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RCMP in British Columbia help dismantle global cybercrime network
Police in British Columbia say they have dismantled a local operation involved in global cybercrime activity that used malicious software. Mounties say Canadian police along with international agencies have succeeded in dismantling software and online infrastructure used to steal data from personal devices around the world. They says a main suspect was arrested in Greece…
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Township Adopts New Artificial Intelligence Policy and Addresses Landfill Capacity Limits
ADELAIDE METCALFE – Council approved a new policy governing the responsible use of artificial intelligence (AI) and received an update on the School Road Landfill capacity during its November 3 meeting. CAO Morgan Calvert presented the Responsible Use of Artificial Intelligence Policy, explaining that it positions the township ahead of pending provincial regulations. “In 2024,…
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B.C. Attorney General ‘deeply disturbed’ by social media giant’s intimate image case
British Columbia’s Attorney General says she’s “deeply disturbed” that the social media company X has filed a legal challenge against an order to remove a non-consensual intimate image from the internet. Nikki Sharma says the social media firm is challenging a “clear order” from B.C.’s Civil Resolution Tribunal to remove an image from its platform…
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Judge upholds ban on DOGE accessing sensitive Treasury information, for now
NEW YORK (AP) — A federal judge in Manhattan on Friday extended a ban on Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency accessing sensitive Treasury Department information, but rejected broader restrictions sought by 19 Democratic state attorneys general who sued over the issue. Judge Jeannette A. Vargas issued a preliminary injunction but said she may lift…
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Liberal party kicks Ruby Dhalla out of leadership race
Former MP Ruby Dhalla was disqualified from the Liberal leadership race Friday after the party’s vote committee said she had violated multiple rules. Dhalla rejected the decision — which comes five days after contestants paid the final deposit in the $350,000 entry fee and three days before the candidate debates in Montreal — and said…
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Highway 413 & Doug Ford’s developer-driven transportation planning
Ahead of the 2022 Ontario election, opposition party leaders keyed in on one of Doug Ford’s main re-election planks. “Doug Ford’s developer buddies are the ones that are going to gain the most from the 413,” Andrea Horwath, the NDP leader at the time, said. “Doug Ford is not interested in building this highway, the…
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‘Control-mania’: Nova Scotia premier accused of executive overreach with new bill
The Nova Scotia government has taken a giant step backward in accountability and transparency with the introduction this week of a contentious omnibus bill, political observers and access to information experts say. Among other things, the bill will make it possible for Premier Tim Houston’s Progressive Conservatives to fire the province’s auditor general without cause,…
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Care home company got $8.8M in subsidies, paid shareholders millions
One of the largest for-profit continuing care home operators in Alberta received more than $8.85 million in wage subsidies from the provincial government while the company also paid out tens of millions to shareholders. Between 2020 and 2023, Alberta Health transferred over $8.85 million in subsidies to Extendicare as part of a $2 per hour…
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The Supreme Court won’t allow Trump to immediately fire head of whistleblower office
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Friday temporarily kept on the job the head of the federal agency that protects government whistleblowers, in its first word on the many legal fights over President Donald Trump’s second-term agenda. The justices said in an unsigned order that Hampton Dellinger, head of the Office of Special Counsel,…
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Looking for help? Call 211
During the announcements at the beginning of Monday’s council meeting, regional councillor Bruce Garrod pointed out that Feb. 11 was National 211 Day. Garrod said most residents know about such numbers as 911 for emergencies and 311 for non-emergency services in Durham Region, but said few people know about 211. He then explained that 211…
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Liberals pledge mental health coverage, PCs take on trade barriers
Ontario NDP Leader Marit Stiles cast her ballot in the advance polls that opened Thursday, as her party lost a second election candidate, while the other party leaders talked mental health, interprovincial trade and rental housing policies. The Progressive Conservative, Liberal and NDP leaders have all said their full platforms will come “soon,” with the…