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Loblaw to open 80 stores in 2025 as part of US$10 billion investment over five years

Loblaw to open 80 stores in 2025 as part of US$10 billion investment over five years

Loblaw says it's planning to open 80 new grocery and pharmacy stores this year, about 50 of which will be discount grocers. The company says the new locations are part of an approximately $10 billion investment over the next five years, including $2.
Police in disputed Kashmir raid bookstores, seizing books related to Islamic group

Police in disputed Kashmir raid bookstores, seizing books related to Islamic group

SRINAGAR, India (AP) — Police in Indian-controlled Kashmir raided bookstores and seized hundreds of books linked to a major Islamic organization in the disputed region, where strict controls on the press have escalated in recent years.
Investigation into plane crash at Pearson airport continues as black box recovered

Investigation into plane crash at Pearson airport continues as black box recovered

TORONTO — Delays at Toronto's Pearson airport may continue today as investigators work to determine what caused Monday's fiery crash landing of a Delta Air Lines plane with 80 people on board.
Pensions need to step up on climate as political momentum wavers: Shift

Pensions need to step up on climate as political momentum wavers: Shift

TORONTO — An advocacy group is calling on Canada's public pension managers to use their financial heft to more publicly work to reduce climate change as political efforts become less reliable.
Looking to identify and shop Canadian products? There's an app for that

Looking to identify and shop Canadian products? There's an app for that

TORONTO — If you catch Sasha Ivanov at the supermarket these days, chances are he'll be snapping a photo of something on the store's shelves.
Clean energy transition must be key for next Ontario government: report

Clean energy transition must be key for next Ontario government: report

TORONTO — The next Ontario government should take the lead in encouraging urgent expansion of interprovincial electricity transmission while ensuring it advances a transition to a clean economy, a new report by the Pembina Institute said Wednesday.
The Netherlands has a record crop of new millers to keep the windmill sails spinning

The Netherlands has a record crop of new millers to keep the windmill sails spinning

ZAANDIJK, Netherlands (AP) — A wintry gust of wind raises hopes that the giant sails of a centuries-old windmill near Amsterdam will start turning. On the mill's cutting floor, six blades briefly rise and fall, sawing into a rough-hewn plank.
Beauty market shifts to target the young at heart in a rapidly aging Japan

Beauty market shifts to target the young at heart in a rapidly aging Japan

TOKYO (AP) — Yoshiko Abe is about to turn 89, but that hasn't stopped her from going to the gym every day and trying the free-of-charge makeup course at her housing complex.
Trump signs order to study how to expand IVF and calls for 'radical transparency' from government

Trump signs order to study how to expand IVF and calls for 'radical transparency' from government

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A$AP Rocky dives into Rihanna's arms as not guilty verdict is read at felony assault trial

A$AP Rocky dives into Rihanna's arms as not guilty verdict is read at felony assault trial

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A$AP Rocky dove into the arms of Rihanna Tuesday as a clerk read the not guilty verdict at his trial on two felony counts of assault with a semiautomatic firearm.