Category Archives: Canada

OTTAWA - The Canadian data scientist who admitted to helping political parties score electoral wins by exploiting the private information of millions of Facebook users also oversaw a short-lived pilot...

TORONTO - Sidewalk Labs “hadn’t foreseen” how fiercely Canadians would demand that their data be retained within the country when it first sought out to design a “people first&...

CALGARY - A painting of Emerald Lake in the Rocky Mountains by Winston Churchill has sold at auction for much more than expected. Churchill painted the work during a visit to the area near Field, Brit...

OTTAWA - A discussion paper prepared for Elections Canada suggests the use of “bots” on social media to spread disinformation, amplify political messages or disparage others could be monit...

TORONTO - Ontario’s Liberal government has missed an opportunity to create a competitive recreational marijuana market with its plans to restrict sales to provincially run stores, according to a...

CALGARY - Police in Calgary have recovered a number of collectibles including a framed jersey signed by hockey legend Gordie Howe as part of a drug investigation. Investigators arrested a man late las...

WASHINGTON - A potential breakthough to an impasse over automobiles has created a new sense of optimism in the NAFTA negotiations, with different players Tuesday declaring themselves more hopeful of a...

OTTAWA - The Canadian Association of University Teachers is launching an inquiry into the case of an outspoken East Coast professor under investigation following complaints over his polarizing views. ...

BURNABY, B.C. - The RCMP say three officers suffered minor injuries while making arrests Monday evening at demonstrations against the expansion of the Trans Mountain pipeline in Burnaby, B.C. The Moun...

ST. JOHN’S, N.L. - The Roman Catholic Episcopal Corporation of St. John’s, N.L., is not liable for abuse in the 1950s at the notorious Mount Cashel orphanage because a senior priest likely...