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New report says half of Canada’s wildlife species are in decline: ‘We are going to lose ecosystems’New research, published today by the World Wildlife Fund Canada, shows 451 species across the country have seen their population decline by an average of 83 per cent since 1970.CanadaSep 13, 2017
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‘Hell freezes over’: National Post staff announce union drive at Postmedia’s flagship paperStaff at the National Post, the flagship publication of Canada's largest newspaper company, announced Wednesday that they are beginning a union drive with CWA Canada.CanadaSep 13, 2017
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A fight over a four-bedroom house: The Rebel Media meltdown and the full recording at the centre of the controversyEzra Levant's Rebel Media found itself in hot water this week with staff leaving and politicians denouncing it. Here's the recording behind one of its most controversial disputes.Aug 19, 2017
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Refugee claimants found in possession of child porn at Quebec borderMultiple refugee claimants have been found in possession of child pornography at or near the Quebec border crossing, Global News has learned.CanadaAug 16, 2017
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Turns out action video games really can harm your brain, says Montreal studyThose annoying gripes from your parents were true: your habitual obsession with first person shooter games could be harming your brain.CanadaAug 8, 2017
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Vice Media to cut ten jobs in Canada as part of global layoffsMillenial-focused media and news brand Vice is cutting its staff in Canada, laying off ten employees less than three years after striking an ambitious, $100 million partnership with Rogers Communications.Jul 21, 2017
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Government revokes group’s charity status, audit cites possible funding of Pakistani militantsFederal regulators have revoked the charity status of a Canadian Islamic organization after an audit uncovered problems including tax receipts that were issued for donations that went to a Pakistani group linked to armed militancy.CanadaJul 19, 2017
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B.C. lumber, mining industries hit by wildfires; could lead to higher pricesWildfires in British Columbia are taking a toll on the province's resource sector, as blazes forced lumber and mining companies to shut down or cut back on operations Tuesday and damaged parts of the provincial hydro utility's electricity grid.CanadaJul 11, 2017
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Bernier wing of Conservative Party spawns advocacy group ‘to keep pressure from within’A group of party activists from the party's classically liberal, or libertarian, wing have formed Conservative Futures, a non-profit advocacy organization designed, according to its founder, "to keep pressure on the Conservative Party from within."CanadaJul 5, 2017
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Designer drug smuggling posing ‘greatest challenge’ to Canadian border agency: CBSA documentCBSA says the designer and psychoactive drugs are "particularly popular with teenagers and young adults given their primary purpose as party drugs."CanadaJul 4, 2017
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Canadians – not Americans – are a greater risk to bring illegal guns into Canada: Border agencyCanadian residents pose a greater risk of bringing guns meant for criminal use to Canada than Americans do, despite the fact that over 91 per cent of firearm seizures at the border are made from U.S. residents, according to a border agency document obtained by Global News.CanadaJun 29, 2017
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Toronto Star to shutter underperforming tablet app, lay off thirtyThe Toronto Star is shutting down Star Touch, the ambitious tablet app it launched less than two years ago in the hope of forging a digital future against dwindling returns on print media advertising and circulation revenue at its parent company.CanadaJun 26, 2017
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Yukon hotel robbed of mummified human toe it used to make cocktails, RCMP searching for the greedy fingersThe RCMP are on the lookout for a man who stole a mummified toe that is used to make a special cocktail at a hotel bar in Dawson City.CanadaJun 20, 2017
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Canadians really like nurses and doctors, not big on politicians and car salespeople: pollIf you're looking to have your confirmation bias vindicated, the cliche remains true: Canadians still don't like politicians or car salespeople all that much.PoliticsJun 16, 2017
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Opposition concerned Heritage Minister’s chief of staff lobbied 6 times in 2017 by former employer GoogleJoly's parliamentary critics say the active communication between her most senior staff member and her former employer, one of the media industry's biggest private sector stakeholders, raises concerns.CanadaJun 13, 2017
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Trump’s NAFTA plans stall Canadian private market investment: reportInvestors in Canada's private equity sector raised just $990 million in the first four months of 2017, down from almost $3.4 billion at the same time last year.CanadaJun 8, 2017
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Ottawa Citizen, Ottawa Sun workers vote in favour of strike mandateIn January, six employees at the Citizen and Sun were laid off after Postmedia failed to reach a company-wide 20 per cent salary cost reduction target through voluntary buyouts.CanadaJun 7, 2017
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The giant Canada 150 duck is an ‘illegal counterfeit,’ Dutch design studio claims"The duck was never supposed to be for profit. It was designed to be a public art installation to bring joy and hope wherever it went."CanadaJun 1, 2017
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New Tory leader Andrew Scheer campaign linked with controversial Rebel MediaDespite a string of controversies faced by The Rebel, newly minted Conservative Party leader Andrew Scheer has so far continued to make himself available to the company.PoliticsMay 29, 2017
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