Fiat Chrysler Wants To Form Global Giant By Merging With Renault
By PARIS — Fiat Chrysler proposed on Monday to merge with France’s Renault to create the world’s third-biggest automaker and combine their investments in the race to make new electric and autonomous vehicles. The merged company would reshape the global industry: it would make some 8.7 million vehicles a year, leapfrogging General Motors and trailing only […]
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Pregnant Women And Mothers Need Reliable Health Research, Doctors Say
VANCOUVER — Funding a program that provides pregnant and breastfeeding women with evidence-based research on drug safety should be a priority for the Canadian government, say doctors citing the closure of such a service after nearly 35 years. Motherisk, established at the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto, provided counselling to women and clinicians, but […]
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Karina Gould, Democratic Institutions Minister, Says 'Wild-West Online Era' Can't Continue
OTTAWA — Facebook, Google and Microsoft have signed onto a declaration promising a dozen initiatives to protect the integrity of the Canadian election this fall — including working to remove phoney social-media accounts and fake content. But other tech giants, including Twitter, have not signed on. The “Canada Declaration on Electoral Integrity Online” was announced […]
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Summer 2019 Will Be A Tale Of Two Canadas, The Weather Network Forecasts
The weather this summer could be starkly different across the country, according to the latest long range forecast from The Weather Network. Chief meteorologist Chris Scott predicts the wet weather that Ontario and Quebec have experienced in May will continue during the summer months and could lead to a heightened risk of flash flooding in […]
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Doug Ford Bows To Pressure From Mayors On Municipal Funding Cuts
TORONTO — Ontario’s Progressive Conservative government has backed down on retroactive funding cuts to municipalities after sustained pressure from local leaders, who warned of devastating impacts to public health, child care and ambulance services. Municipalities had been pushing back hard against the funding cuts, which were announced after they already passed this year’s budgets, saying […]
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Elizabeth May's Greens Want Canada To Break Oil Habit By Banning Foreign Imports
OTTAWA — Green party Leader Elizabeth May says saving the world from climate change requires Canada to get off oil before the middle of the century. In the meantime, she wants Canada off foreign oil as soon as possible. The promise to make Canada energy independent is — perhaps unexpectedly — in line with the […]
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To My Partner: I Didn't Know I Could Be Trans And In Love Until I Met You
My old air conditioner struggled loudly against last summer’s mid-August heat. I was lounging on the couch, feeling nostalgic. A few weeks prior, my partner, Rowan, and I had celebrated our third anniversary together. They had just moved down the street with their other partner, and I was awaiting the beginning of my second year […]
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Canada Files Claim For North Pole To Go Up Against Denmark, Russia
Canada has finally made its case that the top of the world flies the Maple Leaf. After years of delay and political debate, Canada has submitted its scientific argument for control of a vast portion of the Arctic seabed, including the North Pole, to the UN body that will evaluate it. Denmark and Russia […]
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Ontario PCs To End Province’s Deal With The Beer Store
TORONTO — Ontario plans to rip up an agreement with The Beer Store in order to allow the sale of beer and wine in corner stores, but the retailer has already signalled it will fight the move in the courts. The Progressive Conservatives tabled legislation Monday that would terminate a 10-year contract with The Beer Store […]
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Europe Pulls Together As The Far-Right Fumbles The Moment
BRUSSELS ― Millions of people across Europe voted Sunday to sharpen divisions within the European Union and ramp up debate over the future of the bloc, sending to the European Parliament a historically diverse range of pro-EU parties, who will dominate the chamber, but also giving the body its biggest ever presence of far-right politicians […]
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