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'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.
Five things to know about Canadian immigration detention centres
The treatment of migrants has recently been thrust into the spotlight as accounts emerge of overcrowding and unsanitary conditions in American border detention facilities.
Encana Corp. selling assets Oklahoma's Arkoma Basin for $165 million
Encana Corp. says its wholly owned subsidiary, Newfield Exploration Mid-Continent Inc., has signed a deal to sell its natural gas assets in Oklahoma's Arkoma Basin for $165 million.
Quebec invests $47 million in youth protection to cut down wait lists
The Quebec government is investing $47 million in the province's maligned youth protection system, in an effort to add more staff and cut down on lengthy wait lists.
Lac-Megantic marks sixth anniversary of rail disaster that claimed 47 lives
The sixth anniversary of the rail disaster in Lac-Megantic, Que., will be marked this weekend with events aimed at remembering those who were lost and recognizing how the community has grown since the tragedy.
Quebec LGBTQ activist Laurent McCutcheon dies after long cancer battle
Laurent McCutcheon, a leading figure in the fight for LGBTQ rights in Quebec, died on Thursday, June 4, 2019, after receiving medical assistance in dying, his spouse said on Friday, June 5, 2019.