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First Quantum shares sink 28 per cent after Panama announces referendum on mine deal

First Quantum shares sink 28 per cent after Panama announces referendum on mine deal

TORONTO — Shares in First Quantum Minerals Ltd. lost more than a quarter of their value on Monday after the president of Panama said over the weekend that he would hold a referendum on a law that cleared the way for the company's Cobre Panama mine.
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Markets rise to start the week as investors eye rate decision, earnings and data

Markets rise to start the week as investors eye rate decision, earnings and data

TORONTO — Canada's main stock index gained more than 100 points Monday, helped by strength in financial, industrial, utilities and technology stocks, while U.S. markets also rose.
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Indigenous group wants Buffy Sainte-Marie to lose 2018 Juno over ancestry doubts

Indigenous group wants Buffy Sainte-Marie to lose 2018 Juno over ancestry doubts

A group of Indigenous women is calling for Buffy Sainte-Marie to lose her Juno Award for Indigenous album of the year, after a CBC story raised doubts about the singer's ancestry.
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Spooky harvest: Droughts, heavy rain create challenge for Canada's pumpkin season

Spooky harvest: Droughts, heavy rain create challenge for Canada's pumpkin season

FREDERICTON — Extreme weather caused by climate change — droughts followed by heavy rains — wreaked havoc with the pumpkin harvest across Canada this year. Nova Scotia pumpkin farmer Danny Dill said the spring planting season was extremely dry.
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Halifax street renamed after Mi'kmaq activist and 'unsung hero' Nora Bernard

Halifax street renamed after Mi'kmaq activist and 'unsung hero' Nora Bernard

HALIFAX — The Halifax street that had long honoured a colonial governor who issued a bounty on the scalps of Mi’kmaq people has been renamed to commemorate a Millbrook First Nation activist and “unsung hero” of residential school survivors.
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Air Canada profits soar as travel demand stays high

Air Canada profits soar as travel demand stays high

MONTREAL — Air Canada reported soaring profits in its latest quarter as consumers continued to spend big on travel, despite higher inflation and interest rates weighing on their wallets.
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B.C. raises pay $2 per hour for daycare workers at licensed facilities

B.C. raises pay $2 per hour for daycare workers at licensed facilities

VICTORIA — Daycare workers at British Columbia's licensed child-care facilities will receive a $2-per-hour pay increase starting Jan. 1. Grace Lore, B.C.
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St. Lawrence Seaway traffic starts moving as strike ends, but backlogs persist

St. Lawrence Seaway traffic starts moving as strike ends, but backlogs persist

TORONTO — Cargo is moving again on the St.
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Cape Breton municipality pitches changes to provincial bill it says will raise taxes

Cape Breton municipality pitches changes to provincial bill it says will raise taxes

HALIFAX — A pitch by Nova Scotia's second largest municipality to change proposed provincial legislation it contends will raise taxes for its residents failed on Monday to move the government majority on a legislative committee.
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Seth Rogen, Jennifer Robertson join CBC's 'The Great Canadian Pottery Throw Down'

Seth Rogen, Jennifer Robertson join CBC's 'The Great Canadian Pottery Throw Down'

Actors Seth Rogen and Jennifer Robertson have joined an upcoming CBC reality show that will crown Canada's top potter.
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