WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal immigration officials need to ensure that body cameras worn by officers are uniformly activated when needed, a government report released Wednesday said, following a series of contentious shootings and aggressive arrests by ICE officers. The agency rejected the recommendation, saying that using cameras that automatically activate when an officer pulls their […]

Crowsnest Pass council has unanimously directed administration to return with options for addressing water-pressure problems affecting some Bellevue homes. The October 6 direction follows concerns raised by residents at the September 29 council meeting about broken pipes and valves, hot-water-tank problems and household costs. Council heard that reducing pressure in lower parts of Bellevue could […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — In 1988, Congress enacted a law to protect the privacy of video rentals after a journalist published details of Supreme Court nominee Robert Bork’s movie rental history during his Senate hearings. Nearly four decades later, the court is weighing how the Blockbuster-era statute fits into the modern age of digital commerce. The […]

Earlier this year, the San Diego Police Department made headlines for a policy that prohibited officers from using artificial intelligence to produce police reports. Now, the department is opening the door to do just that. A request for information issued by the department on July 31 describes the department looking for a program “that utilizes AI technology to assist […]

A senior Iranian official says Tehran finds the latest U.S. response to a proposal to end the war “insufficient” and warns of attacks on regional data centers and cables if fighting intensifies again. Meanwhile, Israel’s former attorney general took the witness stand in corruption cases against Benjamin Netanyahu, as the political future of the country’s […]

In one alarming announcement after another, artificial intelligence companies in recent months have shared examples of their technology acting in ways that appeared to evade instructions from humans. The episodes have highlighted the vulnerabilities in AI security and raised questions over how the fast-growing technology can be developed safely as its usage becomes more widespread […]

The FBI has arrested an accused co-conspirator of a criminal hacking group that said last month that it had breached the bureau’s jobs portal and obtained sensitive and personal data on nearly all employees of the law enforcement agency, Director Kash Patel said Friday. The arrest was the latest targeting ShinyHunters, the group that claimed […]

The Conexus Credit Union is highlighting cybercrime during Cyber Security Awareness Month. Conexus Chief Risk and Compliance Officer Mark Millham say that only between five and 10 percent of scams are ever reported, and he encourages people to brush up on their cybersecurity practices. Some practices include the three R’s: recognizing, rejecting, and reporting; setting […]

OWEN SOUND – Grey Bruce Public Health is teaming up with the Owen Sound Attack for a fourth straight year on a campaign to remind residents that the safest way to dispose of expired or unused medications is to return them to a pharmacy. This year’s Attacking Medication Misuse campaign began Sunday, Oct. 4. While […]

The RCMP says a Canadian has been arrested by the FBI in connection with an attack from a criminal hacking group which breached the bureau’s jobs portal and obtained sensitive and personal data on nearly all the FBI’s employees. FBI Director Kash Patel confirmed on Friday the arrest of another co-conspirator in the ShinyHunters attack. […]

An Alberta judge has rejected a court challenge to new rules mandating that provincial political parties receive only bare bones information about voters. The Opposition NDP challenged the rules in court after they were implemented last month by Premier Danielle Smith’s United Conservative Party government. However, Court of King’s Bench Justice John Gill said in […]

FIPA and the BC Civil Liberties Association are asking BC’s privacy and election regulators which parties remain committed to the campaign Code, whether it is shaping privacy practices, and what it means for local government elections.  Our Release October 5, 2026 – Parties vying for political office in Canada regard the personal information of voters as […]