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Some Big Six banks pulling ahead on climate policy but more to be done: report

Some Big Six banks pulling ahead on climate policy but more to be done: report

TORONTO — Some of Canada's Big Six banks are pulling ahead of others on climate policy but they all still have a ways to go, said a report out Wednesday.
Quebec town tries cowboy tactics after crop-trampling cattle evade capture for months

Quebec town tries cowboy tactics after crop-trampling cattle evade capture for months

QUEBEC — A small Quebec town is resorting to cowboy tactics to round up a herd of runaway cattle that have evaded capture for months and have been wreaking havoc in farmers' fields.
Facial recognition can help conserve seals, scientists say

Facial recognition can help conserve seals, scientists say

FREEPORT, Maine (AP) — Facial recognition technology is mostly associated with uses such as surveillance and the authentication of human faces , but scientists believe they've found a new use for it — saving seals.
Brazil expels US fishing tour company from Indigenous land

Brazil expels US fishing tour company from Indigenous land

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Federal courts in Brazil have ordered a New Jersey-based fishing tourism company to leave a remote Indigenous area of the Amazon after prosecutors filed charges of operating without government authorization and manipulating Indi
Enbridge announces completion of France's first offshore wind farm

Enbridge announces completion of France's first offshore wind farm

CALGARY — France's first commercial-scale offshore wind farm, which was developed by Canadian energy giant Enbridge Inc. in partnership with EDF Renewables and the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, officially opened Wednesday.
Fiona damage 'nowhere near as severe' after $40M cost of earlier storms: Parks Canada

Fiona damage 'nowhere near as severe' after $40M cost of earlier storms: Parks Canada

OTTAWA — The federal agency overseeing Canada's national parks says that $40 million in damage from two earlier Atlantic Canada storms far eclipsed costs incurred due to post-tropical storm Fiona.
Researchers: AI in connected cars eased rush hour congestion

Researchers: AI in connected cars eased rush hour congestion

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — As millions of people travel the interstates this Thanksgiving, many will encounter patches of traffic at a standstill for no apparent reason — no construction or accident. Researchers say the problem is you.

NY gov signs novel law that limits cryptomining, for now

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York is taking a first-in-the-nation step to tap the brakes on the spread of cryptocurrency mining, under legislation that Gov. Kathy Hochul signed Tuesday.
Federal consumer carbon price to expand to three Atlantic provinces next summer

Federal consumer carbon price to expand to three Atlantic provinces next summer

OTTAWA — Federal ministers were spoiling for a fight over carbon pricing Tuesday as the Liberals moved to expand the federal system — and the accompanying rebates — to three Atlantic provinces.
Saskatchewan to regulate all large emitters after Ottawa approves carbon pricing plan

Saskatchewan to regulate all large emitters after Ottawa approves carbon pricing plan

REGINA — All large greenhouse gas emitters in Saskatchewan will soon be regulated by the provincial government after Ottawa ruled the plan meets national standards.
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