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DOJ Put On Notice: Maine's Top Lawmakers Demand Swift Action On Chinese Illegal Pot Operations
Friday, August 25, 2023 - 12:40pm | 728Maine's Congressional Delegation is calling on the Department of Justice to put an end to the presence of foreign-owned and unlawfully operated marijuana businesses statewide, reported WABI. In a letter sent on Wednesday, Congress members Jared Golden, Chellie Pingree and Sens. Angus S. King,...
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Canada Border Officers Begin Job Action As Slowdown Hits Trucking
Friday, August 6, 2021 - 10:47am | 536Thousands of Canada Border Services Agency members began a work-to-rule strike, bringing delays to major truck crossings as talks between the unions and government continue. Nearly 9,000 Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) employees began the work-to-rule strike — effectively a collective...
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Fintech Focus For March 26, 2021
Thursday, March 25, 2021 - 7:45pm | 1751Quote To Start The Day: A lot of issues you see in America are really manifestations of classism. Simple shifts in individual behavior could reduce the wealth gap we have today. Source: Philip Michael One Big Thing In Fintech: According to recent reporting, the consumer trading frenzy could be...
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U.S.-Canada Border Closure Extended To Late July
Tuesday, June 16, 2020 - 12:59pm | 72The U.S.-Canada border will remain closed to nonessential travel until at least July 21, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Tuesday. Truck traffic remains exempt from the closure. The border has been closed to nonessential travel since March to curb the spread of COVID-19. This is a...
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How Transportation, Security Changed After 9/11
Wednesday, September 11, 2019 - 11:00am | 748Wednesday is the 18th anniversary of the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and Pentagon in 2001, a day when nearly 3,000 people were killed. One lasting effect of the attack, carried out with hijacked planes, has been a revamping of the nation's transportation security paradigm. Here...