Students at Halifax West High near Clayton Park as well as Millwood High in Middle Sackville have been dismissed early for two days in a row this week in response to written threats of potential explosive devices, which police and RCMP are investigating. As of Tuesday afternoon, these investigations are ongoing.  On Monday, officers were […]

Retailer London Drugs says it’s rebuilding its data infrastructure with the help of leading third-party experts to bring its operations safely back online after a cybersecurity incident that has shut down stores for five days.  The store says in a statement that there are billions of lines of data and code to review, but its […]

London Drugs says its phone lines are working again after being taken offline in response to a cybersecurity incident.  A statement from the Richmond, B.C.-based pharmacy and retail chain says Canada Post offices inside London Drugs stores are also up and running again. The company closed all of its stores across Western Canada until further […]

London Drugs is investigating whether personal data was compromised in a cybersecurity incident that prompted the company to close all of its stores across Western Canada until further notice. A statement from the retailer and pharmacy chain says it will notify “affected individuals” if the probe finds their data was breached. The company says it’s […]

KIRKLAND LAKE – Eyes will be everywhere in a Northern Ontario town as it plans to increase video surveillance at municipal facilities. Kirkland Lake approved and immediately put into effect a new corporate video surveillance policy at its April 25 meeting. The goal of the policy is to deter and detect crime and antisocial behaviour. […]

Confused shoppers milled around the front of a London Drugs store in downtown Vancouver on Monday, some wondering aloud why they couldn’t access the store to get prescriptions or buy hair dye. A metal gate was blocking them from the store at the corner of West Georgia and Granville streets, a security guard occasionally directing […]

This article was originally published on The Conversation, an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts. Disclosure information is available on the original site. ___ With current physical and financial barriers to accessing care, people with mental health conditions may turn to artificial intelligence (AI)-powered chatbots for mental health relief […]

It should have come as no surprise to Councillor Lori Lococo that she would come up empty handed in her effort to get Niagara Falls Council to consider her Notice of Motion at their most recent meeting of April 9th, calling for easier access to oversight for all residents seeking to hold herself and her […]

British Columbia’s Opposition leader says community safety should come before protection of privacy rights for dangerous people.  The public should know who is living in their community, BC United Leader Kevin Falcon said on Thursday after introducing proposed private-member’s legislation to automatically stop people convicted of dangerous offences from legally changing their names.  He said […]

Alberta is appealing a judge’s ruling that ordered the release of internal documents on coal mining in the province’s Rocky Mountains, says the lawyer for ranchers seeking the information. “I was told by (government) counsel,” said Richard Harrison, who represents a group of southern Alberta ranchers that filed a freedom of information request in 2020 […]

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he’s not going to comment on the future of TikTok in the United States, but his own government will continue to look out for Canadians’ security. The U.S. Senate has passed a bill that would force TikTok’s parent company, Beijing-based ByteDance, to sell the social-media app within the year or […]

Morrin village council may send a peace officer to a former mayor’s home over a metal storage container that’s forbidden in the municipality’s residential areas. The resolution to enforce CCAN rules was made at the April 17 regular meeting of council. Councillors heard a verbal report from village Chief Administrative Officer (CAO) Annette Plachner regarding […]