The Conexus Credit Union is highlighting cybercrime during Cyber Security Awareness Month. Conexus Chief Risk and Compliance Officer Mark Millham say that only between five and 10 percent of scams are ever reported, and he encourages people to brush up on their cybersecurity practices. Some practices include the three R’s: recognizing, rejecting, and reporting; setting […]

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith on Wednesday brushed off a court battle launched by the Opposition NDP over her government’s changes to voter list rules. Smith told reporters in Edmonton that the new restrictions were called for by elections officials earlier this year after a major data breach involving a separatist group and the pro-Independence Republican […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Communications Commission is considering a request by a conservative group to loosen rules on political robocalls, including those with artificial intelligence-generated voices, before November’s midterm elections. Federal law currently bans most robocalls to cellphones unless the caller gets consent beforehand. The petition calls for a waiver that would allow political […]

After public comment at a nearly seven-hour Livingston City Commission meeting Monday night on whether a polarizing film could continue shooting in city limits, vice chair James Willich rifled through his notebook. “24 pages of notes,” he muttered. “That’s a new record!” By the end of the night, commissioners voted unanimously to allow the Daily […]

Edmonton mother Salomy Abusalim is running out of excuses to give her son when he asks why his dad is still in Gaza. “This is killing me as a mom. I can’t keep going on, lying to him,” said Abusalim, whose husband has been trapped in Gaza due to bureaucratic difficulties. “My husband was starving, […]

BERLIN (AP) — A former head of Germany’s foreign intelligence service who is charged with passing state secrets to a foreign intelligence service was ordered held in pretrial detention after a judge issued an arrest warrant on Wednesday. August Hanning, 80, who is “strongly suspected of treasonous espionage, spying out state secrets, attempted treason, and […]

PHOENIX (AP) — A cyberattack on Arizona’s court system stole personal information for more than a million people and is believed to have started when a court employee clicked a malicious link in an email. The Arizona Supreme Court said the information was copied for 1.3 million people with unpaid court fees, fines and restitution […]

A lawyer for the Alberta government argued Tuesday that temporary restrictions on what voter information can be provided to political parties won’t affect the upcoming referendum. Mandy England made the comment in a court challenge launched by the Opposition NDP against the new rules. The rules, published last month, say Elections Alberta can only provide […]

The Municipality of Jasper has adopted new privacy regulations to bring it into compliance with updated provincial legislation. On Sept. 1, council approved the privacy management program. It gave third and final reading to the Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Bylaw on Sept. 15, completing the process of adopting the new rules. Council […]

A trip to the park. A day at the beach. A workout session at the gym. All in public spaces where smart glasses can snap photos, record conversations or stream video online — without people in the line of their lenses and microphones knowing about it. Norway’s government wants to get a handle on both […]

Experts from around the world, including Canada, say the scale of digital technology use by children and youth is a public health issue that needs immediate action to prevent further harm.   A series of papers published by the Lancet on Sunday say the responsibility for keeping young people safe from problematic use of social media […]

RWAMPARA, Congo (AP) — More than 250 participants have been enrolled in a trial for a drug that could stop them from contracting Ebola in Congo, in what experts have described as a critical step to try to fight the deadliest outbreak of the disease in the Central African country. The drug is targeted at […]