April 04, 2019 / By mobanmarket
Click:HE 5000 Toronto’s transit commission says the majority of its new streetcars have to be returned to their manufacturer for repairs. The first 67 streetcars out of 89 produced for Toronto by Bombardier Transportation will be sent back for preventative repairs of “inferior frame welds,” TTC spokesman Brad Ross said Wednesday. The defect poses no […]
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Egyptian archaeologists have discovered the tomb of a priest dating back more than 4,400 years in the pyramid complex of Saqqara south of the capital Cairo, authorities said Saturday. "Today we are announcing the last discovery of the year 2018, it’s a new discovery, it’s a private tomb," Antiquities Minister Khaled el-Enany told an audience […]
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When the harbours aren’t frozen, Maxime Daigle and his older brother Jean-Francois often take to the cold waters off New Brunswick in one of their family’s flat-bottomed boats to harvest oysters. The siblings are among hundreds of producers along this rocky coast who grow oysters for La Maison BeauSoleil in the company’s distinctive floating bags. […]
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There’s been a steep drop-off in the volume of mortgages that Canada’s millennials are taking out, a sign that the country’s faltering housing market could see more weakness ahead. According to new data from credit bureau TransUnion, new mortgage originations among millennials in Canada fell by 19.5 per cent between the last quarter of 2017 […]
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A picturesque South African beach has been embroiled in a bitter racism row after a local security firm allegedly turned away black bathers from the area, prompting protesters to ritually slaughter a sheep on its sands to ward off prejudice. Security guards working on Clifton beach in Cape Town allegedly told black citizens to leave […]
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OTTAWA — When it comes to defending Canada’s supply management system from the trade demands of the Trump White House, Agriculture Minister Lawrence MacAulay is leaving the barn door open a crack. The U.S. administration has made it clear it wants Canada’s system for controlling the price and supplies of dairy, eggs and chicken abolished […]
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A city hall in Spain is preparing to relocate thousands of pigeons in a rare humane attempt to deal with nuisance birds harassing tourists and locals dining on its plazas. Cádiz will catch and move 5,000 urban pigeons 500 miles away to a province of Valencia in a departure from more traditional techniques used by […]
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With house prices rising sharply in some Canadian cities, the pressure on homebuyers to get into the market has grown intense. We are a homeowner society, after all, and for many people, a house or condo is the ultimate status symbol. But with housing moving out of affordability range in Toronto, Vancouver and nearby cities, […]
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Hollywood’s most in-demand celebrity divorce lawyer has launched cut-price DIY marriage breakups for the masses on the internet. Laura Wasser, 50, represented Angelina Jolie in her divorce from Brad Pitt, and her other celebrity clients have included Johnny Depp, Britney Spears, Kim Kardashian, Melanie Griffith, Stevie Wonder, and the ex-wives of Mel Gibson and Arnold Schwarzenegger. In Hollywood, Miss […]
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Canadians are in no mood to coddle Donald Trump. A new survey from Angus Reid finds 70 per cent of respondents want Ottawa to play hardball with the Trump administration in the growing trade dispute between our two countries. Only 30 per cent would like to take a “soft” approach in the hopes of placating […]
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