Category Archives: Canada
Public advocacy centre skeptical of data breach reporting regulations
OTTAWA - Companies would be required to notify people of a serious data breach involving personal information under proposed new federal regulations. But the regulations are intended to provide “...
Sep 05, 2017
Globe and Mail to tap into online data to help reshape daily newspaper
TORONTO - The Globe and Mail is putting more faith in algorithms as part of a newspaper redesign that’s influenced by what’s trending on its website. A print revamp that launches Dec. 1 wi...
Sep 05, 2017
Emily Carr University unveils new campus, Granville Island left with vacancy
VANCOUVER - It’s like giant white canvass waiting for students to leave their mark. Emily Carr University of Art and Design unveiled its pristine $122.6 million campus in Vancouver’s east ...
Sep 05, 2017
Video game giant Ubisoft announces $780-million Quebec expansion
MONTREAL - Twenty years after coming to Quebec, French video game giant Ubisoft announced plans Tuesday to invest $780 million in the province by 2027, hire more than 1,000 people and open two new stu...
Sep 05, 2017
'Factory of the future': N.B. researcher to study 3D-printing powered by thought
FREDERICTON - New Brunswick researchers are plotting what they call the “factories of the future” by developing 3D-printing technologies they said could pave the way for the next industria...
Sep 05, 2017
Army commander hopes days of scrounging to train soldiers are over
OTTAWA - Canadian Army commander Lt.-Gen. Paul Wynnyk is hoping the federal government’s new defence policy means the days of pinching pennies to properly train his soldiers are finally in the p...
Sep 05, 2017
Adult sentence upheld in grisly 1983 murder committed by 15-year-old
TORONTO - A middle-aged man who lived an ordinary life for decades after raping and killing his frail 70-year-old neighbour deserved the adult life sentence handed him when he was finally brought to j...
Sep 05, 2017
Independent Quebec would deal more quickly with asylum seekers: Lisee
MONTREAL - An independent Quebec would deal more quickly with asylum seekers and would not afford them the same rights as a citizen, Parti Quebecois Leader Jean-Francois Lisee said Tuesday. The party&...
Sep 05, 2017
Some Grade 9 students to negotiate end-of-term grades in new pilot project
CALEDON, Ont. - A new pilot project at a high school in Ontario will see Grade 9 students negotiating their end-of-semester grades with their teacher, an idea some experts say will help keep the focus...
Sep 05, 2017
Nova Scotia 'GRABHER' licence plate back in court with fresh arguments
HALIFAX - A legal battle over whether Nova Scotia violated the constitution when it ruled a man’s personalized licence plate was offensive to women is expected back in court with fresh arguments...
Sep 05, 2017