COLEMAN TOWNSHIP — The Citizens for a Clean Coleman Township are seeking help from two individuals who filed a formal request with the Environmental Commissioner of Ontario (EC) in 2012/2013 over the state of the Cobalt Refinery, located in Coleman Township. In a social media post last week, the Citizens group announced they were seeking […]

An investigation report from the ongoing battle between the Grand Erie District School Board and a barred trustee paints a picture of “tension, miscommunication and missed communication.”  After the Divisional Court sided with Carol Ann Sloat earlier this month, the school board has released what it’s calling the “Call the Police” report — one of […]

MELFORT — At its regular council meeting on Aug. 11, the City of Melfort adopted a new policy to govern the lawful, privacy-conscious use of video surveillance on city-owned or managed properties. “This policy will ensure that any video surveillance conducted by the City complies with the Local Authority Freedom of Information and Protection of […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s vow to fire Lisa Cook, an economist who is the first Black woman to serve on the Federal Reserve’s board of governors, kicked off another tense debate and likely legal battle over a major institution’s independence. It also marks another potential high-profile ouster of a Black leader from the […]

The federal privacy commissioner says individuals have the right to have some information delisted from search engine results, but Google is refusing to comply. In his decision in a long-running case that has been central to establishing the application of a “right to be forgotten” in Canada, privacy commissioner Philippe Dufresne recommended Google de-list articles […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — More than 300 million Americans’ Social Security data was put at risk after Department of Government Efficiency officials uploaded sensitive information to a cloud account not subject to oversight, according to a whistleblower disclosure submitted to the special counsel’s office Tuesday. Whistleblower Charles Borges, who worked as the chief data officer at […]

LAS VEGAS (AP) — A cyberattack caused Nevada’s state offices to close for two days this week and rendered some state websites and phone lines unavailable, the governor’s office said Tuesday. Agencies will announce when their counters will reopen for in-person services, according to the technology office of Gov. Joe Lombardo, whose website was among […]

The provincial government is looking into adding nuclear energy to the electrical grid. The Alberta government announced the creation of the Nuclear Energy Engagement and Advisory Panel during a press conference in Calgary on Monday afternoon. The panel will be chaired by Chantelle De Jonge, who is the Affordability and Utilities Secretary and MLA for […]

Grace United Church and Regeneration Outreach say they want to work with the city on “safety for everyone” around their 156 Main St. N. address. The church and the outreach group that operate out of it were responding to an unsigned open letter calling for Regeneration’s relocation from the site. The letter — circulated to […]

CBC/Radio-Canada is going to court to defend its refusal to disclose subscriber numbers for its Gem streaming service. The move comes after the information commissioner ordered CBC to make available the number of paid subscribers to Gem. A spokesperson said the public broadcaster believes the information commissioner’s interpretation of the law is wrong.  “We will […]

Ontario will ban research testing on dogs and cats, Premier Doug Ford said Monday as he called the practice “cruel.” “You aren’t going to use pets — dogs or cats — to experiment on any longer,” Ford said at an unrelated news conference in London, Ont.  “Simple as that. We just don’t do that, it’s […]

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says she expects the private sector to lead the way on potentially bringing nuclear power to the province, but her government would set up a Crown corporation if needed. “Because we have a power market where generation is privatized, we would anticipate that the private sector would pay for it,” Smith […]