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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
Train derailment shuts down Highway 2A north of Red Deer
Highway 2A has reopened between Red Deer and Blackfalds following a late night train derailment on Friday.Blackfalds RCMP and CP Rail police responded after the train left the tracks near Range Road 2...
Sep 28, 2019 (rdnewsNOW/Josh Hall)
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
Anders backstops Rebels to 5-2 win in Lethbridge
A stellar goaltending performance from Ethan Anders lifted the Red Deer Rebels to a 5-2 road win over the Lethbridge Hurricanes on Friday. The Pilot Butte, SK native held Lethbridge at bay with 40 sav...
Sep 28, 2019 Ethan Anders (Photo: Rob Wallator)
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
Shocker at Shizuoka: Japan upsets Ireland in Brighton sequel
SHIZUOKA, Japan - Nobody seemed less surprised than Jamie Joseph and his Japan players after the Rugby World Cup hosts toppled Ireland 19-12 in one of the tournament's greatest upsets. In a remarkable...
Sep 28, 2019