REGINA — Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe is calling on the Prime Minister to get tough with British Columbia over its opposition to the Trans Mountain oil pipeline expansion. Moe says Justin Trudeau’s Liberal government should withhold sending federal infrastructure money to B.C. He says it has been a month since Trudeau met with B.C. Premier […]
RICHMOND, Va. — The Latest on challenges to the proposed Atlantic Coast Pipeline (all times local): 9 p.m. A spokeswoman for the lead developer of the Atlantic Coast Pipeline says a federal court order vacating a key permit does not mean work on the multistate project has to stop. Jen Kostyniuk is director of communications […]
Live in each season as it passes; breathe the air, drink the drink, taste the fruit, and resign yourself to the influence of the earth — err, game. Henry David Thoreau wrote those words — most of them — in his seminal book, “Walden.” They make up the objective of a video game that seeks […]
VICTORIA — Premier John Horgan told a group of business leaders in Victoria that he can feel their pain, but his government won’t back away from ending the medical fees charged to B.C. residents. Speaking to a crowd of about 400 at a Victoria Chamber of Commerce luncheon, Horgan said they’re committed to ending the […]
Lisa Spour said she switched to the wooden barbecue brush two summers ago after hearing stories about the dangers associated with metal brushes, so she never thought she’d be a victim of a tiny, lost br…
LAS VEGAS — Ahead of Wynn Resorts annual shareholders meeting, the casino operator’s four female directors sought to reassure employees the company is committed to moving onto a new chapter following the sexual misconduct scandal that engulfed its founder earlier this year. The directors, three of whom have held their posts for less than a […]
Philippe Jetté, a senior executive who runs Cogeco’s business unit, will become the CEO and Louis Audet will become chairman on Sept. 1
SAN FRANCISCO — The Latest on Facebook’s content policing (all times local): 3 p.m. Facebook says it disabled nearly 1.3 billion fake accounts in the six months through March. Had the company failed to do so, its monthly user base would have swelled beyond its current 2.2 billion. Even after all that disabling, though, Facebook […]
WINNIPEG — A Toronto-based pot producer is taking over the former Maple Leaf Foods meat plant in Winnipeg. GrowForce Holdings has announced it will open its flagship cannabis cultivation facility in the city’s St. Boniface Industrial Park. It says the 11,000-square-metre facility will employ 150 to 200 people once it’s fully operational next year. GrowForce […]
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. — Now that the U.S. Supreme Court has cleared the way for states to legalize sports betting, the race is on to see who will referee the multibillion-dollar business of gambling on pro and college games. The NFL, NBA and others want Congress to set uniform, nationwide rules on sports gambling for […]