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Cliffs could halt Bloom Lake expansion if iron price falls

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Cliffs Natural Resources Inc <CLF.N> said on Wednesday that if iron ore prices fell further, it could scrap a key expansion at its Bloom Lake mine in Canada's iron-rich Labrador Trough region. Full story

Study: Half of Canada's aboriginal children poor

Half of Canada's aboriginal children are living in poverty, triple the national average, according to a new analysis of census statistics released Wednesday. Full story

Congress no help in Obama's push to address climate, energy issues

   Steve Kornacki, host of “UP with Steve Kornacki” and senior writer for Salon, talks with Rachel Maddow about the tricky political ground President Obama has to navigate to address climate change and resist the pressures of a reckless oil industry while working around a recalcitrant Congress.

Bank of Canada in uncharted territory, says new chief Poloz

BURLINGTON, Ontario (Reuters) - The Bank of Canada cannot rely on its usual models to assess the economy because of unexpectedly high levels of uncertainty, with the biggest risks coming from abroad, the new central bank chief, Stephen Poloz, said on Wednesday. Full story

Highlights: Bank of Canada's Poloz speaks

(Reuters) - Below are key quotes from an appearance by Bank of Canada Governor Stephen Poloz: Full story

What poverty looks like in America

   Chris Hayes talks to Filmmaker Lori Silverbush, co-director of "A Place at the Table," Joel Berg, Executive Director of the New York City Coalition Against Hunger, and TheGrio.com's Joy Reid about the face of hunger in America and why cutting money from food stamps would deny food assistance to the

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Tim Hortons pressed by a second hedge fund, shares jump

Montreal mayor resigns, says will fight corruption charges

Tim Hortons shares climb as second investor pushes for change

Outgoing US diplomat says pipeline decision looms

U.S. patent case climaxes with win for Canadian vibrator maker

Montreal mayor arrested in latest Canadian scandal

Lilly to take over development of diabetes drug

Canadian Astronomers Battle Funding Cuts and Perceptions

Verizon eyeing wireless business in Canada: Report

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  What’s up tonight

Bill Wolff, executive producer of the Rachel Maddow Show, shares a preview of tonight’s show – President Obama makes news on climate change, which coincides a pretty awful oil spill in Canada; plus, Republicans make differing (read: completely opposite) choices on how to handle the topic of immigrat

  Click3: Tween metalheads rock out at New York subway stations

Chris Hayes shares the three most awesomest things on the internet on Tuesday, like: A Canadian Wendy's takes a 9 patty burger off the menu, and NPR blog mourns the loss; tween metalheads perform at New York subway stations; and people who are bad at their jobs- including Chinese cargo loader who ju

  Canadian mayors face corruption, drug allegations

The scandal surrounding Montreal Mayor Michael Applebaum, who is facing 14 corruption charges, comes on the heels of a newspaper reporting they had video evidence of Toronto Mayor Rob Ford using crack cocaine, allegations he has denied. NBC’s John Yang reports.

  Outrage online after photo isolates disabled student

The initial photo – which sparked outrage across the Web – captured a second grade class with one wheelchair-bound student all alone, far off to the side.

  Deception, Part 1

A young sister and brother are torn apart when their mother disappears, and an elaborate sting operation traps a most unlikely villain.  Keith Morrison reports.

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