“We hope that Airbnb will choose to support their hosts in verifying their listings, instead of cancelling their bookings,” Kahlon said. “This is new ground for B.C., and we are working through ServiceBC, our short-term rental branch, and the platforms themselves to help hosts comply with the requirements.”
Several generations later, Beijing has made its rich reserves of rare earths, a group of 17 minerals that are abundant in the earth’s crust but hard, expensive and environmentally polluting to process, a key element of China’s economic security. In 2019, during a visit to a rare earth processing plant in Ganzhou, Xi described rare […]
Many of China’s major minerals corporations have invested in the exploration and mining of lithium, a key component for electric vehicle batteries, in Xinjiang, Global Rights Compliance said. Xinjiang is also China’s top source of beryllium, a mineral used for aerospace, defense and telecommunications, its report said.
But Syria has a laundry list of reforms it must undertake, including improving its tax collection system, making sure its national budget can pay public sector salaries and basic healthcare and education, empowering the central bank to take measures to bring back confidence to the local currency, and rehabilitate its outdated and battered banking system […]
“We’re seeing a lot of cowardice on the part of corporate America right now. A lot of people, who two years ago couldn’t wait to slap a rainbow on their logo, are no longer writing checks,” Jennings said. “I think Lambda turned to the community and the community responded. And sadly, corporate America, which a […]
“While Greenpeace would argue the oilsands’ greenwashing was always illegal, the new rules make it abundantly clear that the Pathways Alliance’s net zero claims do not pass the sniff test, which is likely why the companies so abruptly deleted them and their social media history,” said Keith Stewart, senior energy strategist with Greenpeace Canada.
“We are planning to take strategic price increases, looking item by item across our assortment as we typically do,” chief financial officer Meghan Frank told analysts on a call held as the company’s share price tumbled 23 per cent to US$255.32 in afterhours trading.
Hiscox began her broadcasting career in 1982 at a radio station in her hometown of Owen Sound, Ont., and moved into television in 1991. Her CBC roles included serving as a correspondent for “The National” and working out of bureaus in Washington, D.C., and London, U.K.
The state charges, which carry a maximum of life in prison, allege that Mangione wanted to “intimidate or coerce a civilian population,” that is, insurance employees and investors. The federal charges allege that Mangione stalked an individual, Thompson, and do not involve terror allegations.
Trump has also hit Canada with 25 per cent tariffs on automobiles, with an exemption for American-made components in vehicles. Hoekstra, a former congressman for Michigan, said as Ottawa and the Trump administration go through these negotiations, “our chief competitor here is China.”