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As N.L. eyes e-bike, e-scooter regulations, this vendor says safety is top of mind
06 Aug 2026
As collisions in Newfoundland and Labrador involving e-bikes and e-scooters are on the rise, the provincial government is considering ways to regulate them.
Owner of beloved Seatreat restaurant looks back as its former home comes down
06 Aug 2026
The City of Charlottetown received and approved a demolition permit for the building at 202 University Ave. For many Islanders, that address was known for decades as the home of seafood restaurant Sea
Pesticide-spraying drones are cleared for takeoff, and P.E.I. farmers are taking advantage
06 Aug 2026
P.E.I. farmers are tapping into drones to help make their pesticide application more efficient. Health Canada introduced a new policy this year that allows the technology to be used to apply pesticide
New Brunswick a hot spot for copper theft, companies report
06 Aug 2026
Copper telecommunication lines strung through remote areas of New Brunswick have in the last few years increasingly become a target for thieves.
Postmedia puts end to 2 francophone weeklies, citing financial viability
06 Aug 2026
Postmedia says it will no longer print L'Étoile and Infoweekend, two free, weekly, French-language newspapers. The media conglomerate says the publications were no longer financially viable.
Could pumping station nixed decades ago have saved these residents from repeated flooding?
06 Aug 2026
Other headline ideas - Could nixed permanent pumping station more than 40 years ago saved these residents from repeated flooding? SUBHEAD/DECK - Permanent pumping station behind Fleming Street propos
What Quebec identity means to these 2 bilingual English school board commissioners
06 Aug 2026
Allison Saunders claims her bilingual Quebec identity by living in both worlds — whether that means watching French TV or representing English education. As a young university student raised in the pr
SIU no longer investigates most off-duty sex assault complaints. Advocates fear fewer people will come forward
06 Aug 2026
The number of police-involved sexual assault complaints reviewed by the Special Investigations Unit has been declining since 2021, data analyzed by CBC News shows. Researchers say changes to the Ontar
As Ford's popularity falls, Ontario's Liberal leadership race heats up
06 Aug 2026
Recent opinion polling suggests the Ontario Liberals may be righting the ship after years of heavy defeats to Doug Ford’s Progressive Conservatives as the race to take the helm of the party’s future begins to heat up.
Ontario wildfires accounted for highest area burned in recent history, says U.K. study of Canadian weather
06 Aug 2026
A U.K. analysis of the Ontario and Northwest Territories wildfires details how their intensity is placing more challenges on the ability to prevent their devastating impact, and warns about what might
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Quaker Oats is a company whose products I remember from my childhood days. Years before a foreign exchange crisis caused the Indian government to impose curbs on consumer product imports, we used to see a host of foreign brands in the Indian market. Including Quaker Oats, which I remember eating when I was a child, and which has been available for the past two decades or more.
