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Feds doing ‘broader review’ of social media after banning TikTok from work devices
By The Canadian Press on July 13th, 2023
OTTAWA – The government is taking a look at possible threats from other social-media applications, after banishing TikTok from the mobile devices of federal public servants for privacy and security reasons. The government said in February that popular app TikTok posed an unacceptable level of risk to privacy and security. Martin Potvin, a spokesman for ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Lawyer asks for court to adjourn hearing on injunction to end landfill blockade
By The Canadian Press on July 13th, 2023
WINNIPEG – A lawyer representing some of those demonstrating at a Winnipeg landfill has asked for an adjournment during a court hearing on an injunction to end the blockade. Dozens of protesters have blocked the main road to the Brady Road landfill demanding a search of a different landfill north of the city, called Prairie ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Ottawa police, fire services say tornado touched down in city suburb of Barrhaven
By The Canadian Press on July 13th, 2023
Ottawa police say they are responding to a tornado that touched down in a suburb in the city’s south end. Police are advising residents to seek shelter. They say officers are responding in Barrhaven and the surrounding areas. Reports of injuries or structural damage have yet to surface. Ottawa Fire Services says firefighters and structural ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!CP NewsAlert: Ottawa police say tornado touches down in city suburb
By The Canadian Press on July 13th, 2023
Ottawa police say they are responding to a tornado that touched down in a suburb in the city’s south end. Police are responding in the Barrhaven neighbourhood and there are no reports yet on damages or injuries. More coming... Read More »
Be the first to comment!B.C. expected to request Ottawa’s help with worsening wildfires: minister
By The Canadian Press on July 13th, 2023
Canada’s Emergency Preparedness Minister says he is expecting a “fairly substantive” request for help from British Columbia as wildfires worsen. Bill Blair tells The Canadian Press the government operations centre has been in discussions with the province for the last several days, and Ottawa is ready to deploy the needed resources as the formal request ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Supreme Court won’t examine sharing of Canadian bank account info with U.S.
By The Canadian Press on July 13th, 2023
OTTAWA – The Supreme Court of Canada will not hear a challenge of legislation that allows account information held by Canadian financial institutions to be shared with U.S. authorities. The case began when two U.S.-born women who now live in Canada contested the Canadian provisions implementing a 2014 agreement between the two countries that made ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Amsterdam court needs more Canadian detail before sentence in cyberbullying case
By Mike Corder, The Canadian Press on July 13th, 2023
AMSTERDAM – Judges in Amsterdam said Thursday they need more information from Canadian authorities as they consider the sentence of a Dutch man convicted in Canada last year of crimes, including extortion and harassment of Canadian teenager Amanda Todd. The ruling delayed legal moves to convert Aydin Coban’s 13-year Canadian sentence into a Dutch prison ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!In the news today: Effectiveness of past health accords, possible port strike deal
By The Canadian Press on July 13th, 2023
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed on what you need to know today… Did past health accords work? Experts say governments have often failed to set a baseline that lets them know how well federal-provincial health accords are working. But the latest deals are ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Union and employers consider mediator’s deal that would end B.C. port strike
By The Canadian Press on July 13th, 2023
Both sides in the ongoing British Columbia port strike will have to decide today whether to accept terms of a settlement recommended by a federal mediator that would end the 13-day-old industrial action. The International Longshore and Warehouse Union Canada and the B.C. Maritime Employers Association were given 24 hours to review the recommendations ordered ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Drought update follows minister’s call for B.C. residents to conserve water
By The Canadian Press on July 13th, 2023
VANCOUVER – British Columbia residents will get a clearer picture today about the status of the drought that has parched much of the province. Emergency Management and Climate Readiness Minister Bowinn Ma has scheduled a briefing with weather and wildfire experts to provide an overview of the drought situation. Earlier this week, she urged B.C. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Alberta energy minister told to design incentives for industry to clean up oil wells
By Bob Weber, The Canadian Press on July 13th, 2023
EDMONTON – Direction from Alberta Premier Danielle Smith to her new energy minister suggests the United Conservative government hasn’t given up on a controversial program that would see taxpayers backstop the cleanup of old oil and gas wells that companies are already legally required to do. In her mandate letter to Brian Jean, Smith charges ... Read More »
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