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16 hours ago News Duration 1:00 A fast-moving wildfire in eastern New Jersey has consumed about 4,650 hectares in less than 24 hours and is expected to grow before forecasted rain later this week, officials said Wednesday. No injuries have been reported so far in the blaze, which could become …
Read More »Canada drops to 18th in 2025 World Happiness Report rank, among the ‘largest losers’
Canada has slipped to 18th place in the global World Happiness Report, down three spots from last year and placing it among the “largest losers” in happiness rankings over the last two decades, according to the annual report released Thursday. At its peak, in the 2015 report, Canada had placed …
Read More »In the world’s largest refugee camp, Trump’s USAID freeze makes a bad situation worse
On a weekday at the world’s largest refugee camp, dozens of women and men form two surging queues, pushing to reach the front of the line to get their official aid registration cards processed. The crowd is made of refugees from neighbouring Myanmar’s persecuted Muslim minority Rohingya community, recently arrived …
Read More »Ford says he’ll trigger an election and wants ‘largest mandate in Ontario’s history’
Liberals launch Elon attack Liberal Leader Bonnie Crombie has called on the government to rip up its $100 million contract with Starlink, Elon Musk’s satellite internet company. “If he were serious about standing up to Trump, he would cancel his sweetheart deal with Elon Musk,” Crombie said in a news …
Read More »Industry withholding data on one of Canada’s largest fisheries, advocates say
Advocates and scientists are raising concerns with the availability of data on one of Canada’s largest fisheries, as the Department of Fisheries and Oceans DFO is waiting on industry to provide data on the herring fishery in southwest Nova Scotia and the Bay of Fundy. For decades, herring stock …
Read More »T&T, Canada’s largest Asian grocery store chain, is coming to the U.S.
Canada’s biggest Asian grocery chain is expanding into the U.S., hoping to bring its patented array of food, skin care and more to a new market. On Thursday, Bellevue, Wash., will be home to T&T’s 37th store — and its first south of the border as it looks ahead to more …
Read More »Largest school board in Ontario under fire after field trip to downtown protest
Ontario’s largest school board is under fire after students at several schools were taken on a field trip where they appear to have ended up taking part in a protest held in downtown Toronto. Students at a number of Toronto District School Board schools were given permission to head to …
Read More »Postmedia offers to purchase Atlantic Canada’s largest newspaper chain for $1M
Descrease article font size Increase article font size A monitor’s report says Postmedia Network Inc. has offered $1 million to purchase Atlantic Canada’s largest newspaper chain. The offer is being recommended by Toronto-based KSV Restructuring Inc., the court-appointed monitor overseeing the insolvency proceedings involving SaltWire Network Inc. and the Halifax Herald …
Read More »Farmers warn of ripple effect of strike at Ontario’s largest beef processing plant
A strike at the province’s largest beef processing plant is having a domino effect in Ontario’s beef farming industry, experts warn. Employees at Cargill in Guelph, Ont., have been on the picket lines as the strike goes into its second month. Joe Hill, a producer north of Fergus and a …
Read More »Largest vaccine production plant in Canada opens in Toronto
By Staff The Canadian Press Posted May 30, 2024 10:19 am Updated May 30, 2024 11:39 am 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced the opening of a major vaccine production plant in Toronto Thursday— part of Canada’s efforts to build …
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