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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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Prices at the Pumps: Some small relief, more for diesel

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Pallet shelter plan: A year late and 90 per cent short

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Pallet shelters are being set up outside Beacon House in Lower Sackville on Tuesday, February 6, 2024.

Construction boom hits Moncton in first quarter of 2024

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CBRM throws its support behind new proposed solar gardens projects

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Mexico's FEMSA revenues climb 11% on Oxxo, Coca-Cola growth

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Pope Francis gestures from the Pope mobile, as he attends the weekly general audience, in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, April 24, 2024.

Pope will attend G7 summit to discuss AI, Italy says

Reuters |Updated just now |1 min read

ROME (Reuters) - Pope Francis will attend this year's Group of Seven (G7) leaders' summit to discuss the challenges posed by Artificial Intelligence (AI), Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said on Friday. The meeting that draws together the ...

A salesman is seen at his vegetable stand at the supply centre (CEASA) in Brasilia, Brazil May 9, 2023.

Brazil's inflation slows to 0.21% in mid-April

Reuters |Updated 55 minutes ago |2 min read

SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Brazil's consumer prices rose slightly less than expected in the mid-April reading, data from statistics agency IBGE showed on Friday. Prices in Latin America's largest economy rose 0.21% in the month to mid-March, below the ...

Brazil's central bank Governor Roberto Campos Neto, speaks at the ReutersNEXT Newsmaker event in New York City, New York, U.S., November 9, 2023.

Brazil's central bank chief says no mechanical relationship between uncertainties and policy

Marcela Ayres |Updated 55 minutes ago |2 min read

By Marcela Ayres BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil's central bank chief said on Friday that the environment of greater uncertainties does not have a mechanical relationship with the conduct of monetary policy, emphasizing that U.S. interest rates are ...

Renault talks to China's Li Auto and Xiaomi on tech collaboration

Reuters |Updated 1 hour ago |1 min read

PARIS (Reuters) - Renault held talks this week with China's Li Auto and Xiaomi on electric and intelligent vehicle technologies, the French carmaker said on Friday, opening the door to potential collaboration on technology with the two companies.

A trader works on the trading floor at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, U.S., April 4, 2024.

US equity funds see 4th straight week of outflows amid rate cut reassessment

Reuters |Updated 1 hour ago |1 min read

(Reuters) - U.S. equity funds registered their fourth successive weekly outflows in the week ended April 24, hit by fading expectations for rate cuts this year. LSEG data showed a withdrawal of $1.2 billion from U.S. equity funds, though the ...

Google parent Alphabet reclaims spot in $2 trillion valuation club

Reuters |Updated 1 hour ago |1 min read

(Reuters) - Alphabet breached the $2 trillion market value mark for the first time since November 2021 on Friday, as investors cheered the Google parent announcing its first-ever dividend and a $70 billion stock buyback. The stock was last ...

Charter Communications reports higher-than-expected broadband subscriber losses

Reuters |Updated 10 minutes ago |1 min read

(Reuters) - Charter Communications posted larger-than-expected broadband subscriber losses and missed estimates for first-quarter profit on Friday, sending its shares down 3.4% before the bell. The broadband market continues to see slowing growth ...

An eagle tops the U.S. Federal Reserve building's facade in Washington, July 31, 2013.

Fed seen on track for Sept start to US rate cuts

Reuters |Updated 6 minutes ago |2 min read

(Reuters) -U.S. Federal Reserve policymakers sifting through the latest inflation data will find little to fuel a sense of urgency to cut interest rates, but also nothing to rule out the likelihood of rate reductions starting later this year. That ...

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.

Futures extend gains after March PCE data

Reuters |Updated 2 hours ago |1 min read

(Reuters) - U.S. stock index futures extended gains on Friday, as fresh evidence of progress on the inflation front reignited hopes that the Federal Reserve could cut interest rates sometime this year. The personal consumption expenditures (PCE) ...

Moschelle’s Helen Ritchie was the first customer to have a taste of Deep End, a new coffee that is raising money to help replace the liner of the Annapolis Community Pool. Taking part in the launch April 19 in Annapolis Royal were, front row, from left, Erin Welch, of Sissiboo Coffee Roaster, and Ritchie. Second row, Sam Melanson and Daniel Hodder.
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Diving into the Deep End: New coffee raising money for Annapolis Royal, N.S., pool repairs

Jason Malloy · Lead editor Annapolis Valley Register |Updated 2 hours ago |6 min read

A Bear River coffee company has dove into the deep end to help a community group raise the required funds to replace the liner of the outdoor pool in Annapolis Royal. “We do fundraisers for a number of school and community groups, so it kind of ...