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Canada announced on Friday the first round of projects under a G7 critical minerals production alliance envisioned as a counterweight to China’s dominance in the sector. The 25 initiatives include purchase agreements for a Quebec graphite mine and investments to scale up a rare earth elements refinery in Ontario. Canada’s energy and natural resources minister…

US President Donald Trump instructed his administration’s lawyers to seek court clarification on legally funding the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Programme (SNAP) after federal judges ordered the use of emergency funds in November to cover food stamp benefits. The rulings by federal judges in Massachusetts and Rhode Island rejected a US Department of Agriculture (USDA) claim…

U.S. President Donald Trump said Friday that Prime Minister Mark Carney “apologized” for the Ontario government’s anti-tariff TV ad when the two leaders met in Asia this week, but confirmed trade talks between Canada and the U.S. remain paused. Asked aboard Air Force One on his way to Florida if negotiations will resume, Trump said…

A new Ipsos poll conducted exclusively for Global News shows that most Canadians believe the federal government should ensure foreign buyers are not able to purchase companies that develop the country’s key natural resources, such as oil and gas, forestry and mining. The survey of 1,000 Canadians aged 18 years and older was conducted between…

A French cyclist survived for three days after falling down a steep ravine by drinking bottles of red wine he had in a shopping bag, authorities in France said. According to CBS News, the 77-year-old man, who has not been named, was biking home from the supermarket along a quiet road in the mountainous Cévennes…

A potential ISIS-inspired attack in Michigan was foiled just hours before Halloween, after FBI arrested multiple suspects allegedly plotting a “pumpkin day” assault, reports CNN.The operation was carried out early Friday, preventing what director Kash Patel described as a “violent attack” planned for the holiday weekend. FBI swoops in after ‘pumpkin day’ clue The plan…

The U.S. space agency NASA is rejecting conspiracy claims by Kim Kardashian that the 1969 Apollo 11 moon landings did not happen. In the most recent episode of her family’s hit reality show, The Kardashians, Kardashian says she thinks the pivotal lunar expedition was a hoax, citing a series of articles that, she claims, explain why some…

Oilsands giant Cenovus Energy Inc. foresees no further wrinkles in its takeover bid for MEG Energy Corp., a day after a shareholder meeting to approve the deal was delayed due to a last-minute regulatory issue. “The inquiry is associated with a complaint raised by a former employee of MEG who holds approximately 4,000 shares. We…

A landmark court ruling in British Columbia regarding Aboriginal land title over urban lands has ignited fierce debate and uncertainty over the future of private property rights in the province and across the country. The federal and provincial governments are appealing the B.C. Supreme Court’s ruling in favour of the Quw’utsun Nation, or Cowichan Nation,…

Hurricane Melissa‘s confirmed death toll climbed to 49 on Thursday, according to official reports, after wreaking destruction across much of the northern Caribbean and picking up speed as it headed past Bermuda in the North Atlantic. Authorities in Haiti, which was not directly hit but nevertheless suffered days of torrential rains from the slow-moving storm,…