Open this photo in gallery: Canada’s Corey Conners plays off the 14th tee during a practice round for the British Open golf championship at the Royal Portrush Golf Club in Northern Ireland on Tuesday.Peter Morrison/The Associated Press Four Canadians are in the field for the British Open, which begins Thursday …
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Watering the garden, cleaning cars and filling paddling pools is banned from in from Friday, Yorkshire Water has said. Certain UK households first to face £1,000 fines for using hosepipes from Friday Households in Yorkshire have become the first to be hit with a hosepipe ban – as a new …
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A riverside beauty spot close to a scene immortalised by painter John Constable has been likened to ‘Glastonbury’ after being left blighted by litter-dropping tourists. The village of Dedham in Essex, just half mile from the iconic scene of Constable’s ‘The Hay Wain’, has seen an increasing number of tourists …
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Open this photo in gallery: “Joining forces with Royal Gold will amplify the strengths of Sandstorm’s portfolio and unlock new opportunities for our shareholders,“ said Sandstorm CEO Nolan Watson. Royal Gold Inc. RGLD-Q is bidding $5-billion for Vancouver-based Sandstorm Gold Ltd. SSL-T and Horizon Copper Corp. HCU-X in a pair …
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Open this photo in gallery: King Charles III arrives by royal train for a visit to Pickering in Yorkshire, England, in 2023. The train will be decommissioned sometime before the current maintenance contract expires in 2027.Charlotte Graham/The Associated Press The Royal Train will soon leave the station for the last …
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The bassist for a Winnipeg band and his partner are dead after a Canada Day crash on a Manitoba highway. Indie pop band Royal Canoe says bass player Brendan Berg died in the crash a day before his 43rd birthday, along with Olivia Michalczuk. RCMP say they responded to a …
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Open this photo in gallery: Bank of Nova Scotia informed staff last week that the new back-to-office rules will take effect by September.Andrew Lahodynskyj/The Canadian Press Bank of Nova Scotia BNS-T is requiring certain groups of employees to work in the office four days a week, making it the second …
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Open this photo in gallery: Josh Basseches, shown here in 2019, is stepping down as ROM CEO at the end of this year.Fred Lum/The Globe and Mail The Royal Ontario Museum’s chief executive officer Josh Basseches will leave his post later this year after nearly a decade. When the CEO …
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A Scottish green energy company is “revolutionising” the future of shipping and economy The Scottish government fully supported Oasis Marine’s new buoy and bunkering technology(Image: ANDY BUCHANAN/AFP via Getty Images) Scotland boasts a rich variety of natural resources, including significant deposits of oil and gas and renewable energy potential. But …
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Open this photo in gallery: King Charles inspects an honour guard at the Senate of Canada building in Ottawa before reading the throne speech during the royal visit on May 27.Justin Tang/The Canadian Press This visit by King Charles III and Queen Camilla, which culminated in him opening the 45th …
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