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Railways suffered a sharp drop-off in container shipments this month as the strike by B.C. port workers — now poised to end after a tentative deal Thursday — halted more than half of steel-box cargo. Canadian National Railway Co.’s revenue ton miles—a key industry metric used to gauge income and freight volume—fell 60 percent in

Have you sat the kids down for The Talk? Not the where-do babies come from, or safe sex, or being respectful of all talk. I’m talking about the difficult conversation about vacation finances and how much the kids can spend on souvenirs. Sure, it’s vacation and you want to indulge the kids—and yourselves. But this

Retail chain Costco appears to have decided to stop selling Bud Light at its stores as the company has given the beer the dreaded “star of death” suggesting an end to product sales. Images shared online show notices at Costco announcing the sale of Bud Light together with an asterisk sign, popularly known as the

“In the fall of 2019, we were told that a member of the men’s team was going to be transitioning to the women’s team … And that’s when I started to dig deeper on what the NCAA actually allowed. And they did allow for men to become women only after a year of deciding that

Environment Canada has issued tornado warnings for much of southwestern Quebec, including the Island of Montreal. The weather agency says meteorologists are tracking a severe thunderstorm that is possibly producing a tornado. It says warnings are also in effect for the Montreal area, and regions to the west and north. Environment Canada says residents in

With the recent announcement that Stellantis and LG Energy Solution will be moving forward in building their electric vehicle (EV) battery plant in Windsor, Ont., following a financing deal with Ottawa and the Ontario government, there are now plans for two large EV battery plants to be built in the province, both of which have received significant government

Environment Canada confirmed at least one tornado hit the Ottawa area just after noon on Thursday, damaging several dozen homes in a city suburb. Nicholas DeFazio, a spokesman for Ottawa Fire Services, said there were no injuries from the tornado, which damaged about 50 homes in the south-end Barrhaven neighbourhood. Monica Vaswani, a warning preparedness

An expedition in the sea off the coast of Papua New Guinea discovered 50 tiny spherules in June that could possibly be the first interstellar objects found on Earth. The expedition was led by Harvard University Astrophysicist Avi Loeb, and Rob McCallum of EYOS Expeditions coordinated the expedition, which lasted for almost two weeks, according

An Orange County Grand Jury published a report (pdf) in June raising concerns about the impact of group homes, including sober living homes, in the Southern California county and recommended cities come together to better regulate the homes. The jurors said cities should develop a model ordinance and pool resources together to defend against potential

House Republicans accused Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Chair Lina Khan of engaging in “bully” behavior as the agency’s merger-enforcement court case losses continue to mount. The FTC appealed a court decision allowing Microsoft Corp.’s $96 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard to move forward. U.S. District Judge Jacqueline Scott Corley ruled against the federal agency’s request