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Ontario mulls single-use plastics ban in waste diversion strategy
TORONTO - Ontario is weighing a ban on single-use plastics as part of a broader strategy to send less waste to landfills. Nearly a tonne of waste per person in Ontario is generated each year, and the ...
Mar 12, 2019
Confederate statue being removed in North Carolina city
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. - A construction crew was preparing to take down a Confederate statue in a North Carolina city Tuesday morning, a rare move in a state where such monuments are largely protected by...
Mar 12, 2019
Mansion where Phil Spector killed actress is for sale
ALHAMBRA, Calif. - The hilltop Los Angeles-area mansion where music producer Phil Spector killed actress Lana Clarkson in 2003 is for sale at $5.5 million. The Daily News reported Sunday that the wall...
Mar 12, 2019
Kim Kardashian West will cover released prisoner's rent
NASHVILLE - Thanks to Kim Kardashian West, one of the first inmates released after federal sentencing reforms won't have to worry about rent for five years. Matthew Charles told The Tennessean last we...
Mar 12, 2019
Brazil police: 2 men arrested in killing of Marielle Franco
RIO DE JANEIRO - Police in Brazil have arrested two suspects in the killing of Rio de Janeiro councilwoman Marielle Franco and her driver. The brazen assassination of the two on March 14 last year led...
Mar 12, 2019
Judge, lawyers expected to visit site of Richard Oland's bludgeoning death
SAINT JOHN, N.B. - The defence is expected to conclude its case in the Dennis Oland murder trial today when the judge hearing the case visits the scene where his father's body was found. Jus...
Mar 12, 2019
US joins Ethiopian-led investigation at Boeing crash site
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia - U.S. aviation experts on Tuesday joined the investigation into the crash of an Ethiopian Airlines jetliner that killed 157 people, as a growing number of airlines grounded the ...
Mar 12, 2019
In the news today, March 12
Four stories in the news for Monday, March 11 --- ONTARIO FAMILY OF SIX KILLED IN PLANE CRASH Six members of an Ontario family, spanning three generations, are being remembered as wonderful, lovi...
Mar 12, 2019
Youth arrested in Kingston terrorism case due for bail hearing
OTTAWA - A youth facing terrorism charges in Kingston, Ont., is due in court for a bail hearing today. He was charged in late January after a Canadian police investigation sparked by a tip from the FB...
Mar 12, 2019
Manitoba children's advocate to release report into slain Indigenous teen
SAGKEENG FIRST NATION, Man. - The Manitoba children's advocate is to release a highly anticipated report today detailing the investigation into the death of a First Nations teen whose body was fo...
Mar 12, 2019
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