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President Donald Trump announced Wednesday that his administration is revoking California’s authority to set auto mileage standards stricter than those issued by federal regulators. In a tweet, Trump said his move would result in less expensive and safer cars. He insisted that new cars would be cleaner, even as they …

Tim Hortons will no longer offer Beyond Meat products at its eateries outside Ontario and B.C. “We are always listening to our guests and testing a wide variety of products across the country,” Restaurant Brands International (RBI), the parent company of Tim Hortons, wrote in an email to CBC News. …

The southern Alberta community of Medicine Hat — known as “The Gas City” — is permanently shuttering 2,000 of its active natural gas wells due to extremely low prices, resulting in layoffs for about 100 people. The decision to close 75 per cent of the city’s wells was announced last …

The B.C. Court of Appeal has instructed the province to reconsider its environmental assessment certificate and conditions issued for the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project. In their challenges, the Squamish Nation and the City of Vancouver argued the certificate should be quashed because it was based on a flawed report …

Boris Johnson was booed by protesters and berated by Luxembourg’s leader on a visit to the tiny nation Monday for his first face-to-face talks with European Union chief Jean-Claude Juncker about securing an elusive Brexit deal. On a day of commotion and conflicting signals, Johnson pulled out of a news …

Think “pipeline dispute” and the mind may conjure up images of environmental protest, pro-oil rallies and bickering politicians. But there’s another kind of dispute simmering over pipelines these days — one that could shake-up the sector for years to come and is dividing opinions in the Canadian oilpatch. It may …

When Ernie Farris walked past his childhood home in Peterborough, Ont., this summer for the first time in years, he had an alarming thought. In the late 1940s, as a young teen, he had helped his father unload a truck full of fluffy, white scrap asbestos from the local General …

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Over the course of this election, political parties will spend tens of millions of dollars targeting voters. They’ll try to convince you they’re just like you. They’re worried about the same things you are and hopeful about the same things, too. But how much do we Canadians really know about …

Premium TV network Super Channel has filed a lawsuit against four Canadian retailers for allegedly selling “pirate devices” and educating customers how to use them to watch TV without paying for it. In a court document filed in Federal Court this week, Super Channel accuses Best Buy, Staples, Canada Computers …