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British Prime Minister Sunak says he’s ‘incredibly’ angry over election date betting accusations

LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said Thursday that anyone involved in using inside information to bet on the date of Britain’s July 4 national election should be expelled from his Conservative Party. Sunak said on the BBC that he was “incredibly angry, incredibly angry” to learn of allegations that Conservative politicians betted […]

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Helpful motorist refused person’s demands

Suspected scammers appear to be becoming more brazen following a roadside incident this week on Thunder Bay’s outskirts that was looked into by city police.According to a social-media post, a man standing beside a car on Wardrope Avenue demanded a motorist’s personal information after the motorist — believing the man was in distress — stopped […]

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Valemount Council: Flag protocol, Kamloops letter, reservoir levels

Valemount Council had a brief meeting last Tuesday to discuss the Village’s flag-raising protocol, a letter from Kamloops City Council, and rising Kinbasket reservoir levels. Mayor Owen Torgerson called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m. Council adopted the evening’s agenda, then approved minutes for their May 28th regular meeting and May 14th special meeting. […]

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National security adviser defends cabinet confidence in foreign meddling probe

No amount of cajoling, wild hand gestures or outright hostility from opposition MPs could make Democratic Institutions Minister Dominic LeBlanc budge from his insistence Thursday that the government is not hiding any relevant documents or information from the foreign interference inquiry.And National Security Adviser Nathalie Drouin said to break the long-standing convention of cabinet confidence […]

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Gig platform workers need better health and well-being protections

Author: Atieh Razavi Yekta, Sessional Lecturer, School of Public Policy and Global Affairs, University of British Columbia The rise of technology in the workplace, labour market deregulation and the decline in union representation have all significantly impacted the occupational health and safety field.  Occupational health and safety is a critical area of public health aimed […]

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Spy watchdog raps RCMP over application of protocol to avoid complicity in torture

A federal spy watchdog says a senior RCMP official wrongly considered the importance of a strategic relationship with a foreign organization when deciding whether sharing information posed a risk of torture.  The aim of the Avoiding Complicity in Mistreatment by Foreign Entities Act is to prevent the brutalization of someone in overseas custody due to […]

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Injunction sought by U of T ‘highly disproportionate,’ encampment lawyers say

The injunction sought by the University of Toronto to clear a pro-Palestinian protest encampment would effectively prevent the group from engaging in other forms of protest on or near campus, lawyers for the demonstrators argued Thursday. The university turned to the courts late last month after protesters ignored its deadline to dismantle the encampment set […]

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Saskatchewan ignoring requests from privacy commissioner to release documents: report

Saskatchewan’s privacy commissioner says provincial ministries and agencies ignored dozens of his requests over the last year to release public information. A report from Ron Kruzeniski, released Thursday, said there were 84 times from April 2023 to March 2024 when those bodies partially or fully brushed off his recommendations to have documents made public.  The […]

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Boeing CEO defends his safety record, spars with senators and apologizes to crash victims’ relatives

Boeing CEO David Calhoun defended the company’s safety record during a contentious Senate hearing Tuesday, while lawmakers accused him of placing profits over safety, failing to protect whistleblowers, and even getting paid too much. Relatives of people who died in two crashes of Boeing 737 Max jetliners were in the room, some holding photos of […]

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Texas doctor charged with taking private patient information on transgender care

HOUSTON (AP) — A Texas doctor who calls himself a whistleblower on transgender care for minors is accused of illegally obtaining private information on patients from the nation’s largest pediatric hospital who were not under his care. Federal prosecutors said Dr. Eithan Haim, a 34-year-old surgeon, snatched the information and shared it with a conservative […]

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Napanee Council openly discusses January cyberattack for first time

Six months after it occurred, the Town of Napanee finally revealed some details of what it calls a “targeted cyber attack.” At its regular meeting on Tuesday, Jun. 11, 2024, the Council of the Town of Greater Napanee held a closed session meeting to discuss “Confidential SR-520-2024—Cybersecurity Incident Review.” Council also received the Community and […]

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Controversial ‘energy war room’ shut down: money and mandate to go elsewhere

The Alberta government has dissolved the Canadian Energy Centre, also known as the “energy war room,” and has reintegrated its mandate into the Intergovernmental Relations department. The NDP is now calling for an investigation into this reorganization.  The CEC was created in 2019 by the UCP government to address misinformation about Alberta’s energy industry. It […]

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