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LCBO warns subscribers to its promotional emails of data breach

The Liquor Control Board of Ontario is warning subscribers to its promotional emails that their personal information may have been accessed by an “unauthorized party.” The Crown corporation says LCBO subscriber data including names and email addresses, dates of birth, postal codes and Aeroplan numbers may have been impacted. The LCBO says the corporation was […]

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Hunter Biden’s lawyers say gun portion of plea deal remains valid after special counsel announcement

WASHINGTON (AP) — Attorneys for Hunter Biden are pushing to keep part of a plea deal they reached with the prosecutor whose new status as special counsel has intensified the tax investigation into the president’s son ahead of the 2024 election. As House Republicans continued their own investigations, Biden’s attorney argued in court documents that […]

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Kansas police and a small newspaper are at the center of a 1st Amendment fight after a newsroom raid

MARION, Kan. (AP) — A small newspaper and a police department in Kansas are at the center of a dispute over freedom of speech as the newspaper struggled Monday to publish its next edition, days after police raided its office and the home of its owner and publisher. Officials with the Marion Police Department confiscated […]

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Quebecor stops paying rent at legislature, says 100K fee a threat to democracy

Montreal-based media and telecom conglomerate Quebecor has announced it will stop paying rent for the office its political journalists use in one of Quebec’s legislature buildings in the provincial capital. The company, which owns television station TVA and newspapers Journal de Montreal and Journal de Quebec, says its rent amounts to $8,448 per month — […]

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India passes data protection legislation in Parliament. Critics fear privacy violation

NEW DELHI (AP) — Indian lawmakers Wednesday approved a data protection legislation that “seeks to better regulate big tech firms and penalize companies for data breaches” as several groups expressed concern over citizens’ privacy rights. The legislation will limit cross-border transfer of data and provide a framework for setting up a data protection authority to […]

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Officials said Tories’ Paul Bernardo bill unlikely to come before Parliament: emails

OTTAWA — Government officials in the Privy Council Office discussed a Conservative private member’s bill launched in response to convicted killer Paul Bernardo’s transfer to a medium-security prison, noting it would likely never hit Parliament, internal emails show. Documents obtained by The Canadian Press through access-to-information law show staff speculated about the chances the bill […]

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Deputy minister had no reason to think Mendicino unaware of Bernardo move: department

OTTAWA — The federal Public Safety Department is defending a decision by its top officials not to contact the minister directly about the transfer of notorious serial killer Paul Bernardo to a medium-security prison. Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino has for weeks been dealing with the fallout from the Correctional Service of Canada’s decision to […]

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Hackers may have access to information on millions of British voters, election commission says

LONDON (AP) — Hackers may have information on tens of millions of British voters after they got access to electoral registers, the U.K.’s election watchdog said Tuesday — nearly a year after the breach was discovered. The Electoral Commission apologized for the breach but said much of the information was already in the public domain […]

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Liberals lag on invitation to join global group that crafts vaccines for world’s poor

OTTAWA — The federal Liberal government has spent three years deliberating on an invitation to join a global body that designs vaccinations to protect the world’s poorest from preventable diseases. Documents reviewed by The Canadian Press show South Korea has been encouraging Canada to join the International Vaccine Institute, an agency based in Seoul that […]

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Executive at Manitoba Crown corporation was reimbursed for flights, hotels and more

WINNIPEG — A senior executive at a Manitoba Crown corporation was sometimes being reimbursed for travel to Winnipeg from his home in the Toronto area twice a month, figures obtained by The Canadian Press show. The newly released detailed breakdown of expenses, which also includes hotel stays and meals, was obtained under the province’s freedom […]

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Artificial intelligence is gaining state lawmakers’ attention, and they have a lot of questions

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — As state lawmakers rush to get a handle on fast-evolving artificial intelligence technology, they’re often focusing first on their own state governments before imposing restrictions on the private sector. Legislators are seeking ways to protect constituents from discrimination and other harms while not hindering cutting-edge advancements in medicine, science, business, education […]

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Cyberattack on B.C. health websites may have taken workers’ personal information

VANCOUVER — A cyberattack in British Columbia may have compromised the personal information of thousands of health-care workers, including those the province is trying to recruit to fill much-needed jobs. The Health Employers Association of British Columbia said Tuesday that the attack was on three websites it hosts, and personal information associated with 240,000 email […]

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