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We're drowning in reusable bags. Are bag profits preventing big grocers from adopting solutions?; Megan Bishop of Sault Ste\. Marie would like to see retailers offer solutions to the problem of Canadians stockpiling too many reusable bags\.

We're drowning in reusable bags. Are bag profits preventing big grocers from adopting solutions?

October 4 , 2024 at 04:00:00 a.m. EDT • :

To combat the problem of people stockpiling too many reusable bags, environmentalists recommend retailers find solutions. But so far, major retailers haven't bought in, raising concerns that profits from bag sales are, at least in part, deterring them from taking action.

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Parents and coach brawl at kids' hockey tourney in Hamilton, prompting refs to halt game; A group of parents and at least one coach fight during a game played by seven and eight-year-olds in Hamilton on Sept\. 29, 2024\.

Parents and coach brawl at kids' hockey tourney in Hamilton, prompting refs to halt game

October 4 , 2024 at 04:00:00 a.m. EDT • :

A hockey game involving players seven and eight years old came to a halt at a Hamilton arena after parents and at least one coach became involved in a brawl behind the boards.

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Border agency acted in 'bad faith' when it fired employee over $26 million loss: labour board; Opium is pictured as part of 2,500 kilograms that was seized in the port of Vancouver making it the largest seizure in Canada during a press conference in Delta, British Columbia on Thursday December 15, 2022\.

Border agency acted in 'bad faith' when it fired employee over $26 million loss: labour board

October 4 , 2024 at 04:00:00 a.m. EDT • :

The Canada Border Services Agency acted "deceitfully" when it fired a woman without a proper investigation — while shielding others from liability — after the border agency failed to collect roughly $26 million in duties, says the federal public service labour board.

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Updated COVID-19 vaccines roll out at pharmacies; Anh Nguyen prepares to administer a COVID-19 vaccine for Kelly Vazquez at a pharmacy in New York, Tuesday, Sept\. 24, 2024\.

Updated COVID-19 vaccines roll out at pharmacies

October 4 , 2024 at 04:00:00 a.m. EDT • :

As two new Health Canada approved vaccines start to arrive at pharmacies, public health officials are encouraging those who most need protection to get the updated vaccines to help protect against currently circulating variants that cause COVID-19. 

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Quebec pioneers training to recognize coercive control as intimate partner violence; Karine Barrette at the Regroupement des maisons pour femmes victimes de violence conjugale\.

Quebec pioneers training to recognize coercive control as intimate partner violence

October 4 , 2024 at 04:00:00 a.m. EDT • :

As Canada prepares to criminalize coercive control, experts in Quebec are leading the way in training law enforcement to recognize the different shapes intimate partner violence may take, including denigration, isolation and surveillance.

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AT ISSUE | Liberals vote against Bloc's early election ultimatum; Prime Minister Justin Trudeau rises during Question Period in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, on Wednesday, Oct\. 2, 2024\.  

October 4 , 2024 at 07:00:56 a.m. EDT • :

AT ISSUE | Liberals vote against Bloc's early election ultimatum

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Canada ponders 'top secret' data cloud as allies push ahead with intelligence-sharing plans; A U\.S\. Marine Corps F-35B Lightning II takes part in an aerial display during an airshow in Singapore, on Feb\. 15, 2022\. The crash of an F-35B Joint Strike Fighter aircraft in South Carolina last weekend has raised numerous questions about what prompted the pilot to eject after experiencing a malfunction and how the \$100 million US warplane was able to keep flying pilotless\.  

October 4 , 2024 at 04:00:00 a.m. EDT • :

Canada ponders 'top secret' data cloud as allies push ahead with intelligence-sharing plans

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Cindy Ouellet among Canadian Paralympians on mission to impact medical field; Canadian wheelchair basketball player Cindy Oulette aims to replicate a hip that functions similarly to the more advanced knee or ankle prosthetics currently available, which attach to working nerves in the body\.  

October 4 , 2024 at 04:00:00 a.m. EDT • :

Cindy Ouellet among Canadian Paralympians on mission to impact medical field

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Israel blocks Lebanon's main road to Syria with airstrike, targets Hezbollah in Beirut; People carry their belongings while walking next to the rubble, after an Israeli strike, as they flee Lebanon due to ongoing hostilities between Hezbollah and Israeli forces, at Masnaa border crossing with Syria, in Lebanon, October 4, 2024\. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir  

October 4 , 2024 at 05:26:40 a.m. EDT • :

Israel blocks Lebanon's main road to Syria with airstrike, targets Hezbollah in Beirut

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Music star Garth Brooks accused of rape in U.S. lawsuit; Singer Garth Brooks attends a reception for the 2022 Kennedy Center honorees hosted by U\.S\. President Joe Biden, at the White House on December 04, 2022 in Washington, DC\.  

October 3 , 2024 at 10:25:19 p.m. EDT • :

Music star Garth Brooks accused of rape in U.S. lawsuit

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October 3 , 2024 at 04:04:20 p.m. EDT • :

Ex-Colorado county clerk gets 9-year prison sentence for voting data scheme in wake of 2020 election

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October 4 , 2024 at 12:19:17 a.m. EDT • :

5-seat sushi counter in Vancouver earns Michelin star

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October 3 , 2024 at 11:37:35 a.m. EDT • :

'It's nice to be free,' Clarence Woodhouse says after exoneration for 1973 Winnipeg murder he didn't commit

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October 3 , 2024 at 03:55:08 p.m. EDT • :

Keep an eye on the sky! We may get another intense northern lights display over the coming days

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October 3 , 2024 at 08:48:04 p.m. EDT • :

Ottawa police creating Parliament Hill unit following close calls with MPs

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