The Chatham Ballhawks 16U girls team won Division 2 Tier 2 silver medals at the Ontario Volleyball Association championship.
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Tuesday’s US/China Trade War Update
At around eight years and starting during the Trump presidency era, the U.S. and China trade war showed no signs of changing. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen visited China last week, which did not help.Yellen warned China on Monday that Washington would not accept new industries being decimated by Chinese imports. Reuters reported that President Biden did not want the China shock of 2000 to repeat. In that era, the U.S. manufacturing industry lost 2 million jobs.The U.S. is among the Western countries that are pivoting its manufacturing out of China. When the country locked down the borders and…
Today’s Active Stocks: Vale, Intel, Uber, and More
In the last year, Vale (VALE) trended lower. Yesterday’s 5.93% break out is an unusual pattern. Expect traders to potentially take profits on higher volume today. Last month, FT reported that Value may have a £3 legal suit to defend, related to the Mariana dam disaster.After peaking at over $50, Intel (INTC) broke below $38 on Monday. Bears have enough momentum to send the chip giant down to $30. The firm relied too heavily on outsourcing chip production to Taiwan Semiconductor (TSM). Furthermore, it started work on the $100 billion U.S. factory investments. Risks are so high that the…
Alberta distillery to stop making 4-litre vodka jugs after minister raises concern
A distillery is halting production of discount four-litre vodka jugs after the Alberta minister responsible for the province’s liquor industry called out the product for not being responsibly priced.
Part of Red Bull Cliff Diving series to be held in Montreal this summer
Part of the Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series is slated to take place for the first time at the Grand Quay of the Port of Montreal.
GUNTER: Numbers don’t justify Edmonton spending millions to install streetlights on bike lanes
Back on April 1, 2015, this paper published a story claiming the City of Edmonton was going to spend $87.5 million constructing “all-season overhead coverings for the city’s 95 kilometres of bike lanes.” The canopies, designed to keep snow and rain off bicycle commuters, would be “steel-framed, heated and lit.” Dozens of angry readers called […]
Officer assaulted while walking to downtown police station: TPS
Police say an officer was taken to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries after being assaulted while walking to a downtown police station on Monday night.
Letters April 9, 2024: ‘Liberals are taxing us into the poor house.’
Borrowed money Re: PM’s carbon tax defence is incoherent, editorial, April 2 Seems to me that if Justin Trudeau cancelled the carbon tax and, as Steve Ambler (University of Quebec) states, eliminated the hodgepodge of rules, regulations, controls and taxes that are harming the efficiency and competitiveness of the Canadian economy, Canadians could afford to […]
Here’s why you may smell smoke near Toronto’s High Park
The City of Toronto will conduct its annual burn of High Park on Tuesday.
Quebec Liberals calling for parliamentary commission on flood zones to protect homeowners
The Quebec Liberal Party is worried about what’s happening to homes in flood zones and is calling for a parliamentary commission as more people are being affected by flooding.
