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Access to InformationWhat’s at stake for the Assembly of First Nations in the upcoming election?
OTTAWA — The next leader of the Assembly of First Nations will be tasked with unifying hundreds of chiefs at […]
Access to InformationRCMP boosts contract scrutiny following review of dealings with China linked firmOTTAWA — The RCMP says it is updating procurement practices after an internal review of dealings with a company that […]
PrivacyTikTok partnerships plentiful in Canada amid bans, foreign interference accusationsTORONTO — In the halls of Parliament, TikTok is banned from civil servants’ phones as the government grapples with allegations […]
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Access to InformationAlberta’s ‘war room’ is back with massive ad spend revealed in annual report
EDMONTON — New documents outline a massive increase in public funding for the Canadian Energy Centre’s campaign to change attitudes […]
PrivacyCarmakers are failing the privacy test. Owners have little or no control over data collectedBOSTON (AP) — Most major car manufacturers admit they may be selling your personal information — though they are vague […]
Access to InformationOwner of collapsed Iowa building that killed 3 people files lawsuit blaming engineering companyDAVENPORT, Iowa (AP) — The owner of an Iowa apartment building that collapsed in May, killing three people, has filed […]
Access to InformationMounties eyeing change to recreational cannabis use policy for membersOTTAWA — The RCMP is looking at easing a policy that requires front-line officers and many other employees to refrain […]
Access to InformationCSIS disinformation campaign leans on Soviet imagery, as Ottawa tracks ‘grey media’OTTAWA — Canada’s spy agency is leaning on Soviet imagery to help prime the public against disinformation but experts say […]
Access to InformationWith raging fires and extreme heat, more must be done to address the unequal impact of climate change, experts sayIt’s an unprecedented wildfire season in Canada, with millions of hectares burned and hundreds of structures destroyed while extreme heat […]
Access to InformationPierre Trudeau spy unit reflects secrecy of Ottawa toward Quebec sovereigntyMONTREAL — New revelations about a secret anti-sovereigntist spy unit in the office of former prime minister Pierre Trudeau are […]
Access to InformationOntario housing minister violated integrity act in Greenbelt land swap: commissionerTORONTO — Ontario’s housing minister violated ethics rules when the government removed land from the protected Greenbelt for development, the […]