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Ottawa Matched a $27.6-Billion U.S. Tariff, Then Carved Out Groceries in Maine
When Cabinet answered Washington's 50 percent duties with counter-tariffs, federal drafters had to protect islanders buying groceries in Maine.
Sep 25
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Canada Is an Energy Nation. In Newfoundland, 13.7 Percent of Households Hit Energy Poverty
Natural Resources Canada’s Spring 2026 fact book sets a 10 percent in-home energy line. The national rate is 5.6 percent.
Sep 22
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Mike B.
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The Canola Industry Began With Half a Seed
How five surviving seeds became the genetic foundation of Canadian canola.
Sep 20
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Mike B.
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Canada Exported Half Its Steel. Almost All of It Went South.
Natural Resources Canada’s first full Sustainable Jobs Action Plan retrains up to 10,000 mill workers and tops up EI on days they are not working.
Sep 18
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Mike B.
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A Group Claimed It Could Control a Quebec Water Plant’s Chlorine Pumps
CSE’s 2025-2026 annual report records 3,216 cyber incidents, 67 ransomware warnings, and an operation that deleted stolen data from the dark web.
Sep 15
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Mike B.
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The Azure Blackout Froze Corporate Networks Around the World. Canadian Seniors Never Missed a Payment.
Canada's largest IT transformation just survived a global blackout. The Benefits Delivery Modernization is only halfway done.
Sep 13
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Mike B.
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Canada’s Climate Mental Health Map Stops at Fort McMurray
The federal climate change mental health review found years of distress, and large gaps beyond Alberta.
Sep 11
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Mike B.
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Uganda Declared the Outbreak Over. Canada Kept 26,111 Files Frozen.
A boarding ban, a 21-day quarantine, and 31,693 permanent residence applications held through September 28.
Sep 8
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Mike B.
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800 Students in 1969. 10,000 by 1982. The Report That Asked Canadian Universities If They Were Ready and Didn't Like the Answer
In 1976, Ottawa sent Dr. E.R. Daniels across Canada to ask universities if they were ready for Indigenous students. They were not.
Sep 6
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Mike B.
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The Fifth Standing Committee: A Mother’s 1,619-Day Wait for an Online Harms Law
MPs heard testimony on social media’s toll on Canadian kids. A mother who buried her daughter says Parliament keeps making words instead of action.
Sep 4
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Mike B.
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Canadian Women Earned 87 Cents for Every Dollar Men Earned in 2023. Canada Filed That Fact With the United Nations.
The Canadian Human Rights Commission told the UN in 2024 that Canadian women earned 87 cents per dollar and the machinery of equality had stalled.
Sep 1
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Mike B.
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August 2026
Easterly Winds Carried Niagara Water to the Canadian Shore
In 1970 the International Joint Commission found Lake Erie, Lake Ontario, and the international St. Lawrence polluted on both sides of the boundary.
Aug 30
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Mike B.
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