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For 60 years, this Canada-U.S. treaty governed money, power and a river. With Trump’s threats, what now?

B.C. MLA Adrian Dix says he gets texts, emails, and even stopped at his local Safeway. He says people urge him to cut off power or even water to the U.S. “People are angry,” said Dix, B.C.’s Minister of Energy and Climate Solutions and the minister responsible for the Columbia River …

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Director Steven Soderbergh on Presence, movies for adults and the power of karaoke

You might not know the name Steven Soderbergh, but you likely know his movies.  He’s the director behind Erin Brockovich, Traffic, the Ocean’s 11 trilogy and Behind the Candelabra. After winning the Palme D’Or at the age of 26 for Sex, Lies, and Videotape, Soderbergh reinvented himself as genre connoisseur, serving …

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What are executive orders in the U.S. and how much power do they have?

U.S. President Donald Trump returned to the White House ready to immediately overhaul the government using the fastest tool he has: the executive order. On his first day, he looked to increase domestic energy production and stop diversity, equity and inclusion programs within the federal government, among other actions. An incoming president signing a flurry of executive orders is standard …

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Uncertainty and anxiety for some Northerners, as Trump returns to power

Pauline Frost, chief of the Vuntut Gwitchin First Nation in northern Yukon, usually looks forward to late January, when the winter sun returns to her Arctic village. This year, however, feels different to Frost. The predictable return of longer days happens to coincide with something much less predictable, and hugely consequential: Donald Trump’s return to the …

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Selling Churchill: N.L. spending $300K in ad blitz to sell new power deal

Premier Andrew Furey announced a tentative deal with Quebec on Dec. 12. Hours later, the government began rolling out an advertising campaign with an array of different messages. (Paul Daly/The Canadian Press) As soon as the new Churchill Falls hydro deal was announced in St. John’s this month, the campaign …

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Russia fired 93 missiles and 200 drones on Ukraine Ballistic missile attack on power plants Zelensky said the world should end Russia’s terror | रूस ने यूक्रेन पर 93 मिसाइल, 200 ड्रोन दागे: बैलिस्टिक मिसाइल से बिजली संयंत्रों पर हमला, जेलेंस्की बोले- रूस के आतंक को दुनिया खत्म करे

Hindi News International Russia Fired 93 Missiles And 200 Drones On Ukraine Ballistic Missile Attack On Power Plants Zelensky Said The World Should End Russia’s Terror कीव2 घंटे पहले कॉपी लिंक अमेरिकी एफ-16 लड़ाकू विमान ने यूक्रेन में रूस के कई मिसाइलों को किया नष्ट। रूस ने यूक्रेन पर दर्जनों मिसाइल से …

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Thousands in Malibu under evacuation orders and without power as wind fuels wildfire

Thousands of Southern California residents were under evacuation orders and warnings Tuesday as firefighters battled a wind-driven wildfire in Malibu that burned near celebrities’ seaside mansions, horse farms and Pepperdine University, where students watched as flames raced down hillsides and the sky turned deep red. A “minimal number” of homes …

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Millions in the dark after Cuba’s electric grid collapses following power plant failure

Cuba’s national electrical system collapsed early on Wednesday morning after the country’s largest power plant failed, the government said, the latest of several such failures as the island’s grid falls into disarray amid fuel shortages, natural disaster and economic crisis. The country’s energy and mines ministry said the Antonio Guiteras …

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A parent’s pardon: Joe Biden’s precedent-setting move magnifies power of the presidency

Joe Biden is drawing condemnation from political allies for establishing a new precedent in American history with the first-ever pardon for presidential offspring. And all they can do, really, is complain. Because the president’s blanket pardon of his son, Hunter Biden, last weekend highlights the expansive power of the U.S. …

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