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$20M deal bars Burnaby from speaking badly about Trans Mountain

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An indigenous canoe is paddled in front of oil storage tanks on the shores of Burrard Inlet.

After years of fighting, Burnaby has signed an agreement with Trans Mountain Corp. that controls how the city communicates with the public about the company.

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dreadhead
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Office of Alberta Premier Smith responds to her comment about chemtrails

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Alberta Premier Danielle Smith's office says her recent comments about chemtrails don't mean she believes the United States government is spraying them in the province.

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DMack
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If the US department of defense is spraying mind-altering chemicals onto Alberta, that would explain a lot
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ReadLots
1 day ago
The following exchange at the town hall focused on flat-earth related initiatives.
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The planet is warming at a record pace. So why are many companies retreating from their climate targets?

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A man in a baseball cap with his back to the camera stands in muddy waters up his legs as motorists approach in a storm.

After more than 190 countries signed the Paris Accord in 2015 — codifying an international push to keep global temperatures well below 2 C warming from pre-industrial levels — many companies made bold climate pledges. But meeting them is a tougher proposition.

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Canada records lowest fertility rate for 2nd year, StatsCan says — and B.C. has lowest rate in the country

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Canada recorded its lowest ever fertility rate for the second year in a row in 2023, according to Statistics Canada. The country recorded a rate of 1.26 children born per woman, according to the agency, with British Columbia having the nation's lowest fertility rate at one child per woman.

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dreadhead
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DMack
3 days ago
Yooo, we're like asia without the bidets! They cite the pandemic as a reason for couples *not* having kids. Anecdotally it seemed like the exact opposite, didn't it? Even couples who are terrible for eachother had kids 😙
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Westbound: 1943

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March 1943. "A westbound Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe passenger train passing by a siding near the town of Hoover, Texas, enroute to Amarillo." Acetate negative by Jack Delano for the Office of War Information. View full size.
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550 people report illness after P.E.I. shellfish festival, health officials say

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More than 550 people reported getting sick after attending the P.E.I. International Shellfish Festival last weekend, according to the province's Chief Public Health Office.

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