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Premiers push Ottawa to build Northern infrastructure after Arctic foreign policy

Premiers push Ottawa to build Northern infrastructure after Arctic foreign policy

OTTAWA — Canada's Northern premiers are pitching the federal government to dip into its defence budget as a way to bolster Arctic infrastructure and help meet the NATO spending target in the process.
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'Don't make us pay': Northern Ontario mayors say immigration cuts hurt their cities

'Don't make us pay': Northern Ontario mayors say immigration cuts hurt their cities

TORONTO — As the federal government looks to drastically reduce its immigration targets over the next few years, the mayors of northern Ontario's largest cities say they need more immigrants to sustain local economies and population.
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Banff, Lake Louise brace for even more visitors in 2025 as Jasper rebuilds

Banff, Lake Louise brace for even more visitors in 2025 as Jasper rebuilds

CALGARY — The ripple effect of the wildfire that devastated the town of Jasper last summer could continue to reverberate through Alberta's tourism sector in 2025, industry insiders say.
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Economists see November inflation staying at 2% or slightly rising

Economists see November inflation staying at 2% or slightly rising

TORONTO — Inflation likely hovered at or a little above the Bank of Canada's two per cent target rate in November, economists expect, after Taylor Swift's Eras Tour swept through Toronto and offered a temporary economic boost.
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ABC agrees to give $15 million to Donald Trump's presidential library to settle defamation lawsuit

ABC agrees to give $15 million to Donald Trump's presidential library to settle defamation lawsuit

NEW YORK (AP) — ABC News has agreed to pay $15 million toward Donald Trump’s presidential library to settle a lawsuit over anchor George Stephanopoulos' inaccurate on-air assertion that the president-elect had been found civilly liable for raping wri
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ABC agrees to give $15 million to Donald Trump's presidential library to settle defamation lawsuit

ABC agrees to give $15 million to Donald Trump's presidential library to settle defamation lawsuit

NEW YORK (AP) — ABC News has agreed to pay $15 million toward Donald Trump’s presidential library to settle a lawsuit over anchor George Stephanopoulos' inaccurate on-air assertion that the president-elect had been found civilly liable for raping wri
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Enbridge reports 265,000-litre oil spill in Wisconsin

Enbridge reports 265,000-litre oil spill in Wisconsin

EDMONTON — Calgary-based pipeline giant Enbridge says it has cleaned up about 60 per cent of a nearly 265,000-litre oil spill in Wisconsin that was discovered last month.
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Canadians express mixed feelings as federal government's two-month GST holiday begins

Canadians express mixed feelings as federal government's two-month GST holiday begins

The federal government announced the plan to temporarily waive the five per cent goods and services tax in a bid to help ease affordability concerns during the holiday season.
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Enbridge pipeline spills 70,000 gallons of oil in Wisconsin

Enbridge pipeline spills 70,000 gallons of oil in Wisconsin

OAKLAND, Wis. (AP) — Roughly 70000 gallons (264,978 litres) of oil from a pipeline spilled into the ground in Wisconsin, officials said. The problem was discovered Nov. 11 in Jefferson County, 60 miles (96.
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Court denies TikTok's request to halt enforcement of potential US ban until Supreme Court review

Court denies TikTok's request to halt enforcement of potential US ban until Supreme Court review

A federal appeals court on Friday left in place a mid-January deadline in a federal law requiring TikTok to be sold or face a ban in the United States, rejecting a request made by the company to halt enforcement until the Supreme Court reviews its ch
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