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Alberta technology minister met with jeers at first town hall over AI data centres
Alberta’s technology minister was jeered, badgered and booed late Wednesday by a room packed with hundreds of people over the province’s plans for an artificial intelligence data centre. Alberta’s technology minister was met with jeering, badgering and boos at a town hall discussing the province’s plans for artificial intelligence data centres. Nate Glubish says the…
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CBSA raid at Calgary international student protest causing alarm
International students at a community college in Alberta and immigration lawyers are raising the alarm about the presence of border enforcement officers at a recent Calgary protest. Bikramjit Singh of the Naujawan Support Network, an international student advocacy organization, says that the recent Canada Border Services Agency, CBSA raid on the Calgary student protest at…
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Yorkton warns residents about scams tied to city services
YORKTON — The City of Yorkton is reminding residents to be cautious after reports of scammers falsely claiming to represent municipal services and programs. The warning comes after the city received reports of individuals posing as representatives of Yorkton’s water survey, offering prizes and attempting to gain access to residents’ homes. City officials say the…
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Nova Scotia Power can’t explain why hacked customer data was not deleted as planned
Nova Scotia Power officials say they don’t know why a digital copy of almost three decades worth of customer information that was later stolen in a cyberattack was not automatically deleted as intended. The information, containing the personal data of hundreds of thousands of customers, was accessed in March 2025 by what the company has…
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Medicine Hat police expand body camera program to 86 units
The Medicine Hat Police Service has more than tripled the number of body worn cameras it uses, raising the total from 26 to 86. The service said the expansion meets an Alberta government rule that requires all frontline officers to wear the cameras. It also said the change is meant to improve transparency, accountability and…
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Green Party calls for province-wide halt on AI data centres until safeguards are in place
A week after Mississauga became the first Ontario municipality to pause new data centre developments for one year, Green Party leader Mike Schreiner called for a province-wide moratorium until proper studies could be completed on the technology’s impact on the environment, energy and human health. AI data centres sprouting across Canada may have ignited a…
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A 2021 law expanded Washington’s power to decertify police. Officers still avoid consequences
In 2021, Washington lawmakers expanded the state’s power to strip cops of their certification. In an effort to keep officers fired for certain types of misconduct out of law enforcement, they passed a law requiring police agencies across the state to quickly report officer separations and misconduct to the state’s Criminal Justice Training Commission and…
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Kingston mom questions public safety response after dog killed in Yonge Street attack
A family’s routine evening walk ended on Friday, Aug. 7, 2026, with a family dog fatally injured, two children saying goodbye to that pet at an emergency veterinary clinic, and a Kingston mother trying to determine who was responsible for responding to a dog she believed could remain a danger to her neighbourhood. Four days…
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How do Comox Valley governments and public organizations use AI?
The use of artificial intelligence (AI) tools by local governments is a growing topic of discussion as high profile elected officials in other regions of B.C. have drawn criticism about their use of AI tools in their work. The Discourse reached out to local governments and public organizations in the Comox Valley to understand what…
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Elections Canada says 40% of people in Indigenous communities voted federally in 2025
More than 40 per cent of registered electors living in Indigenous communities voted in the federal election last year, a new Elections Canada report shows. The highest level of voter participation in Indigenous communities was recorded in the Yukon at 61.9 per cent, while the lowest level was recorded in Quebec at 21.1 per cent.…