A new report on biodiversity in Canada says thousands of wild species are at risk of being wiped out. Larger animals like whales or marmots garner the most attention but the vast majority of threatened species are insects, plants, mosses and lichen.
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PEMBERTON, BRITISH COLUMBIA — An agreement between the B.C. government and the First Nations that manage Joffre Lakes Provincial Park will see the popular tourist spot closed for part of the year to protect its "natural and cultural values." The announcement comes after a disagreement over the park's public use led the Lilwat and N'Quatqua First Nations to shut down access to the park for about a month last year. Environment Minister George Heyman says in a statement the decision to close the pa
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MILWAUKEE (AP) — Milwaukee Bucks forward Khris Middleton’s status for Game 3 of the Eastern Conference first-round playoff series with the Indiana Pacers is uncertain after he hurt his ankle in the last game and didn’t practice Thursday. Middleton was limping in the first quarter of the Bucks’ 125-108 Game 2 loss on Tuesday and briefly went into the locker room, but he returned after getting his right ankle re-taped and ended up playing 36 minutes. Bucks coach Doc Rivers said Middleton didn’t pr
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A federal judge in New York rejected Donald Trump’s request for a new trial on Thursday after a jury awarded $83.3 million in damages to a longtime magazine columnist who sued the former president for defamation for calling her claim that he had sexually assaulted her in a Manhattan department store a lie. The judge rejected the former president's claims that the compensatory and punitive damages awarded to writer E. Jean Carroll in January were excessive. The January verdict came after Carroll, 80, an author and former advice columnist for Elle magazine, testified that Trump’s public statements about her had led to death threats.
Donald Trump's attempt to avoid paying advice columnist E. Jean Carroll millions in defamation damages was rejected Thursday.
LONDON (AP) — Shares in U.K.-based mining giant Anglo American surged Thursday after it received a 31 billion-pound ($39 billion) takeover approach from rival BHP Billiton, a deal that would create the world’s biggest copper miner, with around 10% of global output — a hugely lucrative market in the transition to clean energy. Anglo American's share price closed up 16% in London after revealing that BHP, the world's biggest miner, had put forward the “unsolicited” and “highly conditional” takeove
A large pond designed to attract wildlife which was created a kilometre from an airport could cause a “catastrophe” if geese were to hit any of the planes, an aviation manager has warned.
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OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — BNSF will become the second major freight railroad to allow some of its employees to report safety concerns anonymously through a federal system without fear of discipline. The Federal Railroad Administration announced Thursday that the railroad owned by Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway had agreed to let its roughly 650 dispatchers participate in the program that all the major railroads promised to join after last year's disastrous Norfolk Southern derailment in Ohio. “Rail
EDMONTON — The Alberta government announced Thursday a new payment model that would allow nurse practitioners to make 80 per cent of what family doctors are paid. Health Minister Adriana LaGrange said nurses eligible for the payment plan must commit to caring for 900 patients and operate their clinics on weekends, evenings and holidays. They also must accept walk-ins. She said compensation will depend on how many patients are being served, with pay being higher for nurses with more patients. "Ro
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The Canadian dollar strengthened against its U.S. counterpart on Thursday as domestic data showed wage growth picking up and ahead of U.S. inflation data that could offer clues on the prospect of Federal Reserve interest rate cuts. The loonie was trading 0.3% higher at 1.3765 to the U.S. dollar, or 73.18 U.S. cents, clawing back much of the previous day's decline. The data raised concern that the U.S. economy is slowing while inflation is still strong, Darren Richardson, chief operating officer at Richardson International Currency Exchange Inc, said in a note.
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