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Bombardier plans to cut several hundred jobs at its Thunder Bay, Ont., facility, according to federal and provincial government sources.聽
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Dr. Taylor Owen, holder of the Beaverbrook聽Chair in Ethics, Media and Communications received, with Dr. Elizabeth Dubois (University of Ottawa), a Canada History Fund聽grant to run the聽Digital Ecosystem Research Challenge. They have launched a聽call for proposals for projects examining the uses and impacts of digital media in the 2019 Canadian Federal Election.聽
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June 30, 2019 |聽For doctors across Canada, the evidence at the bedside is increasingly hard to ignore: climate change poses a serious health risk. Chris Ragan, Director of the Max Bell School of Public Policy, adds that "Economics has a very clear prescription for these challenges: carbon pricing.聽In the same way that penicillin treats an infection, carbon pricing can help fight climate change."聽
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