Conservatives call for investigation of data breaches that may have put Afghans in danger

The Conservatives have written to Privacy Commissioner Daniel Therrien to complain about a pattern of data breaches at Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada, CBC News has learned. The complaint follows a string of misdirected emails last month that may have exposed hundreds of vulnerable Afghans to danger.
South African writer Damon Galgut wins Booker Prize for The Promise

South African writer Damon Galgut has won the prestigious Booker Prize for fiction with his story of racism and reckoning, The Promise.
No misconduct found in mistaken U.S. airstrike that killed Afghan civilians, watchdog finds

An independent Pentagon review has concluded that the U.S. drone strike that killed innocent Kabul civilians and children in the final days of the Afghanistan war was not caused by misconduct or negligence, and it doesn't recommend any disciplinary action, The Associated Press has learned.
NDP says it's time for House of Commons to scrap gender-based dress code

NDP MPs are calling for the elimination of what they call the House of Commons' "archaic" dress code, which requires men to wear jackets and ties to speak in the chamber.
How Canada's largest solar farm is changing Alberta's landscape

The largest solar project in the country will have 1.3 million solar panels over 3,300 acres of farmland. When it's done, it will put enough electricity directly in to the grid to power the equivalent of 150,000 homes.
About 100 cannonballs from the Fortress of Louisbourg in N.S. to be safely detonated

The cannonballs will be transported to CFB Gagetown in New Brunswick to be detonated.

