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As Canada lowers its tariffs and imports more electric vehicles from China, an upcoming report from New York-based labour rights researchers is making new allegations of forced labour practices at the world’s bestselling EV manufacturer, BYD.

Iran has formed human chains in the past around its nuclear sites at times of heightened tensions with the West.

The Canadian company gets paid in the local country’s currency for the power from the solar farm, so the company has invested in a Chili pepper plantation beside the solar farm, and sells the chili peppers on the international market for a return on their investment in dollars. There is farming, and then there is farming.

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Government plans to create new national parks and marine reserves

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Coca-Cola Canada Bottling Limited cited a rare legal principle that allows it to terminate an injured worker

Sarah-Tai: I liked it a lot. I love the way Alireza Khatami deliberately breaks the film apart in the mid-point. It really collapses in on itself, in a good way. And it pulls you into this very surreal, internal, psychic disorientation that forces you to find your own footing again. It’s the kind of work that makes you, as a viewer, an active participant instead of just a passive observer, and I love that. The way that it unfolds is really symptomatic of the inherited patriarchal violence we see on screen of the male characters. It becomes clear that the story of revenge is not really about revenge, it’s about why revenge is a symptom of that family. And I think it’s very haunting.

Says Iran ‘posed no imminent threat’ to America, blames ‘pressure from Israel’

We share some common security concerns,’ Canadian prime minister says.

The claim was filed in B.C. Supreme Court on Monday on behalf of Gebala by her mother, Cia Edmonds.

United States customs officers conducted a record number of searches of electronic devices last year of people travelling to the U.S., and a recent update to its directives adds new devices such as smart watches, SIM cards and flash drives to the list of things subject to search.

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New polling shows just under half of Canadians support the idea, but there are costs

I posted this in c/Canada, but I thought I would share it here to. What have your experiences with jury duty been like?

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Roughly one-fifth of the world’s oil moves through the passageway

When asked about whether the U.S. has a plan on how to fill the power vacuum left by the death of the nation’s supreme leader, Rubio reiterated that their goal was to destroy Iran’s short-range ballistic missile capability and eliminate the threat posed by its navy.

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As the shoe strains to maintain grip, says Djellouli, tiny sections of the rubber sole rapidly change shape, momentarily losing and regaining contact with the floor thousands of times per second. These quick oscillations occur at a frequency that matches the high-pitched squeak heard on the court.

The headline isn’t that Onion-worthy but the ingress is:

A business consultant is raising alarms about AI-conducted job interviews after he says a tech company’s evaluation of him drew some concerning conclusions, including criticizing his “habitual” use of Google’s Chrome internet browser.

World skiing’s governing body has moved swiftly to quash talk of ski jumpers injecting their penises with paraffin or hyaluronic acid to gain a competitive edge, but scientists and ski jumpers at the ​Winter Olympics say if true, it would make perfect sense.

Taiwan’s representative in Canada says he is concerned the Liberal government may be deliberately delaying the signing of a trade agreement with Taipei to preserve its relationship with China.

Austin Appelbee swam four kilometres to shore to raise the alarm after he got into difficulties on Friday with his mother, Joanne Appelbee, 47, brother Beau, 12, and sister Grace, 8, police said.