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NDP's Singh proposes $30M boost for BC Ferries to help reduce fares
VICTORIA - NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh is proposing a $30-million increase in federal funding for BC Ferries. Speaking to reporters aboard a ferry travelling between Victoria and Vancouver, Sin...
Sep 28, 2019
Five meals a week: Scientists audit garbage to assess household food waste
Scientists spent weeks up to their elbows in coffee grounds and banana peels to come up with what they say is the most accurate measure yet of how much food is wasted in Canadian kitchens. "...
Sep 28, 2019
Fredette's lawyer urges jury to opt for manslaughter in double murder case
SAINT-JEROME, Que. - A Quebec man accused of the murder of two people, including his ex-wife, snapped the day of the killings but didn't intend to kill anyone, his lawyer told a jury on Thur...
Sep 28, 2019
Iranian president: US should end 'maximum pressure' policy
NEW YORK - Iranian President Hassan Rouhani urged the United States on Thursday to "cease this policy of maximum pressure" on his nation, saying it was driving the possibility of negotiations even fur...
Sep 28, 2019
Charges dropped against school bus driver who struck two students in Edmonton
The Crown has dropped a charge against the driver of a school bus that struck two teenage girls in west Edmonton.The 13-year-old students were hit last March as they tried to cross a road.One of the s...
Sep 28, 2019
Teenage boy who overdosed at Strathmore house party confirmed dead
RCMP in southern Alberta say one of three teenage boys who overdosed at a house party on the weekend has died.The 16-year-old boy died in hospital after taking suspected opioid pills at a house party ...
Sep 28, 2019
Scheer promotes Conservative plan to create national energy corridor
EDMONTON - Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer is in Edmonton today, promoting his plan to create a national energy corridor. Scheer says a Conservative government would build the corridor&nbs...
Sep 28, 2019
Indigenous water activist Autumn Peltier speaks at UN sustainability forum
NEW YORK - Indigenous water activist Autumn Peltier addressed hundreds of international guests at UN headquarters in Manhattan Saturday. The 15-year-old activist from Wiikwemkoong First Nation on...
Sep 28, 2019
Canadian women's soccer team names roster for Japan trip
OTTAWA - Canada will go with a familiar roster for its women's soccer friendly against host Japan next month. Twenty-one of the 24 players on the roster for the Oct. 6 game in Shizuoka return fro...
Sep 28, 2019
Grande Prairie truck driver sentenced to two years for fatal 2017 crash
A truck driver has been sentenced to two years for a causing a 2017 crash in northern Alberta that killed a man.Tyrel Burton of Grande Prairie, Alta., had pleaded guilty to dangerous driving causing d...
Sep 28, 2019