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Discarded plastic containers litter sone brush in north-end Dartmouth Wednesday April 24,2024.

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Dalhousie-led study reveals biggest branded waste producers

A Dalhousie-led study has unveiled a link between plastic production and pollution. The study, published Wednesday in Science Advances, was conducted by scientists from Dalhousie and 12 other post-secondary institutions in the U.S., Australia, the ...

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Roll Up to Win confusion: Cape Bretoners disappointed after Tim Hortons email mistake

Updated 1 hour ago |6 min read

In this Saltwire file photo, a person rolls up the rim of their Tim Hortons cup to see if they are a winner or not, which was how the contest was run until 2021 when they decided to make it a digital-only game. SALTWIRE FILE

Poached elvers still getting exported despite DFO busts and closed season

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CBRM seeks land-use bylaw change for supportive housing units

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Time to double the quota? Owner of only N.L. fish plant to process exclusively northern cod thinks stocks are ready and is working to regain its position in global marketplace

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St. John's Pilates studio helping those with Parkinson's: Classes offered free to those with the disease to help keep people moving

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Royal Caribbean's Icon of the Seas, the largest cruise ship in the world, is docked at Costa Maya Cruise Port, in the village town of Mahahual, Quintana Roo state, Mexico, February 6, 2024.

Royal Caribbean lifts annual profit forecast on robust cruising demand

Reuters |Updated 9 minutes ago |1 min read

(Reuters) - Royal Caribbean Group on Thursday raised its annual profit forecast for a second time, benefiting from record demand for cruises and robust on-board spending. It now expects annual adjusted profit between $10.70 and $10.90 per share, ...

A Southwest commercial airliner takes off from Las Vegas International Airport in Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S., February 8, 2024.

Southwest Airlines cuts jet delivery forecast from Boeing again

Reuters |Updated 9 minutes ago |2 min read

(Reuters) - Southwest Airlines said on Thursday it anticipates less than half of the new aircraft deliveries it had previously expected from Boeing in 2024 and will take measures to tighten costs, such as voluntary time off programs, as a buffer.

Lazard's first-quarter profit rises on jump in assets

Reuters |Updated 9 minutes ago |1 min read

(Reuters) - Lazard reported a higher first-quarter profit on Thursday buoyed by a growth in assets at the boutique investment bank. Profit attributable to Lazard was $36 million, or 35 cents per share, in the quarter, compared with a loss of $22 ...

An employee holds a cup as she works at her desk inside the Tech Mahindra office building in Noida on the outskirts of New Delhi, India March 7, 2019. Picture taken March 7, 2019.

India's Tech Mahindra posts Q4 revenue miss

Reuters |Updated 9 minutes ago |1 min read

Bengaluru/ (Reuters) - Tech Mahindra, India's fifth-largest software company, reported fourth-quarter revenue below analysts' estimates on Thursday due to weakness in the communications and media vertical as macro headwinds weighed on overall ...

A street sign for Wall Street is seen outside the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, New York, U.S., July 19, 2021.

Morning Bid: Meta plunges, mega mining merger revealed

Reuters |Updated 19 minutes ago |4 min read

A look at the day ahead in U.S. and global markets from Mike Dolan Megacap Meta revived Big Tech jitters on Wall St overnight as its pumped-up stock balked at an ostensibly decent earnings update late Wednesday - but the mining sector was abuzz about ...

Jackson McLean, manager, and owner Peter Byrne of The Seed Company in St. John's. Next April marks 100 years in business for the company, though the pair have already begun ringing in the occasion and hope to have some sales and contests soon. Cameron Kilfoy/The Telegram

'We brought The Seed Company into the 21st century': St. John's-based business prepares to celebrate 100 years

Cameron Kilfoy |Updated 26 minutes ago |7 min read

When Peter Byrne's great-grandfather, E.W. Gaze, opened Gaze Seed Company in 1925, it was the only seed company in N.L. Better known today as The Seed Company, they supplied seeds to farmers and gardeners across the island through mail via a ...

A Temasek signage is pictured at their annual Temasek Review in Singapore July 11, 2023.

BlackRock-backed Decarbonization Partners raises $1.4 billion for first fund

Simon Jessop |Updated 29 minutes ago |2 min read

By Simon Jessop LONDON (Reuters) - Climate-focused investor Decarbonization Partners, a tie-up between BlackRock and Singaporean state investment firm Temasek, said on Thursday it had raised a higher-than-targeted $1.4 billion for its first fund.

Ukraine, Israel bill to bolster Lockheed, RTX profits

Mike Stone |Updated 29 minutes ago |3 min read

By Mike Stone WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Lockheed Martin Corp and RTX Corp, fresh off a surge of orders in response to Russian aggression against Ukraine and the war in Gaza, stand to profit from $95 billion of mostly new weapons funding as the ...

Dow's CEO Jim Fitterling attends a session at the 50th World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland, January 21, 2020.

Chemicals maker Dow beats quarterly profit estimates

Reuters |Updated 6 minutes ago |1 min read

(Reuters) - Chemicals maker Dow beat first-quarter profit estimates on Thursday, helped by higher sales volumes as global manufacturing activity shows signs of growth. China's manufacturing activity expanded for the first time in six months in ...

Bank of Canada Governor Tiff Macklem takes part in a news conference after announcing an interest rate decision in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada April 12, 2023.

Why the Bank of Canada decided to hold interest rates in April

Barbara Shecter |Updated 35 minutes ago |3 min read

Divisions within the Bank of Canada over the timing of a much-anticipated cut to the key overnight interest rate stem from concerns of some members of the central bank’s governing council that progress on taming inflation could stall in the face ...