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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

Suspects confessed to B.C. murders in videos but showed no remorse: RCMP
SURREY, B.C. - Two suspects confessed to the murders of three people in northern British Columbia in several videos taken before they shot themselves in a suicide pact, the RCMP said Friday.The Mounti...
Sep 28, 2019 RCMP Asst. Comm. Kevin Hackett, who oversees the RCMP's federal organized crime investigations in B.C., reads a statement about Bryer Schmegelsky and Kam McLeod and the homicides of three people in northern B.C., during a news conference in Surrey, B.C., Friday, Sept. 27, 2019. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

Winter is coming—time to switch to winter tires
With snow expected in Saskatchewan this weekend along with cooler temperatures, it's a good time to switch over.At Market Tire on 8th Street in Saskatoon Colton Ritchot said it's been busy."Friday was...
Sep 28, 2019 (File photo/CKOM News Staff)

Riders not taking Argos lightly with playoff spot in sight
Saskatchewan Roughriders fans could be cheering on the Green and White in the CFL playoffs for the third straight season if the team gets a win Saturday.The Roughriders will clinch their third straigh...
Sep 28, 2019 Saskatchewan defensive back Ed Gainey says the Roughriders aren't looking past the Toronto Argonauts, who play host to Saskatchewan on Sept. 28, 2019. (File photo courtesy of the Saskatchewan Roughriders)

Canadian women's soccer team names roster for Japan trip
OTTAWA - Canada will go with a familiar roster for its women's soccer friendly against host Japan next month. Twenty-one of the 24 players on the roster for the Oct. 6 game in Shizuoka return fro...
Sep 28, 2019