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Cancelling cap and trade will result in $3 billion in lost revenue: FAO
TORONTO - The cancellation of the cap-and-trade system will cost $3 billion in lost revenue over the next four fiscal years, Ontario’s fiscal watchdog said Tuesday, warning the decision would pu...
Oct 16, 2018
Earth samples show dust from B.C. pipeline blast not a health threat: Enbridge
VANCOUVER - The company that owns a natural gas pipeline that ruptured and burned in central British Columbia a week ago says the dust that settled on homes near the blast site does not pose a health ...
Oct 16, 2018
Postal services ready for looming wave of legal cannabis deliveries
TORONTO - Legal cannabis is set to usher in a wave of high-value, age-restricted parcels in the mail system, and delivery companies say they’re ready. The test of the system will come as Ontario...
Oct 16, 2018
From Maury Island to Burien: Washington’s UFO Craze Continues
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! On June 21, 1947, Harold Dahl, his son Charles, their family dog, and a two-man crew patrolled the waters near Maury Island on Puget Sound in Washington. J...
Oct 16, 2018
The Mutant Of Dance’s Unbelievable Moves
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! Solto Esengulov twists, balances, and morphs his body into unbelievable ways that will have you questioning whether his anatomy is really human. Originally...
Oct 16, 2018
The Confusion in Denver at the Capitol Building’s Mile High Steps
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! Ready to get a mile high? It's where the golf balls travel farther, the alcohol makes you drunker and the sun burns you more - because you're closer to it....
Oct 16, 2018
Idaho wildlife official resigns after killing baboon family
BOISE, Idaho - A top Idaho wildlife official has resigned amid outrage over a photo of him posing with a baboon family he killed during a hunting trip Africa, ending days of turmoil for a state where ...
Oct 16, 2018
EU official urges Britain's May to get creative on Brexit
LUXEMBOURG - The European Union largely abandoned hope of clinching a Brexit deal this month and a top EU official implored British Prime Minister Theresa May on Tuesday to come up with “a new m...
Oct 16, 2018
Government to provide funding to help local police when pot is legalized
CALGARY – Alberta will be providing $11.2 million through the Municipal Cannabis Transition Program to help municipalities with policing after recreational cannabis becomes legal on Wednesday, O...
Oct 16, 2018
Toronto police welcome to apply to march in Pride Parade again, organizers say
Toronto’s Pride Parade has lifted a ban on uniformed police officers participating in the colourful annual event, saying the force was welcome to apply to be a part of next summer’s festiv...
Oct 16, 2018