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No Mow May? Good intentions, bad approach, critics say

No Mow May? Good intentions, bad approach, critics say

If you’re reading this, chances are you’ve heard about the #NoMowMay movement that’s been gaining steam on social media and in eco-conscious circles these past few years.
Five things to watch for in the Canadian business world in the coming week

Five things to watch for in the Canadian business world in the coming week

TORONTO — Five things to watch for in the Canadian business world in the coming week: Metro investor day Grocer Metro Inc. will hold its 2023 investor day on Wednesday.
Halifax ocean tech hub buoys firms tackling everything from climate change to defence

Halifax ocean tech hub buoys firms tackling everything from climate change to defence

HALIFAX — It started as a Coast Guard facility, two aging brick buildings on the Dartmouth side of Halifax Harbour.
High costs putting farming out of reach for young people, affecting all Canadians

High costs putting farming out of reach for young people, affecting all Canadians

MONTREAL — When Myriam Landry started raising goats for their meat in 2018, she started small — because she had to. She opened Chèvrerie aux Volets Verts, in St-Esprit, Que.
Across town from show dogs, a labor to save suffering ones

Across town from show dogs, a labor to save suffering ones

NEW YORK (AP) — On a recent afternoon at a Manhattan animal hospital and adoption center, a pit bull mix called T-Bone, rescued after being tied to a utility pole, gazed out at visitors from his tidy room.
Employee turnover causes ripple effect, leads to more departures, UBC research finds

Employee turnover causes ripple effect, leads to more departures, UBC research finds

VANCOUVER — Employers vastly underestimate the impact of workers leaving an organization on staff left behind with a different workplace dynamic, leading to even more turnover, a new report says.
Hollywood writers strike sparks uncertainty for Canadian television crews

Hollywood writers strike sparks uncertainty for Canadian television crews

TORONTO — Upon learning that a threatened Hollywood writers strike had indeed become reality, Vancouver costume designer Patti Henderson gave her department bracing advice: “Please don't go out and buy new cars. … No new clothes.
'We had to be here': Fans gather at hometown concert celebrating Gordon Lightfoot

'We had to be here': Fans gather at hometown concert celebrating Gordon Lightfoot

ORILLIA, ONT. — A generation of old friends, longtime couples and families raised on Gordon Lightfoot gathered Saturday night in the singer-songwriter's Orillia, Ont., hometown to mark the passing of the Canadian musician.
Prince Harry an odd man out at father's coronation spectacle

Prince Harry an odd man out at father's coronation spectacle

LONDON (AP) — In the fairy-tale ending to the ancient pageantry in which King Charles III was crowned monarch, he stepped into a gilded horse-drawn carriage with his queen and rode off to his palace.
Newton Minow, ex-FCC chief who dubbed TV 'wasteland,' dies

Newton Minow, ex-FCC chief who dubbed TV 'wasteland,' dies

CHICAGO (AP) — Newton N. Minow, who as Federal Communications Commission chief in the early 1960s famously proclaimed that network television was a "vast wasteland," died Saturday. He was 97.
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