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Panama president signs into law a moratorium on new mining concessions. A Canadian mine is untouched

PANAMA CITY (AP) — Panama’s President, Laurentino Cortizo, signed into law an indefinite moratorium on new mining concessions Friday. The law also prohibits renewing existing concessions. Panama’s National Assembly approved the bill Thursday.

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Conservation deal aims to protect 30 per cent of B.C. land by 2030

Canada's greatest ally in the fight against climate change is nature itself, federal Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault said Friday, after signing a $1.1 billion deal with British Columbia and Indigenous leaders to protect 30 per cent of B.

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Trudeau meets Biden in D.C. as leaders gather for Western Hemisphere trade summit

WASHINGTON — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau met Friday with U.S. President Joe Biden on the margins of a mini-summit at the White House aimed at bolstering hemispheric trade and economic stability throughout the Western Hemisphere.

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Nova Scotia and New Brunswick want carbon pricing axed, tell Freeland during call

HALIFAX — Nova Scotia’s finance minister says his province and several others made it clear during a virtual call with federal Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland that the national carbon pricing scheme should be eliminated.

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Ski resorts in the Canadian Rocky Mountains start to open for the winter season

BANFF, Alta. — Ski season has started in Alberta as two resorts in the Canadian Rockies, west of Calgary, opened for skiers and snowboarders.

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Slight change to Dakota Access pipeline comment meeting format, Army Corps says after complaints

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, in the wake of complaints, changed the format of oral testimony for public comments on a draft environmental review of the controversial Dakota Access oil pipeline.

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Storm Ciarán brings record rainfall to Italy with at least 6 killed. European death toll rises to 14

MILAN (AP) — Record-breaking rain produced floods in a vast swath of Italy's Tuscany region as Storm Ciarán pushed into the country overnight, trapping residents in their homes, inundating hospitals and overturning cars.

Nov 3, 2023 12:27 PM Read more >

Winds from Storm Ciarán whip up a wildfire in eastern Spain as 850 people are evacuated

MADRID (AP) — A wildfire abetted by storm winds in eastern Spain has burned some 2,000 hectares (4,900 acres) of land and forced the evacuation of 850 people from four towns, officials said Friday.

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Wildfire in mountainous Central Oahu moves away from towns as Hawaii firefighters continue battle

HONOLULU (AP) — A wildfire that has burned forestlands in a remote mountainous area of Central Oahu has moved eastward and away from population centers, Hawaii authorities said, as firefighters continued to battle the blaze.

Nov 3, 2023 4:49 AM Read more >

New Delhi shuts schools and limits construction work to reduce severe air pollution

NEW DELHI (AP) — New Delhi's government shut primary schools and banned polluting vehicles and construction work in an attempt to reduce the worst haze and smog of the season , which has posed respiratory problems for people and enveloped monuments a

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