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Fighting gas prices, US to release 50 million barrels of oil
November 23, 2021 - 4:07 PM

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Tuesday ordered a record 50 million barrels of oil released from America's strategic reserve, aiming to bring down gasoline and other costs, in coordination with other major energy consuming nations including India, the United Kingdom and China.
'A death blow': Tariff threat looms large in the heart of Canada's auto industry
June 14, 2018 - 1:29 PM

WINDSOR, Ont. - Mike Malott has survived massive turmoil during his nearly 20 years as an automotive worker here in the heart of the Canadian industry — but now that his livelihood is in the crosshairs of a United States president who appears hell-bent on restricting cross-border trade, he is frightened.
Couche-Tard hasn't given up hope of selling cannabis in Western Canada: CEO
November 28, 2017 - 1:51 PM

MONTREAL - Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc. hasn't given up hope of selling cannabis as some Western Canadian provinces turn to the private sector for over-the-counter sales, the convenience store operator's CEO said Tuesday.
Texas drivers rush to fill gas tanks as pump prices rise
August 31, 2017 - 3:42 PM

DALLAS - Drivers lined up at gas pumps in parts of Texas Thursday as more stations ran out of gas and prices rose steeply in response to Hurricane Harvey's impact on Gulf Coast refineries.
Companies should heed lesson from frigid winter's impact on profits
March 05, 2014 - 1:31 PM

TORONTO - Severe winter weather should be seen less as an excuse for poor performance and more as opportunity by companies to fix problems before Mother Nature brings any more surprises, management experts and others say.
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Fruit packers near Kelowna fined another $78,000
A fruit packing plant in the Ellison area east of Kelowna was hit with another $78,368 in fines for discharging effluent into a failed septic field. That’s now more than $110,000 in fines since 2022 for the same issue at Sandher Fruit

Manitoba government plans to lift ban on homegrown recreational cannabis
WINNIPEG - The Manitoba government is planning to end its ban on homegrown recreational cannabis — a move that would leave Quebec as the only province with such a restriction. "We're just allowing Manitobans to have the same

Tranquille developer blames province after multiple ALC denials
The province's Agricultural Land Commission has heard multiple pleas from the owner of a historic Kamloops property who wants to build an agricultural suburb on the massive site. Each time Ignition Developments goes to the commission, i

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Fighting gas prices, US to release 50 million barrels of oil

'A death blow': Tariff threat looms large in the heart of Canada's auto industry

Couche-Tard hasn't given up hope of selling cannabis in Western Canada: CEO

Texas drivers rush to fill gas tanks as pump prices rise

Companies should heed lesson from frigid winter's impact on profits

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