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Despite backlash, some Loblaw stores still discount perishable food by 30% — not 50%;

Despite backlash, some Loblaw stores still discount perishable food by 30% — not 50%

April 12 , 2024 at 04:00:00 a.m. EDT • :

Loblaw announcing in January it would bring back 50 per cent discounts on perishable food, but some Real Canadian Superstore customers still feel shortchanged. That's because the Loblaw-owned chain will continue to discount all food nearing its best-before date by 30 per cent.

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Quadriplegic Quebec man chooses assisted dying after 4-day ER stay leaves horrific bedsore;

Quadriplegic Quebec man chooses assisted dying after 4-day ER stay leaves horrific bedsore

April 12 , 2024 at 04:00:00 a.m. EDT • :

Local health authorities are investigating, after Normand Meunier, who has been paralyzed in both arms and legs since 2022, sought a medically assisted death after developing a huge bedsore while lying on a stretcher in the ER of the Saint-Jérôme, Que., hospital.

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This school uncovered a buried stream and transformed its schoolyard; Grade 12 students Mackenzie and Catharine peer into Burke Brook at Havergal College in Toronto\.

This school uncovered a buried stream and transformed its schoolyard

April 11 , 2024 at 01:50:52 p.m. EDT • :

In this week's issue of our environment newsletter, we learn what happened after a Toronto school 'daylighted' a buried creek through its schoolyard, take a look at a highrise in Halifax that set a new green energy record and visit a grocery store in Brandon, Man., that saves food and customers' money.

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Jarring, visceral and all too plausible, Alex Garland's Civil War is a must see; Kirsten Dunst stars in Civil War as Lee, a veteran war photographer who finds herself now documenting her own country's disintegration\.

Jarring, visceral and all too plausible, Alex Garland's Civil War is a must see

April 12 , 2024 at 04:00:25 a.m. EDT • :

Though the setting of Civil War is described as "near-future America," CBC's Eli Glasner says the reporter-led road movie feels like it could be tomorrow. He calls director Alex Garland's movie urgent and visceral — a film not so much about war, but the effect of it.

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B.C. woman accused of defrauding her employer of over $1.8M; Courthouse in Victoria

B.C. woman accused of defrauding her employer of over $1.8M

April 11 , 2024 at 09:03:47 p.m. EDT • :

A B.C. woman is facing multiple criminal charges, accused of diverting over $1.8 million from her employer to her personal bank accounts to buy an expensive car, gold and a property, according to court documents obtained by CBC News.

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WATCH | Trudeau's testimony on foreign interference; Justin Trudeau testifies at foreign interference hearing\.  

April 12 , 2024 at 07:01:21 a.m. EDT • :

WATCH | Trudeau's testimony on foreign interference

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CSIS chief returns to foreign interference inquiry as PM casts doubt on reliability of agency's reports; CSIS Director David Vigneault appears as a witness at the Public Inquiry Into Foreign Interference in Federal Electoral Processes and Democratic Institutions in Ottawa on Thursday, April 4, 2024\.  

April 12 , 2024 at 04:00:00 a.m. EDT • :

CSIS chief returns to foreign interference inquiry as PM casts doubt on reliability of agency's reports

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Danielle Smith takes UCP fundraising to new heights, while Alberta NDP strikes red ink; Danielle Smith celebrates after being chosen as the new leader of the United Conservative Party and next Alberta premier in Calgary, Thursday\.  

April 11 , 2024 at 07:00:54 p.m. EDT • :

Danielle Smith takes UCP fundraising to new heights, while Alberta NDP strikes red ink

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Should I get a 30-year mortgage? | About That;  

April 11 , 2024 at 06:41:00 p.m. EDT • :

Should I get a 30-year mortgage? | About That

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Woman who alleges sex assault by retired vice-admiral Edmundson 'steadfast' in recounting details: Crown; Retired vice-admiral Haydn Edmundson arrives to court in Ottawa on Thursday, Feb\. 8, 2024\. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick  

April 11 , 2024 at 03:07:27 p.m. EDT • :

Woman who alleges sex assault by retired vice-admiral Edmundson 'steadfast' in recounting details: Crown

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April 11 , 2024 at 05:24:00 p.m. EDT • :

Hundreds of driving infractions at one Edmonton intersection highlight the importance of road design

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April 11 , 2024 at 10:53:26 a.m. EDT • :

O.J. Simpson dead at 76

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April 11 , 2024 at 02:30:54 p.m. EDT • :

Manitoba premier wants daily legislative prayer to be more inclusive

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April 11 , 2024 at 04:00:00 a.m. EDT • :

140 BMO customers say they lost $1.5M in transfer frauds, plan to sue bank

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April 11 , 2024 at 07:40:55 p.m. EDT • :

McIntosh overcomes stacked field to win women's 100m free at Canadian Swimming Open

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