DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — When Ephrem Yalike-Ngonzo was first approached in 2019 by a Russian who suggested he help promote the activities of the Central African Republic’s army and Russian forces in the country, the journalist believed that he was doing the right thing. But he soon realized that he was recruited by Kremlin-backed Wagner […]

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Australia’s communications minister introduced a world-first law into Parliament on Thursday that would ban children under 16 from social media, saying online safety was one of parents’ toughest challenges. Michelle Rowland said TikTok, Facebook, Snapchat, Reddit, X and Instagram were among the platforms that would face fines of up to 50 […]

New body-worn cameras will bring a new level of accountability to Manitoba RCMP officers, Mounties said. “Communities have been asking for more accountability and transparency in policing,” Manitoba RCMP Assistant Commissioner Scott McMurchy told reporters at a media conference in Winnipeg on Wednesday. “We are very pleased to say that RCMP has listened, and is […]

Valemount Council reviewed the Village’s quarterly budget report, discussed the Valemount Resort Development Strategy, and appointed a consultant to help with economic recovery from this summer’s highway closures during their November 12th regular meeting. Mayor Owen Torgerson called the meeting to order at 7:01 p.m. After adopting the minutes of the October 22nd regular council […]

Alberta’s information and privacy commissioner says she has big concerns – including fuzzy definitions and insufficient guardrails – in two bills now being debated in the house. The bills aim to amend existing access to information and privacy rules and are touted by Premier Danielle Smith’s government as being the strictest privacy regulations in Canada. […]

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — How do you remove children from the harms of social media? Politically the answer appears simple in Australia, but practically the solution could be far more difficult. The Australian government’s plan to ban children from social media platforms including X, TikTok, Facebook and Instagram until their 16th birthdays is politically popular. […]

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Australia’s communications minister said Wednesday the government won’t force social media users to hand over their personal information to tech companies, as children younger than 16 are set to be banned from the platforms. Michelle Rowland plans to introduce into Parliament on Thursday world-first legislation that would make X, TikTok, Facebook […]

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s president said Wednesday that the government is investigating an alleged ransomware hack of her administration’s legal affairs office after what appeared to be samples of personal information from a database of government employees were posted online. The website Cybernews said a group called Ransomhub had posted a sample of apparently […]

BRUSSELS (AP) — European Union lawmakers on Wednesday ended a week of bickering to rubber-stamp a new team of policy commissioners that will head one of the most rightward-leaning executive branches ever chosen in the bloc for the next five years. The main centrist pro-European political groups in the European Parliament set aside their political […]

In the weeks since Kingstonist first reported that Dr. Elaine Ma was facing a Health Services Appeal and Review Board (HSARB) hearing and stiff penalties from the Ontario Health Insurance Plan (OHIP), related to mass clinics she organized to give Kingston one of the fastest and most effective vaccine rollouts of the COVID-19 pandemic, the […]

The City of St. Catharines has been ordered to release all documentation detailing the toxic substances beneath the former General Motors site on Ontario Street where developers have planned to build residential units without disclosing the potential health risks to future residents. On November 12th, an adjudicator from the Information and Privacy Commissioner (IPC) of […]

The County of Stettler has trimmed a few organizations from its council attendance list in an effort to save money. The topic was discussed at the Nov. 12 regular meeting of council. During the “council’s request for information” part of the agenda Reeve Larry Clarke asked that the subject of physician recruitment be discussed. As […]