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NYC aims to make composting part of life in Big Apple, with residents separating food scraps
June 18, 2013 - 1 h 11
NEW YORK, N.Y. - Legions of New York City apartment dwellers will soon be asked — and may eventually be forced — to start collecting food scraps for composting, under Mayor Michael Bloomberg's latest bid to make the city greener....
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More controversy in Montreal: three police officers suspended amid RCMP probe
June 17, 2013 - 22 h 27
MONTREAL - Three Montreal police officers have been suspended amid an RCMP investigation into misbehaviour on the force. A city police spokesman said Monday that the suspensions were an internal disciplinary matter for the moment, but they stemmed...
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Quebec, Vermont make it easier to charge electric cars with new terminals
June 17, 2013 - 20 h 00
MONTREAL - Quebec and Vermont have concluded a partnership to help owners of electric vehicles recharge their rides. Premier Pauline Marois and Gov. Peter Shumlin announced the plan to set up charging terminals along a stretch between Montreal and...
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New Flyer gets contract for up to 265 buses from transit authorities Atlanta
June 17, 2013 - 19 h 49
WINNIPEG - New Flyer Industries Inc. (TSX:NFI) has been awarded a contract by the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority for up to 265 heavy-duty buses with compressed natural gas propulsion systems. The value of the contract was not...
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Hertz-owned Thrifty says offer of free rental car was a mistake, apologizes to customers
June 17, 2013 - 19 h 44
DALLAS - Thrifty Car Rental says it's sorry, but many customers who were offered a free one-day rental won't be getting that after all. The company says the offer was intended for a select group of top customers but was sent accidentally to many...
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Montreal lightweight Mike Ricci to face Jury at UFC 165 in Toronto
June 17, 2013 - 19 h 02
TORONTO - Montreal lightweight Mike (The Martian) Ricci will face Myles (Fury) Jury at UFC 165 in Toronto this fall. UFC president Dana White announced last week in Winnipeg that the Sept. 21 main event at the Air Canada Centre will feature...
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Netflix to run 300 hours of original TV series from DreamWorks Animation in multi-year deal
June 17, 2013 - 18 h 56
LOS ANGELES, Calif. - Netflix announced a deal on Monday to air television programming from Dreamworks Animation in what the company described as its biggest transaction ever for original first-run content. Though financial details were not...
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BlackBerry stands by security of smartphones amid British hacking report
June 17, 2013 - 18 h 55
WATERLOO, Ont. - BlackBerry (TSX:BB) says it remains confident in the security of its smartphones after a newspaper reported that the British eavesdropping agency GCHQ repeatedly hacked into devices belonging to foreign diplomats at the G20...
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Honolulu flight to San Francisco turns around after electrical problem
June 17, 2013 - 18 h 27
HONOLULU, Hawaii - The Federal Aviation Administration says a United Airlines flight bound for San Francisco from Honolulu turned around because of an unspecified electrical problem. FAA spokesman Ian Gregor said Monday the Boeing 737 airplane...
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Study shows commonly prescribed statin drugs and some antibiotics can interact
June 17, 2013 - 18 h 21
TORONTO - A new study confirms that statin drugs and some antibiotics can interact badly. The study finds that while the interactions are rare, they can be serious. And the authors say that given that these drugs are commonly prescribed and...
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