5 d. ago Glencore’s Top Oil and Gas Trader Becomes Latest Senior Exit

The head of Glencore Plc’s oil and gas trading team is planning to leave the company, becoming the latest high profile departure from one of the world’s biggest commodity traders.

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2 w. ago Alberta to use notwithstanding clause on three transgender laws

EDMONTON — Alberta Premier Danielle Smith plans to invoke the Charter’s notwithstanding clause this fall on three laws affecting transgender people. An internal government memo sent last week from the justice department, obtained by The Canadian Press, details the plan. It says Smith’s office has directed the notwithstanding clause be added to the legislation in […]

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2 w. ago Locals are totally up in arms about proposed 'giant monolith' Toronto tower

A planned rental tower on the cusp of approval by Toronto City Council has fired up local residents in the affluent Avenue and St. Clair area, characterizing the planned building as a "monstrosity" and "giant monolith" that threatens the safety of the area.The proposal from developer Fitzrovia and Hariri Pontarini Architects at 135 St. Clair Ave. W. would see the current government office building at the southeast corner of Avenue Rd. and St. Clair razed to make way for a 49-storey rental tower with 576 new apartments, retail, public art, and an early childhood education centre.But despite the concessions made in height and other departments introduced since the plan was first proposed in 2024, residents of the surrounding area — one of the most affluent in Toronto — have taken up all of the familiar talking points about how large-scale developments would unacceptably impact their day-to-day lives.Currently recommended for approval by City planners, t...

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2 w. ago Denley: Mayor must reform Ottawa's incompetent, sluggish planning department

The federal and provincial governments, councillors and the housing industry want faster approvals. But the city only gets slower, its auditor general has found.

Society

3 w. ago South Korean Charter Plane Departs US to Bring Workers Back Home

Hundreds of South Korean workers detained in a US immigration sweep last week are returning home on a chartered plane, an episode that has stirred doubts over Korean investment and strained ties between the two allies.

Society

4 w. ago Here's how to see the biggest planes land at Toronto Pearson Airport

Plane-spotting near Toronto Pearson International Airport has never been more popular thanks to daily incoming flights from some of the largest planes in the world, offering regularly scheduled spectacles in the sky.More and more people are flocking to the major flight hub to get up close and personal with enormous planes landing low overhead — including daily departures/landings by the mighty Airbus A380, which is the largest class of passenger plane in the world, and the majestic Boeing 747, known among aviation enthusiasts as the "Queen of the Skies."So, if you still think of Pearson as a place to trudge through in sweatpants on your way to a destination, I am here to convince you that you are overlooking the airport as a destination in its own right.Why you love plane watching and just don't know it If you have ever been stopped in your tracks in complete awe of large machines or roaring engines, you may not need much convincing about this exhilarat...

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