A five-year-old has taken off from a residence into a wooded area in Îyârhe (Stoney) Nakoda First Nation. This was the mock scenario Cochrane RCMP painted for a drone demonstration on Friday (June 14) during trials it was conducting in the First Nation earlier this month.  From a meeting room at the Cochrane detachment, a […]

Ontario public school board teachers have a Charter-protected right against unreasonable search and seizure in the workplace, the Supreme Court of Canada has ruled. The top court’s decision came Friday in the case of two teachers who were reprimanded after discovery of a digital log about their work-related concerns.  The matter began in the 2014-15 […]

The Ontario Science Centre at its current east Toronto location will permanently close at the end of the day Friday, due to structural concerns with the roof, the provincial government announced. Here is a timeline of events that came before the closure announcement, based in part on information in a report from the Ontario auditor […]

This article was originally published on The Conversation, an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts. Disclosure information is available on the original site. ___ Authors: Marie-Ann Betschinger, Associate Professor of Strategy, HEC Montréal; and Olivier Bertrand, Full professor of strategy, Escola de Administração de Empresas de São Paulo da […]

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis ordered illegal surveillance of immigrants and ignored concerns that relocating them from Texas to another state could could be considered kidnapping or false imprisonment, the former chief of staff at the state’s top law enforcement agency said in a whistleblower lawsuit. DeSantis also ordered the arrests of […]

Change Healthcare is starting to notify hospitals, insurers and other customers that they may have had patient information exposed in a massive cyberattack. The company also said Thursday that it expects to begin notifying individuals or patients in late July. Change Healthcare, a subsidiary of health care giant UnitedHealth Group, provides technology used to submit […]

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 […]

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 […]

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. […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]