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AI, data centre companies will have to compete for electricity in B.C.
Prospective data centres and artificial intelligence (AI) companies in B.C. will have to compete for electricity from B.C. Hydro under new provincial legislation.
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Proposed tundra swan hunting season on Prairies prompts concern from hunter
The federal government is considering a proposal to establish a new hunting season for tundra swans in Alberta, Manitoba and Saskatchewan — a move that one hunter says could endanger the trumpeter swan, a similar-looking, sensitive species.
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We’ve already been to the moon, so why are we going again?
Artemis II is set to blast off to the moon in early February with four astronauts, including the Canadian Space Agency’s Jeremy Hansen. But we’ve already been to the moon, so why are we going back? Do we get any … Continue reading
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Race to export beyond U.S. picks up as tariff squeeze grips Canada
Canada hopes to double its exports to countries other than the U.S. as a way of blunting the impact of the trade war. But that will take time and money. What can Canada get done as tariffs squeeze the economy?
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Hyundai interested in Canada’s hydrogen energy as it bets on natural gas-fuelled cars
Hyundai is exploring a “potential collaboration” with the Canadian hydrogen energy sector, it told CBC News on Thursday, as the South Korean automaker bets on natural gas-fuelled cars to be the future of the automotive industry.
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Appeal court rules in favour of Ottawa’s toxic plastic listing
In a victory for the Liberal government, the Federal Court of Appeal has upheld its decision to list plastics as toxic, enabling Ottawa to ban single-use plastic items.
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Trump aviation threats that would affect Bombardier, Gulfstream and others: What we know
U.S. President Donald Trump’s latest grievance threatening to upend the deeply integrated economic ties between the U.S. and Canada involves business jets. Here’s what we know so far.
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Canada’s economy stalled in November, may have contracted in 4th quarter of 2025
Canada’s economic growth stalled in November as growth in services was offset by weakness in goods-producing industries, data showed on Friday, offering fresh clues on the state of the economy after almost a year of tariffs and uncertainty.
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Flowers are now blooming in January in the U.K.
In this issue of our environmental newsletter, we see the blooming changes that hikers have noticed in the U.K., get a look at EV models with built-in solar panels and check out an award-winning forest grown from memorial trees.
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Road salt alternatives? They’re out there, but it’s about cost as much as chemistry
As London, Ont., deals with a deep freeze and a shortage of road salt, researchers at Western University say they’re looking into some ice-clearing alternatives.
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