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‘Good news for Nunavummiut’: 23-unit housing complex coming to Iqaluit
22 Jul 2026
The government of Canada announced Tuesday that it’s awarding a $35.6 million contract to Arctic Fresh Projects Inc. to build a 23-unit housing complex in Iqaluit. Officials say they expect construction to be complete by December 2028.
Police say 6 fires set around St. John's are related
22 Jul 2026
Investigators with the Royal Newfoundland Constabulary have six, active investigations into suspicious fires in St. John's that they say are all related.
Curious humpback whales put on a show for Spaniard’s Bay man
22 Jul 2026
When Robert Lundrigan took his neighbours and their relatives from Florida out cod fishing, none of them expected to come face-to-face with several curious humpback whales. The CBC’s Carolyn Stokes spoke with Lundrigan about the rare encounter.
As P.E.I. opens the door to online casinos, expert warns of more gambling problems
22 Jul 2026
Prince Edward Island has quietly opened the door to online casinos, but an expert says the move could lead to more people developing gambling problems.
Businesses at a Fredericton block clogged by construction join forces to draw customers
22 Jul 2026
Five Fredericton businesses, all near the same intersection, will spend the summer shrouded by construction. But in anticipation of the summer street closure, the businesses decided to collaborate with their competitors to try to bring in customers.
Mobile STEAM classroom brings hands-on learning to First Nations communities across N.B.
22 Jul 2026
A new mobile science, technology, engineering, arts and math classroom is bringing culturally grounded education directly to First Nations communities across New Brunswick. Organizers hope the trailer
3 arrested after homicide in Pointe-aux-Outardes, Que.
22 Jul 2026
Three people have been arrested in connection with a homicide in Pointe-aux-Outardes, Que., on Quebec's Côte-Nord.
Quebec's captive caribou population grows after 16 fawns are born
22 Jul 2026
The Quebec government says the number of caribou in captivity has grown since May following the birth of more than a dozen new fawns.
1 dead after aircraft crashes in Victoriaville, Que.
22 Jul 2026
One person died after an aircraft crashed into a field in Victoriaville, Que., on Monday evening.
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By Omar Almeida | 08 Mar 2025
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By Kiron Kasbekar | 08 Mar 2024
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.
