Nova Scotia Power announced on Tuesday that current president and CEO Peter Gregg will be departing his current role and taking on a new position within Emera Inc., the utility’s multinational parent company. Gregg will officially be replaced by incoming president and CEO Vivek Sood, a Nova Scotia Power board member who also has 20 […]

The Manitoba government launched a study Wednesday aimed at keeping groceries affordable, although it’s unclear how data would be collected and whether one of its main topics is a reality in the province. The study, promised in the NDP government’s throne speech in November, is to look at issues such as differential pricing — a […]

Brampton Mayor Patrick Brown, who has left a trail of controversy on each stop of his tumultuous political career, just pushed through a now approved 2026 financial blueprint that delays critical infrastructure work, lacks spending on major city building projects like the downtown flood plan, leans heavily on new debt and relies on unsecured grant […]

Nova Scotia’s private power company has named a new chief executive as the utility deals with fallout from last year’s cyberattack and seeks a widely criticized hike in power rates. Nova Scotia Power says current president and CEO Peter Gregg will leave his post on March 1 to become vice-president of strategy and policy with […]

More than two dozen privacy and advocacy organizations are calling on California Gov. Gavin Newsom to remove a network of covert license plate readers deployed across Southern California that the groups believe feed data into a controversial U.S. Border Patrol predictive domestic intelligence program that scans the country’s roadways for suspicious travel patterns. “We ask […]

When International Criminal Court judge Kimberly Prost goes on vacation, she needs to phone hotels in advance to explain that she can’t pay for a room with a credit card — because she’s been sanctioned by the Trump administration. Ebooks suddenly vanish from the Winnipeg-born jurist’s devices and she tries to dissuade well-meaning friends from […]

Council approved a new Artificial Intelligence (AI) policy during its Jan. 27 regular council meeting. The policy establishes clear rules and guiding principles for how AI can be used by City of Cold Lake employees, ensuring personal and organizational information remains protected while allowing staff to benefit from the efficiencies technology can provide, according to […]

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Meta has failed to disclose what it knows about the harmful effect of its platforms on children in violation of New Mexico’s consumer protection laws, a state prosecutor said Monday as a trial began over the dangers of child sexual exploitation on social media. It’s the first stand-alone trial from […]

An Ontario police watchdog is launching an inspection of the province’s police services and boards to assess their ability to prevent, detect and respond to corruption, after seven current Toronto officers were among those charged in an organized crime investigation. Inspector general Ryan Teschner, a former executive director of the Toronto Police Services Board, announced […]

Nova Scotia’s energy regulator is planning a two-part inquiry into last year’s cyberattack at the province’s private power utility.  One set of hearings will examine the technical aspects of the March 2025 cyberattack at Nova Scotia Power where the personal information of 280,000 customers was accessed. Company officials have said the attack was likely by […]

Information commissioner Caroline Maynard says Canadians should be able to use the Access to Information Act to request documents from the offices of the prime minister and other cabinet members.  Maynard renewed her call to expand the scope of the access law to cover these offices during an appearance before a House of Commons committee […]

An MLA is calling for the creation of a child and youth advocate in the Northwest Territories to hear the concerns of those involved in the child welfare system. “In the Northwest Territories, the child and family services system holds extraordinary power over children in care with no real independent oversight,” said Range Lake MLA […]