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CP NewsAlert: Canada Bread fined $50M for role in bread price-fixing scandal
Canada Bread Co. will pay a fine of $50 million after pleading guilty to its role in a criminal price-fixing arrangement that raised the wholesale price of fresh commercial bread. More coming. The Can...
Jun 21, 2023
The Northern View - Recycling in B.C.
.With record heat waves, droughts and forest fires raging once again here in B.C. and across Canada, it's clear that climate change is occurring, and its existence has nothing to do with one's politic...
Jun 21, 2023
Three years too long a wait for Line 5 reroute, Indigenous band in Wisconsin says
WASHINGTON - The Indigenous band that's fighting Line 5 says three years is too long to wait for the controversial cross-border pipeline to be moved. A U.S. judge has given Enbridge Inc. until June 20...
Jun 21, 2023
'Experimental with no oversight:' Experts had concerns about OceanGate sub for years
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - Two engineers behind a 2018 effort to flag concerns about the submersible missing in the North Atlantic say the vessel has not had the design and safety scrutiny typical in their in...
Jun 21, 2023
Cost of search for missing submersible 'irrelevant,' fisheries minister says
HALIFAX - As the search for a missing submersible with five people aboard continues about 700 kilometres south of Newfoundland, two federal cabinet ministers came forward today to say the focus is on ...
Jun 21, 2023
Blue Bombers, Lions square off in battle of unbeaten West Division teams
It has been quite the start to the 2023 CFL season for Zach Collaros and Vernon Adams Jr. The two veteran quarterbacks are ranked first and second in CFL passing through the opening two weeks. More im...
Jun 21, 2023
While sub disappearance transfixes some, many say their focus is on other calamities
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - The search for a submersible that disappeared while taking wealthy tourists to see the wreck of the Titanic has gripped many with its grim cinematic elements - a ticking clo...
Jun 21, 2023
Bloc leader optimistic Trudeau will call public inquiry into foreign interference
OTTAWA - Bloc Qubcois Leader Yves-Franois Blanchet says he is hopeful the Liberal government will soon call an independent public inquiry into foreign meddling is Canada's affairs. Blanchet told repor...
Jun 21, 2023
Surrey councillor breached conflict rules in police vote: ethics report
SURREY, B.C. - An ethics report has found that a Surrey, B.C., councillor who had family working for the RCMP breached ethics rules when he voted to halt the transition to an independent police force....
Jun 21, 2023
Back from lengthy layoff, Canada's Arjan Bhullar set to defend One Championship title
After more than a two-year absence due to injury and a contract dispute, Canadian Arjan Bhullar is set to defend his One Championship heavyweight title. The 37-year-old from Richmond, B.C., takes on u...
Jun 21, 2023