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Microsoft’s cloud services firm Azure hit with outage, with Minecraft, Starbucks impacted
Microsoft says users of its Azure cloud portal may be not be able to access Office 365, Minecraft or other services due to issues with its global content delivery network services.
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U.S. Federal Reserve cuts interest rates for 2nd time this year to boost growth, hiring
The U.S. Federal Reserve cut its key interest rate Wednesday for a second time this year as it seeks to shore up economic growth and hiring even as inflation stays elevated.
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How do lower interest rates impact your life?
As the Bank of Canada lowers its overnight lending rate, here’s what it means for the average Canadian — from your savings account, to your car loans, to your small business and your mortgage.
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Why hundreds of General Motors employees picked today to protest outside Ontario auto plants
Hundreds of unionized General Motors employees took to the sidewalk outside the CAMI plant in Ingersoll, Ont., on Wednesday to call on the automotive company to find a new vehicle for the plant. A similar rally was being held in … Continue reading
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Vampire bats are ‘little ninjas’ who are actually quite sweet
Documentary Empire of Bats nails the coffin shut on vampire bat myths
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Nvidia rides AI boom to become the first company to reach $5-trillion valuation
Nvidia made history on Wednesday as the first company to reach $5 trillion in market value, powered by a stunning rally and global artificial intelligence boom.
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Bank of Canada lowers key interest rate to 2.25%, suggests it’s done cutting rates for now
The Bank of Canada lowered interest rates by 25 basis points to 2.25 per cent on Wednesday.
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Opponents in rural Nova Scotia challenge cabinet decision on whale sanctuary project
Landowners in Wine Harbour are speaking up for the first time against the cabinet decision on whale sanctuary project.
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Grizzly killed through Alberta’s new hunting program, province says
The Alberta government says one grizzly bear has been killed by a member of the Wildlife Management Responder Network, marking the first bear “lethally removed” since that program was implemented last summer.
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‘You could hear them in the walls’: Leaside residents blame rat infestation on neighbour feeding wildlife
Residents of a street in Toronto’s Leaside neighbourhood say they’re fighting a rat infestation brought on by a neighbour who refuses to stop feeding wildlife in her backyard.
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