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Spyware normally associated with the intelligence world is being used by 13 federal departments and agencies, Radio-Canada has learned, but none of them are conducting privacy assessments despite a government directive. Agencies ignoring federal directive to carry out privacy impact assessments Spyware normally associated with the intelligence world is being …

Dominic LeBlanc, Canada's public safety minister, said Tuesday his government is still working on new legislation targeting online harm — something first promised in 2019 but which has yet to be tabled. 'It's a complicated space,' Canada's public safety minister says of legislation targeting online harm For Carol Todd, news …

The common front workers, who work across the public sector, including in health care and education, joined teachers from the Fédération autonome de l'enseignement (FAE) who have been on an unlimited strike since Nov. 23. If there is no agreement, a general unlimited strike is on the horizon, union leaders …

A Regina woman with four approved emotional support hens is continuing to lobby the city for a pilot project on backyard chickens to showcase their many benefits. Separate petitions in Regina, Saskatoon asking for pilot projects to amend bylaws Amy Snider found four healing hens in the midst of a …

A man who pleaded guilty to the incel-inspired murder of a Toronto massage parlour employee has been sentenced to life in prison with no chance of parole for 10 years. He has also been sentenced to 3 years behind bars for attempted murder A man who pleaded guilty to the …

As Ottawa considers its options following Indigenous leaders' calls to criminalize the denial or the downplaying of the abuse that happened in residential schools, two northern Ontario Anishnaabe speak of the importance of raising awareness of what was lost in these institutions. Ottawa looking at different legal mechanisms it could …

In what may be a Canadian first, a Nova Scotia veteran says she feels validated after the Veterans Appeal and Review Board overturned a decision by Veterans Affairs Canada and recognized the trauma she experienced after an alleged sexual assault as a critical injury, granting her the lump sum payment …

The head of a Montreal-based mineral exploration company is reassuring hundreds of residents of Gatineau, Que., that it has no immediate plans to mine for phosphate in the ground beneath their homes. Exploration company with dozens of claims says nothing will proceed without 'social acceptability' The head of a Montreal-based …

The global shortage of the diabetes medication Ozempic has diabetics like Eleanor Michael from Sipekne'katik worried about finding alternatives. Health Canada says Ozempic shortages could last until March 2024 The global shortage of the diabetes medication Ozempic has diabetics like Eleanor Michael from Sipekne'katik worried about finding alternatives. Ozempic has …

Getting the world off greenhouse gas-spewing fossil fuels is a key part of global climate negotiations. But whether those fossil fuels are "unabated," and where we need to phase them "down" or phase them "out," are expected to cause fierce debate at the upcoming United Nations climate summit, COP28. 'Unabated,' …