Hydropower production in Canada is plummeting as extreme weather linked to climate change, particularly sudden swings between drought and flood, hampers output while threatening the structure of dams themselves.A world leader in hydroelectricity, Canada has also been forced to cut exports to the United States, which have reached their lowest levels in 14 years, according …
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A key figure in a trucker protest that jammed Canada’s capital and sparked a global movement against Covid mandates was found guilty Friday for his role in the blockade.The self-styled “Freedom Convoy” of big rig drivers and protesters rolled into Ottawa in early 2022 from across Canada to express anger at government protocols imposed to …
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Plastic pollution litters our seas, our air and even our bodies, but negotiators face an uphill battle next week to agree on the world’s first treaty aimed at ending the problem.Countries will have a week in South Korea’s Busan from Monday to round off two years of negotiations.They remain deeply divided on whether the deal …
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Researchers in Canada are using artificial intelligence to monitor the ongoing mass extinction of insects, hoping to collect data that can help reverse species collapse and avert catastrophe for the planet.”Of all the mass extinctions we have experienced in the past, the one affecting insects is happening a thousand times faster,” said Maxim Larrivee, director …
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Mexico left it late but overturned a 2-0 first-leg deficit with a 4-0 win over Honduras on Tuesday to reach the Final Four of the CONCACAF Nations League.’El Tri’ will face Canada in March’s semi-finals in Los Angeles after Jesse Marsch’s team took care of business with a 3-0 (aggregate 4-0) win over Suriname.The other …
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Tehran is escalating attacks on dissidents and rights defenders abroad, Canada’s former justice minister Irwin Cotler told local media Tuesday, after revealing he had recently been the target of an alleged Iranian assassination plot.”We’re talking about a phenomenon of transnational repression and assassination, and Iran has begun to target now in a more intensified way …
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The first time G20 leaders took their photo together at a summit in Rio they forgot Joe Biden. On Tuesday they had a reshoot — with the outgoing US president firmly back in the frame.Biden, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni all missed the photo on Monday due to what …
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Canadian authorities recently foiled an alleged Iranian plot to assassinate Irwin Cotler, a former justice minister who has been a strong critic of Tehran, Cotler’s organization said Monday.The 84-year-old was justice minister and attorney general from 2003 to 2006. He retired from politics in 2015 but has remained active with many associations that campaign for …
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Joe Biden headed for a photo with fellow G20 leaders in Rio de Janeiro at his final summit as US president on Monday — only to find they had already taken the picture without him.Frustrated US officials blamed “logistical issues” for the blunder which meant that Biden missed out on the shot, along with the …
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Junior Hoilett struck an 81st-minute winner as Canada earned a 1-0 victory at Suriname in their CONCACAF Nations League quarter-final on Friday while Mexico fell 2-0 at Honduras.The 34-year-old Hoilett, who plays for Hibernian in Scotland, latched on to a ball from Jonathan David and fired past Etienne Vaessen for the winner.It was a deserved …
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