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Posted 31 May 2023

Synergy North corrects billing error

Synergy North says has overcharged about 47,000 of it’s customers a small amount for the past four years. The overpayment amounts to about $0.36 for the average customer. The utility company, which provides electricity in Kenora and Thunder Bay, adds that many of the people affected are no...

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Posted 31 May 2023

Synergy North corrects billing error

Synergy North says has overcharged about 47,000 of it’s customers a small amount for the past four years. The overpayment amounts to about $0.36 for the average customer. The utility company, which provides electricity in Kenora and Thunder Bay, adds that many of the people affected are no...

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Posted 31 May 2023

Economy grew at annual rate of 3.1% in Q1

Canada’s economy grew at an annualized rate of 3.1 per cent last quarter, according to Statistics Canada. The federal agency said Wednesday that “favourable” international trade and growth in household spending were key factors. Exports of goods and services rose 2.4 per cent while imports edged...

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Posted 31 May 2023

Economy grew at annual rate of 3.1% in Q1

Canada’s economy grew at an annualized rate of 3.1 per cent last quarter, according to Statistics Canada. The federal agency said Wednesday that “favourable” international trade and growth in household spending were key factors. Exports of goods and services rose 2.4 per cent while imports edged...

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Posted 31 May 2023

Hunter handed $7,000 fine for shooting, abandoning moose

A hunter from southern Ontario is facing a $7,000 fine from the Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry after shooting a moose and allowing it to spoil in the fall. Court heard that on October 20, 2022, conservation officers with the MNRF received a tip of a bull moose that had been shot and...

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Posted 31 May 2023

Hunter handed $7,000 fine for shooting, abandoning moose

A hunter from southern Ontario is facing a $7,000 fine from the Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry after shooting a moose and allowing it to spoil in the fall. Court heard that on October 20, 2022, conservation officers with the MNRF received a tip of a bull moose that had been shot and...

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Posted 30 May 2023

Groups call for rethinking of nuclear waste storage

Two environmental groups are calling on the province to redirect the storage of radioactive waste closer to areas where it is being generated. We the Nuclear Free North and Protect Our Waterways are petitioning the Ford government to consider what is known as the proximity principle. They claim...

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Posted 30 May 2023

Groups call for rethinking of nuclear waste storage

Two environmental groups are calling on the province to redirect the storage of radioactive waste closer to areas where it is being generated. We the Nuclear Free North and Protect Our Waterways are petitioning the Ford government to consider what is known as the proximity principle. They claim...

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Posted 30 May 2023

Homeownership less affordable now than last year

Increased construction and financing costs, combined with a labour shortage are further hampering the push to clear the shortfall of Canada’s housing stock. That comes from the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation’s first quarter report for 2023. It says home ownership has become less...

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Posted 30 May 2023

Homeownership less affordable now than last year

Increased construction and financing costs, combined with a labour shortage are further hampering the push to clear the shortfall of Canada’s housing stock. That comes from the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation’s first quarter report for 2023. It says home ownership has become less...

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