Prediction markets let people wager on just about anything — from basketball games to elections. And among the more jarring bets recently, the U.S. military capture of former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro. The raid has evolved into an insider trading scandal. This week, the federal government charged a U.S. special forces soldier who was part […]

A new course has been preparing Nakusp Secondary School (NSS) students for post-grad life with skills and certifications in the Emergency Services field. Teachers Daniel Abraham and Dorian Boswell’s goals and vision for the course was to introduce students to hands-on training; encourage volunteerism; and embrace the unique educational opportunities of the Arrow Lakes region. […]

Town of Essex Council has approved a by-law that will allow Jet Wave – a business looking to rent out personal motorized watercrafts – to lease space at the Colchester Harbour.  The business will be able to lease space on the north-side of D Dock, as a result, in addition to space for a 10’by10’ […]

A federal review report says members of the military and key spy agencies should be able to expose wrongdoing and file complaints through the government’s whistleblowing regime. The recommendation is among almost three dozen suggested changes in the newly released review of the Public Servants Disclosure Protection Act. The law, which came into force in […]

Your Access and Privacy Online News Summary for Saturday, April 25th. This week, access-to-information rights are under pressure in Ontario and British Columbia, civil society is warning Parliament about Bill C-22, and new Ipsos polling shows Canadians want stronger privacy rules for federal political parties.  We’ll also look at FOI records, AI policy, connected vehicles, and […]

LONDON (AP) — DNA and other confidential health data from 500,000 people who volunteered for a massive U.K. health study were offered for sale online in China following a data breach this week, the British government said Thursday. The information from the U.K. Biobank database was found listed for sale on the website Alibaba, but […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department’s internal watchdog announced a review Thursday of the department’s compliance with the law mandating the release of the Jeffrey Epstein files, stepping into a politically sensitive saga that has shadowed the Trump administration over the past year. The audit from the inspector general’s office will focus on how the […]

Ontario Premier Doug Ford’s government passed legislation Thursday that makes the records of the premier, cabinet ministers and their staff secret, after refusing to hold public hearings and speeding through a late-night sitting. Ford has admitted that part of the rationale for the clampdown is to kill a request from Global News to obtain his […]

Ontario’s opposition parties called on Premier Doug Ford to apologize for a personal insult he hurled — and repeated — at a Liberal member of provincial parliament Thursday during a debate about a law that restricts public access to his records. Most of the day’s question period was focused on amendments in the budget bill […]

LNG Canada has been ordered to identify the root causes of “black smoke flaring” from its facility in Kitimat, B.C., and implement measures to prevent it by October. The British Columbia Energy Regulator issued the order Wednesday after an inspection revealed at least two instances of non-compliance with the company’s permit, which limits the emission […]

Erin Lamb, whose name was disclosed without authorization after anonymously filing complaints against the Three Rivers mayor and a councillor, said she was expecting an apology from the town which she never received. “I filed a complaint with the ombudsperson very shortly after all this happened. I just got a response from them saying that […]

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Voting and civil rights groups sued Alaska elections officials Wednesday, alleging that their sharing of the state’s full voter registration list with the U.S. Department of Justice violates the state constitution. Alaska is one of at least 12 states that has provided or said it would provide detailed information about its […]