Ford's caucus was split over dog hunting park expansion
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by Liam Casey
5h ago
A decision over whether to expand an obscure dog sport in Ontario sparked division within Doug Ford's Progressive Conservative caucus that saw the premier agree to cancel a new licensing regime before later resurrecting it, The Canadian Press has learned ..read more
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Canada’s next emissions target could allow feds to stall out on climate action
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by John Woodside
10h ago
Few outside the oil patch seem happy with it ..read more
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Canada designs its own tariffs as Ford threatens to withhold energy exports to U.S.
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by Anja Karadeglija, Kyle Duggan
1d ago
Canada is preparing retaliatory tariffs in response to U.S. president-elect Donald Trump's threat to levy a 25 per cent import tax on all Canadian goods, and Ontario Premier Doug Ford threatened to withhold the province's energy, which it exports to five states ..read more
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One stumbling block has cleared in Canada Post strike, but more remain
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by The Canadian Press
1d ago
The union representing Canada Post workers says an unfair labour practice complaint over the company's layoffs has been resolved ..read more
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New Brunswick's first female premier Susan Holt congratulated by Hillary Clinton
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by Hina Alam
1d ago
Holt has many other letters from women and girls here at home and elsewhere in the world saying her achievement inspired them ..read more
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Vancouver Island community wants government held liable for ship-breaking pollution
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by Rochelle Baker
1d ago
Deep Water Recovery is facing another warning and threat of fines for its controversial Vancouver Island ship breaking operation on the shores of Baynes Sound ..read more
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Carbon pricing has only a 'tiny' impact on inflation: economists
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by Natasha Bulowski
1d ago
The federal Conservative Party has spent years saying the carbon tax is fuelling inflation — but a new analysis has found these emissions-pricing policies only contributed about 0.5 per cent to the more than 19 per cent increase in consumer prices since 2019 ..read more
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TikTok files legal suit against federal government's shutdown order
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by Darryl Greer, Anja Karadeglija
2d ago
TikTok is challenging the federal government’s order to shut down its operations in Canada, claiming it will eliminate hundreds of jobs and potentially terminate a quarter of a million contracts that it has with Canadian advertising clients ..read more
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Kevin O’Leary is playing Alberta for a $70 billion fool
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by Max Fawcett
2d ago
If something sounds too good to be true, it usually is. When it’s a $70 billion data centre called “Wonder Valley” that will supposedly be built from scratch in the middle of the northern Alberta wilderness, one that will apparently feature swans and deer casually moseying around a futuristic-looking campus, that should set off some pretty noisy warning bells. And when the person pitching it is Kevin O’Leary? Well, red alert ..read more
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Fossil fuel giant BP wants to start selling gas in New Brunswick
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by Natasha Bulowski
2d ago
In documents filed with the provincial regulator, BP said it is “looking to expand to offer natural gas supply into the province of New Brunswick to commercial customers ..read more
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