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Feds can't say which regulations to cut greenhouse gas emissions are working: audit
OTTAWA - Environment Commissioner Jerry DeMarco says the federal government doesn't know how well its regulations are working to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions. One of his spring audits issued today ...
Apr 20, 2023
Family of N.S. student murdered in drug deal deliver impact statements in court
HALIFAX - A Nova Scotia judge heard victim impact statements today during a sentencing hearing for a former Halifax medical student who murdered a 22-year-old man during a drug deal. William Sandeson ...
Apr 20, 2023
Canada Soccer says it was not consulted on U.S.-Mexico bid for 2027 Women's World Cup
TORONTO - Canada Soccer says it was not consulted about the joint bid by the U.S. and Mexico to host the 2027 Women's World Cup. The U.S. Soccer Federation and Mexico Football Federation announced the...
Apr 20, 2023
Criminal probe begins after campfire-sparked blaze threatened homes in Kamloops, B.C.
KAMLOOPS, B.C. - Electricity has been restored to nearly 4,000 homes and businesses in Kamloops, B.C., after a rapidly spreading grass fire swept through an area not far from the city centre. A statem...
Apr 20, 2023
North Dakota governor signs law limiting trans health care
North Dakota's Republican Gov. Doug Burgum signed a bill into law that restricts transgender health care in the state, immediately making it a crime to give gender-affirming care to people younger tha...
Apr 20, 2023
The federal government promised to plant 2 billion trees by 2030. It's nowhere close.
OTTAWA - Environment Commissioner Jerry DeMarco says Canada is nowhere close to meeting its goal of planting two billion trees in 10 years. The Liberals first made the massive tree-planting promise du...
Apr 20, 2023
Sudanese military rules out negotiations with rival force
KHARTOUM, Sudan (AP) - Sudan's military has ruled out any negotiations with the rival paramilitary forces to end the crisis roiling the country and says it will only accept their surrender. A statemen...
Apr 20, 2023
SpaceX launches giant new rocket on 1st test flight
SOUTH PADRE ISLAND, Texas (AP) - SpaceX's new rocket, the biggest and most powerful ever built, blasted off Thursday on its first test flight, thundering into the South Texas sky in an attempt to orbi...
Apr 20, 2023
Canada's Shapovalov ousted from Barcelona Open in straight sets by Greece's Tsitsipas
BARCELONA, Spain - Canada's Denis Shapovalov has been bounced from the Barcelona Open. He lost in straight sets to Greece's Stefanos Tsitsipas in the clay court tournament's Round of 16 on Thursday. T...
Apr 20, 2023
Key shareholder Sumitomo to vote in favour of Teck plan to split business
VANCOUVER - Sumitomo Metal Mining Co. Ltd., a key shareholder at Teck Resources Ltd., says it will vote in favour of the company's plan to separate its metals and steelmaking coal operations into two ...
Apr 20, 2023