia, where the Blue Water Bridge has become the busiest crossing on the Canada-U.S. border. The shift comes as the delayed, overbudget Gordie Howe bridge opening remains in limbo.