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Liverpool, Spurs win after goalkeeper mistakes
One embarrassing mistake from a goalkeeper gifted Liverpool its latest Premier League win. Another didn't end up costing Tottenham. Sheffield United keeper Dean Henderson let a shot from the edge of t...
Sep 28, 2019
Singh campaigns on key NDP turf of Vancouver Island, pledges rent subsidy
NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh spent a third consecutive day campaigning in the critical battleground of British Columbia - this time on Vancouver Island where his party is trying to&nbs...
Sep 28, 2019
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
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
Scheer to visit oil-services company in Edmonton as Singh lingers in B.C.
OTTAWA - Andrew Scheer takes his Conservative election campaign to an Edmonton oil-industry company today.He's visiting FourQuest Energy, a firm that specializes in nitrogen cooling and cleaning servi...
Sep 28, 2019 Photo Courtesy of the Canadian Press
Meth, fentanyl, weapons seized from Red Deer home
Red Deer, AB - Approximately $27,000 worth of drugs were seized, along with several weapons, and four people were arrested as the Alberta Law Enforcement Response Team (ALERT) concluded a short-term d...
Sep 28, 2019 Photo courtesy of ALERT