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Company halts construction of $2.7B battery project in eastern Ontario | CBC News

After breaking ground in 2023, the company building a plant to produce battery components for electric vehicles in a municipality near Kingston, Ont., says it's delaying construction of the plant citing a slowdown in EV sales.

Gaza's war and beauty on display in the West Bank

An exhibition of more than 120 artists from Gaza at the Palestinian Museum near Ramallah has become a guardian for the region's cultural heritage, threatened by war and destruction.

600,000 Sudanese refugees have landed in poverty-stricken Chad, and aid groups say they can’t begin to keep up

As civil war rages in Sudan, 10 million people have been displaced from their homes, and 600,000 of them have landed in neighbouring Chad, one of the poorest countries in the world. Aid groups say that as they struggle to provide food, water and shelter, it s…

Half of the Paris Olympic athletes are women. Are periods in sports still taboo? | CBC News

The Paris Olympics are being touted as the first to achieve full gender parity, with an equal number of female and male competitors. But even with more athletes talking about periods, we're still a long way from de-stigmatizing them in sports.

As the Biden presidency nears its end, Ukraine makes moves to ensure future U.S. support | CBC News

The pending shift in Oval Office leadership could have profound implications for Kyiv, which has already started reaching out to both Kamala Harris and Donald Trump, either of whom could replace U.S. President Joe Biden.

Does Canada need a national emergency response agency? | CBC News

The federal minister responsible for emergency preparedness hasn’t ruled out the possibility of creating a national emergency response agency, but at least one expert says Canada desperately needs one.

B.C. Tree Fruits, known for its green sticker, shutting down after 88 years | CBC News

After operating in the B.C.'s Okanagan Valley for nearly nine decades, B.C. Tree Fruits announced to growers on Friday that it is dissolving the co-operative and seeking court direction to liquidate its assets.

Community rallies around 7-year-old Saskatoon girl robbed of cash, candy at lemonade stand | CBC News

Madison Vanden Dungen's week started sour and ended sweet.

A first look at damage caused by massive wildfire that ripped through Jasper | CBC News

Government officials and a few members of the media were brought in to Jasper Friday afternoon, offering the first glimpse of the damage wrought by a massive wildfire that ripped through the historic townsite Wednesday night.

Watch the countdown to the Paris 2024 opening ceremony | CBC Sports

The countdown for the 2024 Paris Olympic Games opening ceremony is on. The unique event, set to kick off at 1.30 p.m. ET on Friday in Paris, will see about 6,800 athletes from 206 Olympic delegations gather on over 100 vessels and sail down the Seine.