Manitoba is creating a new strategy to tackle high staff turnover in First Nations schools and the achievement gap between Indigenous and non-Indigenous students. Over the last 15 months, the Education Department has been developing a plan to recruit and retain classroom and traditional-language teachers who want to live and work in the North. “Nobody […]

This is your Access and Privacy News Summary for Saturday, August 23rd.   We start with a flip-flop from Alberta, where public backlash has forced Premier Danielle Smith to walk back plans to stop disclosing government expense receipts.  Our access and privacy scan across the country brings us stories ranging from the everyday challenges Canadians face trying […]

Marissa Loewen first started using artificial intelligence in 2014 as a project management tool. She has autism and ADHD and said it helped immensely with organizing her thoughts. “We try to use it conscientiously though because we do realize that there is an impact on the environment,” she said. Her personal AI use isn’t unique […]

LONDON (AP) — British Foreign Secretary David Lammy went fishing with U.S. Vice President JD Vance earlier this month and the closest thing he came to catching was a whopping fine. Lammy was given a written warning for fishing without a license, an Environment Agency spokesperson said Friday. As far as breaking the law goes, […]

If you or someone driving your vehicle is caught speeding in a zone with an Automated Speed Enforcement (ASE) camera, you will receive a notification in the mail. The Town of New Tecumseth has issued a warning about a scam involving fraudulent text messages claiming to be part of the Automated Speed Enforcement program. These […]

North Vancouver RCMP are reminding the public about fraudsters after a man lost a hefty chunk of cash and was then taunted by the churlish scammer. Police say on Aug. 19 a distraught victim went to the local detachment reporting he had just been defrauded. The man said he had received a phone call from […]

The Federal Court of Appeal has rejected a bid by a British Columbia ostrich farm to prevent the culling of its flock that had been infected with avian flu, in a case that has drawn international attention and protests about government overreach. But a spokeswoman for Universal Ostrich Farms Inc. said they would fight on […]

Despite a series of weather-related delays, Phase Siksika Nation High School students have completed the first CompTIA Tech, IT foundations training program to be offered at a First Nations high school in Canada.  The inaugural cohort saw 13 of the 15 students who had started the program seeing it through to completion. “It is so […]

A man who tried to stab a Catholic pastor in the middle of a Sunday religious service last winter had previously gone to hospital and said he planned to kill a priest, a court has been told. Pawel Olownia has been found not criminally responsible for the Feb. 9 incident at Holy Ghost Parish, which […]

The number of Niagara Falls properties in tax jeopardy has risen dramatically during the current term of council, according to data recently shared by City staff.  On May 21, through a Freedom of Information (FOI) request, The Pointer sought six years of data on the number of properties in tax arrears. City officials declined the […]

New reports by British Columbia’s ombudsperson on a whistleblower protection law show that it is “falling short” in some areas in its first five years. The four reports released by BC Ombudsperson Jay Chalke say that while the law has “worked well in many aspects,” some public sectors and their employees are still not covered […]

Pierre Poilievre will return to the House of Commons after a resounding victory in the Aug. 18 Battle River—Crowfoot by-election. Of the 85,736 registered voters, 50,434 cast ballots. Poilievre received 40,548 votes — or 80.4 per cent. See: Poilievre going back to House of Commons after easy victory in Alberta byelection Dillon Anderson, a Callander […]