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The Montreal Maine & Atlantic Railway’s operations in Canada have been halted.

CBC News reports that the Canadian Transportation Agency pulled the MMA’s certificate of fitness to conduct business in Canada.

The agency stated that the railway company doesn’t have a sufficient amount of third party liability insurance or to pay the self-imposed insurance.

These two measures are necessary for a railway company to conduct business in Canada.

North Carolina has signed in to law a contentious bill requiring voters to show photo IDs at polls.

North Carolina Governor Pat McCrory signed the bill into law despite the controversy of the bill’s potential discrimination against marginal communities.

The bill was enacted as a means to eliminate voting fraud, a crime which has been reported as being relatively uncommon throughout the country.

As Israel and Palestine undergo peace talks, several Palestinian negotiators are calling out Israel, saying that as long as Israel continues with settlement expansion, it is not looking for peace.

Al-Jazeera News is reporting Israel’s housing minister announced Sunday that it plans to build 12-hundred homes for settlers along annexed East Jerusalem and West Bank. 

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The residents' of the Yukon Territory are asking for higher refunds when they recycle beverage cans and bottles.

CBC News reports, that a 10 cent surchange is applied on any aluminum and plastic bottle or can purchased in the territory. When returned to the store for recycling, the refund is only 5-cents.

Recycling centres who handle the material get the difference for property handling and processing the containers.

A group of investigators will be visiting Montreal in order to find out what happened in a water collision in the Port of Montreal.

CTV News is reporting an 186-metre cargo carrier ship crashed into a tugboat at around 9 pm on Saturday night.

The cargo ship was built in 2010 and was flying the national flag of Panama. 

A spokesperson for the Transportation Safety Board of Canada said there were no spills or injuries and emergency services were not called to the scene.

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Protestors against fracking have been in daily confrontations with police in the U.K. after a fracking deal was reached there a little over a week ago.

Al-Jazeera News reports, that energy company, Caudrilla was given the O.K. in their exploration bid for oil, to drill into the British countryside.

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The Toronto Police Association is defending one of their own after a video of a suspect that was shot while in custody has surfaced on YouTube.

CBC News reports, the public outrage has sprung over the video in question, which shows 18 year-old Sammy Yetin shot while in custody near a Toronto park.

The officer claims that Yetin threatened him with a knife and that he took the necessary action to protect himself and to ensure public safety.

The incident drew anger towards the Toronto Police Force, with hundreds of protestors taking to the streets this past Monday.