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The Martian permafrost may be hiding veins of habitable liquid water
Buried underground near the surface, frozen regions of Mars could have tiny hidden channels full of liquid water, which could be a habitable environment for microscopic organisms Source link
Feds, province to spend $3B on mini nuclear power plant in Bowmanville, Ont.
Premier Doug Ford and Prime Minister Mark Carney are announcing the new spending at a news conference being carried live by CBC News Thursday morning. Construction on the first of four small modular reactors already started earlier this year. Source link
Tropical Storm Melissa kills elderly man in Haiti as it lumbers through Caribbean
Tropical Storm Melissa lumbered through the Caribbean Sea on Thursday, bringing a risk of dangerous landslides and life-threatening flooding to Jamaica and southern Hispaniola — an island shared by the Dominican Republic and Haiti. Source link
Alberta throne speech pledges new pipelines and a boost for artificial intelligence
Alberta’s government will “end the landlocking” of the oilsands by working with partners to build pipelines to B.C.’s northwest coast and Ontario, Lt.-Gov. Salma Lakhani says in the speech from the throne. Source link
8 Blue Jays and Dodgers who could determine the outcome of the World Series
The Toronto Blue Jays and Los Angeles Dodgers will battle in a high-stakes World Series beginning Friday night at Rogers Centre. Here are eight people who could determine the outcome of the Fall Classic. Source link
Legislation looms to end teachers' strike in Alberta as students face stress, uncertainty
As legislation looms ordering striking Alberta teachers back to work, Jennifer Black is bittersweet about returning to class to teach English to dozens of anxious Grade 12 students while feeling hopeless herself. Source link
Back-to-work legislation coming to end the Alberta teachers’ strike
The Alberta government has served formal notice that they will introduce back-to-work legislation to end the Alberta teachers’ strike. Source link
Heat's Rozier, Trail Blazers' Billups arrested in federal gambling probe, reports say
Miami Heat guard Terry Rozier and Portland Trail Blazers head coach Chauncey Billups have been arrested in connection with a federal investigation into sports betting, people familiar with the matter told The Associated Press and ESPN on Thursday. Source link
Canada Post workers union loses challenge of back-to-work order
The Canada Industrial Relations Board has dismissed an argument from the Canada Post workers union that a government back-to-work order was unconstitutional. Source link
British soldier acquitted on murder, attempted murder charges for 1972 Northern Ireland killings
A former British paratrooper who was the only soldier ever charged in the 1972 Bloody Sunday massacre in Northern Ireland was acquitted Thursday of murder charges. Source link