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Bagre Dam Spillage: AV-STEC Project to tackle climate risks
Ghana News Agency
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July 16, 2025
By Yussif Ibrahim Kumasi, July 16, GNA – Communities along the Volta Basin in Ghana and Burkina Faso are set to benefit from a new climate resilience initiative aimed at addressing the recurring devastation caused by the annual Bagre Dam spillage....
Deloitte Canada Acquires Allevar to Strengthen Financial Crime and Compliance Solutions for Financial Services Organizations
T-Net
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Deloitte Canada Acquires Allevar to Strengthen Financial Crime and Compliance Solutions for Financial Services Organizations Vancouver, BC, July 16, 2025--(T-Net)--Deloitte Canada has announced the acquisition of Allevar, a Toronto-based financial...
This building in Toronto has become Canada’s first ‘supertall’ skyscraper
The Independent
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July 16, 2025
Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our...
Here’s where to buy glasses online in Canada
Canoe
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Breadcrumb Trail Links Buy Canadian Lifestyle Fashion Wellness Shopping Essentials Plus, what you need to know before you start shopping Shop for glasses online in a flash. Photo by Bailey Nelson Reviews and recommendations are unbiased and...
The Canadian Press: Contingency plans unclear for 2026 World Cup wildfire smoke risks
University of Manitoba
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July 16, 2025
July 16, 2025 — Dr. Andrew Halayko, a professor of physiology and pathophysiology at the University of Manitoba, calls an AQHI above 10 a “no-brainer” for postponing sporting events. Halayko also believes outdoor activities on days when the AQHI...
Research Roundup: SFU joins ARTIC-2 and Dr. Amy Parent named UNESCO co-chair for Indigenous rights
Peak
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July 16, 2025
Researchers also looked into Parkinson’s Disease using a new imaging technique By: Corbett Gildersleve, News Writer SFU researchers collaborate with international group to better track infectious diseases In May, an SFU team joined the ARTIC-2...
ADLM 2025 to address medical misinformation, health risks posed by plastics, AI integration into care, precision medicine, and more
WFMZ - Pennsylvania
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CHICAGO, July 16, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- At ADLM 2025 (formerly the AACC Annual Scientific Meeting & Clinical Lab Expo) from July 27-31 in Chicago, laboratory medicine experts will communicate the awe-inspiring power of this field to advance...
Smog episodes accumulate and have long-term health effects: Quebec doctors group
North Shore News
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MONTREAL — A group of Quebec doctors is warning that poor air quality can cause long-term adverse health effects. MONTREAL — A group of Quebec doctors is warning that poor air quality can cause long-term adverse health effects. The Quebec chapter...
Digging Deeper: Why Constitutional Recognition of Nature’s Rights is Key to Solving Ghana’s Environmental Crisis
News Ghana
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July 16, 2025
This perspective paper draws upon the constitutional provisions concerning the rights of nature in Ecuador and Bolivia to offer nuanced recommendations for integrating the rights of nature into Ghana’s environmental governance legal framework. It...
Georgia-Pacific investing $140m into Canadian OSB mill
HBS Dealer
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This investment comes as Englehart OSB celebrates its fifteenth anniversary as a Georgia-Pacific facility. The first board was produced at the mill in 1983. "Georgia-Pacific is focused on the future and committed to exceeding the needs of our...
How Canada’s oil sands transformed into one of North America’s lowest-cost energy producers
Global News
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July 16, 2025
Giant shovels, driverless trucks and a dog-like robot have all helped Canada’s oil sands companies including Imperial Oil and Suncor become some of North America’s lowest-cost oil producers, driving down overheads even as the worst inflation in a...
First Nations chiefs worry Bills 5 and C-5 will enable environmental destruction
Brandon Sun
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July 16, 2025
By: Allison Jones, The Canadian Press Posted: 11:52 AM CDT Wednesday, Jul. 16, 2025 TORONTO - First Nations chiefs behind a legal challenge to a pair of federal and provincial laws meant to fast-track infrastructure projects say they are turning...
Canada's minister of health is an unknown to most, but Liberals call her the 'godmother'
National Post
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July 16, 2025
“You have to be there when it’s difficult, and I think I’m strong enough to be there when it’s difficult,” she said. “Then there were the questions that I was a woman, and also that I was a racialized woman. At one point there were a lot of men...
Carney cracks down further on cheap steel imports in bid to protect domestic mills
The Globe and Mail
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July 16, 2025
Open this photo in gallery:Countries except the U.S. that have free-trade agreements with Canada will be subject to 50-per-cent tariffs if they import more than 100 per cent of 2024 volumes of steel into the country.Chris Young/The Canadian Press...
Canadian Telco Rogers Launches Satellite Messaging Trial With Starlink
Via Satellite
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July 15, 2025
Photo: Rogers Canada One of the biggest telcos/wireless operators in Canada is bringing satellite messaging to market. Rogers is launching Rogers Satellite, a new satellite-to-mobile text messaging service, enabled by SpaceX’s Starlink...
Canada’s Drug Agency Launches Public Consultation on Proposed List of Essential Prescription Drugs and Related Products
JD Supra - California
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July 16, 2025
On June 19, 2025, Canada’s Drug Agency (“CDA”) opened a public consultation to gather input on a proposed list of essential prescription drugs and related products. This initiative is part of the agency’s responsibilities under the Pharmacare Act,...
Canadian public servants nervously eye exit
The Mandarin
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July 15, 2025
Canada’s public sector is facing its largest retrenchment since 1995, with AI and attrition not being enough to save 40,000 jobs. Canada Finance Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne (r). (AP Photo/Esteban Felix) Up to 40,000 Canadian public...
Wildfires show why CBC needs public safety mandate, McGill research centre says
CBC/Radio-Canada
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July 16, 2025
The wildfires that are flaring up across Canada again are one of the reasons public safety should be added to CBC/Radio-Canada's mandate, a new report from a research centre at McGill University argues. The report says other public media around...
Get It Growing: Canada Thistle — stubborn, spiky and hard to beat
The Sequim Gazette - Washington State
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July 16, 2025
By Susan Kalmar • July 16, 2025 3:30 am Canada thistle (Cirsium arvense) may sound friendly and indeed it has a lovely purple flower, but gardeners and landowners know better. This prickly perennial weed is a menace and is listed as a noxious weed...
Indigenous Services Canada to test more wells for elevated strontium levels
Turtle Island News
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July 16, 2025
July 16, 2025 77 views By Tara Lindemann Writer A geological survey performed on Six Nations of the Gand River (SNGR) last fall has revealed that six of nine household wells tested positive for elevated levels of strontium. “The Ontario Geological...