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BROMONT, Que. — The federal and Quebec governments are spending close to $100 million to boost the country's manufacturing capacity for semiconductors, which are vital in technologies ranging from artificial intelligence to quantum computing.

OTTAWA — Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault says the world can solve its plastic problem without insisting on hard caps on plastic production.

NEW YORK (AP) — For many music fans, John Oates is most recognizable as one-half of the Grammy-nominated Hall & Oates , the multiplatinum soul-pop duo behind hits like “Rich Girl” and “Maneater" now riven by litigation.

OTTAWA — Federal authorities have issued a recall warning for a series of food products distributed in British Columbia due to possible Listeria contamination.

TORONTO — A year before her death in 2019, Jackie Shane decided it was finally time to tell her life story.

The Top 20 Global Concert Tours ranks artists by average box office gross per city and includes the average ticket price for shows Worldwide.

Growing up in the Midwest, filmmaker Lee Isaac Chung developed both a healthy fear of tornadoes and a reverence for Jan de Bont’s 1996 disaster film “Twister.” He saw the movie in the theater with his family when he was a teenager.

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — Cenovus Energy has been ordered to pay a $2.5-million fine for its role in the largest offshore oil spill ever recorded in Newfoundland and Labrador.

NEW YORK (AP) — The U.S. flu season appears to be over. It was long, but it wasn't unusually severe.

TORONTO — Gains in the base metal stocks helped lift Canada's main stock index in late-morning trading, while U.S. stock markets also rose. The S&P/TSX composite index was up 34.70 points at 21,920.08.