In a blockbuster seafood deal, St. John’s-based Ocean Choice International has sold its Canadian offshore scallop quota — worth an estimated $200 million — to three Nova Scotia companies. Ocean Choice International of St. John’s makes sale after sinking of its factory trawler. In a blockbuster seafood deal, St. John’s-based …
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Finding life on Saturn’s moon Titan may be more difficult than previously thought
A recent study found that transporting organics from the surface of Saturn’s largest moon, Titan, to its deep ocean isn’t enough to support life. But that doesn’t mean the search for life in our solar system is dead in the water. But that doesn’t mean it’s impossible, and there are …
Read More »After home-state humbling, the question now is: What’s Nikki Haley running for?
Nikki Haley’s latest loss has people wondering what she’s running for. A VP slot? Personal branding? As a Plan B, should Donald Trump fail to finish the campaign? Because a humiliating loss Saturday in her home state of South Carolina makes one thing clear: She’s not beating Trump in these …
Read More »Two years on, the war in Ukraine becomes a test of Western staying power
As world leaders made their way to Kyiv to commemorate two years since the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, questions remain about the strength of Western support for the embattled country. Russia wants to convince the world that Ukraine is a lost cause, expert says. Anniversaries — like …
Read More »Concerns over tea shortages are brewing in the U.K. But how serious is the threat to supply?
The ongoing Houthi attacks in the Red Sea are causing concerns in Britain over potential tea shortages. Unrest in Red Sea prompted fears over supply, but observers say it’s a tempest in a teacup. Written in black and white, a small sign in one of the United Kingdom’s biggest supermarket …
Read More »The Liberals and NDP say they have a pharmacare deal — so what’s left on their to-do list?
Now that the Liberals and New Democrats have announced they’ve reached a deal on pharmacare, the path is open for the parties to carry on a confidence-and-supply agreement that has helped to keep the government in power since March 2022. There are promises still unfulfilled in the parties’ confidence-and-supply agreement. …
Read More »Canada’s drug crisis is affecting a largely unchecked population of users — newcomers
In speaking with community organizations, CBC News found that Canada’s drug crisis is affecting a largely unchecked population of users – newcomers – and we don’t even know how severe the issue is. Now, experts are calling not only for better data collection, but also more attention to the realities …
Read More »Family says prayers, Facebook friends and bright orange rims helped them track down stolen car
Dave Wilson’s 2006 Ford 500 was stolen. His family posted about it on Facebook, where people sent in updates about the car’s whereabouts as it travelled from Halifax to Cape Breton. Family sent updates on whereabouts of Ford 500 as it travelled from Halifax to Cape Breton. A Bedford, N.S., …
Read More »Young female readers, #BookTok fuel spicy romantasy genre’s staggering sales figures
Book publishers and industry watchers are taking note of the romantasy subgenre’s enormous popularity among young female readers — author Sarah J. Maas alone has sold 40 million copies — and the power of #BookTok to elevate both its well-known, traditionally published writers, and self-published indie authors alike. Romantasy, which …
Read More »89-year-old Fredericton woman publishes book about living in a nursing home
In Studio 127, Mary Ryan is awake by 8 a.m. and at her computer ready to work each morning. The studio, accented with pens, sticky notes and her computer, doubles as Ryan’s long-term care room — No. 127, but she prefers to call it Studio 127 — at Fredericton’s Thomas …
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