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How these students cut their school's food waste by 57%

How these students cut their school’s food waste by 57%

In this week’s issue of our environmental newsletter: we look at how a group of students drastically cut food waste in their cafeteria, check out a ‘top’ new species of 2024 and find out how to get a prescription to access national parks and local conservation areas.

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Trump looks to turn back the clock on the Panama Canal

Trump looks to turn back the clock on the Panama Canal

Control of the Panama Canal, once a key U.S. presidential campaign issue for Ronald Reagan and an animating topic for people ranging from film legend John Wayne to an unpredictable Canadian-born U.S. senator, has seemingly made a comeback as a hot-button topic in Washington.

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Commons deadlock could trigger government cash crunch, get in the way of other House deadlines
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November 24, 2024

Commons deadlock could trigger government cash crunch, get in the way of other House deadlines

An ongoing debate in the House of Commons could force…

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I'm fluent in Spanish. But I deliberately speak Spanglish because it's truer to who I am
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November 24, 2024

I’m fluent in Spanish. But I deliberately speak Spanglish because it’s truer to who I am

Melinda Maldonado is a half-Ecuadorian woman who felt ashamed she…

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Rabbi's disappearance in the United Arab Emirates prompts concern in Israel
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November 24, 2024

Rabbi’s disappearance in the United Arab Emirates prompts concern in Israel

An Israeli-Moldovan rabbi living in the United Arab Emirates has…

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Penguins star Sidney Crosby scores 600th NHL goal
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November 24, 2024

Penguins star Sidney Crosby scores 600th NHL goal

Sidney Crosby became the 21st player in NHL history to…

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Canadian government apologizes to Inuit in Nunavik for mass killing of sled dogs
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November 24, 2024

Canadian government apologizes to Inuit in Nunavik for mass killing of sled dogs

More than 1,000 of the dogs that Inuit relied on…

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Filipino VP says she has contracted an assassin to kill the president if she herself is killed
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November 23, 2024

Filipino VP says she has contracted an assassin to kill the president if she herself is killed

Philippine Vice-President Sara Duterte said Saturday she has contracted an…

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Canada's 1st female defence chief 'can't believe' U.S. senator would question a woman's role in combat
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November 23, 2024

Canada’s 1st female defence chief ‘can’t believe’ U.S. senator would question a woman’s role in combat

Gen. Jennie Carignan, the first woman to command Canada’s military,…

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Killer sentenced to 4½ years in Colton Crowshoe's death, 10 years after victim went missing
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November 23, 2024

Killer sentenced to 4½ years in Colton Crowshoe’s death, 10 years after victim went missing

Wiley Provost, 30, strangled Crowshoe near a home where they…

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Amid big-box stores and industrial zones, salmon are returning to Metro Vancouver streams
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November 23, 2024

Amid big-box stores and industrial zones, salmon are returning to Metro Vancouver streams

While it’s doubtful that salmon will recover to their original…

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