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Parliamentary committee on public safety set to take up Desjardins data breach
A parliamentary committee will grapple this, July 15, 2019, afternoon with the consequences of a major data breach at Desjardins Group.
Chuckwagon race safety up for review after six horses die during Stampede event
Injuries have forced a veterinary medical team to euthanize three more horses competing in this year's Calgary Stampede chuckwagon races, bringing to six the number of animals to die during the annual Rangeland Derby event.
Somali-Canadian journalist Hodan Naleyeh dies in Somalia extremist attack
At least 26 people have been killed in an extremist attack in Somalia including a prominent Somali-Canadian journalist and her husband.
Canadian citizen has been detained in China, Global Affairs confirms
Global Affairs Canada says a Canadian citizen has been detained in Yantai, China.
Former Quebec premier Jean Charest to help Canada secure UN Security Council seat
The federal government has named former Quebec premier Jean Charest as a special envoy to help Canada secure a temporary seat on the United Nations Security Council.
'Frustration and alienation:' Jason Kenney tells premiers national unity threatened
Alberta Premier Jason Kenney says he still believes national unity is under threat despite two days of collaborative discussions with the country's leaders.
Trudeau Liberals pledge $150M toward big-data cancer research initiative
Months after first promising money to a cancer research network bearing Terry Fox's name, the federal health minister touted the spending at an event on Thursday, July 11, 2019.
Twitter taps Canada as test market for new 'hide' tweet feature
Twitter launched an experiment in Canada Thursday, July 11, 2019, to give users in this country the ability to hide replies to tweets on its social-media platform, in a bid, the company says, to give users more control over conversations.
Former PQ health minister Rejean Hebert seeks to run for federal Liberals
Former Parti Québécois minister Réjean Hébert says he will seek to be a candidate for Justin Trudeau's Liberals in a Montreal-area riding in the October federal election.
Half of Indigenous children live in poverty, study says
Indigenous children face the highest rates of poverty in the country, with almost one in every two living in households with low incomes, says a new study that shows little improvement in the situation over the last decade.