Two girls who pleaded guilty in the alleged fatal swarming of a homeless man in Toronto will not face further time in custody after an Ontario judge found Tuesday that the strip searches they underwent while detained had violated their right to privacy. Ontario Court Justice David Stewart Rose rejected the girls’ bid to have […]

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 […]

British Columbia-based environmental activist Zain Haq was aboard a plane in Toronto on Sunday afternoon, awaiting a nearly 14-hour flight to Pakistan, where he said he was looking forward to seeing his family and eating the food. But Haq was not on the plane by choice. He was being deported following the expiry of a […]

The 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 […]

— 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 […]

Members of County of Essex Council had to decide whether or not an Intensive Supportive Housing Program should continue in the County. The program assists the most vulnerable in the community. The County and City began to operate an Intensive Supportive Housing Program three-years ago, which provides specialized support to individuals experiencing homelessness and facing […]

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 […]

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 […]

The 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, […]

Nine charges against Imperial Oil were laid Friday over a toxic spill in northern Alberta. The charges by the province’s energy regulator mean the company could face fines ranging from a slap on the wrist to serious deterrence. The charges date back to 2023 when 5.3 million litres of toxic waste from Imperial’s Kearl Oil […]

New Brunswick’s liquor and cannabis stores had to shut down their debit and credit card machines last week after detecting a cybersecurity threat, and the problem has yet to be fixed. Florence Gouton, a spokesperson for NB Liquor, said “some anomalies” were found Jan. 7 and external experts were called in to investigate, but much […]

The Township of Lake of Bays has potentially escaped an expensive legal action. During the township’s Jan. 14 meeting, council approved amendments to the Roads License Agreement Program, effectively repealing the current bylaw and saving residents on unopened roads hundreds of thousands of dollars. “If the proposal remains unchanged after public input next month, we […]