Twenty-two days after being compelled by Ontario’s Information and Privacy Commissioner to release environmental reports related to the former General Motors site in the core of the city, St. Catharines officials addressed the matter publicly, admitting they have had the disturbing reports that show dangerous contaminants at levels thousands of times above set limits, since […]
Read MoreA provincial court judge called a mother’s secret recordings a breach of faith in the privacy of communication with her estranged husband and their two teenaged children. “This breach itself is a form of family violence, as it evidences an aspect of coercive and controlling behaviour directed at everyone in the family and has undoubtedly […]
Read MoreThe mayor, one councillor and the town chief administrative officer will be attending an annual emerging trends in municipal law seminar. Mayor Brad Schlossberger, Coun. Kandice Meister, Abe Tinney, the town’s chief administrative officer, will attend the one-day seminar presented by Brownlee LLP Barristers and Solicitors, on Feb. 6 in Calgary. The law firm describes […]
Read More— The Mounties in Nova Scotia are warning the public about a new texting scam that involves messages that appear to be from the RCMP. Investigators say potential victims have reported receiving unsolicited text messages that claim to be an “RCMP Delivery Notice.” The fake texts state that the RCMP were unable to deliver court […]
Read MoreThe federal privacy watchdog says he’s “concerned” about a cybersecurity breach involving a student information system used across Canada, as the country’s largest school board revealed the scope of the data that may have been stolen last month. The Toronto District School Board told parents and guardians in an email Monday that its students’ birthdays, […]
Read MoreThe Manitoba government has scrapped plans to create a centralized database for student registration, report cards and other information at a cost in excess of $50 million. The Free Press has learned the initiative is not moving forward — unrelated to a series of recent cybersecurity incidents, although the Opposition Tories argue the shelved proposal, […]
Read MorePolice were justified in using a drug dealer’s phone to orchestrate the arrest of a suspect in a drug trafficking operation without first getting a warrant due to the urgency of the situation, Canada’s top court ruled Friday in dismissing an Ontario man’s appeal. Dwayne Alexander Campbell sought to have his drug trafficking conviction overturned, […]
Read MoreThe Town of Mattawa’s former Chief Administrative Officer is suing the town for $1.2 million dollars. Earlier this fall, former CAO Francine Desormeau filed a civil claim against the town alleging wrongful dismissal, breaching an employment contract and damages for the town’s “breach of privacy, including compensations for injury to dignity, feelings and self-respect,” detailed […]
Read MoreAlberta’s information and privacy commissioner says she is worried — but not surprised — the province voted this week to pass legislation she says will reduce public access to government information. “I am concerned,” commissioner Diane McLeod said in an interview. “All of those things I think are going to impact the right of access […]
Read MoreAn Alberta government bill proposing changes to freedom of information rules has passed third and final reading in the legislature despite the province’s information and privacy watchdog warning they will “significantly degrade” transparency. The bill, now awaiting royal assent, creates a number of new exemptions for what documents can be provided to members of the […]
Read MoreA report from Saskatchewan’s privacy commissioner says hackers obtained health records of more than 7,200 residents earlier this year. The report says the breach affected Innomar clinics, which offer lab testing in four locations across the province. It says hackers gained access to a server in January at one of the organization’s affiliate companies, allowing […]
Read MoreA Catholic school board chair who went on a contentious art procurement trip to Italy says he won’t step down — but won’t run again. “I have made a decision to complete the balance of my term and not run in 2026,” Brant Haldimand Norfolk Catholic District School Board chair Rick Petrella told The Spectator […]
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