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In the news today, August 12

Four stories in the news for Monday, August 12 --- AIR CANADA UPS PURCHASE PRICE OF TRANSAT Air Canada says it will spend more to buy Transat A.T., upping its total offer by $...

Aug 12, 2019

Fish buyer in P.E.I. opens plant to promote Canada's sustainable tuna fishery

A tuna buyer in Prince Edward Island has opened Canada's first federally licensed plant to process bluefin tuna for the world sushi market. Jason Tompkins of OneTuna, says after 18 years as a tuna buy...

Aug 12, 2019

Growing number of newcomers, refugees ending up homeless in Canada, studies say

OTTAWA - A growing number of newcomers to Canada are ending up in shelters or are finding themselves homeless, newly released government figures show. Two new reports released this...

Aug 11, 2019

Calls to eat more plants, less meat also in line with food guide: McKenna

OTTAWA - A high-profile call to eat more plants and less meat in order to combat global warming is directly in line with Canada's new food guide, which extols the health benefits of precisel...

Aug 11, 2019

Man filmed committing 'hateful act' against mother identified by Montreal police

MONTREAL - A man seen in a widely shared video harassing a woman with a vulgar slur and asking a crying child if he can have sex with the child's mother has been identified, Montreal police ...

Aug 11, 2019

Battle between ex-brothers-in-law over Habs season tickets spills into courtroom

MONTREAL - There are few things as coveted in Montreal as Canadiens season tickets, and a Quebec man has found that cutting someone out from a long-standing ticket-sharing deal can come...

Aug 11, 2019

Refugees in 2015, Syrians now citizens in time for 2019 federal election

OTTAWA - Ahmad Almahmoud has dedicated time every day to follow the news, wanting to be an informed citizen for this fall's federal election. He is one of 25,000 Syrian refugees that were resettled in...

Aug 11, 2019

RCMP find item that may be connected to McLeod and Schmegelsky investigation

GILLAM, Man. - RCMP say they've found an item that could be relevant to their investigation into two murder suspects whose bodies they believe they located earlier in the week. Sgt. Paul Manaigre says...

Aug 11, 2019

Health Canada announces changes aimed at dropping prices of patented drugs

OTTAWA - The federal government is overhauling the way it regulates the cost of patented medicines, including ending comparisons to the United States - changes that Canada's health minister ...

Aug 11, 2019

B.C. man freed from Syria after Lebanese mediation, feared being 'there forever'

BEIRUT - A British Columbia man detained in Syria since late last year became emotional Friday as he expressed his fears that he would never see freedom again. "I thought...

Aug 11, 2019