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Singh pledges $5,000 home rental subsidy to help up to 500,000 families
CAMPBELL RIVER, B.C. - NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh says, if elected, he would offer rent subsidies of up to $5,000 each to provide immediate help for families struggling to pay for ho...
Sep 26, 2019
Five meals a week: Scientists audit garbage to assess household food waste
A team of scientists spent weeks combing through the garbage of dozens of households to come up with what the researchers say is the most accurate measure yet of how much food is wasted in Canadian ki...
Sep 26, 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, had reached his breaking point the day of the killings but didn't intend to kill anyone, his law...
Sep 26, 2019
Rouhani: US should end its policy of 'maximum pressure'
NEW YORK - Iranian President Hassan Rouhani urged the United States on Thursday to "cease this policy of maximum pressure" in favour of "dialogue, and logic and reason." Rouhani's comments came one da...
Sep 26, 2019
Border hours changing at two crossings in Alberta
MEDICINE HAT, AB - The Canada Border Services Agency says one border crossing will be closing for the season next week, while another will be returning to its regular hours.The Chief Mountain border c...
Sep 26, 2019 The Canada Border Services Agency sign at the Wild Horse border crossing is pictured in an undated file photo - CHAT News file photo
Majority of hotel rooms already booked for Jehovah's Witnesses convention next year
MEDICINE HAT, AB - If you're looking to book a hotel room for the third week of June next year, the Medicine Hat Accommodation Association says you need to start booking right now.With the City of Med...
Sep 26, 2019 The exterior of the Medicine Hat Travelodge is pictured on Thursday, September 26, 2019. The Medicine Hat Accommodation Association says hotels in the city will be at capacity as the city hosts a Jehovah's Witnesses convention from June 19-21, 2020. - Photo by Charles Lefebvre
UK brings travellers home as Thomas Cook bosses criticized
LONDON - Britain's biggest repatriation effort since World War II ramped up Tuesday as questions swirled over the pay that Thomas Cook executives received in the run-up to the tour operator's collapse...
Sep 26, 2019
Kevin O'Leary's wife charged in boat crash that left two dead, three injured
The wife of celebrity businessman Kevin O'Leary and an American man have been charged in connection with a boat crash that left two people dead and three others injured. Ontario Provincial P...
Sep 26, 2019
Ousted candidate Guillet claims Liberals have double standard over past conduct
MONTREAL - A Liberal candidate in Montreal ousted over alleged anti-Semitic comments said Tuesday there is a double standard in the party when it comes to judging what is acceptable past con...
Sep 26, 2019
Supreme Court to hear if sex-offender registries unfair to mentally ill
TORONTO - The Supreme Court of Canada will have final say on the validity of laws requiring sex offenders to register when an accused is granted an absolute discharge after being found not criminally ...
Sep 26, 2019