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The Canadian Gas Association says building renewable electricity capacity to replace just half of Canada’s current fossil fuel-generated energy could increase national costs by as much as $1.4 trillion over the next 30 years. In a report, it contends that Read more …
Calgary Economic Development plans to roll out a $4-million ad campaign to attract tech workers to the city. “We have a shortage of tech talent here. There’s a real misperception of what’s going on here but then there’s 2,000 to Read more …
At the Café Central in Coaticook, Que., Madeleine Dubé and Louise-Hélène Gagnon tucked into the lunchtime special: a hamburger steak with fries and coleslaw. And all that for $8.95, thank you very much. Gagnon, 78, teased her friend when Dubé, 85, blushed at Read more …
https://cdn.cnn.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/191016130009-everest-tease-2-super-tease.jpg The richest horse races in the world The newly created Saudi Cup in February 2020 will offer a purse of $20 million with a first prize of $10 million. The richest horse races in the world Eye-popping prizes – Read more …
It is not wholly surprising to learn that Barack Obama hopes Justin Trudeau does well in next week’s federal election. Most of us hope to see our friends succeed in their chosen endeavours. But the former leader of the free world went Read more …
Maryland Rep. Elijah E. Cummings died early Thursday at Johns Hopkins Hospital due to complications from longstanding health challenges, his congressional office said. He was 68. A sharecropper’s son, Cummings became the powerful chairman of a U.S. House committee that Read more …
https://cdn.cnn.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/191016111921-01-british-pound-restricted-super-tease.jpg Traders remain on edge as British Prime Minister Boris Johnson races to win support for an agreement to take the United Kingdom out of the European Union before the October 31 deadline. Johnson is meeting with EU leaders later Read more …
Prime Minister Boris Johnson said Thursday that the United Kingdom and the European Union have agreed to a “great” new Brexit deal and urged lawmakers to approve it on the weekend. “We’ve got a great new deal that takes back control,” Johnson Read more …
https://cdn.cnn.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/191016173816-humpback-1-super-tease.jpeg Western South Atlantic humpbacks were reduced to a few hundred in the 1950s, after once totaling a number of 27,000. But efforts to preserve the animal have been rewarded, with numbers now estimated to stand at 25,000 and 93% Read more …
The Conservatives have pledged to “protect” the budget of the Department of National Defence even as they work to eliminate the federal deficit. In their election platform, the Tories said they would find $5 billion in savings by cutting operational expenses, but Read more …