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Salmon farm protester yells at B.C. premier to protect wild stocks
VICTORIA – A heckler interrupted Premier John Horgan’s news conference on protecting British Columbia’s wild…
Ontario will scrap cap and trade, challenge Ottawa’s carbon tax: Doug Ford
TORONTO – Doug Ford said Friday he will scrap Ontario’s cap-and-trade system and fight a…
B.C. lawyer awarded $1 in suit against client who posted negative online review
VANCOUVER – A British Columbia lawyer has been awarded $1 in damages after suing a…
California moves to clear coffee of cancer-risk stigma
LOS ANGELES – California officials, having concluded coffee drinking is not a risky pastime, are…
UK PM vows big funding increase for National Health Service
LONDON – British Prime Minister Theresa May has announced a significant funding increase for the…
Get ready for the ‘internet of cows’: Farmers use technology to shake up agriculture
MONTREAL – Get ready for the “internet of cows.” Generations of farmers have relied on…
Auto parts firm Magna plans electric vehicle joint ventures with Chinese company
AURORA, Ont. – Magna International Inc. says it will form two new joint ventures with…
EU extends restrictions on business in Crimean Peninsula
BRUSSELS – The European Union said Monday it has extended restrictions on doing business with…
Ethics watchdog says Bill Morneau didn’t break law with pension bill
OTTAWA – The federal ethics watchdog has closed the last in a series of probes…
Auto tariffs would have long-term chill on economic output says TD report
TORONTO – A new analysis by TD Economics says that if the United States goes…
South Korea joins Japan in halting Canadian wheat imports after GMO plants found
CALGARY – South Korea has joined Japan in suspending trade in Canadian wheat following the…
Most actively traded companies on the TSX
Some of the most active companies traded Monday on the Toronto Stock Exchange: Toronto Stock…
Baytex Energy and Raging River Exploration sign merger deal
TORONTO – Shares of Baytex Energy Corp. and Raging River Exploration Inc. dropped after the…
Private jet once owned by Elvis Presley for sale – again
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – A private jet once owned by Elvis Presley that has sat on…
Judge orders restrictions for ‘Diesel Brothers’ stars
WOODS CROSS, Utah – Stars of the Discovery Channel show “Diesel Brothers” have been ordered…
US housing starts jumped 5 pct. in May off Midwest building
WASHINGTON – A surge of construction in the Midwest drove U.S. housing starts up 5…
California lawmakers push diversity through film tax credit
SACRAMENTO, Calif. – California lawmakers passed legislation Monday that puts more conditions on state film…
Aldo Group reaches $120,000 settlement with New York in job discrimination case
NEW YORK – Aldo Group Inc. has agreed to pay US$120,000 under a settlement related…
Some fear changes to state laws as US weighs pot medicine
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – Some American parents who for years have used cannabis to treat…
Canadians at risk of being ‘data cows’ absent big data strategy, documents show
OTTAWA – Artificial intelligence could give internet giants like Facebook and Amazon even more power…
A by-the-numbers look at what 5G wireless could mean for Canada’s economy
OTTAWA – A study commissioned by the Canadian Wireless Telecommunications Association lays out the potential…
Trump raises risk of economically harmful US-China trade war
WASHINGTON – The United States and China edged closer Tuesday to triggering the riskiest trade…
Best year ever for B.C. Ferries vehicle traffic, foot traffic also surges
VICTORIA – BC Ferries’ year-end results show vehicle traffic was higher than ever last year,…
Flair Airlines moving headquarters from Kelowna, B.C, to Edmonton
EDMONTON – Flair Airlines Ltd. has found a new place to roost. The low-cost carrier…