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Op-Ed: OPEC’s move to raise oil prices is all about Russia, the oil patch and the EU’s economic policies OPEC announced that it would increase oil prices by up to 1.2% to $55.33 per…
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Paris joins big screen boycott of World Cup games from Qatar Doha: An unprecedented boycott of the 2022 World Cup, which is to be hosted by Qatar, has come from the Latin American country….
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This year’s harvest under possible threat of Canada’s supply chain shortcomings As the world’s population and its demand for food grows, an increasing number of crops are at risk of being harvested before their…
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Cholera returns to Haiti as nation lurches from one crisis to the next. A new report says the epidemic has killed more than 17,000 people and displaced more than 500,000 – mostly in rural…
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Council was told security hired to prevent encampments wouldn’t make arrests. One councillor is questioning why city documents say otherwise. The city of Greater Sudbury’s document retention policy says its officials should no longer…
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Union for some Metrolinx workers votes in favour of Oct. 31 strike deadline Riders react as they pass the Etobicoke GO Station before a transit strike at the end of June 2017. The strike…
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George Floyd’s family to sue Kanye West for $250 million; cease-and-desist letter sent by attorneys The family of US civil rights activist and NFL player Eric Garner, who died in a police encounter in…
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Listen on the go: Four Days investigation, narrated by Kevin Donovan It was a busy Sunday in the little town of Four Days. Families were out in the sunshine enjoying the warm days, when…
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The last Covid holdouts in Asia are throwing open their doors for travel — except for China. Hong Kong authorities have loosened the lockdown imposed a week ago, allowing people to leave their homes…
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Union calls leak of racist recordings illegal, but LAPD has not been asked to find culprits Two days after the leak of racist recordings in an LAPD database, San Francisco’s Police Commission has ordered…
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