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  • English
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  • Environment
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  • Real Estate
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Recent Articles

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Canada bet billions on an EV boom. Was it too much, too soon?

The federal and provincial governments bet billions on the rapid rise of the electric vehicle industry. But major EV and battery projects in Ontario, Quebec and British Columbia have since been delayed, cancelled, suspended, substantially changed — and in one case, gone bankrupt — as automakers and suppliers adjust to weaker-than-anticipated demand.
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EV projects are stumbling. Is Canada's big bet still on track?

The federal and provincial governments bet billions on the rapid rise of the electric vehicle industry. But major EV and battery projects in Ontario, Quebec and British Columbia have since been delayed, cancelled, suspended, substantially changed — and in one case, gone bankrupt — as automakers and suppliers adjust to weaker-than-anticipated demand.
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Some Great Lakes sturgeon may be 400 years old. Scientists are reth...

New research suggests Great Lake sturgeon may live more than 400 years — far longer than previously thought. The discovery is forcing scientists to rethink the already-generations-long effort to bring the giant fish back from the brink of extinction.
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The Ambassador Bridge's monopoly was ending. What its owner wanted ...

Ambassador Bridge owner Matthew Moroun sought a meeting with senior Canadian officials as the bridge's nearly century-old monopoly on commercial traffic between Windsor and Detroit faced a new competitor. Government records reveal why Ottawa agreed to listen, but much of what Moroun wanted remains secret.
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Canada built its nuclear industry to avoid foreign fuel. Its new re...

Canada built its nuclear industry around Candu reactors supplied by a made-in-Canada supply chain. Ontario is building, and other provinces are considering, SMRs that require foreign uranium enrichment and fabrication in an abrupt departure from decades of self-reliance.
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Ontario runs $8M tab storing U.S. alcohol, as province's plans for ...

The Ontario government won't explain what will happens to its $79 million U.S. alcohol stockpile, even as new figures obtained by CBC News show taxpayers have spent about $8 million storing it and that roughly $2.6 million worth has expired.
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'Once-in-a-generation' expedition to revisit shipwrecks of Shacklet...

An ambitious expedition will use Canadian technology to revisit two legendary polar exploration shipwrecks. The goal: create detailed digital twins of Quest and Terra Nova while leaving the historic wrecks undisturbed on the sea floor.
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The Gordie Howe International Bridge is 'essentially complete.' The...

Newly obtained federal briefing documents show Canada finished building the $6.4-billion Gordie Howe International Bridge before a major legal challenge to the project is expected to reach trial.
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Storing Ontario's $79.1M stockpile of delisted U.S. alcohol could c...

Ontario could be spending $20 million a year to store $79.1 million in delisted U.S. alcohol products, according to one operations management expert. The liquor ban became one of Ontario's most visible responses to tariffs and annexation threats from U.S. President Donald Trump last year.
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Canada's mid-size cities are growing like big ones — and running in...

CMHC data suggests Canada's mid-size cities are growing denser. From Halifax to Kelowna, apartments and other multi-unit housing now make up more new construction — even as residents, experts and developers disagree on how to address the crisis and who new housing should serve.
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Lake Huron's 'fish city' is a sign of trouble at nuclear plant, say...

Saugeen Ojibway Nation is challenging the portrayal of footage of a 'fish city' in the warm waters near Bruce Nuclear Generating Station as a 'fish trap,' raising questions about ecological costs as the operator seeks to raise reactor limits.