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Improving Canada's recycling output will take 'radical changes': report
OTTAWA - An analysis of Canada's plastic industry shows the industry producing plastic dwarfs the industry trying to recycle it. The report, completed by consulting firms Deloitte and ChemInfo Se...
Jun 07, 2019
Judge gives prison time to Calgary couple in toddler's infection death
CALGARY - A judge says a mother and father convicted in their toddler's death from an infection pose no threat to society, but prison time is needed to make sure other parents don't fai...
Jun 07, 2019
Killer of Calgary Stampeder must serve 18 years before seeking parole
CALGARY - A judge says the killer of a Calgary Stampeders football player is a dangerous man who must serve 18 years of a life sentence before seeking parole. Nelson Lugela was found guilty earli...
Jun 07, 2019
West Coast voyage explores remote sites visited by Spanish explorers in 1770s
VICTORIA - Two British Columbia kayakers are set to depart from a remote Vancouver Island beach known as Rugged Point on Sunday for a month-long voyage retracing the passage Spanish explorers took in ...
Jun 07, 2019
Inuit plan says climate change can't be separated from social issues
INUVIK, N.W.T. - Climate change affects all parts of life in the North and any plan to deal with it must be just as wide-ranging, says a strategy document to be released today by Canada's Inuit. ...
Jun 07, 2019
Documents show federal push for infrastructure bank to back Via project
OTTAWA - Federal officials are pushing the Canadian Infrastructure Bank to back Via Rail's high-frequency rail project. The government's response to a written question from New Democrat ...
Jun 07, 2019
Collaros, Nichols see pre-season action, Bombers beat Riders 35-29
REGINA - Zach Collaros threw two touchdown passes, but it was the Winnipeg Blue Bombers that rallied in the fourth quarter to upend the Saskatchewan Roughriders 35-29 Thursday in the final pre-se...
Jun 06, 2019
Berube's Blues living dangerously, on verge of winning Cup
BOSTON - Craig Berube's bunch likes to live dangerously. In Game 5 alone, Ivan Barbashev got away with a high hit on Marcus Johansson and Zach Sanford got his elbow up into Torey Krug's head and avoid...
Jun 06, 2019
Binnington, Blues beat Bruins 2-1, lead Cup final 3-2
BOSTON - Jordan Binnington stopped 38 shots, and Ryan O'Reilly and David Perron scored for St. Louis on Thursday night to give the Blues a 2-1 victory over the Boston Bruins and a 3-2 lead in the Stan...
Jun 06, 2019
Hicks hits three-run homer as Yankees avoid sweep with 6-2 win over Blue Jays
TORONTO - Veteran pitcher Edwin Jackson took full ownership Thursday night for his poor performance since joining the Toronto Blue Jays almost a month ago. The right-hander has lost four of ...
Jun 06, 2019
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