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Alberta Health Services claims fired CEO kept confidential emails, seeking injunction
Alberta’s health authority is claiming its fired former executive breached her employment agreement by holding on to confidential emails with information pertaining to allegations in a high-profile court case. A new affidavit filed Wednesday by Alberta Health Services says the agency is looking to amend its statement of defence in light of the emails, which…
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Bondi signals criminal probe into Signal chat is unlikely, despite long history of similar inquiries
WASHINGTON (AP) — FBI Director Kash Patel was not part of a Signal chat in which other Trump administration national security officials discussed detailed attack plans, but that didn’t spare him from being questioned by lawmakers this week about whether the nation’s premier law enforcement agency would investigate. Patel made no such commitments during the…
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One Tech Tip: Don’t give your email to strangers, use a decoy address instead
LONDON (AP) — You’ve heard of burner phones. What about burner email? So much of the internet now requires that you hand over your email address before you’re able to use any services — from an app you’ve downloaded to signing up for a newsletter or redeeming a special offer online. But who says you…
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MP Kurek talks environment, ethics, flood mitigation at town hall
Battle River-Crowfoot MP Damien Kurek held a town hall meeting with residents of Drumheller on Tuesday evening, February 28, drawing a full audience to the Town of Drumheller council chambers. This was the third town hall meeting MP Kurek held on Tuesday, having held town hall meetings in Three Hills and Morrin in the morning…
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Indigo employee data leak included sensitive info on immigration, medical leave
Indigo says the data leak that affected current and former employees of the bookstore chain included information on medical leaves and immigration applications, as well as other sensitive information not included when the company initially disclosed the leak. It has been a month since the retailer was hit by a cyberattack that brought down its…
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Timeline of the ransomware attack against Canadian bookstore retailer Indigo
TORONTO — It’s been one month since a ransomware attack hit Canada’s biggest bookstore chain. The hack kicked Indigo Books & Music Inc.’s website and payment systems offline and compromised the personal information of some current and former employees. Here’s a timeline of the cyberattack: Feb. 8: In a post on Twitter at 2:15 p.m.…
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Danish defense ministry bans TikTok on employee work phones
It’s the latest government-related ban over security and data privacy for the app, which is owned by Beijing-based ByteDance Ltd. In a statement, the ministry said the Scandinavian country’s Center for Cyber Security had assessed there was a risk of espionage, and said that TikTok “asks for certain rights and access on the device.” The…
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Alberta Energy Regulator may have ignored law by not disclosing oilsands leak: lawyer
CALGARY — Alberta’s energy regulator may have ignored provincial law by not publicly disclosing that waste from a large oilsands tailings pond was escaping containment and seeping into groundwater, says a lawyer. Drew Yewchuk of the University of Calgary’s Public Interest Law Clinic is asking the province’s Information Commissioner to investigate how and why the…
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Ontario study finds ‘circular hockey hub’ vaccine clinic most efficient model
TORONTO — Mass immunization clinics in which vaccinators and volunteers move around a circular set-up of chairs – with clients staying seated – was by far the most efficient model in an Ontario government study comparing different sites. The Ministry of Health study, obtained by The Canadian Press through a freedom-of-information request, looked at nine…