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Responding to Indigenous, Vatican rejects Discovery Doctrine
March 30, 2023 - 4:02 AM

VATICAN CITY (AP) — The Vatican on Thursday responded to Indigenous demands and formally repudiated the “Doctrine of Discovery,” the theories backed by 15th-century “papal bulls” that legitimized the colonial-era seizure of Native lands and form the basis of some property law today.
From high flying to burnout, pot industry faces downturn five years post-legalization
October 13, 2023 - 7:17 AM

When Abi Roach thinks about the 20 years she spent fighting for Canada to legalize cannabis, she says pot legislation is like a clenched fist.
Railing against soaring gas prices, Republicans in Congress cite Keystone XL decision
April 06, 2022 - 2:39 PM

WASHINGTON - Republicans are doing their best to resurrect the controversy around the long-dead Keystone XL pipeline expansion, using it as an election-year political cudgel against Joe Biden in hopes of convincing voters that soaring gasoline prices are the U.S. president's fault.
Made-in-Canada cleaning robots increasingly visible amid pandemic
September 22, 2021 - 10:54 AM

HALIFAX - Canadians venturing out into commercial spaces for the first time since the pandemic began may spot some made-in-Canada technology whizzing around, keeping the high-traffic floors squeaky clean.
Toronto police have person of interest in billionaire deaths
November 25, 2020 - 5:42 PM

Toronto police said Wednesday that they have identified a person of interest in the killing of Canadian drug company billionaire Barry Sherman and his wife nearly three years ago.
The Latest: Brazil protesters oppose vaccine mandate
November 01, 2020 - 2:51 PM

SAO PAULO — Protesters have gathered in Brazil’s two biggest cities to demonstrate against any mandate for the taking of a coronavirus vaccine, supporting a rejection campaign encouraged by President Jair Bolsonaro in opposition to the advice of most health professionals.
Twitter obscures, warns on Trump tweet 'glorifying violence'
May 29, 2020 - 11:58 AM

Twitter escalated tensions with President Donald Trump on Friday, adding a warning to one of his tweets for the first time and saying he violated the platform’s rules by glorifying violence when he suggested protesters in Minneapolis could be shot.
Event organizers weigh 'difficult' decisions to continue amid COVID-19 fears
March 11, 2020 - 1:12 PM

TORONTO - The Metro Toronto Convention Centre should have been bustling Wednesday with guests at a two-day retail, marketing and technology conference, but the event's plans changed with news that a Sudbury man who visited the venue last week had contracted a novel form of coronavirus.
Event organizers cancel conferences, grapple with coronavirus outbreak
February 28, 2020 - 12:16 PM

TORONTO - Organizations across the country are cancelling conferences, fretting about whether to forge ahead with events and considering more health-conscious policies as concerns grow over the recent outbreak of a novel form of coronavirus.
Oracle co-CEO Mark Hurd is dead at 62
October 18, 2019 - 12:16 PM

Oracle co-CEO Mark Hurd, who led two Silicon Valley giants, has died at 62. Oracle confirmed his death Friday, but gave no cause. Hurd was on medical leave, which Oracle announced in September .
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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

Kamloops council to expand tax exemptions for new rental builds
Developers have more land to choose from if they want to cut costs on new rental buildings in Kamloops. The City is looking to expand a tax exemption program to span massive swaths of Kamloops in order to encourage development. Previously r

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Responding to Indigenous, Vatican rejects Discovery Doctrine

From high flying to burnout, pot industry faces downturn five years post-legalization

Railing against soaring gas prices, Republicans in Congress cite Keystone XL decision

Made-in-Canada cleaning robots increasingly visible amid pandemic

Toronto police have person of interest in billionaire deaths

The Latest: Brazil protesters oppose vaccine mandate

Twitter obscures, warns on Trump tweet 'glorifying violence'

Event organizers weigh 'difficult' decisions to continue amid COVID-19 fears

Event organizers cancel conferences, grapple with coronavirus outbreak

Oracle co-CEO Mark Hurd is dead at 62

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