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Cameco Corp still set on WA uranium mine, despite government knockback, Indigenous opposition

Canada-based Cameco Corporation says it is still wants to mine uranium in WA, despite its environmental approval lapsing, and decades of opposition from traditional owners and conservationists.

ABC News · Apr 14, 2022

Biden to Allow More Ethanol in Gas This Summer in Bid to Lower Prices

The Biden administration said Tuesday it would allow high-ethanol content gasoline to be sold in the hot summer months, in an effort aimed at lowering prices at the pump that could pay political dividends in farm-country states.

Bangkok Post · Apr 13, 2022

North West Company Clocks 2.5% Sales Growth In Q4

North West Company Inc (TSX:NWC) (OTC:NNWWF) reported fourth-quarter sales growth of 2.5% year-over-year to C$579.2 million. Same-store sales improved 0.1% compared to a 16.8% growth last year. EPS improved to C$0.71 from C$0.63 in 4Q2Q. The gross margin contracted by 134 bps to 31.9%. Selling, operating, and administrative expenses decreased by C$3.6 million…

Benzinga · Apr 13, 2022

Radar tracking indigenous grave sites

Indigenous groups in Canada and the US are using electromagnetic technology to find burial sites at former schools

Salon · Apr 13, 2022

Marcus Hayes: Half-vaxxed Matisse Thybulle is a bad (and badly informed) Sixers teammate

PHILADELPHIA — The Sixers’ biggest problem used to be, they had a guy who wouldn’t take a shot.

The Philadelphia Inquirer · Apr 13, 2022

Dennis Anderson: Held together 'by baling wire and duct tape,' DNR hatcheries need legislative help

Four years ago, the Department of Natural Resources (DNR) contracted with an engineering firm to determine repair costs for the state's 15 fish hatcheries.

Tribune News Service · Apr 13, 2022

New Globe and Mail Article on How and Why Canada Should Open its Doors to More Ukrainian and Russian Refugees

I coauthored it with Canadian immigration policy expert Sabine El-Chidiac.

Reason · Apr 12, 2022

3 Overvalued Uranium Stocks That Have Run Too Far Too Fast

Uranium prices have hit their highest level since the Fukushima disaster in Japan of 2011, owing to the sanctions on uranium imports from Russia. Multi-year-high uranium prices have helped uranium stocks Cameco (CCJ), NexGen (NXE), and Denison Mines (DNN) to soar in price of late. But we think these stocks…

StockNews.com · Apr 12, 2022

Hemodialysis: New research could vastly improve this life-sustaining treatment for kidney failure patients

Around one in 10 Canadians has kidney disease and millions more are at risk. According to the Kidney Foundation of Canada, the number of people living with end-stage kidney disease or kidney failure has grown 35 per cent since 2009, with 46 per cent of new patients under the age…

The Conversation · Apr 12, 2022

Polar bear almost falls through woman’s roof in Canada

‘She opened the door to see what the noise was!’

The Independent UK · Apr 12, 2022