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For anyone who spent their childhood on smelly, noisy school buses, stepping into one of the electric models rolling off the assembly line at Lion Electric in Saint-Jérôme, Quebec, northwest of Montreal, is a revelation. “All you hear is the wheels on the road,” says founder and CEO Marc Bédard. Proponents believe that children who travel on electric buses arrive …

The Israeli military said it killed five more militants, including a local commander, in the West Bank early Thursday, in what appeared to be the deadliest military operation in the occupied territory since the Gaza war began. Israel says the simultaneous attacks in the northern West Bank — which have killed a total of 16 people, nearly all of them …

US stocks are recovering and calm is returning to Wall Street after Japan’s stock market surged earlier on Tuesday, recouping much of the losses suffered during its worst day since 1987. The S&P 500 rose 1.6 percent in afternoon trading, on track to snap a brutal three-day losing streak. The index had fallen just over 6 percent after several weaker-than-expected …

Organized criminal organizations are no longer interested in importing the deadly synthetic opioid fentanyl, but are producing the substance mainly on Canadian soil. A briefing prepared for the Deputy Minister of Health Canada and obtained by CBC News through an access to information request outlines changes law enforcement agencies have observed in the illicit market for the drug. “Superlab interdictions …

According to the Canadian Real Estate Association, both sales and home prices in Canada declined in June compared to June 2023. However, sales increased slightly compared to May 2024. According to the latest figures from CREA, residential property sales as registered with the Canadian Multiple Listing Service (MLS) increased by 3.7 percent between May and June 2024. However, monthly sales …

Sidney Wood says he was evicted from his home last month after he couldn’t pay his rent. Wood, 41, couldn’t afford the $1,620-a-month Edmonton basement apartment he shared with his two teenage children. Not after he and his wife separated in March, and not on his CPP disability income, which he says is $1,403 a month. So Wood, who can …