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Liberals spending $22M to combat ‘absolute evil’ of online child pornography

On: August 7, 2019 By: Helen Smith

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Canada’s Liberal government is spending more than $22 million to prevent the online sexual abuse of children, through an expanded strategy that partners with police, digital industry and international allies.

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Category: Canada-Politics

Freeland says Canada’s relationship with China ‘challenging’ despite breakthrough meeting

On: August 7, 2019 By: Helen Smith

Freeland Raab meeting

Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland says Canada’s relationship with China continues to be “challenging” despite a breakthrough meeting with her Chinese counterpart last week.

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Category: Canada-Politics

Mysterious political robotexts may just be the start in a new era of 3rd-party ads

On: August 7, 2019 By: Helen Smith

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Canada Strong and Proud is just one of many new third-party players entering the scene for the first time this election—and they’re a whole different breed from the groups of elections past.

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Category: Canada-Politics

RCMP find items linked to B.C. homicide suspects on northern Manitoba shoreline

On: August 7, 2019 By: Helen Smith

Nelson River Gillam search B.C. manhunt fugitives

Police said in a Facebook post Tuesday they located several items on a shoreline Saturday, about nine kilometres from where a burnt-out vehicle used by Kam Mcleod and Bryer Schmegelsky was found last month.

Category: Canada Business

Toronto’s weekend of gun violence ‘frustrating, angering and sad,’ says mayor

On: August 7, 2019 By: Helen Smith

Toronto John Tory Election Night Win

The gun violence in Toronto during the Civic Holiday weekend that saw 17 people shot during 14 separate incidents is “heartbreaking,” Mayor John Tory said Tuesday.

Category: Canada Business

Ohio shooter had history of ‘obsession with violent ideologies’: Dayton police chief

On: August 7, 2019 By: Helen Smith

APTOPIX Ohio Shooting

Facing pressure to take action after the latest mass shooting in the U.S., Ohio’s Republican governor urged the state legislature to pass laws requiring background checks for nearly all gun sales and allowing courts to restrict firearms access for people perceived as threats.

Category: Canada Business

Time of essence as Fraser River slide blocks spawning salmon

On: August 7, 2019 By: Helen Smith

Spawning sockeye salmon Adams River B.C. 2018

Time is critical to find a solution to a massive obstruction in British Columbia’s Fraser River as 90,000 salmon wait downstream and an estimated two million more sockeye are about to arrive, federal Fisheries Minister Jonathan Wilkinson said Tuesday.

Category: Canada Business

Disney earnings miss forecasts as streaming costs rise

On: August 7, 2019 By: Helen Smith

The Walt Disney Company

Walt Disney Co. reported a steeper earnings decline than Wall Street expected on Tuesday as the company poured money into the streaming media business it is building to challenge Netflix.

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Category: Canada

Trade war rhetoric between U.S. and China eases Tuesday as Beijing revalues yuan

On: August 7, 2019 By: Helen Smith

US China Trade Currencies

Stock markets largely settled down on Tuesday as China stepped in to stabilize the yuan, soothing concerns that currencies would be the latest weapon in a long-drawn trade war, a day after Wall Street suffered its sharpest one-day percentage drops of the year.

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Category: Canada

SNC-Lavalin shares fall to lowest level since 2005 as Caisse demands answers

On: August 7, 2019 By: Helen Smith

SNC-Lavailin headquarters Montreal

Shares of SNC-Lavalin Inc. plummeted to the lowest level in nearly 15 years Tuesday in reaction to its largest shareholder, the Caisse de depot et placement du Quebec, warning that the embattled engineering firm had to move to emergency mode to improve its project execution.

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