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Shopify shares plunge 15% after company says it will lay off 10% of workers

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An employee works at Shopify’s headquarters in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Chris Wattie | Reuters Shopify is laying off roughly 1,000 workers, or about 10% of its global workforce, the company announced Tuesday. Shares of Shopify sank more than 16% after the announcement. In a memo to staff, CEO Tobi Lutke acknowledged that he had misjudged …

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Montreal monkeypox cases leveling off, but officials worried about rise elsewhere

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Monkeypox cases in Montreal appear to have plateaued, but officials say they are concerned that rising infections in the U.S. and a low vaccination rate could help the disease rise again in the city Dr. Geneviève Bergeron of Montreal Public Health says that while the situation in the city has stabilized in recent weeks, she …

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Former Conservative Prime Minister Stephen Harper endorses Pierre Poilievre as party leader Former Conservative Prime Minister Stephen Harper endorses Pierre Poilievre as party leader Former Conservative Prime Minister Stephen Harper endorses Pierre Poilievre as party leader

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OTTAWA – Former Conservative Prime Minister Stephen Harper has backed Pierre Poilievre to be the next leader of the party. In a rare public return to party politics, Harper, who did not run in the 2017 and 2020 Conservative leadership races, posted a short video on Twitter on Monday touting his support. Harper says the …

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Pope apologizes for ‘deplorable evil’ of Indigenous abuse in Canadian Catholic residential schools

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The Pope apologized and promised a “serious investigation” into what happened in a speech at a meeting with indigenous peoples in Edmonton, Alberta, on Monday. Indigenous leaders have long called for a papal apology for the decades-long harm done to indigenous children, who suffered abuse and the erasure of indigenous culture in the country’s residential …

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Pope Francis apologizes for forced assimilation of indigenous children in residential schools

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WARNING: This story contains disturbing details. Pope Francis has apologized for members of the Catholic Church who cooperated with Canada’s “devastating” policy of indigenous residential schools, saying the forced assimilation of indigenous peoples into Christian society destroyed their cultures, it separated their families and marginalized generations in a way that is still felt. today. “I …

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3 confirmed dead, including a suspect, after multiple shootings in Langley, BC

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Two victims are dead and two others are seriously injured after a series of shootings in Langley, B.C., prompted emergency alerts for the public on Monday. A suspect was identified and shot dead by RCMP, ending a series of attacks that police believe were targeting homeless people in the area. RCMP were called to downtown …

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How a coding error caused a Rogers outage that left millions without service

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People use Wi-Fi inside Toronto’s Fairview Mall on July 8. Yader Guzman/The Globe and Mail The engineers at Rogers Communications Inc. RCI-BT began the sixth step of a seven-step process to upgrade the core infrastructure supporting the company’s wireless and broadband networks at 2.27am on 8 July. Two hours and 16 minutes later, a coding …

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