Access to Information

Topic: Access to Information


N.B. municipal voluntary training sees widespread attendance

About 92 per cent of municipal leadership local government training in Saint John, which was recommended to be mandatory by the Local Governance Commission (LGC).  The Department of Local Government confirmed 550 local councillors and mayors attended the two days of training in the port city. It served as an introduction for both new and […]

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Three options presented for Market Wharf, Square project

Three options have been presented to the public for the rehabilitation and reconstruction of Market Wharf and Market Square. Fundy Engineering was contracted by the Town of Saint Andrews following the rejection of an overpriced tender in the fall of last year.  Roughly 70 people attended the open house.   John McKelvey, Fundy’s director of survey, […]

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Immigrant women turn skills and passions into businesses run from home

Abiodun Adetu, founder of Naija Markets is elated as her recent July 4 event at Winnipeg’s iconic Forks marketplace was a huge hit. She juggled countless responsibilities—from coordinating nearly 100 vendors and driving promotional efforts to overseeing every last detail behind the scenes—to ensure the lively market ran seamlessly. “What began in Winnipeg has now […]

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Data centre capacity could soar to 20 GW in planned projects: government document

A document prepared for the federal artificial intelligence minister to use when pitching international investors on Canada’s AI ecosystem identifies a massive proposed increase in Canada’s data centre capacity. But spokespeople for the government pushed back strongly on the figure, saying it is not a projection of the capacity Canada expects to build, and the […]

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Wisconsin Supreme Court refuses to release voter records sought by conservative activist

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected an attempt by a conservative activist to obtain guardianship records in an effort to find ineligible voters in the presidential battleground state. The case has been wending its way through the courts for years and stems from attempts by conservatives to overturn President Joe […]

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AI is reshaping both sides of Canada’s immigration fraud battle

One day Alberta immigration lawyer Yameena Ansari began receiving inquiries from prospective clients who wanted to confirm they were actually communicating with her. Someone else had become her. Fraudsters had stolen her professional identity, presenting themselves as the real lawyer while offering services she had never authorized. “Fraudsters stole my identity and were posing as […]

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Office space scarce as federal public servants return to the office four days a week

Thousands of federal public servants started a new work schedule Monday that will see them on-site in the office four days a week, though a lack of office space is delaying the return for some departments. The Treasury Board announced the change to remote work rules in February. Executive public servants returned to the office […]

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New Officers and Higher Investments Highlight Durham Police Update to Brock Council

 A significant increase in policing resources for North Durham, the hiring of hundreds of new officers and stronger community engagement efforts were among the key messages delivered to Brock Township Council during a presentation from the Durham Regional Police Services Board. At its June 29 meeting, council welcomed Board Vice-Chair Karen Fisher, who provided an […]

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How Many People Are ODing in BC Hospitals? It’s Still a Mystery

After a year of research, which included eight freedom of information requests, dozens of email chains and two appeals to the Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner, The Tyee still doesn’t know how many British Columbians are overdosing in hospitals across the province. We’ve lost our final appeal with the OIPC, which means all […]

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ICE arrests 10,000 in 5 days, a sharp late-June surge in Trump’s deportation push

WASHINGTON (AP) — Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrested 10,000 people over a five-day period at the end of June, marking a major push by the agency tasked with carrying out the Trump administration’s mass deportations agenda. The arrest numbers, obtained from a person familiar with the information who spoke anonymously to discuss data that has […]

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Vermont lawmakers tried to curb license plate surveillance. Police found a way around it.

State lawmakers clamped down on the use of automatic cameras to track vehicles by their license plates years ago, and Vermont police have told the Legislature they no longer use such surveillance. But behind the scenes it was a different story: They just reached across state lines to do it, according to a data analysis […]

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Ontario jail guards ask for help after coroner’s report on suicides in corrections

Ontario’s jail guards are asking for more help after a coroner’s report detailed a suicide crisis among correctional workers and made more than two dozen recommendations to the provincial government. Thirty-four correctional workers have died by suicide over the past 15 years, according to a report by the Office of the Chief Coroner, titled In […]

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