Quebec’s election oversight body received an influx of complaints after it announced that it was sending unilingual French information guides to all voters ahead of the Oct. 5 elections. Documents released through access to information legislation reveal Élections Québec received 160 complaints over five days after the agency announced the change on its website on […]

Freedom of information is not a game © 2026 by Policy Options: Spencer Izen is republished under license CC BY-ND 4.0 At a recent meeting of Canadian freedom of information (FOI) researchers and advocates, the series of changes to provincial access legislation over the past year was called a race to the bottom. Last fall, […]

Elections Alberta is recruiting for its largest-ever election officer effort ahead of the October 19, 2026, referendum. The Taber-Warner electoral division urgently needs workers for a variety of roles, including site supervisors, voting officers, and counting officers. Alberta residents 16 and older may apply online now through October 10, 2026, at elections.ab.ca/jobs/election-officer-recruitment/election-officer-recruitment. The Opportunity “We […]

A Toronto police officer who was charged as part of Project South, a sweeping organized crime and police corruption probe, has pleaded guilty to unauthorized use of a computer. A lawyer for Const. Elias Mouawad confirms the plea was entered in court on Monday. Peter Brauti also confirms the Crown withdrew a breach of trust […]

An Alberta country music singer wants more from Elections Alberta after a letter was leaked by former workers who raised concern about how the Water, Not Coal petition was validated. “It sort of verified that what we had heard from our lawyers was consistent with what they were saying,” said Lund. The letter, which Great […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — Long before he was the top official at the U.S. Postal Service, David Steiner was a corporate executive surfing mid-oughts television when he came across Donald Trump on “The Apprentice.” He was unimpressed. “If that is leadership, if that’s what we’re telling people that our culture and our media portrays as leadership, […]

A New York prosecutor has reopened an investigation into gang rape allegations at a Cornell University fraternity in response to a lawsuit filed by a woman who says she was sexually assaulted in 2024 by seven students after being plied with alcohol and drugs. Tompkins County District Attorney Matthew Van Houten said Monday that his […]

People driving through the Waterloo area can soon expect to see cameras equipped with licence plate recognition software on provincial highways as the force looks to step up enforcement of cross-regional crime. Waterloo police say the region is affected by organized crime that extends beyond its boundaries, and offenders have travelled into the region to […]

The health authority in P.E.I. says someone has gained unauthorized access to a file containing personal information belonging to as many as 234,000 people. Health PEI says in a statement that the cybersecurity incident was reported Sept. 7 and involves a company providing services to the authority. The health authority did not name the company. […]

NEW YORK (AP) — Walmart is aiming to assuage customers’ fears about its new pricing technology as it rolls out digital price labels at its stores. In a statement posted on the company’s website, Walmart Inc.’s CEO John Furner vowed that the Bentonville, Arkansas-based retailer isn’t using personal information like income, shopping history or a […]

Kennedy Center officials were long aware of serious structural issues that they cited as new problems after the abrupt decision to close the performing arts venue this month, a group of former employees allege in a letter to Congress. The center’s executive director and chief operating officer, Matt Floca, did not treat the roofing issues […]

A New Mexico jury on Friday found Facebook liable for deceiving users about privacy protections on the platform in the latest legal setback against the social media giant that has already cost it billions of dollars. The jury found over 43 million violations of state consumer protection law and it is now up to the […]