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Canada slaps retaliatory tariffs on hundreds of U.S. goods, outlines response plan

Canada slaps retaliatory tariffs on hundreds of U.S. goods, outlines response plan

OTTAWA — Ottawa is imposing 25 per cent tariffs on hundreds of goods originating in the United States — from meat and milk to carpets and curtains — in response to steep new American levies against Canada.
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Southeast Asia looks to nuclear power to supercharge its energy transition

Southeast Asia looks to nuclear power to supercharge its energy transition

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Southeast Asia's only nuclear power plant, completed four decades ago in Bataan, about 40 miles from the Philippine capital Manila, was built in the 1970s but left idle due to safety concerns and corruption.
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Ontario, Quebec and B.C. among provinces pulling U.S. booze from provincial retailers

Ontario, Quebec and B.C. among provinces pulling U.S. booze from provincial retailers

Canadian alcohol producers are cheering decisions from several provinces to yank U.S. booze from provincial liquor stores. They say the move will deliver a boost to homegrown business while adding ammunition to a federal plan aimed at getting the U.
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N.B. park officials cautiously optimistic as piping plover numbers see small jump

N.B. park officials cautiously optimistic as piping plover numbers see small jump

FREDERICTON — It's a small step toward saving an endangered species but a big leap for a little bird. Sixteen piping plover chicks survived in 2024 in the Kouchibouguac National Park on the east coast of New Brunswick.
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As crews clean up from LA wildfires, some residents are furious over hazardous waste

As crews clean up from LA wildfires, some residents are furious over hazardous waste

DUARTE, Calif. (AP) — Not far from where Ceci Carroll lives, a rock-mining company has polluted the air with dust across the San Gabriel Valley, she said.
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'Metabolic knife edge': Study offers insight into hummingbirds' hibernation-like rest

'Metabolic knife edge': Study offers insight into hummingbirds' hibernation-like rest

Powered by nectar and a metabolic marvel, migratory hummingbirds travel thousands of kilometres each year, breeding in places like British Columbia before making the journey as far away as Mexico to avoid the winter cold.
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Mexican startup tackles plastic waste by converting it to fuel

Mexican startup tackles plastic waste by converting it to fuel

BOCA DEL RIO, Mexico (AP) — A startup in Mexico is trying to help get a handle on one Gulf coast city’s plastic waste problem by converting it into gasoline, diesel and other fuels.
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Mexican startup tackles plastic waste by converting it to fuel

Mexican startup tackles plastic waste by converting it to fuel

BOCA DEL RIO, Mexico (AP) — A startup in Mexico is trying to help get a handle on one Gulf coast city’s plastic waste problem by converting it into gasoline, diesel and other fuels.
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Judge grants temporary reprieve to hundreds of B.C. ostriches facing avian flu cull

Judge grants temporary reprieve to hundreds of B.C. ostriches facing avian flu cull

TORONTO — A federal judge has granted a temporary reprieve to about 400 ostriches that were facing a deadline on Saturday for them to be killed at a British Columbia farm hit by an outbreak of avian flu.
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Man agrees to plead guilty for flying drone that damaged firefighting aircraft in LA wildfire

Man agrees to plead guilty for flying drone that damaged firefighting aircraft in LA wildfire

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The pilot of a drone that crashed into a firefighting plane, leaving a gaping hole and grounding the aircraft during the deadly Palisades Fire in Los Angeles, has agreed to plead guilty to a misdemeanor count of unsafely operating
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