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Exclusive: Carney's pitch to unlock trillions in global investment
Prime Minister Mark Carney has sent invitations to 100 of the biggest investment firms in the world. He’s pitching an Invest in Canada Summit this fall to unlock trillions of dollars in investments in Canada. Source link
10-day ceasefire in Lebanon takes effect as Trump predicts war with Iran to end 'pretty soon'
A 10-day truce appeared to be holding in Lebanon early Friday, promising a pause in fighting between Israel and the Hezbollah militant group and possibly clearing one major obstacle to a deal between Iran and the United States and Israel to end weeks of devastating war. Source link
The rise, the fall and the rebound of cyclic cosmology
Cyclic cosmology, or the big bounce, is the idea that the universe will eventually crunch back together and then go through another big bang. Columnist Leah Crane finds that, appropriately, it’s coming back Source link
A chimpanzee ‘civil war’ erupted in Uganda. Scientists aren’t sure why
An unusually large troop of chimpanzees displayed cooperation and social cohesion for decades, until something shifted and they started to turn on each other. Source link
Canadian firm ignored worker complaints over drug cartel-management links at Mexican gold mine, sources say
Several workers for a Canadian-owned Mexican gold mine received no response after making complaints to the company’s workplace ethics hotline saying that local management was working with a prominent organized crime group to force out the existing union, according to two former local union members. Source link
'It's like I gave birth to twins': Canadian director Chandler Levack has 2 movies opening on the same day
In Montreal, a young woman in a Spin magazine T-shirt stares furiously at the blank page on her 2011 MacBook. It’s a moment from the new movie Mile End Kicks that could have been ripped from director Chandler Levack’s own life, when the former critic traded Toronto for Montreal’s exploding music scene. Mile End Kicks […]
Why is Lee Cronin's The Mummy called that? Also, why is it so terrible?
Lee Cronin’s The Mummy, a needlessly mean-spirited horror flick that’s barely about mummies, may have you asking a million questions. And before you even get to the plot-related ones, the most obvious is: what’s with that title? Source link
Charter at a turning point as it turns 44
Canada’s Justice Minister Sean Fraser says he has significant concerns with the way the provinces are overriding Charter rights by invoking the notwithstanding clause, and he’s prepared to establish guardrails around its use as the document turns 44. Source link
Oil and gas emissions rising as other sectors mostly flat, federal data shows
Progress on cutting carbon emissions has stalled somewhat in Canada, according to the federal government annual reporting to the UN. Oil and gas emissions have continued to rise since the pandemic. Source link
Federal government might have to acquire new office space for public servants, analysis finds
Public Services and Procurement Canada (PSPC) has analyzed the federal government’s office space needs and discovered it will need more work stations with public servants heading back to the office four days a week in July. Source link