BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Attorneys for a man charged with murder in connection with the killings of four University of Idaho students are asking a judge to throw out most of the evidence in the case because they say it all hinges on an unconstitutional genetic investigation process. Bryan Kohberger’s defense team also contends that […]

The Calgary Board of Education said it still cannot confirm how many families, students and staff have been impacted by the PowerSchool data breach that happened last December. In an email to parents on Thursday morning, the school board said it is “working proactively with PowerSchool” and conducting an “internal investigation” to determine how many […]

PowerSchool, a U.S.-based provider of student information software, recently notified school boards in Ontario, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, and the Maritime provinces about a potential cybersecurity incident. The company became aware of unauthorized access to certain Student Information System (SIS) data on December 28 and informed the school boards about this issue two weeks ago. “As […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s national security adviser on Wednesday sidelined about 160 National Security Council aides, sending them home while the administration reviews staffing and tries to align it with Trump’s agenda. The career government employees, commonly referred to as detailees, were summoned Wednesday for an all-staff call and told they will be […]

One year after AI-generated nudes of underage students from Winnipeg sparked a Canada-wide conversation about sexual violence in the age of artificial intelligence, the school division at the centre of the scandal has come up with a new protocol. The Louis Riel School Division released guidelines for teachers and other staff members working in classrooms […]

The president of the company involved in the Mount Polley environmental disaster that poured millions of cubic metres of mine tailings into B.C. waterways 10 years ago says the material spilled wasn’t toxic. Imperial Metals Corp. and two other firms were charged last month with 15 alleged Fisheries Act breaches, accused of allowing a “deleterious […]

It turns out the cyber breach which recently affected some school boards across the country may have given unauthorized users access to student information. The Near North District School Board (NNDSB) is one of those boards. The data breach came through PowerSchool, a system many boards use to manage student information. On Jan. 9, the […]

BROCKVILLE – A cyber attack that crippled the internet services for the region’s largest school board has no time line for restoration. As students at the Upper Canada District School Board’s 77 elementary and secondary schools returned to class after the Christmas Break, they found they had returned to classes without internet service. A cyber-attack […]

Within hours of President Donald Trump’s inauguration, the new administration took down the Spanish-language version of the official White House website. The site — currently https://www.whitehouse.gov/es/ — now gives users an “Error 404” message. It also included a “Go Home” button that directed viewers to a page featuring a video montage of Trump in his […]

President Donald Trump started his second administration with a blitz of policy actions to reorient the U.S. government. His executive orders cover issues that range from trade, immigration and U.S. foreign aid to demographic diversity, civil rights and the hiring of federal workers. Some have an immediate policy impact. Others are more symbolic. And some […]

Manitoba Education made sweeping changes to speed up the teacher-certification process by slackening training requirements — even though confidential documents reveal there was reasonable support for moderate tweaks among key stakeholders. There is a stark contrast between a spring blueprint a senior bureaucrat, citing early feedback from employers, union leaders and faculties of education, described […]

New Brunswick’s government-run liquor and cannabis stores have resumed regular service after a cybersecurity threat prompted them to suspend debit and credit card transactions almost two weeks ago.  NB Liquor, the Crown corporation that oversees both businesses, says it found “some anomalies” with its credit payment systems on Jan. 7.  External experts were called in […]