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Canada open to putting more limits on exports of plastic waste: McKenna
OTTAWA - Environment Minister Catherine McKenna says she has asked her department to look at what else Canada can do to reduce the amount of Canadian garbage that is ending up overseas. As recent...
Aug 15, 2019
City of Saskatoon hit by internet fraud that sends $1M to wrong bank account
SASKATOON - The City of Saskatoon says it has lost $1 million in an online scam. City manager Jeff Jorgenson says a fraudster electronically impersonated the chief financial officer of a construc...
Aug 15, 2019
Trees given new life as artwork
PRINCE GEORGE - Some trees outside Prince George City Hall have been given new life as pieces of local artwork - and all for a good cause. The opportunity arose when the city had to remove some trees ...
Aug 15, 2019
Ethics boss Dion's professional lifetime spent trying to make government work
OTTAWA - Mario Dion's appointment as ethics commissioner in 2017 was slammed by opposition MPs as "just ragingly incompetent and frustrating and cynical." How can we trust you, they thundered. We...
Aug 15, 2019
Wolf involved in rare Banff National Park attack was old and in poor condition
LAKE LOUISE, Alta. - A wolf that attacked a man in a tent at a campground in Banff National Park last week was an older animal in poor health. Parks Canada said the wolf attacked the man&nbs...
Aug 15, 2019
SNC's court bid to avoid prosecution to proceed through election period
OTTAWA - SNC-Lavalin's court fight for a special agreement to avoid prosecution on corruption charges continues to lurch along, despite the prospect of a criminal trial and We...
Aug 15, 2019
Bullying still a 'systemic' issue at St. Michael's College School: report
TORONTO - Bullying continues to be a "systemic" issue at a private Toronto school rocked by allegations of sexual assault despite measures introduced in the wake of the scandal, says a ...
Aug 15, 2019
Is 'ass' too crass? Opinions in Manitoba's political class are at an impasse
WINNIPEG - Opinions are divided on Manitoba's election campaign trail about whether using "ass" to describe your opponent is run-of-the-mill sass or a term too crass for the political class. The ...
Aug 15, 2019
Infrastructure money 'not Ralph Goodale's re-election fund:' Moe
REGINA - Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe is suggesting the federal government is playing favourites with infrastructure funding to give a boost to Liberal-area member of Parlia...
Aug 15, 2019
Health experts ask federal leaders to commit to pharmacare
OTTAWA - More than 1,200 Canadian health care and public policy experts have signed an open letter to all federal party leaders calling on each of them to commit to implementi...
Aug 15, 2019