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Wrangling waste: Calgary Stampede trying to reduce waste going to landfill
CALGARY - More than 20,000 people chowed down on pancakes last weekend during a family breakfast on the Calgary Stampede grounds. That's an awful lot of disposable forks, knives and pla...
Jul 11, 2019
Navy to release health study 15 years after deadly submarine fire
HALIFAX - Sailors who survived a devastating fire aboard the submarine HMCS Chicoutimi almost 15 years ago were expected to learn details today of a study into the long-term impact on t...
Jul 11, 2019
Long lost WWII-era Soviet songs brought to life in Israel
TEL AVIV, Israel - In a musty basement hall of an unassuming building nestled among modern high-rises in the heart of Tel Aviv, a few hundred spectators are kindly requested to turn off their cellphon...
Jul 11, 2019
Passenger train hits freight train in Pakistan, killing 10
MULTAN, Pakistan - A passenger train rammed into a freight train in southern Pakistan on Thursday, killing at least 10 people and injuring 64 others, an official said. The freight train was stationary...
Jul 10, 2019
UK: Iranian vessels tried to block British vessel in Gulf
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - Britain says three Iranian vessels unsuccessfully tried to impede the passage of a British commercial vessel through the Strait of Hormuz. The British government said in ...
Jul 10, 2019
Half of Indigenous children live in poverty, above national rate, study says
OTTAWA - The worst child-poverty problem in the country was dropped in the laps of the country's premiers on Tuesday, as the Assembly of First Nations presented them with new numbers to show about hal...
Jul 10, 2019
Money Ball: Mets' Alonso wins HR Derby, $1M, tops Vlad Jr
CLEVELAND - Pete Alonso took one final swing and flipped his bat high in the air. Another walk-off. Money ball. As the crowd roared, the New York Mets rookie headed toward the mound and tightly squeez...
Jul 10, 2019
Gasoline prices rose with land costs but full differentials unexplained: report
VANCOUVER - Gasoline prices in British Columbia have risen in line with land costs and credit card processing fees but that doesn't fully explain why they're so much higher than in other parts of...
Jul 10, 2019
Mets' Alonso outlasts fellow rookie Vlad Jr to win HR Derby
CLEVELAND - Mets rookie Pete Alonso has a million-dollar swing. New York's newest slugger outlasted a worn-down Vladimir Guerrero Jr. in the final round of the All-Star Home Run Derby on Monday night ...
Jul 10, 2019
Jim Bouton, former pitcher, "Ball Four" author, dies at 80
GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass. - Jim Bouton, the former New York Yankees pitcher who shocked and angered the conservative baseball world with the tell-all book "Ball Four," has died. He was 80. Bouton's fami...
Jul 10, 2019
