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Racism toward Indigenous people escalating in Thunder Bay: grand chief
Prosecutors: Man who wanted jihad tried to join US military
The Thursday news briefing: An at-a-glance survey of some top stories
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau waves to the crowd at the Global Citizen concert at the G20 summit in Hamburg, Germany on Thursday, July 6, 2017. Trudeau has been called on to appeal to the protesters at Thursday night's rock concert in Hamburg, where he will give a short speech promoting the benefits of global co-operation beyond corporations and the world's richest citizens. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ryan Remiorz
Galchenyuk happy with three-year deal, vows to help Canadiens win next season
Mexico City uncovers the 1840s 'zocalo' beneath iconic plaza
Alberta energy regulator charges Nexen over 2015 pipeline spill
An aerial view of the spill at the Nexen Energy's Long Lake oilsands facility south of Fort McMurray, Alberta July 17, 2015.
Framework fleshed out for CONCACAF joint bid for 2026 men's World Cup
Sunil Gulati, left, President of the United States Soccer Federation, Decio de Maria, center, President of the Mexican Football Federation, and Victor Montagliani, President of the Canadian Soccer Association, hold a news conference in New York on April 10, 2017. The CONCACAF bid for the 2026 World Cup now has a unified bid committee and an executive team. What lies ahead is a lot of work in a short time frame. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP, Mark Lennihan
These eight U.S. tech stocks are ripe for bargain hunters
After more than a year of very strong performance, U.S. tech stocks have recently pulled back significantly from their highs and are now lagging significantly behind other sectors such as financial services and health care.
Pest and plant species that pose health risks – and how to protect yourself
Deer Ticks (Ixodes scapularis) also called blacklegged ticks, are one of four major species that commonly bite people in Canada.
How investors are using their art collections to shore up cash
Edward Schwartz is photographed with some of the art that are in his and his wife Marla's, personal collection, on June 21, 2017. Schwartz co-founded Lono Fine Asset lending which allows owners to leverage their art as collateral for loans. The art on the wall are from left by the artists Michael Snow, Harold Town and Michael Snow.
Catholic Church condemns priest's killing, the 3rd this year
Mennonite Church to divest in protest of Israeli policies
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Lawsuits filed over Trump voting commission requests
Alberta Energy Regulator lays charges against Nexen Energy for 2015 pipeline spill
Review: Carole King musical Beautiful is deceptively simple
Chilina Kennedy, who plays Carole King in Beautiful, has a versatile voice but her greatest skill as a musical-theatre performer remains her fine comedic chops.
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Governor launches probe into hospital's handling of gunman who ambushed officer
The scene where a New York Police officer was shot while sitting in a police vehicle in the Bronx, on July 5, 2017.
Irishman who lived in US illegally for a decade is deported
Tropicana gets Chelsea to be part of casino
FILE - In this April 22, 2015 file photo, job seekers line up outside the Chelsea hotel in Atlantic City N.J. On Thursday July 6, 2017, Tropicana Entertainment said it had acquired The Chelsea Hotel from Carl Icahn and announced plans to integrate it into the casino resort. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry, File)
Brazil federal police shut down 'Car Wash' graft task force
Brazil's President Michel Temer smiles during a ceremony at the Planalto Presidential Palace, in Brasilia, Brazil, Thursday, July 6, 2017. Temer has quickly presented to lawmakers his legal defense against corruption allegations in a move seen as a bid to avoid being suspended from office and put on trial. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)
Woman, 42, pleads guilty in Texas fake registered nurse case
Corporate Stampede celebrations muted despite points of optimism
Party goers attend an event at the Calgary Stampede president’s dinner in July, 2012. While corporate parties used to be lavish affairs, in recent years, they have become smaller and more thoughtful.
Make no mistake, borrowers will bear the brunt of a rate hike
Rob Carrick
Pittsburgh Zoo's preemie elephant ready for visitors
FILE – In this June 6, 2017, file photo, Willie Theison bottle feeds the new baby elephant calf at the Pittsburgh Zoo & PPG Aquarium in Pittsburgh. The Pittsburgh Zoo & PPG Aquarium says its new baby elephant is ready for visitors, and the female calf will be on view through a window in the zoo's elephant family room starting Friday, July 7. The calf was born at the zoo's International Conservation Center on May 31, about a month prematurely. Its mother is Seeni, a 21-year-old elephant that's among three the zoo rescued from Botswana in 2011. (Antonella Crescimbeni/Pittsburgh Post-Gazette via AP, File)
92-year-old flower girl steals show at Minnesota wedding
Ont. stats show cancer the leading underlying condition in medically assisted deaths
Oklahoma prosecutor says man justified in fatal shooting
Thousands of athletes in Jerusalem for "Jewish Olympics"
Professional runner outruns 2 bears while training in woods
In this July 5, 2017, photo, Moninda Marube points to the house on Whitman Spring Trail in Auburn, Maine, while recounting his encounter with a pair of bears that chased him. Marube, a professional runner from Kenya, said he had to outrun the two charging bears while training in the woods on Wednesday. (Russ Dillingham/The Lewiston Sun-Journal via AP)
BC NDP to be officially sworn in on July 18
John Horgan emerges from Government House after meeting with Lt-Gov. Judith Guichon in Victoria, B.C., on June 29, 2017.
RBC hikes fixed-term mortgage rates
An RBC sign is seen in Toronto’s financial district in this file photo.
Grain mostly lower, livestock mixed
Governor launches probe into hospital's handling of gunman
Toronto city councillor McConnell hospitalized with serious illness: Tory
Councillor Pam McConnell. Toronto Mayor John Tory voiced his concern for the deputy mayor and longtime city councillor in a news conference Thursday but gave no details about the nature of her condition
Banning fund trailer fees: The latest arguments for and against
Some want greater transparency and clarity on how investors pay for advice, while others feel the ban will create a major gap in advice.
Nielsen's top programs for June 26-July 2
So many Spider-Men, so little time: Ranking 15 years of Spider-Man films
Tobey Maguire as Spider-Man.
Police seek man in alleged sexual assault in park washroom in Midway, B.C.
Dog attacking 7-year-old in Texas caught on video
Trumpeting her new digs: Los Angeles Zoo debuts new elephant
'America's Got Talent' laps the television field
'I broke everything:' Canadian snowboarder McMorris weighs in on near-fatal crash
Snowboarder Mark McMorris poses for a portrait during an interview with The Canadian Press in Toronto on Wednesday, July 5, 2017. McMorris has dealt with a plethora of injuries over his snowboarding career, but he had never experienced anything like the crash that nearly killed him last March. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Frank Gunn
Renewable energy surges past nuclear for 1st time in decades
Coroner closes investigation into 8-year-old boy's suicide
FILE - In a Friday, May 12, 2017 file photo, parents and other demonstrators hold signs against bullying and in memory of Gabriel Taye, an 8-year-old boy who killed himself in January 2017, outside the elementary school in Cincinnati. Hamilton County's coroner issued a statement Thursday July 6, 2017, saying a review of additional investigative information regarding Gabriel Taye found nothing that would alter the death certificate. Authorities opened Gabriel's grave in June to remove an electronic tablet buried with him to see if it might provide additional information about what led to his death. (AP Photo/Lisa Cornwell, File)
Lawsuit: Atlanta arena security measures based on race
This image taken with a fisheye lense shows The Philips Arena, home of the Atlanta Hawks NBA basketball team, Thursday, July 6, 2017, in Atlanta. A former security manager at the arena says white entertainers performing there were allowed to bypass security measures while similar requests by black entertainers were denied. Alleging racial discrimination, Samuel R. Hayes III filed a federal lawsuit on Monday against Atlanta Hawks LLC, which operates the arena. The lawsuit says Hayes was fired because he's black and because he complained about security measures that he says were selectively enforced based on race. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)
Child porn investigation in Alberta leads to 16 arrests, 56 charges laid
A list of stays issued across the country over court delays
G20 summit opens with violent clashes between protesters and police
Riot police use water cannon during the ‘Welcome to Hell’ rally against the G20 summit in Hamburg, northern Germany, on July 6, 2017.
People splash in pools, fountains as Southwest US heats up
Federal banking regulator proposes new stress test for all uninsured mortgages
Beware the unintended consequences of banning embedded fees
AGF Management chief executive Blake Goldring is shown in 2008.
Spotlight on Swan Global Investments' Defined Risk Fund
CORRECTS NAME OF FUND TO SWAN GLOBAL INVESTMENTS’ DEFINED RISK FUND, NOT SWAN CAPITAL MANAGEMENT'S DEFINED RISK FUND - This photo provided by Swan Global Investments shows Randy Swan, lead portfolio manager of Swan Global Investments’ Defined Risk Fund. The fund aims to provide investors income and growth while also hedging against big stock market downturns. (Allison Ragsdale/Swan Global Investments via AP)
Privatization won’t save provincially owned utilities
Konrad Yakabuski
Indigenous women's inquiry head says process moving at 'lightning speed'
Marion Buller, Chief Commissioner of the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls, speaks during a news conference at Haida House at the Museum of Anthropology, in Vancouver on Thursday, July 6, 2017. Buller defended the process they've gone through so far, saying in eight months they've hired staff, opened offices, held their first hearing and put life to the terms of reference. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
5 B.C. men charged for alleged trafficking in fentanyl and carfentanil
Getting a divorce at age 73 helped me turn my life around
Toronto deputy mayor hospitalized with serious illness, Tory says
Ole Miss to recognize slave labour on pre-Civil War buildings
FILE- This March 12, 2017, file photo shows a statue of a Confederate soldier on the campus of the University of Mississippi in Oxford, Miss. The university announced Thursday, July 6, that it will post signs acknowledging that slaves built some structures on the main campus founded before the Civil War. The administration has already added a plaque to provide information about slavery and the Civil War to the Confederate soldier statue on campus. (AP Photo/Beth J. Harpaz, File)
No vaccines, no public school: is it time for Canada to emulate France?
Denise Balkissoon
Nielsen: Kendrick Lamar, Sheeran have top albums at mid-year
Ed Sheeran performs on NBC's "Today" show at Rockefeller Plaza on Thursday, July 6, 2017, in New York. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP)
Lawsuit challenges Florida ban on smokable medical marijuana
McConnell says limited bill needed if GOP health bill dies
U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., speaks to members of the media after a ribbon cutting ceremony for exit 30 on Interstate 65 in Bowling Green, Ky., on Thursday, July 6, 2017. (Austin Anthony/Daily News via AP)
Firebug firefighter who burned down Alberta trestle gets 2 year jail term
US warns Qatar crisis at impasse; Tillerson to visit Kuwait
Saskatchewan sues bars that served drunk driver who killed family of four
Ava DuVernay to create 'Central Park Five' drama for Netflix
FILE - This May 20, 2017 file photo shows director Ava DuVernay at the 76th Annual Peabody Awards in New York. Netflix says the historic case of the Central Park Five will be brought to life in a limited series to be written and directed by Ava DuVernay. The five-episode drama will be based on the true story of five teenagers from Harlem who were wrongly convicted of raping Trisha Meili while she was jogging in Central Park in 1989. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)
Court rejects Ottawa's request to delay challenge to indefinite segregation
Suspect in 9 Phoenix serial killings pleads not guilty
Canadian middleweight Elias Theodorou takes on tough Hawaiian in Las Vegas
Elias Theodorou, right, of Mississauga, Ont., battles Cezar Ferreira, of Brazil, in middleweight UFC Fight Night action, in Halifax on Sunday, Feb. 19, 2017. Theodorou, who has won five of his six UFC fights, returns to action Friday in Las Vegas when he takes on hard-nosed Hawaiian Brad Tavares on "The Ultimate Fighter Finale" card. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Andrew Vaughan
Venezuelan soldiers jailed amid unrest, document says
Chicago-area mom pleads not guilty to attempted murder
NDP officially takes power July 18; inner circle packs experience, bite: experts
Raonic advances to third round at Wimbledon with four-set win over Youzhny
Toronto set to get more than half of feds’ transit funds allocated to Ontario
TTC streetcars head westbound on King Street West in Toronto on May 11, 2017.
BC Ferries warns of zero tolerance for passengers who drink or use drugs
Woman pleads guilty to killing social worker, 3 relatives
Microsoft laying off thousands of workers in sales shakeup
FILE - This July 3, 2014, file photo, shows the Microsoft Corp. logo outside the Microsoft Visitor Center in Redmond, Wash. Microsoft is laying off thousands of employees in a shake-up aimed at selling more subscriptions to software applications that can be used on any internet-connected device. Most of the people losing their jobs work in sales and are located outside the U.S. The Redmond, Washington, company confirmed that it began sending the layoff notices Thursday, July 6, 2017, but declined to provide further specifics except that thousands of sales jobs will be cut. Microsoft employs about 121,500 people worldwide. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File)
Patton Oswalt engaged to marry actress Meredith Salenger
FILE - In this Feb. 12, 2017 file photo, Patton Oswalt poses in the press room with the award for best comedy album for "Talking for Clapping" at the 59th annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles. Fifteen months after the death of his wife, Oswalt is engaged to marry actress Meredith Salenger, His publicist confirmed Thursday, July 6. Michelle McNamara, a writer, died in April 2016 from a combination of prescription medications and an undiagnosed heart condition. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP, File)
Edmonton man drowns in B.C. lake; police thank people who tried to save him
Toronto teen's death on school trip taking toll on students, staff: principal
Luxury travel: The new mid-life crisis sports car?
Cruising the Amazon River on the Delfin I, one of three vessels owned by Delfin Amazon Cruise.
Team probing Syria chemical attacks comes under pressure
The TSX sectors BMO believes will outshine all others in the second half of this year
Bank towers are shown from Bay Street in Toronto's financial district, on Wednesday, June 16, 2010. Federal MPs are hearing from Canada's big banks as a parliamentary committee explores allegations of questionable sales practices at major financial institutions. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrien Veczan
Newfoundland to examine treatment of Innu children in provincial care
Simeon Tshakapesh, shown in a Nov.26 , 2000 file photo, was among Innu leaders who signed an agreement with the Premier. His son Thunderheart took his own life in May.
Studio gives $25K toward replacing Ten Commandments display
The Latest: Closing arguments at Arpaio's trial completed
Mexicans reunite with children in US under special program
Quebec murder suspect set free due to trial delays sent back to Sri Lanka
The Latest: Virginia executes inmate for killing 2 in 2006
FILE - In this Thursday March 29, 2007, file photo, William Morva watches as prospective jury members are interviewed to serve in his attempted robbery trial in Montgomery County Circuit Court in Christiansburg, Va. Morva is scheduled to receive a lethal injection Thursday, July 6, 2017, for the killings of a hospital security guard and a sheriff's deputy in 2006. Morva's attorneys and mental health advocates are calling on Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe to spare his life. (Matt Gentry/The Roanoke Times via AP, File)
8 Congo soldiers sentenced to prison for Kasai killings
Toronto to get over half of Ontario's $8.34B share of federal money for transit
How rising rates would affect the mortgage market
Houses are seen in the west end of Toronto on April 21, 2017.
Of 'severe things,' US military strike on NKorea is unlikely
People gather in Kim Il Sung Square in Pyongyang, North Korea, Thursday, July 6, 2017, to celebrate the test launch of North Korea's first intercontinental ballistic missile two days earlier. The North's ICBM launch, its most successful missile test to date, has stoked security worries in Washington, Seoul and Tokyo as it showed the country could eventually perfect a reliable nuclear missile capable of reaching anywhere in the United States. Analysts say the "Hwasong 14" missile, tested Tuesday could reach Alaska if launched at a normal trajectory. (AP Photo/Jon Chol Jin)
B.C. NDP MP Peter Julian drops bid to replace Mulcair at federal party's helm
'It can happen to anyone:' mom says girl taken from playground wasn't alone
ADP says small business hiring slows dramatically in June
We can’t afford not to provide a new social safety net
Gary Mason
Court declines to rehear gay employee discrimination case
The Latest: Base closure for explosives scare is defended
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