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TSB reduces tally of oil spilled by CN freight train in rural Manitoba
WINNIPEG - Investigators have reduced their tally of how much oil spilled when a Canadian National freight train derailed last month on a western Manitoba ranch. Earlier this month, the Transportation...
Mar 15, 2019

Quebec students join global marches to demand climate change action
MONTREAL - A human wave of chanting, sign-waving protesters made their way downtown from the base of Montreal’s Mount Royal on Friday as they joined a series of student-led marches around the wo...
Mar 15, 2019
T-shirt gun used to launch contraband into Oklahoma prison
SAYRE, Okla. - An Oklahoma woman was arrested after authorities say she used a T-shirt gun to launch drugs, cellphones and other contraband over a prison fence. The Oklahoma Department of Corrections ...
Mar 15, 2019

Prosecutors drop most remaining cases in fatal prison riot
DOVER, Del. - Delaware prosecutors dismissed all but three remaining cases Friday against inmate defendants charged in a deadly riot at the state’s maximum-security prison. The decision came aft...
Mar 15, 2019

FIFA push to spread 2022 World Cup faces Qatari resistance
MIAMI - Concerned by political and logistical impediments, FIFA will face resistance in Qatar to attempts to expand the 2022 World Cup to 48 teams and spread games across the Persian Gulf, people with...
Mar 15, 2019

Ottawa, B.C. announce five-year salmon restoration fund to rebuild wild stocks
VICTORIA - The federal and British Columbia governments are preparing to cast a net to find new ways of protecting wild salmon habitat and restoring stocks. Federal Fisheries Minister Jonathan Wilkins...
Mar 15, 2019

Tory leader issues new statement on attacks including mention of Muslims
OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer issued two statements on the terrorist attacks in New Zealand on Friday - the second after being criticized for not mentioning in the first that the attack w...
Mar 15, 2019

Council of Saskatchewan city apologizes for comments in group home debate
WEYBURN, Sask. - City council in Weyburn, Sask., has apologized to residents and other Canadians for using insensitive words after a controversial decision to reject a care home for people with disabi...
Mar 15, 2019

Lethbridge emergency services stress dangers of icy surfaces as temperatures rise
LETHBRIDGE, AB - With temperatures rising, ice is getting thinner. At Henderson Lake on Friday, Lethbridge Fire and Emergency Services held an ice rescue training exercise, which members of the media ...
Mar 15, 2019
Netflix cancels 'One Day at a Time' reboot after 3 seasons
LOS ANGELES - Netflix is cancelling “One Day at a Time” after three seasons. In a statement Thursday, the streaming service’s chief content officer, Ted Sarandos, called it “di...
Mar 15, 2019