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Quebec's Chantier Davie only shipyard to qualify for icebreaker work: Feds
December 19, 2019 - 11:07 AM

OTTAWA - The Quebec shipbuilding industry got a boost from the federal Liberal government Thursday, with news that the Davie shipyard outside Quebec City will be the only builder eligible for potentially billions of dollars of work building Canada's next fleet of icebreakers.
How Donald Trump boosted Nova Scotia's lucrative lobster industry
November 29, 2018 - 8:36 AM

HALIFAX - Canada's largest and most lucrative lobster fishery is slated to get started Saturday off Nova Scotia's southwest coast, where about 5,200 fishermen are geared up for what is expected to be another profitable season — thanks in part to Donald Trump.
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From frost to drought: Strong start to Okanagan asparagus season despite challenges
It’s finally asparagus season at a North Okanagan farm after cooler spring weather pushed back the predicted start date, and all hands are on deck picking the crunchy green spears. For the past few weeks, overnight sub-zero temperatur

Thailand's prime minister wants to outlaw cannabis, 2 years after it was decriminalized
BANGKOK (AP) — The prime minister of Thailand, the first country in Asia to legalize cannabis two years ago, said Wednesday that he wants to outlaw the drug again amid concerns that the lack of regulation had made it available to children a

Ritz-Carlton looking to build luxury homes at Vernon’s Predator Ridge resort
Vernon’s Predator Ridge resort community is not only looking to build a gondola, the global luxury brand Ritz-Carlton is set to build vacation homes. Wesbild Holdings, the company that owns Predator Ridge, announced today, May 9, the

Quebec's Chantier Davie only shipyard to qualify for icebreaker work: Feds