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Indiana blocks Chinese owned app TikTok from state devices
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana has blocked the Chinese-owned social media app TikTok from state devices, its technology office said Thursday. […]
Thriving network of fixers preys on migrants crossing Mexico
TAPACHULA, Mexico (AP) — When migrants arrive to the main crossing point into southern Mexico — a steamy city with […]
Whistleblower group criticizes federal review of wrongdoing disclosure regime
OTTAWA — An advocacy group for those who reveal wrongdoing says it cannot support a new task force looking at […]
Federal effort to boost election worker protections fizzles
ATLANTA (AP) — Federal proposals that would have significantly boosted security funding for election offices and heightened penalties for threatening […]
Facebook parent Meta will pay $725M to settle user data case
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Facebook’s corporate parent has agreed to pay $725 million to settle a lawsuit alleging the world’s […]
Canadians gleaned naval intelligence from Russian defector, newly released files show
OTTAWA — The young Russian seaman who turned up exhausted and bleeding on the British Columbia shore struck a Canadian intelligence official […]
Feds opt to focus on making access to info law work better amid calls for reforms
OTTAWA — The federal government says departments will focus on making the access-to-information system work better amid calls for fundamental changes to […]
Watchdog: Under 1% of Israel army probes yield prosecution
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli soldiers accused of harming Palestinians in the occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip over the last […]
Ransomware attack delays SickKids lab results, systems could be offline for weeks
TORONTO, Ohio — A ransomware attack has delayed lab and imaging results at Toronto’s Hospital for Sick Children and could […]
‘Gag by-law to selfishly protect incumbents’: Rowena Santos’s Brampton outdoor election sign ban challenged by Canadian Constitutional Foundation
“In selfishly protecting their incumbent positions with this by-law by banning outdoor election signs outdoors on private property, Brampton politicians […]