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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.

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The controversial plan to ship radioactive generators across the Atlantic had been put on hold.

According to CBC News, the project called for radioactive generators from Ontario based Bruce Power to be shipped to Sweden for recycling.

Overcrowding has inmates in Ontario prisons takin action in court

At least 100 current and former inmates are suing the province of Ontario over how they claim they were treated in jail due to overcrowding.

CBC News is reporting an abundance of inmates awaiting their day in court has lead to half of Ontario’s jails being overcrowded, the highest percentage in six years. 

This means a 7-by-2 metre cell meant for two people often contains three or more inmates.

Advocacy groups and prison staff have linked the overcrowding to the increase in violence between cellmates.

In the recent flurry of post office closings by Canada Post across the country, the local postal workers’ union has a new ally… the federal NDP. 

According to the Gazette, Canada Post has closed 37 outlets since 2012… 19 of which were in Quebec, 12 of those were all in Montreal.

NDP Labour critic Alexandre Boulerice has accused Canada Post of disproportionately targeting Quebec post offices because of Stephen Harpers lack of support in the province.