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Fight to curb food waste increasingly turns to science
ReFed: 500,000 pounds of food could be diverted from landfills annually with better packaging
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Speed up shift to family care, says B.C. coroner’s jury in death of Cree teen
Jury has made 18 recommendations arising from death of group home resident Traevon Desjarlais
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Croatia shocks Brazil on penalties in World Cup quarterfinals
Perennial favourite and 5-time champion out of the tourney after losing in shootout
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NATO chief fears Ukraine war could widen into wider conflict
‘It is a war that can become a full-fledged war that spreads into a major war between NATO and Russia’
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Premiers to hold virtual news conference on struggling children’s hospitals
Hospitals across the country facing increase in pediatric patients with respiratory ailments
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Advocates seek funding for free contraception in next B.C. budget
B.C. NDP promised to make prescription contraception free for all as part of its 2020 campaign
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Trudeau says Ottawa to work constructively with Alberta after sovereignty act passes
‘I’m not interested in fighting with the Alberta government’
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Conroy brings rural perspective to B.C.’s bottom line, may expand speculation tax
Veteran New Democrat surprised she was appointed finance minister in new cabinet
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Brittney Griner back home in US after Russian prisoner swap
Brittney Griner returned to the United States early Friday, nearly 10 months after the basketball star’s detention in Russia made her the most high-profile American jailed abroad and set off a political firestorm.
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First Nations leaders reject Trudeau’s proposed gun law, citing risk to treaty rights
Chiefs at the Assembly of First Nations also oppose Alberta, Saskatchewan sovereignty bills
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